Arms Warrior Torghast Guide and Best Anima Powers — Shadowlands 9.0.2
On this page, we tell you all you need to know to prepare your Arms Warrior before entering Torghast and then how to pick up the right Anima Powers once you are inside!
Torghast as a Arms Warrior
This page will help give advice on navigating Torghast, Tower of the Damned as an Arms Warrior. For more details on Torghast itself, check our dedicated page here:
Best Arms Warrior Talents for Torghast, Tower of the Damned
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25 |
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30 |
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35 |
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40 |
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45 |
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50 |
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Level 15 Talents for Torghast as an Arms Warrior
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Sudden Death will perform better with
Condemn from
the Venthyr covenant, while
Skullsplitter will tend a bit better
otherwise.
Level 25 Talents for Torghast as an Arms Warrior
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Double Time is usually the go-to talent, although
Storm Bolt can be a useful choice for stunning dangerous targets when
survivability is a problem.
Level 30 Talents for Torghast as an Arms Warrior
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Massacre is generally the strongest, although certain Anima
Powers can affect this choice.
Voracious Culling Blade will eventually
make
Execute usable at any health percent, thereby replacing
Massacre entirely, while stacking
Bloodstained Whetstone makes
Fervor of Battle better.
Level 35 Talents for Torghast as an Arms Warrior
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Bounding Stride helps get through the activity, although
Defensive Stance is the better defensive option when needed.
Level 40 Talents for Torghast as an Arms Warrior
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Cleave generally performs best due to maintaining
Mastery: Deep Wounds on the frequent multi-target pulls. Other talents
can be used for varying degrees of increased burst damage, but are not
typically better than having a reliable way to benefit from mastery.
Level 45 Talents for Torghast as an Arms Warrior
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Deadly Calm is excellent for jumpstarting rage generation, working
best with
Condemn or
Voracious Culling Blade. It is
possible to gain enough rage generation from powers such as
Brawler's Brass Knuckles that it is not needed though, in which case
Avatar should instead be used.
Level 50 Talents for Torghast as an Arms Warrior
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While Dreadnaught is the best choice across the board, due to the
increased single target and AoE damage it provides.
Best Arms Warrior Anima Powers
Throughout your climb through Torghast, you will be offered up a variety of Anima Powers as you progress. Some of these are unique, while others can stack and making the right choice first time can be difficult. Because of that we have made a Tier List below that helps make quick decisions if you are struggling.
Remember though, do not follow the list blindly, there is a lot of different playstyles to explore within Torghast and trying things out is part of the enjoyment. None of the powers are necessary to complete a run, and picking a power that improves something you rarely use will ultimately be useless. After all, you might not run into the power that you are looking for each run!
For a complete list of Anima Powers available to Warriors, please refer to the pages linked just below.
S-Tier Anima Powers for Arms Warrior
Scratched Knife
Warlord's Resolve
Unbound Fortitude (with
Warlord's Resolve)
Voracious Culling Blade
Brawler's Brass Knuckles
Smoldering Inertia
A-Tier Anima Powers for Arms Warrior
Hurricane Heart
Bloodstained Whetstone (with
Hurricane Heart)
Fan of Longswords (with
Hurricane Heart)
Zovaal's Warbanner
Spearheads of Eternity
Spattered Soles (for mobility)
B-Tier Anima Powers for Arms Warrior
Battlelord's Cypher
Battlelord's Ultimatum
Writhing Noose
Edge of Hatred (without
Voracious Culling Blade)
Shadehound Tooth (without
Voracious Culling Blade)
Livingwood Pommel
C-Tier Anima Powers for Arms Warrior
Bladed Bulwark
Champion's Decree
Gibbering Skull
Ogundimu's Fist (Kyrian)
Periapt of Furor
Pleonexian Command
Ragemote
Resonant Throatbands
Shrieking Flagon
Singing Stones
Soulwrought Studs
Succulent Carpaccio
Thundering Roar
Umbral Ear Trumpet
Battlelord's Invocation
Battlelord's Legacy
Battlelord's Lesson
Battlelord's Mythos
Ancient Prolegomenon
Elysian Shoulderwrap
Kyrian Warhelm
Stonepiercer Signet
Distillation of Sin
Pridebreaker's Anvil
Hateful Fetish
Repulsive Pennant
Sinew-Sewn Tassels
Overgrowth Catalyst
Petrified Wildseed
If an Anima Power is not in the Tier List above, it is either because we have been unable to test due to being unavailable as a pick, or information about its tuning is not complete. It will be added to the list as we find out more.
Phantasma Anima Powers for Arms Warrior
Occasionally you will be offered the ability to get Phantasma instead of an Anima Power, or increases to your Phantasma generation. Judging these is more difficult because it depends on how much of each floor you are clearing. Grabbing these early on is usually a good idea so you can make use of vendors, while the later the run goes the less valuable these are.
Arms Warrior Playstyle for Torghast, Tower of the Damned
Arms Warriors have a very strong toolkit for dealing with the mixed pulls in Torghast, backed by several powerful anima powers which create interesting gameplay builds. The only real weakpoint is a lack of in-combat self healing, but that is easily be compensated for by numerous defensive abilities and anima powers which enhance them. Some tips for gameplay are:
Scratched Knife is the best power, which will almost always take out the strongest enemy or boss on the floor in one hit and grant an extra anima power, leading to many more powers over the course of a run than otherwise.
- Combining
Brawler's Brass Knuckles and
Voracious Culling Blade will result in a one-button rotation capable of decimating everything in your path.
- Stacking
Hurricane Heart and
Bloodstained Whetstone can create a very strong self healing build.
- Gaining enough
Unbound Fortitude and
Warlord's Resolve will result in a 100% uptime on
Die by the Sword, making you nearly immortal.
- Do not be afraid to kite if you feel you are in danger, using
Piercing Howl and
Intimidating Shout.
- Do not rush into big pulls if you have no cooldowns and are not stable. Torghast has no timer, and enemies can become very dangerous at higher floor levels so know your limits.
Changelog
- 24 Nov. 2020: Page added.
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