Arms Warrior DPS Gear and Best in Slot — The War Within Pre-Patch
On this page, you will find the best gear and best in slot items for your Arms Warrior in World of Warcraft The War Within Pre-Patch.
If you were looking for WotLK Classic content, please refer to our WotLK Classic Arms Warrior gear and best in slot.
BiS Gear Guide for Arms Warrior
Welcome to our Gear and BiS Page for Arms Warrior for The War Within Pre-Patch. Check this page to learn everything you need to know about gearing a Arms Warrior, including the BiS Gear from all sources, Raiding, and Mythic+, information on the best Trinkets, Tier Sets, and much more.
For discussion and information on Stats specifically, check out our Stats page below.
Best Gear To Spend Bullions On For Arms Warrior
Continuing from Season 4, the pre-patch offers a way to target specific,
powerful items with the new Antique Bronze Bullion. Although these
items may also be looted and upgraded from the raids directly, these are the
best items and general order to spend your Bullion on.
Scale of Awakening to upgrade
Fyr'alath the Dreamrender
Cataclysmic Signet Brand
Voice of the Silent Star
Seal of Diurna's Chosen
Ominous Chromatic Essence
Seal of Filial Duty
BiS Gear for Arms Warrior
BiS List for Arms Warrior
This list contains the highest DPS setup from most sources for Arms Warrior.
In most non-tier slots, a 525 iLvl crafted item is only a minor downgrade from the best Mythic raid drops but can be acquired much easier, making them important progression pieces, particularly for items that drop from later raid bosses.
Slot | Item | Source/Note |
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Mainhand Weapon | ![]() |
Fyrakk, the Blazing in Amirdrassil |
Helm | ![]() |
Revival Catalyst, or Raszageth/Magmorax/Tindral |
Neck | ![]() |
Crafted with Jewelcrafting using ![]() |
Shoulder | ![]() |
Revival Catalyst, or Broodkeeper Diurna/Echo of Neltharion/Smolderon |
Cloak | ![]() |
Scalecommander Sarkareth in Aberrus or purchased with ![]() |
Chest | ![]() |
Revival Catalyst, or Kurog/Zskarn/Nymue |
Bracers | ![]() |
Crafted with Blacksmithing |
Gloves | ![]() |
Revival Catalyst, or Dathea/Forgotten Experiments/Igira the Cruel |
Belt | ![]() |
Tindral Sageswift in Amirdrassil |
Legs | ![]() |
Assault of the Zaqali in Aberrus |
Boots | ![]() |
Smolderon in Amirdrassil |
Ring #1 | ![]() |
Eranog in Vault of the Incarnates or purchased with ![]() |
Ring #2 | ![]() |
Broodkeeper Diurna in Vault of the Incarnates or purchased with ![]() |
Trinket #1 | ![]() |
Smolderon in Amirdrassil or purchased with ![]() |
Trinket #2 | ![]() |
Forgotten Experiments or purchased with ![]() |
Mythic+ Gear BiS List for Arms Warrior
This list contains the highest DPS setup, with farmable gear from Mythic+ Dungeons, which is a great place to start on a relatively new character, as you can infinitely grind out and then upgrade these items.
Slot | Item | Source/Note |
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Mainhand Weapon | ![]() |
Neltharus |
Helm | ![]() |
Uldaman: Legacy of Tyr |
Neck | ![]() |
Brackenhide Hollow |
Shoulder | ![]() |
Uldaman: Legacy of Tyr |
Cloak | ![]() |
The Azure Vault |
Chest | ![]() |
The Azure Vault |
Bracers | ![]() |
Uldaman: Legacy of Tyr |
Gloves | ![]() |
Halls of Infusion |
Belt | ![]() |
Halls of Infusion |
Legs | ![]() |
The Nokhud Offensive |
Boots | ![]() |
Neltharus |
Ring #1 | ![]() |
Algeth'ar Academy |
Ring #2 | ![]() |
The Azure Vault |
Trinket #1 | ![]() |
The Nokhud Offensive |
Trinket #2 | ![]() |
Algeth'ar Academy |
Raid Gear BiS List for Arms Warrior
This list contains the highest DPS setup available only using gear from Awakened raids.
This list is mostly useful for informing your organized guild of what loot is optimal for you for loot distribution purposes.
Slot | Item | Source/Note |
---|---|---|
Mainhand Weapon | ![]() |
Fyrakk, the Blazing in Amirdrassil |
Helm | ![]() |
Revival Catalyst, or Raszageth/Magmorax/Tindral |
Neck | ![]() |
Mythic Nymue in Amirdrassil |
Shoulder | ![]() |
Revival Catalyst, or Broodkeeper Diurna/Echo of Neltharion/Smolderon |
Cloak | ![]() |
Scalecommander Sarkareth in Aberrus or purchased with ![]() |
Chest | ![]() |
Revival Catalyst, or Kurog/Zskarn/Nymue |
Bracers | ![]() |
Mythic Council of Dreams in Amirdrassil |
Gloves | ![]() |
Revival Catalyst, or Dathea/Forgotten Experiments/Igira the Cruel |
Belt | ![]() |
Tindral Sageswift in Amirdrassil |
Legs | ![]() |
Assault of the Zaqali in Aberrus |
Boots | ![]() |
Smolderon in Amirdrassil |
Ring #1 | ![]() |
Eranog in Vault of the Incarnates or purchased with ![]() |
Ring #2 | ![]() |
Broodkeeper Diurna in Vault of the Incarnates or purchased with ![]() |
Trinket #1 | ![]() |
Smolderon in Amirdrassil or purchased with ![]() |
Trinket #2 | ![]() |
Forgotten Experiments or purchased with ![]() |
"Simming" Yourself as a Arms Warrior
Throughout this page, we will regularly refer to the importance of simming yourself on Raidbots, as it is an indispensable aspect of optimizing your character.
While we do offer generic sim charts for Trinkets, this should not be a replacement for simming yourself, at least not if you want to minmax sub-1%!
If you are new to simming and Raidbots, check out our detailed guide below.
Tier Set for Arms Warrior
The Season 4 tier set should continue to be used during the pre-patch. Comprised of 5 items all carrying the Onyx Crucible moniker, it is a blend of the Season 1 tier set bonus and Season 2 appearance, with special damage enhancing bonuses unlocked by wearing two and four pieces of the set:
- 2 pieces:
Mortal Strike and
Cleave damage damage increased by 15% and chance to critically strike increased by 10%.
- 4 pieces:
Mortal Strike,
Cleave, and
Execute critical strikes increase your damage and critical strike chance by 8% for 6 sec.
Although a largely passive bonus that is maintained simply by following the normal rotation, the Season 4 Arms Warrior tier set bonus is much stronger than it was in Season 1, thanks to a very large buff, making fully geared out Arms Warriors one of the stronger damage dealers in the Awakened Season.
Best Crafted Items for Arms Warrior
During the pre-patch, players will be able to craft items with customizable stats and bonuses up to iLvl 525, making them only slightly worse than max upgraded gear from dungeons and raids. Players will ideally use two in order to maximize embellishments, though others can be used to plug holes wherever their normal gear is lacking.
If you want to learn more about the Crafting system in general and potentially craft your own items for less Gold, check out our dedicated page below.
Best Crafting Order for Arms Warrior
This is our general recommendation for the best Crafting Order. It goes for Embellishments first, as they offer the largest increase per Spark, and then goes for powerful iLvl gains.
Allied Wristguard of Companionship has a built-in embellishment effect good for both single and multi-target, that is almost always maximized in group content.
Torc of Passed Time with
Blue Silken Lining is the strongest theoretical option in both single and multi-target content, however its effect falls off very easily, making it a difficult embellishment to maximize, especially as players tend to use their cooldowns during periods of equally high incoming damage. It is, therefore, not generally recommended for players outside of deep farm or high-end parse chasing.
Primal Molten Sabatons or
Primal Molten Greatbelt with the
Shadowflame-Tempered Armor Patch embellishment effect is a basic embellishment that provides consistent single-target damage.
Elemental Lariat with its built-in embellishment effect can be an acceptable alternative for multi-target heavy content such as Mythic+ dungeons after achieving full sockets.
Signet of Titanic Insight with
Alchemical Flavor Pocket is not one of the best pieces of gear for raw damage, but it offers a very quality of life improvement.
- From this point, we strongly recommend you sim yourself to work out future crafts.
Trinket Simulations for Arms Warrior
These are generic simulations from Bloodmallet, giving you a rough overview of strong Arms Warrior Trinkets. It is not a replacement for simming yourself, but can still offer a quick overview.
Check out the BiS Lists if you just want to know the best Trinkets from M+ and Raid.
Best Raiding & Single-Target Trinkets for Arms Warrior
Best Mythic+ & AoE Trinkets for Arms Warrior
Changelog
- 23 Jul. 2024: Updated for The War Within Pre-Patch
- 07 May 2024: Reviewed for 10.2.7.
- 22 Apr. 2024: Updated with new gear and bullion recommendations for Season 4.
- 19 Mar. 2024: Expanded crafting recommendations and reviewed for Patch 10.2.6.
- 15 Jan. 2024: Updated for Patch 10.2.5.
- 14 Jan. 2023: Added Fyr'alath to overall BiS list (good luck).
- 08 Nov. 2023: Updated with new gear sets accounting for Sporecloak nerf.
- 06 Nov. 2023: Updated for Patch 10.2 and Season 3.
- 04 Sep. 2023: Reviewed for Patch 10.1.7.
- 10 Jul. 2023: Updated for Patch 10.1.5, to include Dawn of the Infinite gear.
- 01 May 2023: Updated Onyx Annulet gem recommendations.
- 20 Mar. 2023: Updated with Onyx Annulet information for Patch 10.0.7.
- 02 Feb. 2023: Removed erroneous Fury reference.
- 24 Jan. 2023: Reviewed for Patch 10.0.5.
- 11 Dec. 2022: Updated for Dragonflight Season 1.
- 28 Nov. 2022: Updated for Dragonflight launch.
- 25 Oct. 2022: Updated for Dragonflight pre-patch.
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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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