Bladestorm

This article is about the warrior ability. For other uses, see Bladestorm (disambiguation).

Bladestorm
Bladestorm Row 9 Arms warrior talent Row 9 Fury warrior talent 1.5 min cooldown Instant Requires Melee Weapon Become an unstoppable storm of destructive force, striking all nearby enemies for (749.7%) Physical damage over 6 sec. Deals reduced damage beyond 8 targets. You are immune to movement impairing and loss of control effects, but can use defensive abilities and can avoid attacks. Generates 10 Rage each time you deal damage.
Properties
Class	Warrior
School	Physical
Cooldown	1.5 minutes
Talents
Talent required	Arms: [Deft Experience] or [Valor in Victory] or [Critical Thinking] Fury: [Deft Experience] or [Swift Strikes]
Other information
Improvements	[Anger Management], [Brutal Finish], [Culling Cyclone], [Dance of Death], [Merciless Bonegrinder], [Overwhelming Blades], [Storm of Destruction], [Storm of Steel], [Unhinged], [Unrelenting Onslaught]
Related buff
Bladestorm Dealing damage to all nearby enemies every 1 sec. Immune to crowd control. Duration: 6 seconds

Bladestorm is an Arms and Fury warrior talent.

It is an exclusive choice node with [Ravager].

Trivia

• The unusual description used in earlier expansions ("you do not feel pity or remorse or fear and you cannot be stopped unless killed") is a reference to the 1984 film The Terminator.
• Bladestorm is the ultimate ability available to the Grom and blademaster hero units in Warcraft III: Reign of Chaos and Samuro in Warcraft III: The Frozen Throne.
• Bladestorm is one of Samuro's Heroic Abilities in Heroes of the Storm.

Patch changes

• Hotfix (2025-03-25): Damage increased by 20% in PvP combat.
  
• Hotfix (2025-03-04): Damage reduced by 15% in PvP combat.
  
• Hotfix (2024-09-17): Damage reduced by 10%.
  
• Patch 11.0.0 (2024-07-23):
  • Added to the Fury tree, and now a choice node with [Ravager].
  • Damage increased by 70%.
  • Now generates 10 Rage per damage event for Fury. No longer generates Rage on cast for Arms.
    
• Hotfix (2023-08-21): Damage increased by 70% in PvP combat (was 40%).
  
• Hotfix (2023-07-24): Damage increased by 40% in PvP Combat.
  
• Patch 10.0.5 (2023-01-24): Damage increased by 5%.
  
• Hotfix (2022-11-18): Damage increased to 60% (was 50%).
  
• Patch 10.0.2 (2022-11-15): Bladestorm now generates 20 Rage.
  
• Patch 10.0.0 (2022-10-25): Now a row 9 talent for Arms (was a level 38 ability). No longer available for Fury.
  
• Patch 9.1.5 (2021-11-02): Bladestorm is no longer maximum target capped and instead deals reduced damage beyond 8 targets.
  
• Patch 9.0.1 (2020-10-13): Now a level 38 ability for Arms (was 65) and a level 45 talent for Fury (was 100).
  
• Hotfix (2016-10-25): Now deals full damage in PvP situations.
  
• Patch 7.1.0 (2016-10-25): Damage increased by 8% for all specs. Now available at level 65 for Arms (was 100).
  
• Patch 7.0.3 (2016-07-19): No longer available to Protection. Damage increased by 5.73%.
  
• Patch 6.2.2a (2015-09-14): Fixed an animation issue with Bladestorm that affected Dwarf Warriors.
  
• Patch 6.0.2 (2014-10-14): Now a level-90 talent, swapping places with [Storm Bolt].
  • Bladestorm no longer allows use of Shouts except [Demoralizing Shout] while active. It does still allow the use of Taunt, [Enraged Regeneration], [Shield Wall], and [Last Stand].
    
• Patch 5.4.0 (2013-09-10):
  • Cooldown has decreased to 60 seconds (down from 1.5 minutes).
  • Arms: Bladestorm now deals 180% of weapon damage (up from 120%).
  • Protection: Bladestorm now deals 160% of weapon damage (down from 240%).
    
• Patch 5.2.0 (2013-03-05): Now provides immunity to Disarm while active.
  
• Patch 5.0.4 (2012-08-28): Now available for all specializations as a level 60 talent (was a tier 7 Arms talent). Weapon damage reduced from 150% to 120%. Enables the warrior to dodge, block and parry for the duration but only perform Shout abilities.
  
• Hotfix (2011-12-12): Will now properly apply its immunities to spell effects that are in flight when Bladestorm is activated.
  
• Hotfix (2011-12-02): Bladestorm will now always grant immunity when it is cast.
  
• Hotfix (2010-12-21): Bladestorm now deals 150% normalized weapon damage as advertised. It was incorrectly dealing 100% normalized weapon damage.
  
• Patch 4.0.1 (2010-10-12): Now strikes all nearby targets instead of 4 targets. Moved from tier 11 to tier 7.
  
• Patch 3.3.3 (2010-03-23): Warriors can now be Disarmed while under the effects of this ability.
  
• Patch 3.0.3 (2008-11-04): Now breaks all snares and roots on the warrior when activated.
  
• Patch 3.0.2 (2008-10-14): Added.
  

Other versions

• Wrath Classic

  Bladestorm
  Bladestorm Tier 11 Arms warrior talent 25 Rage 1.5 min cooldown Instant Requires Melee Weapon Instantly Whirlwind up to 4 nearby targets and for the next 6 sec you will perform a whirlwind attack every 1 sec. While under the effects of Bladestorm, you can move but cannot perform any other abilities but you do not feel pity or remorse or fear and you cannot be stopped unless killed.
  Properties
  Class	Warrior
  School	Physical
  Cooldown	1.5 minutes
  Glyphs	[Glyph of Bladestorm]
  Related buff
  Bladestorm You cannot be stopped and perform a Whirlwind every 1 sec. No other abilities can be used. Duration: 6 seconds

• Cataclysm Classic

  Bladestorm
  Bladestorm Tier 7 Arms warrior talent 25 Rage 1.5 min cooldown Instant Requires Melee Weapon You become a whirling storm of destructive force, instantly striking all nearby targets for 150% weapon damage and continuing to perform a whirlwind attack every 1 sec for 6 sec. While under the effects of Bladestorm, you do not feel pity or remorse or fear and you cannot be stopped unless killed or disarmed, but you cannot perform any other abilities.
  Properties
  Class	Warrior
  School	Physical
  Cooldown	1.5 minutes
  Talents
  Talent required	[Juggernaut]
  Glyphs	[Glyph of Bladestorm]
  Related buff
  Bladestorm You cannot be stopped and perform a Whirlwind every 1 sec. No other abilities can be used. Duration: 6 seconds

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