Arms Warrior Leveling Guide from 1 to 70 — The War Within Pre-Patch

When leveling up, you should always choose the piece of loot with the highest item level. The only exception to this rule is if you have a Ring or Necklace with a slightly lower item level, but 2 secondary stats on it instead of 1.

You unlock the Talent Trees at Level 10. Further below is the recommended Leveling Talent path.

To keep things simple while leveling and learning the spec, use the slider to select your level, and watch as the leveling rotation grows with each level!

Move the slider below to make the guide update to your level!

When using our slider, note that some talents may appear sooner than you expect them to in the rotation. This is because we have two recommended builds above, each taking talents at slightly different times, and sometimes entirely different talents.

1. Cast Charge to initiate combat whenever possible.
2. Cast Sweeping Strikes to hit a second target with single-target attacks.
3. Cast Thunder Clap to apply Rend to more than three targets.
4. Cast Victory Rush for free damage and healing after killing an enemy.
5. Cast Shield Slam to deal damage, if still using a shield.
6. Cast Avatar when facing large groups or strong enemies.
7. Cast Colossus Smash to deal increased damage against the primary target.
8. Cast Warbreaker to increase damage against all enemies.
9. Cast Thunderous Roar against groups of enemies or individual strong targets.
10. Cast Bladestorm against groups of enemies or individual strong targets.
11. Cast Mortal Strike as the primary single target ability and to apply Deep Wounds.
12. Cast Execute whenever possible.
13. Cast Overpower as a free filler.
14. Cast Overpower as a free filler and to increase the damage of Mortal Strike or Cleave.
15. Cast Slam to deal damage to a single target.
16. Cast Slam to deal damage to a single target or Whirlwind against multiple.
17. Cast Slam to deal damage to a single target or Cleave against multiple.

The following PvP talents are recommended for leveling and doing solo / small group PvE content. You may find that different PvP talents work better for you depending on your playstyle. Experimentation is encouraged!

1. Shadow of the Colossus increases rage generation.
2. Sharpen Blade increases damage of Mortal Strike.
3. Storm of Destruction allows Bladestorm to be used much more frequently.

Congratulations on reaching Level 80! Now that you have hit Level 80 we recommend you look at our Easy mode page, Talents section, and Rotation section to learn how to play at max level.