Arms Warrior DPS Spec, Builds, and Talents — The War Within Pre-Patch
On this page, you will find out the best talents for each tier for your Arms Warrior in World of Warcraft — The War Within Pre-Patch. We also have default talent lists for various types of content, such as raiding or Mythic+. If you play with Warmode on, we have your PvP talents covered as well.
If you were looking for WotLK Classic content, please refer to our WotLK Classic Arms Warrior talents.
Best Arms Warrior Talents for The War Within
Note that these builds are generic recommendations for various content. For more specific recommendations for the Raid and Mythic+, check out the dedicated pages below.
Best Talents for Arms Warrior
Best Single Target Talents for Arms Warrior
The single target Arms build also covers two-target situations, due to
baseline Sweeping Strikes, though Improved Sweeping Strikes can be
taken on a case-by-case basis if the secondary target is active for a long
enough period of time - see specific encounter recommendations for more details.
Be sure to make use of the 'Copy Export String' button to import the best build directly into your game!
Best Multitarget Talents for Arms Warrior
Because Sweeping Strikes is a baseline ability, Arms' typical raid
multitarget build is very similar to its single target one. Although Arms has
more multitarget tools than ever before, it does not have a particularly
bursty multitarget damage profile, which is generally preferred in raid
content due to how short-lived most adds are. Therefore, the main use for this
build is council encounters featuring multiple constant boss targets.
Be sure to make use of the 'Copy Export String' button to import the best build directly into your game!
Best Mythic+ Talents for Arms Warrior
Mythic+ dungeons are a balance between multitarget damage and single-target
bosses, with this generalist build covering both, optionally swapping
Colossus Smash for
Warbreaker,
Strength of Arms for
Dreadnaught, and
Ravagerfor
Bladestorm for more
multitarget damage at the expense of single target.
Be sure to make use of the 'Copy Export String' button to import the best build directly into your game!
Mythic+ can require a mix of AoE and Single-Target talents, depending on affixes and other variables. You should check out our page below if you want advice specific to Mythic+.
PvP Talents for Arms Warrior in The War Within
Since Battle for Azeroth, players have the option to go into "War Mode," allowing them to participate in PvP combat with other players. Enabling War Mode provides the following benefits:
- PvP talents enabled in the outdoor world;
- 10% increase in World Quest rewards at maximum level;
- 10% more experience gained while leveling;
- Earn Conquest Points, which can reward gear every week.
With the benefits of enabling War Mode for leveling and PvE content, it is recommended to enable the feature to maximize your leveling and rewards at maximum level. However, you will make yourself available for open-world PvP, and the possibility of being "ganked" while leveling or doing World Quests exists.
Arms Warrior PvP Talents
Shadow of the Colossus jumpstarts the rotation by ensuring
Overpower is always available, and you have enough Rage to follow it up with other attacks.
Battlefield Commander enhances each Shout ability in a different way, increasing overall power and survivability.
Sharpen Blade adds a separate off-global cooldown buff, which synergizes well with
Overpower to increase the damage of
Mortal Strike.
War Banner offers increased
mobility, which can be useful but very situational for outdoor PvE activities.
Master and Commander and
Disarm and
Duel are also
potentially useful but likewise highly situational.
Changelog
- 26 Jul. 2024: Minor build updates.
- 23 Jul. 2024: Updated for The War Within Pre-Patch
- 07 May 2024: Reviewed for 10.2.7.
- 22 Apr. 2024: Updated with new builds for Season 4.
- 19 Mar. 2024: Expanded recommended talent updates and reviewed for Patch 10.2.6.
- 15 Feb. 2024: Fixed broken spell link with the Champion's Spear formerly of Bastion.
- 15 Jan. 2024: Updated for Patch 10.2.5.
- 14 Jan. 2023: Minor updates clarifying recommended talents in selection tool.
- 06 Nov. 2023: Updated talent builds for Patch 10.2 and Season 3 tier sets.
- 04 Sep. 2023: Reviewed for Patch 10.1.7.
- 12 Jul. 2023: Minor formatting updates.
- 10 Jul. 2023: Minor updates for Patch 10.1.5.
- 01 May 2023: Reviewed for Patch 10.1
- 02 Feb. 2023: Updated talent builds.
- 24 Jan. 2023: Updated builds for Patch 10.0.5.
- 11 Dec. 2022: Reviewed for Dragonflight Season 1.
- 28 Nov. 2022: Updated for Dragonflight launch.
- 18 Nov. 2022: Update Fervor of Battle use and description.
- 25 Oct. 2022: Updated for Dragonflight pre-patch.
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