Arms Warrior DPS Crucible of Storms Raid Guide — Battle for Azeroth (BfA) 8.2.5
On this page, you will find tips, tricks, and strategies tailored to your Arms Warrior for each boss of the following raid: Crucible of Storms. All our content is updated for World of Warcraft — Battle for Azeroth (BfA) 8.2.5.
Disclaimer
This page will be a rough outline of the bosses and mechanics in the Crucible of Storms raid. This page will focus primarily on how an Arms Warrior can optimize its performance within the Crucible of Storms, rather than a step by step guide to each encounter.
Arms Warriors in Crucible of Storms
Arms Warriors are primarily sustained single-target damage dealers, able
to put out consistent damage as long as they are not pulled off the target for
any length of time. They are also adept at frequent multi-target cleave,
between two and five targets. Rallying Cry is a very useful group
cooldown, and should be planned alongside healing cooldowns to mitigate raid
wide damage.
Talent Cheatsheet
We advise to use the following talents on The Restless Cabal.
- Level 15:
Skullsplitter
- Level 25:
Double Time
- Level 30:
Fervor of Battle
- Level 35:
Defensive Stance
- Level 40:
Collateral Damage
- Level 45:
In For The Kill
- Level 50:
Anger Management
We advise to use the following talents on Uu'nat, Harbinger of the Void.
- Level 15:
Skullsplitter
- Level 25:
Double Time
- Level 30:
Fervor of Battle
- Level 35:
Second Wind or
Defensive Stance
- Level 40:
Warbreaker
- Level 45:
In For The Kill
- Level 50:
Anger Management
The Restless Cabal
We advise you to use the following talents against The Restless Cabal.
- Level 15:
Skullsplitter
- Level 25:
Double Time
- Level 30:
Fervor of Battle
- Level 35:
Defensive Stance
- Level 40:
Collateral Damage
- Level 45:
In For The Kill
- Level 50:
Anger Management
Tips
- Due to there being at least two targets available at all times,
Sweeping Strikes should be used as often as possible, alongside
Collateral Damage for better Rage management. Be wary of hitting players afflicted by
Cerebral Assault however, as they appear hostile and are unable to be healed for the duration.
Colossus Smash generally should not be delayed more than a few seconds for
Promises of Power, depending on the total length of the encounter. Be extremely wary of using
Lurker's Insidious Gift or
Legplates of Unbound Anguish during that debuff, as the self-inflicted damage can very easily kill you at high stacks.
Defensive Stance may be used to mitigate incoming damage when at high stacks, as their damage increase will make up for its reduction.
- Save
Heroic Leap to get out of the raid when targeted by
Crushing Doubt, without having to deal with the slow.
More tips will be added as additional strategies are developed.
Uu'nat, Harbinger of the Void
We advise you to use the following talents against Uu'nat, Harbinger of the Void.
- Level 15:
Skullsplitter
- Level 25:
Double Time
- Level 30:
Fervor of Battle
- Level 35:
Second Wind or
Defensive Stance
- Level 40:
Warbreaker
- Level 45:
In For The Kill
- Level 50:
Anger Management
Tips
- Do not touch the Relics unless asked by your raid leader.
- Align
Warbreaker and
Bladestorm with Primordial Mindbender deaths in Phase 1 and 2, in order to AoE the Swarming Voidspawn they create.
Second Wind can provide a lot of healing over time, due to not being cancelled by some raid wide damage.
- Try to avoid cleaving the raid during Gift of N'Zoth: Lunacy when the
boss hits 100 energy in Phase 3, as all players will be able to damage one
another for 5 seconds. This may be a good time to use
Rallying Cry.
Heroic Leap can be used to deal with
Unstable Resonance on Mythic difficulty, to quickly move to the matching Relic of Power and remove the debuff. While the debuff now prioritizes ranged players, it can still target melee if there are not enough better targets.
More tips will be added as additional strategies are developed.
Changelog
- 25 Jun. 2019: This page has been reviewed for the release of Patch 8.2 and no changes are necessary.
- 05 Jun. 2019: Updated Uu'nat talents.
- 09 May 2019: Added additional Mythic difficulty tips.
- 15 Apr. 2019: Guide added.
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