Rend

For the Pet Battle ability, see [Rend]. For the orc, see Rend Blackhand.

Rend
Rend Row 6 Arms warrior talent Row 5 Protection warrior talent Melee range 30 Rage Instant Requires Melee Weapon Wounds the target, causing (73.832% of Attack power)/(32.1% of Attack power) Physical damage instantly and an additional (107.5% of Attack power)/(86.25% of Attack power) Bleed damage over 15 sec.
Properties
Class	Warrior
School	Physical
Cooldown	None/Global Cooldown
Talents
Talent required	Arms: [Tactician] Protection: [Strategist]
Improvements	[Bloodborne], [Bloodletting]
Related debuff
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 [Vanish], and to return using openers such as [Cheap Shot] and [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 [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[]

See also[]

• Rend, TCG card

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