Cataclysm Classic Arms Warrior Pre-Raid Gear

Your gear list will mostly follow the stat priority of the Arms Warrior spec, which is as follows:

1. Strength
2. Hit Rating (8%)
3. Expertise Rating (6.5%)
4. Critical Strike Rating
5. Mastery Rating
6. Haste Rating

For more information on the best available gems and enchants, check out our Enchants and Gems Guide.

Slot	Item		Source
Helm	Reinforced Bio-Optic Killshades	–	Engineering
Neck	Gift of Nadun	Haste → Hit	Exalted Ramkahen
Shoulder	Pauldrons of the High Requiem	Expertise → Crit	1650 Justice Points
Cloak	Geordan's Cloak	–	Siamat (H) Lost City of the Tol'vir
Chest	Elementium Deathplate	–	Blacksmithing
Bracer	Bracers of Cooled Anger	–	Karsh Steelbender (H) Blackrock Caverns
Gloves	Reaping Gauntlets	–	1650 Justice Points
Belt	Belt of the Ferocious Wolf	–	Exalted Guardians of Hyjal
Legs	Legguards of Winnowing Wind	Mastery → Expertise	Asaad (H) The Vortex Pinnacle
Boots	Greaves of Wu the Elder	–	General Husam (H) Lost City of the Tol'vir
Ring 1	Nova Band	–	Isiset (H) Halls of Origination
Ring 2	Skyshard Ring	Expertise → Hit	Altairus (H) The Vortex Pinnacle
Trinket 1	Might of the Ocean	Hit → Crit	Ozumat (H) Throne of the Tides
Trinket 2	Right Eye of Rajh	Hit → Crit	Rajh (H) Halls of Origination
Weapon	Blade of the Fearless / Blade of the Fearless	–	Revered Baradin's Wardens / Hellscream's Reach
Ranged	Thundercall	Parry → Expertise	Asaad (H) The Vortex Pinnacle

In addition to this gear set, you have numerous additional gear options that are improvements, but can be very difficult to obtain.

• Anomuran Helm — Go for this if you do not have Engineering.
• Breastplate of the Risen Land — Go for this option if you do not want to buy Elementium Deathplate instead.
• Punisher's Band — Bind on equip ring that can be made with Jewelcrafting.
• Darkmoon Card: Hurricane — Fairly stronger trinket, but will be rather expensive.
• Magnetite Mirror — This is a decent option you can use in place of a Hit Rating trinket.
• Zin'rokh, Destroyer of Worlds — This is your best in slot pre-raid weapon that can be farmed through //www.icy-veins.com/cataclysm-classic/archaeology-profession-and-leveling-guide, but will take a very long time to acquire.