Arms Warrior DPS Sanctum of Domination Raid Guide — Dragonflight 10.2.5

Last updated on Jan 15, 2024 at 15:00 by Archimtiros 59 comments
General Information

On this page, you will find tips, tricks, and strategies tailored to your Arms Warrior for each boss of the following raid: Sanctum of Domination. All our content is updated for World of Warcraft — Dragonflight 10.2.5.

1.

Introduction

During the Dragonflight Pre-Patch, Castle Nathria, Sanctum of Domination, and Sepulcher of the First Ones will be simultaneously featured as Fated Raids. During this time encounters within each 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.

While the normal single-target talents can be used for most bosses, Fated Power: Chaotic Essence Icon Fated Power: Chaotic Essence twists this by adding a significant multitarget component which Warriors are well suited to engaging. As affixes are random each week, these guidelines do not consider it, but you should talent into at least Warbreaker Icon Warbreaker and Bladestorm Icon Bladestorm, along with the Signet of Tormented Kings Icon Signet of Tormented Kings legendary for whichever bosses the affix is active on.

2.

Talent and Legendary Cheatsheet

You can easily import the talent tree below into the game with the following string:

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3.

The Tarragrue

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

  1. Nature's Fury Icon Nature's Fury
  2. Enduring Blow Icon 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 Icon Elethium Weights, Huddled Carvings Icon Huddled Carvings, Potent Acid Gland Icon Potent Acid Gland, and all Obleron-type powers are good choices. Defensively, Oddly Intangible Key Icon Oddly Intangible Key can be very useful for surviving Annihilating Smash Icon Annihilating Smash.
  • However, Lumbering Form Icon Lumbering Form, Twisted Samophlange Icon Twisted Samophlange, and Ten of Towers Icon 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.

4.

The Eye of the Jailer

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

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

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

5.

The Nine

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

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

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

6.

Remnant of Ner'zhul

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

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

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

7.

Soulrender Dormazain

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

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

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

8.

Painsmith Raznal

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

  1. Nature's Fury Icon Nature's Fury
  2. Enduring Blow Icon Enduring Blow
  • Heroic Leap Icon Heroic Leap will not avoid damage from Spiked Balls Icon Spiked Balls or Walls.
  • Spiked Balls Icon Spiked Balls should be destroyed as the priority target, though Sweeping Strikes Icon Sweeping Strikes can be used to hit others at the same time.

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

9.

Guardian of the First Ones

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

  1. Nature's Fury Icon Nature's Fury
  2. Enduring Blow Icon Enduring Blow
  • Always ensure Threat Neutralization Icon Threat Neutralization is placed on Energy Cores.
  • Save defensive cooldowns for high stacks of Purging Protocol Icon Purging Protocol.
10.

Fatescribe Roh-Kalo

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

  1. Nature's Fury Icon Nature's Fury
  2. Enduring Blow Icon Enduring Blow
  • Bladestorm Icon Bladestorm should be saved for packs of smaller adds.
  • Sweeping Strikes Icon Sweeping Strikes can be timed to hit every set of bigger adds during the intermission.
  • Spell Reflection Icon Spell Reflection can deflect Diviner's Probe Icon Diviner's Probe and prevent Twist Fate Icon Twist Fate.
  • Do not use Spell Reflection Icon Spell Reflection during Call of Eternity Icon 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.

11.

Kel'Thuzad

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

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

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

12.

Sylvanas Windrunner

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

  1. Nature's Fury Icon Nature's Fury
  2. Enduring Blow Icon 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 Icon Domination Chains target the closest players, so a good tactic is to purposefully stick close to a set, then use Heroic Leap Icon Heroic Leap and Charge Icon 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 Icon 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.

13.

Changelog

  • 25 Oct. 2022: Updated for Dragonflight pre-patch.
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