Arms Warrior Dragonflight Leveling Guide From 1 to 70 (Dragonflight 10.2)
On this page, you will find our Level by Level Arms Warrior leveling guide for Dragonflight Make sure to use the slider to make the guide adapt to your level. For more general leveling information, please refer to our Warrior leveling guide.
Gear Options
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.
Level by Level Rotation and Talents
Move the slider below to make the guide update to your level!
Arms Warrior Talents while leveling
Talents are something that will give you options to optimize your character and change how some of the abilities work.
Your first talent point unlocks at Level 10.
Your talent set up should be as follows:
Rotation/Ability Priority to Level Up as a Arms Warrior
Starting at Level 1, you only have one active ability:
Slam.
- Cast
Charge to initiate combat whenever possible.
- Cast
Sweeping Strikes to hit a second target with single target attacks.
- Cast
Thunder Clap to apply Rend to groups of targets.
- Cast
Victory Rush for free damage and healing after killing an enemy.
- Cast
Shield Slam to deal damage.
- Cast
Colossus Smash to increase damage against the primary target.
- Cast
Warbreaker to deal increase damage against all enemies.
- Cast
Bladestorm against groups of enemies or individual strong targets.
- Cast
Thunderous Roar against groups of enemies or individual strong targets.
- Cast
Execute whenever possible.
- Cast
Mortal Strike as the primary single target ability and to apply
Deep Wounds.
- Cast
Overpower as a free filler.
- Cast
Overpower as a free filler and to increase the damage of
Mortal Strike.
- Use
Whirlwind to deal burst multitarget damage.
- Use
Whirlwind to spend excess Rage against multiple targets.
- Use
Whirlwind to deal damage and spend Rage.
- Cast
Slam to spend excess Rage against single targets.
Summary of Unlocked Abilities for Arms Warriors
You unlock your first ability of interest at Level 1.
- At Level 1, you start with
Slam, your primary Rage spender.
- At Level 2, you unlock
Charge. This will help you close the gap between you and your enemy and generate Rage.
- At Level 3, you unlock
Shield Slam, a single target damage dealer, which should be used on cooldown until picking a specialization at level 10.
- At Level 4, you unlock
Hamstring. Slow down a single enemy helping to put some distance between you.
- At Level 5, you unlock
Victory Rush. Allows you to heal yourself after defeating a enemy. This will help you to keep healthy during leveling.
- At Level 6, you unlock
Shield Block, a defensive ability that blocks incoming physical attacks.
- At Level 6, you also unlock
Execute via a Quest called "A Warrior's End". It is a high damage combat finisher, normally usable when the target is below 20% health.
- At Level 7, you unlock
Pummel, which interrupts enemy spellcasting and prevents them from casting again for a short time.
- At Level 8, you also unlock
Taunt, a threat tool which forces the enemy to focus and attack you.
- At Level 9, you unlock
Whirlwind, an AoE Rage spender which that hits up to 5 enemies.
- At Level 10, you unlock
Heroic Throw, a weak ranged attack, mainly used to pull enemies from afar.
- At Level 10, you also unlock
Battle Shout, a very important group buff which increases attack power.
- At Level 11, you unlock
Victory Rush, increasing its healing.
- Further spells and abilities are unlocked through talents.
War Mode Talents to Level Up as a Arms Warrior
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!
Arms Warrior PvP Talents
Shadow of the Colossus increases rage generation.
Sharpen Blade increases damage of
Mortal Strike.
Storm of Destruction allows
Bladestorm to be used much more frequently.
Congratulations!
Congratulations on reaching Level 70! Now that you have hit Level 70 we recommend you look at our Easy mode page and Talents section to learn how to play at max level.
Changelog
- 06 Nov. 2023: Reviewed for Patch 10.2
- 04 Sep. 2023: Reviewed for Patch 10.1.7
- 10 Jul. 2023: Reviewed for Patch 10.1.5.
- 01 May 2023: Reviewed for Patch 10.1.
- 04 Apr. 2023: Swap to new by-level talent calculator format.
- 20 Mar. 2023: Reviewed for Patch 10.0.7.
- 15 Feb. 2023: Updated leveling build and talent choices by level.
- 24 Jan. 2023: Reviewed for Patch 10.0.5.
- 11 Dec. 2022: Reviewed for Dragonflight Season 1.
- 28 Nov. 2022: Updated for Dragonflight launch.
- 25 Oct. 2022: Updated for Dragonflight pre-patch.
This guide has been written by Archimtiros, Warrior class theorycrafter and SimulationCraft developer who has been writing class guides for more than a decade. You can follow him on Twitter or see more of his day to day work in Skyhold, the Warrior Discord.
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