Slam slows to 18 seconds; Bloodthrill procs twice as often

The September 24 beta build retunes Warriors. Slam’s cooldown rises to 18 seconds, up from 15, and the Arms talent Improved Slam now takes 1.5 or 3 seconds off it, by rank.

Bloodthrill, another Arms talent, doubles its chance to trigger, to 4/8/12/16/20% by rank (was 2/4/6/8/10%). It now triggers only from main-hand melee attacks, which include Cleave and Heroic Strike.

Protection swaps two talents: Focused Rage moves up to row 5 and Bastion down to row 6, so Protection Warriors reach Focused Rage sooner while leveling. And Sunder Armor’s threat is corrected on every rank, with a small increase to the threat it gains from Attack Power.

Why it matters: every Warrior can Slam less often, while Arms’ Bloodthrill triggers twice as often.