Warriors can vary their tactics based on what is needed in the current situation. One of their primary means of doing so is by switching among combat stances. Warriors gain access to three different stances: Battle Stance, Defensive Stance, and Berserker Stance. You can switch among them by using the icons located in the lower-left of the screen, just above your main action bar. When you switch stances, you lose all of the rage that you have accumulated. Each stance affects your performance in combat and also determines which special attacks you are able to use.

Battle Stance does not give you any bonuses or penalties and grants access to a balanced array of special abilities.

Defensive Stance reduces both the damage you deal and the damage you take, increases the threat you generate, and focuses on abilities that protect you and draw the attention of monsters away from your party members.

Berserker Stance increases your chance to get a critical hit, but also increases the damage you take. The abilities that it grants focus on killing the monster as quickly as possible.