Arms Warrior DPS Mythic+ Tips — Midnight Season 1

Colossus is the main Mythic+ build, using Demolish as its signature attack in between Cleave, Mortal Strike, and enhanced bleed damage. It also features slightly better crowd control, and has an extra source of passive healing that kicks in at low health.

The multi-target Colossus build focuses on Cleave and Mortal Strike to greatly reduce the cooldown on Demolish. Because of this, Execute is rarely used.

While the specialization tree has is fairly static, the class tree has a lot of room for customization:

• Interpose and Fast Footwork are useful for getting around a bit quicker, easy swaps with Field Dressing or Overwhelming Rage since Arms rarely reaches max resources.
• Fearless has limited use cases in most PvE content, but can be swapped with Wrecking Throw or Piercing Howl in the few cases it becomes relevant.
• Stance Mastery has amazing defensive potential as long as Defensive Stance is actively used, though its offensive benefit is lackluster at best. Crushing Force is typically the best drop in heavy multi-target content, though this also necessitates taking Resonant Voice instead of Javelineer.

Be sure to make use of the 'Export Talents' button to import the best build directly into your game!

Slayer plays very similar to Colossus, though using Bladestorm as its signature attack, with a greater emphasis on Execute to reduce its cooldown. Despite this, it forgoes most Execute-related talents, relying on Sudden Death procs instead. It also offers slightly higher mobility, though its healing bonus is generally weaker.

This Slayer build is fully focused on maximizing multi-target damage from Cleave and Reap the Storm, which is now triggered by consuming Sudden Death. Due to the high number of multi-target talents needed, normal Executes are not prioritized outside of the proc.

While the specialization tree is fairly static, the class tree has a lot of room for customization:

• Interpose and Fast Footwork are useful for getting around a bit quicker, easy swaps with Field Dressing or Overwhelming Rage since Arms rarely reaches max resources.
• Fearless has limited use cases in most PvE content, but can be swapped with Wrecking Throw or Piercing Howl in the few cases it becomes relevant.
• Stance Mastery has amazing defensive potential as long as Defensive Stance is actively used, though its offensive benefit is lackluster at best. Crushing Force is typically the best drop in heavy multi-target content, though this also necessitates taking Resonant Voice instead of Javelineer.

Be sure to make use of the 'Export Talents' button to import the best build directly into your game!

Pummel is the Warrior version of kick, frequently used in Mythic+ to stop enemy casts for the benefit of the group and especially the tank. Because it is sometimes necessary to interrupt targets other than the one you are actively attacking, it is highly recommended to use a focus or mouseover macro.

Slayer has the unique ability to use Pummel during Bladestorm, which normally cannot be done.

• /cast [@focus,exists,nodead][@mouseover,exists,nodead] [] Pummel

This macro will kick your focus target if you have one, mouseover if you have no Focus target, and your primary target if you have neither of those.

To quickly set a focus target in hectic scenarios, we also recommend a Focus Mouseover macro.

• /focus [@mouseover]

Make sure that your UI shows your Focus Target's casts clearly so that you are always able to kick it on cooldown or in coordination with the rest of your group.

Not technically an interrupt, Spell Reflection is an incredibly powerful personal tool, which can deflect or reflect the damage and negative effect of many enemy spells, but only when they are cast on the Warrior.

New in Midnight, Wrecking Throw now provides a ranged silence when paired with Javelineer!

Storm Bolt and Shockwave are single and multi-target stuns, often called "stops" due to their use in stopping enemy actions. Easier to talent into than the past; these are core talents in any Mythic+ build.

Intimidating Shout is another AoE stop, fearing targets instead of stunning them. This has several limitations, causing targets to run away and potentially call allies, some targets being immune to the condition outright, and competing with Piercing Howl. Because of this, the talent is not always taken in Mythic+ builds, but can be added as desired.

Piercing Howl can be used as AoE slows, though this is not something that is regularly needed in most content. Hamstring is the non-talented, single-target alternative, which is typically enough to cover any slowing needs. New in Midnight, Piercing Howl also provides a minor speed buff to allies, which is not particularly important for countering mechanics, but can speed up downtime between pulls.

Battle Shout increases the damage output of all melee classes and Hunters by 5% and should always be active.

Rallying Cry is a group-wide defensive cooldown, useful in helping yourself or allies survive incoming damage. New in Midnight, its effect is now increased by 50% in non-raid content!

Berserker Rage and Berserker Shout removes fear and disorient effects, which are not very common in the modern game. The shout version applies to allies but suffers several limitations: requiring an extra talent point, having a very limited range that often misses casters, and only able to be used reactively after the fear effect has been applied rather than pre-emptively immuning it. As a result, it is rarely taken, though the new Fearless talent can be situationally useful.