Season of Discovery Arms Warrior DPS Talents and Runes

As the current maximum level in Phase 3 is 50, you will be able to have a fleshed out talent build missing only 10 talents when compared to the end game 60 builds.

This build maxes out all damage talents available at Level 50, and some special utility, such as Tactical Mastery, which can be used to great effect in this phase to stance dance between Battle Stance and Berserker Stance in order to get Berserker's critical strike benefit for as long as possible, but still be able to use Overpower and Sweeping Strikes when appropriate.

We will finally be able to get both Cruelty and Mortal Strike also, getting much closer to the power of the end game Level 60 build.

• Gloves — Quick Strike
• Pants — Frenzied Assault
• Chest — Flagellation
• Waist — Precise Timing
• Feet — Enraged Regeneration or Rallying Cry
• Head — Taste for Blood
• Wrist — Wrecking Crew

Quick Strike makes a return now that baseline talents and improved gear allow for much smoother Rage generation.

Frenzied Assault is still a strong passive damage buff. Flagellation has fantastic uptime once you unlock Berserker Rage at level 32, making it an easy pick, especially after Raging Blow was nerfed midway through Phase 1.

Precise Timing provides a way to use Slam instantly every 6 seconds, which is great for Arms and two-handed playstyles in general.

The decision on Enraged Regeneration or Rallying Cry depends on the encounter: if you have a specific use planned for Rallying Cry, then use it, otherwise Enraged Regeneration is more generically helpful.

Unfortunately none of the three new head runes matters much for PvE damage as using Rend for the Overpower proc from Taste for Blood is a DPS loss in the simulation tool. Wrecking Crew is relatively underpowered, but still better than the alternative for Arms, specifically.

More Engravings are likely to come out as we reach higher level caps, so make sure to keep a tab on our general Warrior Rune guide below to learn what they do, and where to find them:

Tactical Mastery is required for stance swapping to work, as you would lose all Rage every time you swap stance, otherwise. With Berserker Stance and Sweeping Strikes being unlocked by this phase, the opportunities to stance dance for increased damage are many.

Anger Management generates 1 Rage every 3 seconds, which is not clear at all from reading its tooltip. This makes it a decent Rage generating talent.

Improved Overpower makes your Overpower skill critical strike much more often, increasing your DPS.

Deep Wounds is especially powerful in Season of Discovery as multiple critical strikes will all contribute towards making the debuff tick for more, rather than just refreshing an existing debuff.

Sweeping Strikes is a dead talent in single target, but it shines when attacking two or more enemies at once, as it will essentially duplicate your heavy hitting attacks five times every 30 seconds for only 30 Rage!

Mortal Strike is a great instant attack, although rather pricey at 30 Rage. As long as you can afford its high Rage cost, it will deal nice damage while also halving any healing received by its target.