Arms Warrior DPS Gems, Enchants, and Consumables — The War Within (11.2)

This section specifically covers the optimal gems, enchants, food, and flasks to use for your character. To get a more detailed rundown of the different stats for Arms Warrior, please visit our dedicated Stats page.

Note that Corruption helmet enchants from Season 2 are no longer active in Season 3.

We highly recommend using Raidbots to sim your character's ideal gems and enchants, as they might differ from our general recommendations.

The best stats for Arms Warriors start off as Haste and Critical Strike, so that is what we will be gemming for. This may change if you stack one or both stats beyond the point of diminishing returns as your gear gets stronger.

Culminating Blasphemite provides the highest performance, though the increased critical effect is extremely minor, while increased movement speed from Elusive Blasphemite may be of more practical importance.

For other sockets, ensure that you have one gem of each type: Deadly Sapphire, Deadly Onyx, and Deadly Emerald, filling remaining slots with Quick Ruby. Note that as your gear level increases, some of these gems may shift towards more Critical Strike and Versatility.

The best stats for Mythic+ Arms Warriors start off as Haste and Critical Strike, so that is what we will be gemming for. This may change if you stack one or both stats beyond the point of diminishing returns as your gear gets stronger.

Culminating Blasphemite provides the highest performance, though the increased critical effect is extremely minor, while increased movement speed from Elusive Blasphemite may be of more practical importance.

For other sockets, ensure that you have one gem of each type: Deadly Sapphire, Deadly Onyx, and Deadly Emerald, filling remaining slots with Quick Ruby. Note that as your gear level increases, some of these gems may shift towards more Critical Strike and Versatility.

Players have the choice of prioritizing Leech, Speed, or Avoidance enchantments, which largely comes down to personal preference, as all three provide only minor benefits.

Weapon Enchants can also present a choice. Early on in your adventures, Enchant Weapon - Authority of the Depths is the strongest single target choice, though it quickly becomes beaten by stat bonuses upon getting into into Season 3 gear levels. Because these stat enhancements are also much better for multi-target content, it is generally recommended to use them regardless.

You should be drinking the Flask of Alchemical Chaos at all times.

Your stat potion should be Tempered Potion. Use these when you will do the most damage with your abilities, likely during your cooldowns and/or Bloodlust/ Heroism. You can also obtain Fleeting Tempered Potion from Cauldrons that can be spawned by Alchemists.

You should keep a stock of Invigorating Healing Potions to use when at low health, and if you have a Warlock in the group, grab their Healthstones and use them as well. Do not macro these together, they are best used separately! You can also obtain Fleeting Invigorating Healing Potion from Cauldrons that can be spawned by Alchemists.

Since our secondary stats are stronger per-point than our primary stat, you should be eating secondary stat food at all times, either Beledar's Bounty, Outsider's Provisions, Jester's Board, Empress' Farewell personal food, or the The Sushi Special Feast. They are all identical.

In addition to enchants, players can also apply temporary augments to their weapons, two-hour long buffs that increase their damage or statistics. While they last through death, these bonuses are not permanent and must be reapplied.

• Algari Mana Oil is best in all content.

In addition, if you can afford it, you should use Crystallized Augment Runes to increase your primary stat. Augment Runes are expensive, and disappear on death, so use them wisely!

You can also buy the permanent Ethereal Augment Rune once at Renown 18 with the new Season 3 K'aresh Trust faction or use the Soulgorged Augment Runes that drop from the new raid and persist through death.