Arms Warrior DPS Sanctum of Domination Raid Guide — Shadowlands 9.2.5

During Shadowlands Season 4, Castle Nathria, Sanctum of Domination, and Sepulcher of the First Ones will each spend time being featured as a Fated Raid. During these times encounters within the specific raid will include an additional mechanic and items will drop at increased item levels. If you would like to learn more general information about the Fated Raids system as a whole, please see our overview below. Otherwise, continue to use this page for specialization-specific tips.

On this page, you will find Arms Warrior specific information to deal with each boss in the Sanctum of Domination raid.

This page assumes that you already understand most of the mechanics of each encounter. These can be found on the full raid guide, so what is contained here are details specifically tailored toward Arms Warrior and what you can do to deal with each fight as best as possible.

Because the Arms Warrior 4-Piece tier bonus and Unity are largely accessible to most players now, this guide assumes they are being used.

We advise you to use the following talents against The Tarragrue.

• Level 15: Sudden Death
• Level 25: Double Time
• Level 30: Rend
• Level 35: Bounding Stride
• Level 40: Warbreaker
• Level 45: Avatar
• Level 50: Dreadnaught

We advise you to use the following Legendaries against The Tarragrue.

1. Nature's Fury
2. Enduring Blow

• This boss is quite unique, granting you Anima Powers similar to those found in Torghast, which can greatly enhance damage as well as survivability throughout the encounter.
• For DPS, Elethium Weights, Huddled Carvings, Potent Acid Gland, and all Obleron-type powers are good choices. Defensively, Oddly Intangible Key can be very useful for surviving Annihilating Smash.
• However, Lumbering Form, Twisted Samophlange, and Ten of Towers should be avoided, as they all have negative effects on the rest of the raid group.

For more information, please refer to our The Tarragrue guide.

We advise you to use the following talents against The Eye of the Jailer.

• Level 15: Sudden Death
• Level 25: Double Time
• Level 30: Rend
• Level 35: Bounding Stride
• Level 40: Warbreaker
• Level 45: Avatar
• Level 50: Dreadnaught

We advise you to use the following Legendaries against The Eye of the Jailer.

1. Nature's Fury
2. Enduring Blow

• Anger Management is a good pick for helping align Recklessness with both boss and add phases.
• Heroic Leap will not dodge Annihilating Glare, though Door of Shadows can with careful timing.
• Spell Reflection can counter Piercing Lens, one tick of Spreading Misery, and one stack of Immediate Extermination.

For more information, please refer to our The Eye of the Jailer guide.

We advise you to use the following talents against The Nine.

• Level 15: Sudden Death
• Level 25: Double Time
• Level 30: Rend
• Level 35: Bounding Stride
• Level 40: Warbreaker
• Level 45: Avatar
• Level 50: Dreadnaught

We advise you to use the following Legendaries against The Nine.

1. Nature's Fury
2. Enduring Blow

• Heroic Leap, Charge, and Intervene can all be used to avoid Wings of Rage and Reverberating Refrain.
• Bladestorm outperforms Dragon Roar at 3 targets, though single-target is better in the last phase.
• Spell Reflection can reflect Soulful Blast and Fragments of Destiny.

For more information, please refer to our The Nine guide.

We advise you to use the following talents against Remnant of Ner'zhul.

• Level 15: Sudden Death
• Level 25: Double Time
• Level 30: Rend
• Level 35: Bounding Stride
• Level 40: Warbreaker
• Level 45: Avatar
• Level 50: Dreadnaught

We advise you to use the following Legendaries against Remnant of Ner'zhul.

1. Nature's Fury
2. Enduring Blow

• Heroic Leap, Charge, and Intervene will help avoid getting knocked away by Malevolence.
• Sweeping Strikes and Bladestorm should be used whenever bosses are stacked up in earlier parts of the encounter.
• Spell Reflection will also help reduce the damage done by Malevolence.

For more information, please refer to our Remnant of Ner'zhul guide.

We advise you to use the following talents against Soulrender Dormazain.

• Level 15: Sudden Death
• Level 25: Double Time
• Level 30: Rend
• Level 35: Bounding Stride
• Level 40: Warbreaker
• Level 45: Avatar
• Level 50: Dreadnaught

We advise you to use the following Legendaries against Soulrender Dormazain.

1. Nature's Fury
2. Enduring Blow

• Anger Management can be used to help Bladestorm line up with waves of adds.
• Heroic Leap can easily avoid Torment, as well as quickly break Warmonger Shackles chains.
• If targeted by Brand of Torment, try to envelop Mawsworn with it.
• Use Pummel to interrupt Mawsworn.

For more information, please refer to our Soulrender Dormazain guide.

We advise you to use the following talents against Painsmith Raznal.

• Level 15: Sudden Death
• Level 25: Double Time
• Level 30: Rend
• Level 35: Bounding Stride
• Level 40: Warbreaker
• Level 45: Avatar
• Level 50: Dreadnaught

We advise you to use the following Legendaries against Painsmith Raznal.

1. Nature's Fury
2. Enduring Blow

• Heroic Leap will not avoid damage from Spiked Balls or Walls.
• Spiked Balls should be destroyed as the priority target, though Sweeping Strikes can be used to hit others at the same time.

For more information, please refer to our Painsmith Raznal guide.

We advise you to use the following talents against Guardian of the First Ones.

• Level 15: Sudden Death
• Level 25: Double Time
• Level 30: Rend
• Level 35: Bounding Stride
• Level 40: Warbreaker
• Level 45: Avatar
• Level 50: Dreadnaught

We advise you to use the following Legendaries against Guardian of the First Ones.

1. Nature's Fury
2. Enduring Blow

• Always ensure Threat Neutralization is placed on Energy Cores.
• Save defensive cooldowns for high stacks of Purging Protocol.

We advise you to use the following talents against Fatescribe Roh-Kalo.

• Level 15: Sudden Death
• Level 25: Double Time
• Level 30: Rend
• Level 35: Bounding Stride
• Level 40: Warbreaker
• Level 45: Avatar
• Level 50: Dreadnaught

We advise you to use the following Legendaries against Fatescribe Roh-Kalo.

1. Nature's Fury
2. Enduring Blow

• Bladestorm should be saved for packs of smaller adds.
• Sweeping Strikes can be timed to hit every set of bigger adds during the intermission.
• Spell Reflection can deflect Diviner's Probe and prevent Twist Fate.
• Do not use Spell Reflection during Call of Eternity! Although it will reflect the debuff onto the boss, it will still deal damage to the raid when it explodes, dealing significant damage to melee and tanks.

For more information, please refer to our Fatescribe Roh-Kalo guide.

We advise you to use the following talents against Kel'Thuzad.

• Level 15: Sudden Death
• Level 25: Double Time
• Level 30: Rend
• Level 35: Bounding Stride
• Level 40: Warbreaker
• Level 45: Avatar
• Level 50: Dreadnaught

We advise you to use the following Legendaries against Kel'Thuzad.

1. Nature's Fury
2. Enduring Blow

• Warriors should focus adds during phase changes rather than the Phylactery, making Signet of Tormented Kings a strong choice, although Nature's Fury or Elysian Might can be used as alternatives for Night Fae or Kyrian respectively.
• Use Heroic Leap to help run Oblivion's Echo away from the raid. If not used to silence Piercing Wail, it should be interrupted with Pummel.
• Glacial Spikes should not be destroyed too quickly, so be wary of uncontrolled AoE.
• Spell Reflection will deflect Shadow Pool and Howling Blizzard.

For more information, please refer to our Kel'Thuzad guide.

We advise you to use the following talents against Sylvanas Windrunner.

• Level 15: Sudden Death
• Level 25: Double Time
• Level 30: Rend
• Level 35: Bounding Stride
• Level 40: Warbreaker
• Level 45: Avatar
• Level 50: Dreadnaught

We advise you to use the following Legendaries against Sylvanas Windrunner.

1. Nature's Fury
2. Enduring Blow

• The encounter ends at 45%, heavily devaluing Execute, but there are numerous adds throughout the first two phases, making Arms decent for overall damage, but only mediocre for actually finishing the fight.
• Domination Chains target the closest players, so a good tactic is to purposefully stick close to a set, then use Heroic Leap and Charge to quickly move to the other, giving you targets to hit while avoiding the pull of your own arrow.
• In Phase One, save cooldowns on Domination Chains to kill them quickly.
• In Phase Two, save cooldowns for groups of adds until reaching the third and final platform, as the last set of adds will automatically despawn when she phases.
• In Phase Three, use cooldowns freely, aligning with Heroism/Bloodlust at the end of the fight as able.
• The silence inflicted by Wailing Arrow does not stop most Warrior spells, but the attack itself can deal a lot of damage, so consider saving defensives.

For more information, please refer to our Sylvanas Windrunner guide.