Arms Warrior DPS Gear and Best in Slot — The War Within (11.0.2)

Welcome to our Gear and BiS Page for Arms Warrior for The War Within. 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.

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BiS Gear for Arms Warrior

Pre-Season BiS List Season 1 BiS List

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Pre-Season BiS List for Arms Warrior

This list contains the Best in Slot Gear prior to Season 1 of The War Within. If you want to ensure that your character is as strong as it can be come the launch of Season 1, check out this list!

Because the pre-season mostly consists of Heroic Dungeon and similar content, this BiS list contains a variety of easily farmable items.

Slot	Item	Source/Note
Mainhand Weapon	Crashing Thunderhammer (580)	Heroic The Rookery
Helm	Waxsteel Greathelm (580)	Heroic Ara-Kara, City of Echoes
Neck	Strapped Rescue-Keg (580)	Heroic Cinderbrew Meadery
Shoulder	Flesh Connector's Epaulets (580)	Heroic City of Threads
Cloak	Chef Chewie's Towel (580)	Heroic Cinderbrew Meadery
Chest	Slashproof Business Plate (580)	Heroic Cinderbrew Meadery
Bracers	Fuzzy Cindercuffs (580)	Heroic Cinderbrew Meadery
Gloves	Machinist's Searing Handguards (580)	Heroic The Stonevault
Belt	Crystal-Fissure Girdle (580)	Heroic The Stonevault
Legs	Thunder-Clad Legguards (580)	Heroic The Rookery
Boots	Hops-Laden Greatboots (580)	Heroic Cinderbrew Meadery
Ring #1	Wick's Golden Loop (580)	Heroic Darkflame Cleft
Ring #2	Devout Zealot's Ring (580)	Heroic The Dawnbreaker
Trinket #1	Skarmorak Shard (580)	Heroic The Stonevault
Trinket #2	Ara-Kara Sacbrood (580)	Heroic Ara-Kara, City of Echoes

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Season 1 Overall BiS List for Arms Warrior

This list contains the Best in Slot Gear for Season 1 of The War Within.

Slot	Item	Source/Note
Mainhand Weapon	Anub'arash's Colossal Mandible (639)	Silken Court in Nerub-ar Palace
Helm	Warsculptor's Barbute (639)	Silken Court in Nerub-ar Palace
Neck	Sureki Zealot's Insignia (639)	Sikran in Nerub-ar Palace
Shoulder	Warsculptor's Horned Spaulders (639)	Rasha'nan/Matrix Catalyst
Cloak	Consecrated Cloak (636)	Crafted — Tailoring
Chest	Warsculptor's Furred Plastron (639)	Broodtwister Ovi'nax/Matrix Catalyst
Bracers	Everforged Vambraces (636)	Crafted — Blacksmithing
Gloves	Black Blood Injectors (639)	Broodtwister Ovi'nax in Nerub-ar Palace
Belt	Crystal-Fissure Girdle (639)	Mythic+ The Stonevault
Legs	Warsculptor's Cuisses (639)	Nexus Princess Ky'veza in Nerub-ar Palace
Boots	Boots of the Black Bulwark (639)	The Bloodbound Horror in Nerub-ar Palace
Ring #1	Seal of the Poisoned Pact (639)	Queen Ansurek in Nerub-ar Palace
Ring #2	Band of the Ancient Dredger (639)	Mythic+ Siege of Boralus
Trinket #1	Mark of Khardros (639)	Mythic+ Grim Batol
Trinket #2	Ara-Kara Sacbrood (639)	Mythic+ Ara-Kara, City of Echoes

Throughout this page, we 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.

Our Crafting choices are pretty straightforward. We want Darkmoon Sigil: Vivacity on a Weapon, and Dawnthread Lining on a pair of Bracers.

You should ideally sim the optimal stats to craft for your particular character, but Haste/Mastery is generally a very safe choice.

1. Consecrated Cloak — currently the best embellishment.
2. Everforged Vambraces — doubling up on the same.
3. Next, fill low item level holes in your gear preferring weapons or pieces of gear you are not likely to replace quickly.
4. At this point, you are mostly done crafting. You can spend future Sparks on off-spec items, alternatively statted crafts for different situations, and so on.

You will be able to upgrade your items via Crests such as Gilded Harbinger Crest. Once you have upgraded a slot to a certain item level, upgrading other items of that slot to that item level is free.

When you upgrade with Crests, you should think of it as upgrading slots and not items.

Additionally, since Crests are a limited resource, you will want to obtain the highest item-level possible before upgrading a given slot, as this means you will spend fewer Crests on that slot in total. If you are at all capable of doing a +9 Dungeon, for example, it would be a VERY bad idea to upgrade an item from a +8 Dungeon, as those are wasted Crests you may not get back for a very long time.

We see a ton of players, even at a high level, mess up their upgrade priorities, and upgrading prematurely. Getting this right will put you far ahead of most players.

Below is the slot priority you should upgrade your items in. If you ever want to deviate from this, you should have a very good reason.

1. Weapons
2. Trinkets
3. Helm/Chest/Legs
4. Shoulders/Gloves/Belt/Boots
5. Rings and Necks
6. Cloaks and Bracers

Note that exceptions are possible, such as special items that have more Item Level scaling than their slot would imply.

The Tier Set is comprised of 5 items, all carrying the Warsculptor moniker. Unique DPS bonuses are unlocked when wearing 2, and 4 pieces from the set:

• Warrior Arms Season 1 2pc — Mortal Strike and Cleave increase the damage of your next Overpower by 10%. This is a very passive bonus, though not a particularly strong one as the value is low and Overpower is not a major damage contributor either, increasing total damage by less than 1%.
• Warrior Arms Season 1 4pc — When Overpower has its cooldown reset by Tactician, your next Mortal Strike or Cleave has its damage increased by 10% and critical strike chance increased by 10%, stacking up to 2 times. This is a moderate bonus, triggering often, but not particularly powerful either, increasing total damage by ~2% for Slayer and ~6% for Colossus.

The Tier Set Bonus is technically mandatory for maximizing performance, but is currently so weak that it is not worth prioritizing. You can use the Matrix Catalyst to convert regular items (from Mythic+, for example) into Tier Items.

You only need 4 pieces out of 5 to get both set bonuses. We recommend you get all items except for the Gloves. Check out the BiS List for more information.

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 reference point.

Check out the BiS Lists if you just want to know the best Trinkets from M+ and Raid.