Arms Warrior DPS Gear and Best in Slot — Midnight Season 1

Welcome to our Arms Warrior Gear and BiS Page for Midnight Season 1. 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, or take a look at the Midnight to learn more about new expansion features.

Generally speaking, item level is the best indicator of power, with higher item level pieces of gear almost always being stronger than ones which are slightly better itemized. However, trinkets can be an exception, due to their varied special effects.

When it comes to gearing, using seasonal crests, weapons, and trinkets should be prioritized first, followed by high budget pieces of armor such as helmets, chestpieces, and legs. To learn more, check out Gear Upgrade System.

For discussion and information on which stats to look for, check out our Stats page below.

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BiS Gear for Arms Warrior

Overall BiS List Mythic+ Gear BiS List Raid Gear BiS List

2.1.

Overall BiS for Arms Warrior

This list contains the overall Best in Slot Gear for Midnight Season 1, made up of all available gear obtainable from dungeons and raids.

However, the best combination of items available to you at any given time may differ, so this is by no means a replacement for simming yourself. Depending on your previous Great Vault choices and the gear you have available, your best available gear may not match up with each piece listed below.

Slot	Item	Source/Note
Mainhand Weapon	Alah'endal, the Dawnsong	Midnight Falls in March on Quel'Danas
Helm	Night Ender's Tusks	Lightblinded Vanguard in The Voidspire
Neck	Ribbon of Coiled Malice	Fallen-King Salhadaar in The Voidspire
Shoulder	Night Ender's Pauldrons	Fallen-King Salhadaar in The Voidspire
Cloak	Adherent's Silken Shroud	Crafted by Tailoring
Chest	Night Ender's Breastplate	Chimaerus in The Dreamrift
Bracers	Spellbreaker's Bracers	Crafted by Blacksmithing
Gloves	Embergrove Grasps	Windrunner Spire
Belt	Night Ender's Girdle	Matrix Catalyst
Legs	Night Ender's Chausses	Vaelgor and Ezzorak in The Voidspire
Boots	Greaves of the Unformed	Chimaerus in The Dreamrift
Ring #1	Eye of Midnight	Midnight Falls in March on Quel'Danas
Ring #2	Occlusion of Void	Nexus-Point Xenas
Trinket #1	Gaze of the Alnseer	Chimaerus in The Dreamrift
Trinket #2	Heart of Ancient Hunger	Vorasius in The Voidspire

2.2.

Mythic+ BiS for Arms Warrior

This list contains the Best in Slot Gear for Midnight Season 1, specifically from Mythic+ dungeons, though still including crafted items and tier obtained using the Catalyst.

However, the best combination of items available to you at any given time may differ, so this is by no means a replacement for simming yourself. Depending on your previous Great Vault choices and the gear you have available, your best available gear may not match up with each piece listed below.

TipsWhich Dungeons Should I Farm?

If you have limited time to play the game, we recommend to farm the following dungeons:

• Algeth'ar Academy: Contains the best on-use trinket, particularly of use in other Mythic+ content.
• Pit of Saron: Drops a good weapon and multiple well-itemized pieces of gear.
• Skyreach: Features another strong trinket, as well as several pieces of backup gear.

Slot	Item	Source/Note
Mainhand Weapon	Garfrost's Two-Ton Hammer	Pit of Saron
Helm	Night Ender's Tusks	Matrix Catalyst
Neck	Barbed Ymirheim Choker	Pit of Saron
Shoulder	Night Ender's Pauldrons	Matrix Catalyst
Cloak	Adherent's Silken Shroud	Crafted by Tailoring
Chest	Night Ender's Breastplate	Matrix Catalyst
Bracers	Spellbreaker's Bracers	Crafted by Blacksmithing
Gloves	Voidclaw Gauntlets	Seat of the Triumvirate
Belt	Bent Gold Belt	Pit of Saron
Legs	Night Ender's Chausses	Matrix Catalyst
Boots	Oathsworn Stompers	Magister's Terrace
Ring #1	Purloined Wedding Ring	Pit of Saron
Ring #2	Occlusion of Void	Nexus-Point Xenas
Trinket #1	Algeth'ar Puzzle Box	Algeth'ar Academy
Trinket #2	Solarflare Prism	Skyreach

2.3.

Raid BiS for Arms Warrior

This list contains the raid Best in Slot Gear for Midnight Season 1, specifically from raid content, though still including crafted items.

However, the best combination of items available to you at any given time may differ, so this is by no means a replacement for simming yourself. Depending on your previous Great Vault choices and the gear you have available, your best available gear may not match up with each piece listed below.

TipsWhich Raid Items Do I Want Most?

If you need to submit a list of highly-important items to your raidleader, or simply want to focus on the most important bosses and items, we've got you covered!

• Gaze of the Alnseer: The best trinket, hands down. Drops from Chimaerus, which also features a Tier set chest and boots.
• Alah'endal, the Dawnsong: The best weapon comes from Midnight Falls, so it may be out of reach early in the season, in which case the highest available weapon should be used.
• Heart of Ancient Hunger: Another strong passive trinket, giving a respectable amount of critical strike rating. Find it on Vorasius.

Slot	Item	Source/Note
Mainhand Weapon	Alah'endal, the Dawnsong	Midnight Falls in March on Quel'Danas
Helm	Night Ender's Tusks	Lightblinded Vanguard in The Voidspire
Neck	Ribbon of Coiled Malice	Fallen-King Salhadaar in The Voidspire
Shoulder	Night Ender's Pauldrons	Fallen-King Salhadaar in The Voidspire
Cloak	Adherent's Silken Shroud	Crafted by Tailoring
Chest	Night Ender's Breastplate	Chimaerus in The Dreamrift
Bracers	Spellbreaker's Bracers	Crafted by Blacksmithing
Gloves	Emberborn Grasps	Belo'ren in March on Quel'Danas
Belt	Night Ender's Girdle	Matrix Catalyst
Legs	Night Ender's Chausses	Vaelgor and Ezzorak in The Voidspire
Boots	Greaves of the Unformed	Chimaerus in The Dreamrift
Ring #1	Eye of Midnight	Midnight Falls in March on Quel'Danas
Ring #2	Sin'dorei Band of Hope	Belo'ren in March on Quel'Danas
Trinket #1	Gaze of the Alnseer	Chimaerus in The Dreamrift
Trinket #2	Heart of Ancient Hunger	Vorasius in The Voidspire

There are several trinkets available in Season 1, though there are very few on-use trinkets this season, with the majority being random damage or stat buffs, which have little gameplay value and do not benefit from class effects such as Avatar or Colossus Smash.

Click for Arms Warrior Trinket Rankings

Ranking	Both Heroes
S Tier	Gaze of the Alnseer Heart of Ancient Hunger
A Tier	Umbral Plume Radiant Plume Light Company Guidon Solarflare Prism Algeth'ar Puzzle Box
B Tier	Vessel of Tortured Souls Heart of Wind Undreamt God's Oozing Vestige Latch's Crooked Hook
C Tier	Dragon Games Equipment Mark of Light Kroluk's Warbanner Void Stalker's Contract

Professions are a great way to gear up with your optimal secondary stats, as adding special items to the crafting process lets you pick and choose the exact secondary stats you want.

If you want to find out more about professions, i.e. to learn how to craft your own Mythic itemlevel equipment, make sure to check out our Midnight Profession guide!

Due to the difficulty of getting a high item level weapon early, crafting a weapon can be a good first choice for Arms Warriors, though it does have the potential to be wasteful if not also intending to play Fury. Ultimately, a cloak and bracer are the best crafts, as they take up the lowest budget slots and free up the much more important weapon slot.

Arms Crafted Gear Priority

• Blood Knight's Warblade with Darkmoon Sigil: Hunt
• Spellbreaker's Bracers with Arcanoweave Lining
• Adherent's Silken Shroud with Arcanoweave Lining as soon as the weapon can be replaced
• Fill out remaining gear slots as needed

Up to two of your crafted items can be Embellished. This is a similar concept as Unique-Equipped, as you can only wear two items that have the Embellished status. Some crafted items, many of which have powerful procs or beneficial effects by default, are considered Embellished. You can also add Embellishments from a variety of professions to any crafted item, adding the effect to this item either when creating it or at a later stage.

As there is a lot of competition for Embellishments, you will have to pick and choose the two strongest ones for your overall DPS output. Most of them provide very similar DPS benefits, even if the effects are entirely different. The two best choices for this are:

• If using a crafted weapon: Darkmoon Sigil: Hunt on Weapon and Arcanoweave Lining on wrists or back.
• Otherwise for Raid and Mythic+: Arcanoweave Lining on both wrists and back.

It is recommended to sim yourself to find out what works best, and consider any potential spec swaps that may be made in the near future.

Instead of picking an item from the Great Vault each week, players can opt to take tokens instead, six of which can be exchanged for a Radiant Jewelbinder, a consumable which adds a single socket to Helmets, Bracers, or Belts that do not already have one. This makes it a good way of finishing gear which you do not intend to replace.

Early into the season, or if you have just started playing an alt, you will have limited access to upgrading-crests such as Myth Dawncrest. These can be used to upgrade gear to higher itemlevels. Since crests are limited each week and upgrading different items costs the same amount of crests regardless, you will want to prioritize your usage of them on items you plan on not replacing anytime soon, or that offer the biggest benefits.

Arms Warrior Crest Upgrade Priority

Weapon ➜ Trinkets ➜ Helmet/Chest/Legs ➜ Shoulders/Gloves/Belt/Boots

These are not the only items worth upgrading, of course. They simply offer the highest DPS gain early into the tier when your upgrade currency is limited. Note that exceptions are possible, such as special cantrip items that have additional effects unique to that piece of gear.

With all the different layers of gearing currently available to players, it is impossible to cover all edge cases and individual recommendations in a guide. We therefore highly recommend simming your own character by using Raidbots. This website allows for precise and individualized recommendations that consider your exact talents, gear, trinket, and all the other layers of gearing that the game has to offer. Learning to use this tool is essential to maximizing your potential, as it is the only reliable way to get information on which piece of gear, enchant, gem, or trinket is the best for your character.

The Droptimizer feature from Raidbots lets you identify which dungeons and Raid Bosses offer the highest DPS upgrades to you. It simulates all of the potential upgrades in a raid or a dungeon and lists the bosses/dungeons by rank order of how much DPS you can expect to gain from each of the items it drops. We have a guide for it that you can access using the link below.

Which gems and enchants to use heavily depends on your current stat priority. As previously mentioned, this priority can shift and change whenever you acquire new gear, so simming yourself to figure out the best use of your newly acquired socket is highly recommended. The general rule is to prioritize Critical Strike and Haste gear, enchants, and consumables.