Arms Warrior Leveling Guide from 1 to 80 — The War Within (Season 1)

Last updated on Sep 09, 2024 at 18:00 by Archimtiros 59 comments

On this page, you will find our Level by Level Arms Warrior leveling guide for The War Within. 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.

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Arms Warrior Leveling Guide for The War Within

1.1.

Arms Warrior Leveling Playstyle

Arms Warrior only really have one playstyle, though take time to grow into it. Starting out as a mediocre leveling spec with only Sweeping Strikes Icon Sweeping Strikes, Arms Warriors do not start gaining more worthwhile multitarget tools until around level 30. Past that point however, the gameplay picks up quickly, regularly able to pull several mobs together and cleave them down without fear thanks to Die by the Sword Icon Die by the Sword to mitigate damage and Victory Rush Icon Victory Rush to heal it back up. By rotating several offensive cooldowns, Arms Warriors will eventually chain from pull to pull with little to no downtime.

Always initiate combat with Charge Icon Charge whenever able, using Heroic Throw Icon Heroic Throw or Heroic Leap Icon Heroic Leap to pull more as desired. When facing several targets, use Sweeping Strikes Icon Sweeping Strikes, Cleave Icon Cleave, Overpower Icon Overpower, and Thunder Clap Icon Thunder Clap if they are expected to live long enough for the bleed to tick out. In between those abilities, or when there are only one or two targets left, use Mortal Strike Icon Mortal Strike and Execute Icon Execute to kill off priority targets. Cooldowns such as Warbreaker Icon Warbreaker and Bladestorm Icon Bladestorm can be used liberally, but are not often needed, so try to save them for bigger packs or harder targets.

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Arms Warrior Leveling Talents

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

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Best Arms Warrior Leveling Talents

Standard Leveling Build
3.1.

Standard Leveling Build

While there are many different options featured throughout the talent tree, there are not a whole lot of choices specifically for leveling, so this standard leveling build covers players questing mob-by-mob and chain-running dungeons alike. Upon reaching level 71, Arms Warriors are recommended to choose Colossus for the last 10 levels, due to its stronger up front damage bonuses.

3.2.

Best Leveling Gear for Arms Warrior

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.

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Level by Level Rotation

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!

Level: 70
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Leveling Rotation for Arms Warriors

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 Icon Charge to initiate combat whenever possible.
  2. Cast Sweeping Strikes Icon Sweeping Strikes to hit a second target with single-target attacks.
  3. Cast Thunder Clap Icon Thunder Clap to apply Rend to more than three targets.
  4. Cast Victory Rush Icon Victory Rush for free damage and healing after killing an enemy.
  5. Cast Shield Slam Icon Shield Slam to deal damage, if still using a shield.
  6. Cast Avatar Icon Avatar when facing large groups or strong enemies.
  7. Cast Colossus Smash Icon Colossus Smash to deal increased damage against the primary target.
  8. Cast Warbreaker Icon Warbreaker to increase damage against all enemies.
  9. Cast Demolish Icon Demolish on cooldown for a high burst multitarget damage.
  10. Cast Thunderous Roar Icon Thunderous Roar against groups of enemies or individual strong targets.
  11. Cast Bladestorm Icon Bladestorm against groups of enemies or individual strong targets.
  12. Cast Mortal Strike Icon Mortal Strike as the primary single target ability and to apply Deep Wounds Icon Deep Wounds.
  13. Cast Execute Icon Execute whenever possible.
  14. Cast Overpower Icon Overpower as a free filler.
  15. Cast Overpower Icon Overpower as a free filler and to increase the damage of Mortal Strike Icon Mortal Strike or Cleave Icon Cleave.
  16. Cast Slam Icon Slam to deal damage to a single target.
  17. Cast Slam Icon Slam to deal damage to a single target or Whirlwind Icon Whirlwind against multiple.
  18. Cast Slam Icon Slam to deal damage to a single target or Cleave Icon Cleave against multiple.
5.1.

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!

5.1.1.

Arms Warrior PvP Talents

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

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.

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Changelog

  • 09 Sep. 2024: Reviewed for The War Within Season 1.
  • 21 Aug. 2024: Updated for The War Within Pre-Season Launch.
  • 23 Jul. 2024: Updated for The War Within Pre-Patch
  • 12 May 2024: Updated talent build and spell priorities.
  • 07 May 2024: Reviewed for 10.2.7.
  • 22 Apr. 2024: Reviewed for Season 4.
  • 25 Mar. 2024: Minor adjustments to leveling tree, updated for Patch 10.2.6.
  • 15 Jan. 2024: Reviewed for Patch 10.2.5.
  • 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.
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