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For the Pet Battle ability, see Peticon-beast Ability druid ravage [Rend]. For the orc, see Rend Blackhand.
Rend
Ability gouge
  • Rend
  • Row 6 Arms warrior talent
  • Row 5 Protection warrior talent
  • Melee range
  • 30 Rage
  • Instant
  • Requires Melee Weapon
  • Wounds the target, causing Arms(73.832% of Attack power)/Protection(32.1% of Attack power) Physical damage instantly and an additional Arms(107.5% of Attack power)/Protection(86.25% of Attack power) Bleed damage over 15 sec.
Properties
Class Warrior
School Physical
Cooldown None/Global Cooldown
Talents
Talent required ArmsArms:
Ability warrior unrelentingassault [Tactician]

ProtectionProtection:
Inv shield 05 [Strategist]
Improvements Inv artifact bloodoftheassassinated [Bloodborne], Ability skeer bloodletting [Bloodletting]
Related debuff
Ability gouge
  • Rend
  • Bleeding for X damage every 3 sec.
  • Duration: 15 seconds
"I gave him a choice: die piece by piece, or all at once." — Gorebelly[1]

Rend is a row 6 Arms and row 5 Protection warrior talent.

Tips and tactics[]

As a DoT, this is a great ability to use in PvP against rogues, as it makes it more difficult (though not impossible) for them to esacpe using Ability vanish [Vanish], and to return using openers such as Ability cheapshot [Cheap Shot] and Ability rogue ambush [Ambush].

As with any DoT, Rend is also great for continuing to cause damage to opponents when they are out of melee range. As many classes will wish to spend as little time as possible within range of the warrior's attacks, together with Inv axe 66 [Heroic Throw], this is one of the only ways for a warrior to deal damage to a target once they have left melee range.

The damage from Rend will occasionally finish off an opponent who would otherwise have escaped, or even ensure their demise after you have perished. As a DoT, its frequent ticks interrupt attempts at bandaging, and as a bleed effect, there are very few abilities that can remove it before its time. In PvE, when mobs at low health flee, Rend's ticks and final burst can potentially finish them off, preventing them from aggroing other mobs.

Patch changes[]

  • Dragonflight Hotfix (2023-06-05): Periodic damage increased by 5%.
  • Dragonflight Hotfix (2023-05-15): No longer deals 15% reduced damage in PvP Combat.
  • Dragonflight Patch 10.0.5 (2023-01-24): Initial damage only (not periodic) increased by 15%.
  • Dragonflight Patch 10.0.2 (2022-11-15): Rend's Bleed Effect correctly triggers from Ability rogue slicedice [Sweeping Strikes].
  • Dragonflight Patch 10.0.0 (2022-10-25): Now a row 6 Arms/row 5 Protection talent (was a level 20 Arms talent).
  • Shadowlands Patch 9.0.1 (2020-10-13): Now a level 20 talent (was 45).
  • Legion Hotfix (2017-06-14): Rend damage reduced by 15% in PvP situations.
  • Legion Patch 7.2.5 (2017-06-13):
    • Rend cost increased to 30 Rage (was 10 Rage).
    • Rend's first hit now deals 150% weapon damage, down from 280%.
    • Rend's duration decreased to 8 seconds (was 15 seconds).
    • Rend now deals damage every 2 seconds (was 3 seconds).
    • Rend's periodic damage has been increased to 2.5x attack power (was 2.4x attack power).
  • Legion Patch 7.1.5 (2017-01-10): Costs 10 Rage (was 15), now deals 10% more periodic damage, and now deals upfront Bleed damage.
  • Legion Patch 7.0.3 (2016-07-19): Changed to a talent. Damaged reduced by 6.9%, no longer deals additional damage when it expires.
  • Warlords of Draenor Patch 6.0.2 (2014-10-14): Re-added for Arms warriors. Now deals an additional burst of damage when it expires.
  • Mists of Pandaria Patch 5.0.4 (2012-08-28): Removed.
  • Cataclysm Patch 4.0.3a (2010-11-23): Base damage has been reduced by approximately 17% and percent of weapon damage per tick lowered to 25%, from 30%.
  • Cataclysm Patch 4.0.1 (2010-10-12): Now available at level 7 instead of level 4.
  • Wrath-Logo-Small Patch 3.0.3 (2008-11-04): Damage has been adjusted to be less base and more weapon based. Ranks 9 and 10 now do 35% more damage when the target is above 75% health instead of 4 times damage when the target is enraged.
  • WoW Icon update Patch 1.1.0 (2004-11-07): Now available in Battle and Defensive Stance, damage slightly increased on some ranks.
  • Test-inline Patch 0.7 (2004-06-15): Damage reduced. Changed to an instant ability.

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