Arms Warrior Leveling

[positiv2 948]

This thread is for comments about our Arms Warrior Shadowlands Leveling Guide.

[Guest Cobalt]

Just wanted to point out that at lvl 15 you recommend War Machine for a guaranteed Enrage starting combat. Arms can't Enrage, and Fury's guaranteed Enrage talent is Fresh Meat, not War Machine.

[Archimtiros 8]

On 10/18/2020 at 5:12 PM, Guest Cobalt said:

Just wanted to point out that at lvl 15 you recommend War Machine for a guaranteed Enrage starting combat. Arms can't Enrage, and Fury's guaranteed Enrage talent is Fresh Meat, not War Machine.

The recommended talent is correct, but the reference to Fury's Mastery was wrong. It should be fixed shortly.

[KovuRayne 0]

You reference using Shield Slam as one of your primary abilities.
Arms warriors don't use a shield and therefore can't use Shield Slam.

[Guest someguy]

On 10/25/2020 at 4:55 AM, KovuRayne said:

You reference using Shield Slam as one of your primary abilities.
Arms warriors don't use a shield and therefore can't use Shield Slam.

And also Shield block.

[Archimtiros 8]

On 10/25/2020 at 5:55 AM, KovuRayne said:

You reference using Shield Slam as one of your primary abilities.
Arms warriors don't use a shield and therefore can't use Shield Slam.

Arms Warriors can wear shields as of Shadowlands, and can cast Shield Block/Shield Slam. They just shouldn't because it cripples their damage and they're really bad abilities.

[Guest Phoenix of Chaos]

Is the level for Execute still correct? I’m playing a Pandaren Warrior, and they apparently get it at level 10 without the need for a quest...

[Guest Phoenix of Chaos]

An update to my previous comment; the Exile's Reach starting zone does include the "A Warrior's End" quest to unlock Execute. My apologies for any confusion that resulted from said comment.

[solitha 83]

The recommendations for level 32 and 34 are backwards. Sidearm can't be chosen at that point, but it can if Barbaric Training is chosen first.

[Guest Azrael]

can i ask why we put two points in  crushing force if a few lvls later  we are untalenting fervor of battle when would we use slam then ?

shouldnt we untalent crushing force as well then after that?

[Archimtiros 8]

On 10/28/2022 at 3:34 PM, solitha said:

The recommendations for level 32 and 34 are backwards. Sidearm can't be chosen at that point, but it can if Barbaric Training is chosen first.

That's just because the talent positions were flipped during prepatch, but Dragonflight launch restored their proper order.

[Archimtiros 8]

On 12/1/2022 at 7:07 AM, Guest Azrael said:

can i ask why we put two points in  crushing force if a few lvls later  we are untalenting fervor of battle when would we use slam then ?

shouldnt we untalent crushing force as well then after that?

Not sure I understand your meaning - Slam is used with or without Fervor (just not automatically cast), and Crushing Force represents a significant damage gain for the ability. Fervor can still be used if you want to, but Cleave/Bladestorm/Storm of Swords is better for larger groups of mobs, and smaller groups can be handled with Sweeping Strikes, so I don't personally find a strong use case for Fervor.

[ryck 0]

I'm wondering when this will be updated it appears to be broken just now as the export code doesn't work ingame

[Archimtiros 8]

On 2/3/2023 at 2:34 PM, ryck said:

I'm wondering when this will be updated it appears to be broken just now as the export code doesn't work ingame

Looks like part of the pathing broke. Should be fixed in the next update (along with a few minor optimizations along the way).

Keep in mind these are very rough guidelines, virtually any talents work while leveling - it's the best time to experiment and get a taste for everything.