Arms Warrior Guide - Talents, Rotations, Races & More

Level 30 Talents (21,0,0)

All in on the Arms Tree so you can get Sweeping Strikes.

1. You're going to add points to Deflection when needed to move down the Talent Tree. Start with 3 points in Rend and 2 in Deflection
2. In the next row put 2 into Charge, 2 into Improved Overpower and 1 into Deflection
3. 3 points into Impale, than 2 more into Deflection
4. Pick up Spearing Strike, get 2 Points into Impale and 2 into Two-Handed Weapon Specialization.
5. Finally put your last point into Sweeping Strikes, the highlight of this build.

Level 60 Talents (17/34/7)

Here's a look at what we think the level 60 Arms Warrior Talent Tree will look like. As mentioned above this guide will be updated as we go through the beta and during launch to include any other Endgame Arms Warrior Talent Trees, along with all the other information you need to excel in the endgame and Raids as a Warrior.

Playable Races

Alliance - Human, Night Elf, Dwarf, Gnome & Skyborn

Horde - Orc, Tauren, Troll, Undead & Skyborn

Recommended Races

Dwarf provides 3 useful abilities and is probably the best race for leveling to 30 as Alliance. Mace Specilization gives you 1% crit when using a mace. Stone Form grants you immunities and Physical Damage Reduction and Big Game Hunter increases you damage to beasts (which you'll see a lot of while leveling up)

If you plan on doing a lot of world PvP or Battlegrounds during the BETA, consider taking Human or Gnome instead. Human gives you Perception, which allows you to find those pesky Rogues and Druids before they sneak up on you, as well as Will to Survive to remove stuns. Gnome has Escape Artist which will give you immunity to Roots and Snares.

Troll is great since you’ll be fighting a lot of beasts in the early game and they have 5% increased damage to beasts. Their Berserking buff grants you 10% attack speed for 10 seconds and they also have Rapid Regeneration which allows you to restore 50% of your health every 3 minutes. Add in Regeneration which allows 10% of health regen to continue in combat and you have an incredible race for leveling up your Fury Warrior.

Orc is the other competitive horde race choice. Blood Fury boosts your Attack Power by 10% for 15 seconds. Shatter Curse grants immunity to Curses, Banes and reduces Magical Damage taken. They specialize in Axes, gaining 1% Critical Hit Chance and have Hardiness to decrease stuns by 20%

For every race's full racial kit side-by-side, see our WoW Forever racial abilities breakdown.

The primary Skills you’ll use are Charge, Rend, Heroic Strike, Cleave & Spearing Strike. Against single targets Rend and Heroic Strike are you best bet for damage per Rage. When you have multiple enemies you can lean more into Cleave to take them down.

1. Charge into battle to generate Rage and close big gaps. Charging from pack to pack is one of the Warrior's most important ways to get through quests and zones quickly.
2. Open up with a Rend so you get the max value from it's bleed duration and procced to Heroic Strike or Cleave depending on how many enemies your fighting. Once you unlock Spearing Strike you'll want to use this prior to using Heroic Strike while it's on cooldown.
3. Make sure to keep up your Battle Shout for the huge Attack Power buff, and don't be hesitant to use Demoralizing Shout or Thunder Clap when fighting multiple enemies to reduce your damage taken.
4. At level 30 you'll unlock Sweeping Strikes allowing every swing you do to hit multiple enemies around you. This will allow you to pull multiple enemies even when you're alone every time it's off Cooldown.

Execute is a great skill to finish off enemies at low health. But it's at the cost of using all your Rage. This can be a bit of a "kiss curse" mechanic for Warriors, especially when solo questing. Find balance between using it when you need something to die quickly and refraining from using it when you'd rather store up some Rage to hit the next mob with some big attacks right away.

Not sure how Arms stacks up against Fury or the other DPS specs right now? Check our WoW Forever tier list before committing to a build.

Visit your Class Trainer often to get your new skills, levels 4, 15, 20 & 24 will unlock, Charge, Demoralizing Shout, Cleave and Execute respectively.

Once you get Deathwish at level 30 don't forget to use it often, especially in Dungeon groups!

Keep your Battle Shout up at all times, letting this fall off is a big mistake a lot of Warriors make when they're first starting out on the class.

An Arms Warriors Favorite Stat is Strength and Agility. Strength gives you a huge Attack Power boost, nearly 2 Attack Power per point of Strength. Agility increases Critical Hit Chance and gives you Armor as well. Always look for items with Strength/Agility on them as the priority and take Stamina when it shows up.

In group play you'll be pulling more than 1 mob at a time so leaning into Cleave and Sweeping Strikes is going to allow you to do great AOE damage. As a Warrior you don't have to worry about pulling threat off the tank as much, and it will even help you generate more rage as you're taking damage. Try not to overdue it, but pulling a mob off the tank while going through quests or dungeons can be a massive DPS boost for you as well.

Remember in group play you're the one bringing Demoralizing Shout and Thunder Clap to the party. Putting these debuffs up on enemies will help your tank survive.

Food and First Aid are you best friend on this class. Make sure to train First Aid early and keep your bandages relevant to your level. You'll be stopping to eat and bandage often before charging back into your next encounter.

The most important macro tip for Warriors it to add /startattack macros onto the abilities you use often. I even have it as a stand alone button for engaging with enemies. Here are some examples:

Heroic Strike/Start Attack

#showtooltip Heroic Strike

/cast Heroic Strike

/startattack

Charge/Start Attack

#showtooltip Charge

/startattack

/cast Battle Stance

/cast Charge