Originally Posted by
Lorkin
Look at your logs or any other fury warrior logs. Your top dog damage is Raging Blow (RB). Then you have Melee which you can't do much about since its auto attack when you keep in range. Then it's usually Rampage. Your top damage is Raging Blow and Rampage. If you could sustain a rotation that allowed you to simply use those 2 abilities, I would try to do so. The rest of the abilities (Blood Thirst - BT and Furious Slash - FS) are just fillers to used to proc the top 2 abilities.
I leave out execute because that's "generally" only in the execute phase. That's too much of a wild card for all peoples considered, but Execute itself would be one of the top 3 abilities. I have the legendary ring, so Execute sometimes is #2 if the ring procs like crazy that fight. Some people have so much dps in their raid that they have short boss fights, and more ratio of the fight is in the execute phase. So because of all those random factors, it's hard to simply say Execute should be top 3 of your "used" abilities.
So having that out, just hyper focus on RB and Rampage. Rampage procs Enrage, so that adds even more damage overall (from melee auto attacks and GCD reduction). So for example, say you have 2 Rampage procs available to you (from Massacre) and 1 RB ability off CD, AND you are NOT Enraged. What do you do?
I would use Rampage first, to proc Enrage, THEN use Raging Blow, then use Rampage again. This ensures you get Enrage up asap, then use Raging Blow for the awesome damage, then reuse Rampage to keep Enrage going. You could try to throw in a filler in there too, but remember that your top damage abilities should take priority.
Now with that same scenario, some people might use Rampage twice in a row. Why is that bad? Some people might use RB first, THEN use Rampage twice. Why is that bad. See once you start to see the complex window of keeping Enrage up for at least 70% of the fight coupled with using your RB ON CD if possible, you start to see how difficult it is to present a "static rotation". For me I couple that in with Random Execute procs, which procs Massacre, which gives me more Rampages. You have the Legendary Helm which gives you TONS of rage, enough to use Rampage more than normal warriors can. These all factor into the randomness of Fury and you have to adapt to your own situation.
But the overall goal is to keep Enrage up AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE, while using Raging Blow ON CD. That is the underlining premise of how to get your numbers up. Everything else is a "filler" with some buff CD's thrown into the mix.
For the execute phase, I generally try to only use 3 abilities (minus CD refreshing). Execute > Rampage > Raging Blow. I'm spamming Execute at this point since our Artifact weapon has Jugg and free execute procs. I'm using Rampage with the free Massacres to keep Enrage going. And I actually use Raging Blow AS A FILLER in this phase. You have to shift priorities during execute phase to adapt to getting your numbers up here. Execute gets stronger and stronger the longer the phase. And Rampage is almost used strictly to keep Enrage going. Raging Blow is actually a filler in case your rage drops so you can't Execute.