Classic Warrior DPS Gear and Best in Slot

While a clear best in slot (BiS) list is always available in WoW Classic, the items contained might be extremely hard or expensive to get. Depending on your race, you might want different items as well, as swords or maces are more powerful for Humans, due to Sword Specialization and Mace Specialization, and axes are more powerful for Orcs, due to Axe Specialization.

Thus, we will try to give at least one alternative, for most slots in the list, so that you can pick where and how to farm them.

As WoW Classic's Season of Mastery consists of Phases that are separate from the regular branch of Classic, we have created unique gear lists for its pre-raid and Phases. In addition, you may find it useful to look over our Fire Resistance Gear guide for your specialization, which is applicable for either version of Classic.

In order to get ready for raiding, it is recommended that you follow this guide in order to learn which gear to gather for maximizing DPS before ever setting foot in raids, and probably also before getting your first epic loot. Even so, expect to get a few pieces that you will have a hard time replacing, such as Diamond Flask and Hand of Justice.

The final part of WoW Classic, Naxxramas contains most of the best gear in the game, and also the toughest bosses to use it on.

Warrior Tier 3, Dreadnaught's Battlegear is a pure tanking set full of defensive stats and Protection oriented tier bonuses, thus we will focus on off-set DPS gear, which is plentiful in Naxxramas.

In order to make the best use possible out of multiple long cooldown trinkets, such as Diamond Flask, swap them into your gear set when they are off-cooldown and replace them with others during their cooldown.

Two-hand weapons are ideal to deal with trash packs and should generally be swapped to in between bosses, while dual-wielding provides the best single target damage available for bosses.

Because all of Naxxramas bosses are undead other than Maexxna and Grand Widow Faerlina, items that have powerful bonuses that only work on undead such as Seal of the Dawn, Mark of the Champion and the Battlegear of Undead Slaying set are a viable alternative to the BiS pieces we list below when doing the raid.

Slot	Item	Source
Helm	Lionheart Helm	Blacksmithing
Neck	Stormrage's Talisman of Seething	Kel'Thuzad in Naxxramas
Shoulder	Conqueror's Spaulders	Viscidus or Princess Huhuran in AQ40
Cloak	Shroud of Dominion	Sapphiron in Naxxramas
Chest	Plated Abomination Ribcage	Thaddius in Naxxramas
Wrists	Wristguards of Vengeance	Anub'Rekhan in Naxxramas
Gloves	Gauntlets of Annihilation	C'Thun in AQ40
Belt	Girdle of the Mentor	Instructor Razuvious in Naxxramas
Legs	Legplates of Carnage	Heigan the Unclean in Naxxramas
Boots	Chromatic Boots	Chromaggus in Blackwing Lair
Rings	Band of Unnatural Forces Don Julio's Band	Loatheb in Naxxramas Alterac Valley Exalted
Trinkets	Drake Fang Talisman Diamond Flask Slayer's Crest Kiss of the Spider	Ebonroc in Blackwing Lair Voodoo Feathers in Sunken Temple Sapphiron in Naxxramas Maexxna in Naxxramas
One-Hand	Gressil, Dawn of Ruin (OH) The Hungering Cold	Kel'Thuzad in Naxxramas Kel'Thuzad in Naxxramas
Two-Hand	Might of Menethil	Kel'Thuzad in Naxxramas
Ranged	Soulstring	The Four Horsemen in Naxxramas

While the list above contains the absolute best gear setup, you are unlikely to quickly gather all of it. We provide more options below, some which are very close to the best and some which are just much easier to get!

Slot	Item	Source
Helm	Helm of Endless Rage Crown of Destruction Conqueror's Crown	Vaelastrasz the Corrupt in Blackwing Lair Ragnaros in Molten Core The Twin Emperors in AQ40
Neck	Barbed Choker Onyxia Tooth Pendant The Eye of Hakkar Amulet of the Darkmoon	Fankriss The Unyielding in AQ40 Onyxia in Onyxia's Lair Hakkar in Zul'Gurub Darkmoon Faire 1200 Ticket reward
Shoulder	Pauldrons of the Unrelenting Mantle of Wicked Revenge Drake Talon Pauldrons Defiler's Plate Spaulders	Fankriss The Unyielding in AQ40 Fankriss The Unyielding in AQ40 Drake bosses in Blackwing Lair Arathi Basin Exalted
Cloak	Cloak of Concentrated Hatred Cloak of the Fallen God Drape of Unyielding Strength Cloak of Draconic Might	The Prophet Skeram in AQ40 C'Thun in AQ40 AQ20 Blackwing Lair trash mobs
Chest	Conqueror's Breastplate Breastplate of Annihilation Savage Gladiator Chain Conqueror's Breastplate Vest of Swift Execution	C'Thun in AQ40 The Prophet Skeram in AQ40 Gorosh the Dervish in Blackrock Depths C'Thun in AQ40 Silithid Royalty in AQ40
Wrists	Hive Defiler Wristguards Bracelets of Wrath Bracers of Brutality Deeprock Bracers	Princess Huhuran in AQ40 Razorgore the Untamed in Blackwing Lair Ossirian the Unscarred in AQ20 Stalwart's Battlegear quest in Silithus
Gloves	Edgemaster's Handguards (if you need it to have 305+ weapon skill) Dreadnaught Gauntlets Gloves of Enforcement Sacrificial Gauntlets Flameguard Gauntlets	World drop BoE Maexxna in Naxxramas Battleguard Sartura in AQ40 High Priest Bosses in Zul'Gurub Various Bosses in Molten Core
Belt	Onslaught Girdle Royal Qiraji Belt Belt of Never-ending Agony Triad Girdle Ossirian's Binding	Ragnaros in Molten Core The Twin Emperors in AQ40 C'Thun in AQ40 Silithid Royalty in AQ40 Ossirian the Unscarred in AQ20
Legs	Leggings of Apocalypse Outrider's Plate Legguards Titanic Leggings Legplates of Wrath Conqueror's Legguards	The Four Horsemen in Naxxramas Warsong Gulch Exalted Blacksmithing Ragnaros in Molten Core Ouro in AQ40
Boots	Boots of the Fallen Hero Boots of the Vanguard Slime Kickers	Silithid Royalty in AQ40 General Rajaxx in AQ20 Buru the Gorger in AQ20
Rings	Master Dragonslayer's Ring Ring of the Qiraji Fury Quick Strike Ring Circle of Applied Force Band of Accuria Seal of Jin (for set bonus) Band of Jin (for set bonus)	The Lord of Blackrock in Blackwing Lair Viscidus in AQ40 Multiple bosses in Molten Core Flamegor in Blackwing Lair Ragnaros in Molten Core High Priest Thekal in Zul'Gurub High Priestess Mar'li in Zul'Gurub
Trinkets	Earthstrike Jom Gabbar Hand of Justice Blackhand's Breadth Badge of the Swarmguard	Champion's Battlegear quest in Silithus Ouro in AQ40 General Angerforge in Blackrock Depths For The Horde! in Upper Blackrock Spire Battleguard Sartura in AQ40
One-Hand	Hatchet of Sundered Bone (OH) Anubisath Warhammer The Castigator (OH) Claw of the Frost Wyrm Misplaced Servo Arm (OH) Death's Sting Blessed Qiraji War Axe (OH) Blessed Qiraji Pugio Empyrean Demolisher (OH) Iblis, Blade of the Fallen Seraph Chromatically Tempered Sword (OH) Crul'shorukh, Edge of Chaos Ancient Qiraji Ripper (OH) Maladath, Runed Blade of the Black Flight	Noth the Plaguebringer in Naxxramas Trash mobs in AQ40 Thaddius in Naxxramas Sapphiron in Naxxramas Trash mobs in Naxxramas C'Thun in AQ40 Tokens dropped by most bosses (Temple of Ahn'Qiraj Loot Guide) Tokens dropped by most bosses (Temple of Ahn'Qiraj Loot Guide) Lord Kazzak Instructor Razuvious in Naxxramas Chromaggus in Blackwing Lair Nefarian in Blackwing Lair Fankriss The Unyielding in AQ40 Broodlord Lashlayer in Blackwing Lair
Two-Hand	Severance Dark Edge of Insanity Bonereaver's Edge Obsidian Edged Blade (Non-Orc / Human) The Untamed Blade Drake Talon Cleaver	Patchwerk in Naxxramas C'Thun in AQ40 Ragnaros in Molten Core Various Bosses in Molten Core Razorgore the Untamed in Blackwing Lair Drake bosses in Blackwing Lair
Ranged	Nerubian Slavemaker Larvae of the Great Worm Crossbow of Imminent Doom Striker's Mark Gurubashi Dwarf Destroyer	Kel'Thuzad in Naxxramas Ouro in AQ40 Ossirian the Unscarred in AQ20 Magmadar in Molten Core Hakkar in Zul'Gurub

Being a responsible DPS on Naxxramas means having enough Frost Resistance to safely do Sapphiron once his time comes. Make sure you are as prepared as you can by reading our specialized guide on the gear / enchants available below.

As a melee player, DPS Warriors will be required to use as much Nature Resistance gear as they can for Princess Huhuran and Viscidus (if allowed into his room at all). Read this guide to figure out where to find such gear, and which pieces to wear!

If you would prefer to gear for PvP, you can find our Warrior PvP BiS guide below.

Since weapons are such a broad topic, we have written a full guide about Warrior weapons.

Some items, which are not powerful enough to be in the best in slot list, have special properties that make them very valuable to acquire for specific encounters or as a weapon swap mid-fight. We will list the most notable special items for the current phase, and their effects and application below:

• Annihilator (or the less expensive, less powerful Rivenspike and Bashguuder) allows you to reduce an enemy's armor by up to 600 for your whole group, making it a very powerful weapon swap. Use it at the start of an encounter to quickly full debuff the boss, and then swap to your normal weapon to take advantage of the lowered armor.
• Gnomish Battle Chicken summons a chicken that attacks your enemies for 1.5 minutes, with a cooldown of 30 minutes. The chicken scales with your Engineering skill (Level 60 at 300 skill), and buffs your group with 5% increased Attack Speed through Battle Squawk. This is what makes it well worth using while grouped.
• Arcanite Dragonling summons a dragon that attacks your enemies for up to 1 minute, with a cooldown of one hour. The dragon scales with your Engineering skill (Level 60 at 300 skill) and causes a stacking debuff that increases Fire damage taken, which makes it worth using in later raids to boost Fire Mage damage.
• Skull of Impending Doom is given as a quest reward from completing Forbidden Knowledge in the Badlands. While generally undesirable, if you need to run somewhere fast, it can be a useful item to have.
• Furbolg Medicine Pouch is sold by Gorn One Eye when you reach Honored status with Timbermaw Hold. This is a great item that you can swap during combat to provide you with a significant 1000 heal over 10 seconds. For comparison's sake, Heavy Runecloth Bandage heals you for 2000 over 8 seconds, but requires you to channel it, and you cannot take any sort of damage in the channel duration.
• Tidal Charm allows you to instantly stun an enemy for 3 seconds. It has a 50% drop chance from Prince Nazjak, who spawns around 25,84 in Arathi Highlands. Due to his very high respawn timer it might be hard to get this trinket, but the stun it provides is a life saver and duel winner.
• Linken's Boomerang allows you to potentially disarm or stun an enemy when used, which makes it useful in certain scenarios, especially in PvP. Its rewarded from the Un'Goro Crater quest It's Dangerous to Go Alone.
• Luffa removes a bleed effect, such as Garrote, from yourself when used. You get this item from the Searing Gorge quest Incendosaurs? Whateverosaur is More Like It.
• The Alliance-only Crystal of Zin-Malor allows you to kill yourself easily, and you do not get durability loss if you die from its effect. This can occasionally be useful, such as when you regret getting on a fly path after you are already flying or if you need to talk with the Blackrock Depths key ghost NPC. You get it from starting the quest Tormented By the Past.