In WOW classic gold: Wrath of the Lich King, the Warrior Class's Arms Specialization allows players to wield two-handed weapons and deal damage to enemies in close quarters combat. They deal decent damage to single targets as well as multiple targets, and their cleave damage to two targets is among the best in the game. They inflict on targets the Trauma and Blood Frenzy debuffs, which helps other classes that deal physical damage and classes that apply bleeds in their damage dealing.
Their performance is excellent when the expansion first begins, and even later on, they continue to deal moderate damage. However, the damage done by other classes increases significantly more as better equipment becomes available. As more Armor Penetration and Crit Rating become available in later phases of World of Warcraft: Wrath of the Lich King Classic, the Fury specialization emerges as the clear choice for damage-dealing Warriors.
Draenei and Orc are the two races that are favored for the role of Arms Warrior in the Alliance and the Horde, respectively.
Because of their Heroic Presence, Draenei have an increased hit rating of 1%. The human race does offer a Mace Specialization and a Sword Specialization, but Arms is more partial to Axes, so the benefit offered here is minimal.
Orc bestows Axe Specialization and Blood Fury upon its wielders, both of which contribute significantly to the overall damage dealt by the player.
The Most Powerful Talent Build for a Warrior With Arms
The image that follows demonstrates the talent build that should be utilized by Arms Warriors throughout the entirety of Wrath Classic.
Variations
When players reach Tier 9, they will want to remove one point from Anger Management and one point from Weapon Mastery so that they can place both of those points into Improved Mortal Strike. This is because more stats will be found on better gear.
The Finest Glyphs for Arms Warriors
Principal Glyphs
- The Glyph of Rending provides a significant increase to bleed damage and assists with the management of the Bleed effect that is caused by the Rend effect
- The Glyph of Heroic Strike is useful for increasing one's level of rage
- And the Glyph of Execution is a damage boost that is applied directly to Execute
Alternately, when engaging in Cleave battles, use the Glyph of Cleaving instead of the Glyph of Heroic Strike.
Alternately, for the Improved Mortal Strike Build, you can switch out the Glyph of Execution for the Glyph of Mortal Strike instead.
A Few Extra Glyphs
The Glyph of Thunder Clap extends an attack's range and has the potential to increase its area-of-effect damage. The Glyph of Bloodrage offers a minuscule benefit that reduces the amount of damage taken.
The following options are frequently available for selection as the third Minor Glyph:
Depending on which buff is required, either the Glyph of Command or the Glyph of Battle should be used.
Glyph of Charge, granting slightly improved capabilities in terms of gap closing.
Priority in Stats for the Arms Warrior
The damage per second (DPS) of the main hand weapon is the factor that contributes the most to an Arms Warrior's overall damage. When deciding between two or more pieces of equipment, it is best to go for the one that has a higher item level because it will have more overall statistics. In most cases, this will be the case. Additionally, there is a Hit Rating cap, an Expertise cap, and to a lesser extent, an Armor Penetration cap. It is important to reach all of these caps as quickly as possible.
Hit Rating (maximum increase of 8%*)
Expertise in Strength Armor Penetration and Critical Strike Rating (up to 6.5% Cap*)
Agility Haste Rating
Attack Power
1 point of Strength gives you 2 Attack Power, and 1 point of Agility gives you 2 Armor. The chance of landing a critical hit goes up by 1% when you have 62.5 Agility. It is essential to have a high Critical Strike Rating in order to generate a greater amount of rage, as well as to benefit from the Impale Talent and ensure that critical hits apply the Deep Wounds effect. Armor Penetration is an ability that lowers the target's armor value to a maximum of 100%.
Hit Rating Limit for Arms Warriors
Arms Warriors need a Hit Rating Cap of 8% (263 Hit Rating) in order to ensure that they never miss an opportunity to use a skill. against a target with a level of 83. Heroic Presence is a passive buff that Draenei provide to all members of the party. This buff lowers the required hit rating to 7%, which translates to 230 Hit Rating.
Cap on the Expertise Rating of Arms Warriors
For Arms Warriors, the maximum Expertise Rating required to ensure that none of their skills are ever dodged or parried is 6.5%, which translates to 214 Expertise Rating. This can be reduced even further depending on the Sword Specialization and Mace Specialization racial traits possessed by Humans, as well as the Axe Specialization racial trait possessed by Orcs.
Expertise can also be gained through the use of the talent Strength of Arms. In later phases, depending on the gear you have, WOW classic gold should not be difficult to reach the cap, at which point you can switch out this talent for another one.
Rotation of Skills for the Arms Warrior
When playing Arms Warrior, the most important thing you should focus on is keeping Rend up, putting five stacks of Sunder Armor on the primary target, and keeping either Battle Shout or Commanding Shout up (depending on which one is needed more).
After these three considerations have been addressed, you should give priority to using Overpower as soon as it becomes available, and then you should use Execute when it becomes available because of Sudden Death.
If those things are taken care of, the following order of skills should be followed:
Bloodrage
Heroic Throwing of Caution to the Wind
Heroic Strike (used to release pent-up rage)
Mortal Strike Execute
Bladestorm Slam
In Cleave encounters with two to three targets, you should keep Rend active on all of the targets and then cast Sweeping Strikes afterward. Cleave should then be used in place of Heroic Strike.
Thunder Clap, Bladestorm, Sweeping Strikes, and Cleave are the recommended abilities to use in order to maintain Rend on the primary target in Multi-Target scenarios with more than three targets. After that, proceed according to the primary skill priority.
Items That Are Used During Raids
Flask: Flask of Endless Rage
Other options include the Elixir of Protection and the Elixir of Mighty Strength.
Food Buff: Dragonfin Filet
Snapper Extreme, Worg Tartare, and Rhinolicious are some of the alternatives. Alternately use the Indestructible Potion followed by the Potion of Speed whenever you use Wormsteak Potions.
They both have a cooldown of one minute, but the Indestructible Potion provides a buff that lasts for two minutes. The total amount of attack power gained from Armored to the Teeth is 97.
Scrolls: the Seventh Order Scroll of Strength
Best In Slot Gear, Gems, and Enchants
The gear that is considered to be the "best in slot," or "BiS," for Arms Warriors and Fury Warriors is essentially the same, with the exception that Arms Warriors have fewer options for weapons. We have gathered all of the best equipment into one list, including instructions on which gems to socket and which enchants to apply to each available slot.
