Arms Warrior Torghast Guide and Best Anima Powers — Shadowlands 9.2
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 pages.
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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Skullsplitter performs well early on, but Rage-generation-increasing
powers are very common, which reduces its need considerably. On
the other hand,
War Machine is not particularly powerful, but
will help reduce downtime and get through the activity much quicker.
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 very strong choice due to the amount of dangerous mobs inside
Torghast.
Impending Victory is less useful due to the amount of
frequent
Victory Rush procs and powers which allow its use without
getting a kill, although the talent does increase its healing.
Level 30 Talents for Torghast as an Arms Warrior
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Massacre is strong for the same reasons it is in Mythic+, as
most targets do not live long enough for
Rend to tick out; that may not
be true against all bosses, however. That said, the Anima Power
Voracious Culling Blade will eventually make
Execute
usable at any health percent, thereby replacing Massacre entirely, while
Fan of Longswords and other
Whirlwind Powers will make
Fervor of Battle much better.
Level 35 Talents for Torghast as an Arms Warrior
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Bounding Stride increases mobility and adds an offensive layer with
Ancient Rubble or
Blade of the Tideskorn and
Resonant Throatbands, although
Defensive Stance is the better
defensive option when needed.
Second Wind is something of a wild card,
as it can provide extra healing when kiting dangerous mobs, but it is not
typically needed.
Level 40 Talents for Torghast as an Arms Warrior
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Warbreaker is the go-to choice due to the amount of multi-target
inside Torghast.
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. However, it
is easy to gain enough Rage generation from powers such as
Brawler's Brass Knuckles that it is not needed, making
Avatar
a more universal choice.
Level 50 Talents for Torghast as an Arms Warrior
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Dreadnaught is the best choice across the board, due to the
increased single target and constant 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
Pridebreaker's Anvil
Brawler's Brass Knuckles
Smoldering Inertia
A-Tier Anima Powers for Arms Warrior
Resonant Throatbands (with
Blade of the Tideskorn and
Glory of Skyhold)
Fan of Longswords (with
Hurricane Heart or
Thorium Hairpin)
Bloodstained Whetstone (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
Gargolmar's Shattered Hand
C-Tier Anima Powers for Arms Warrior
Ancient Rubble
Bladed Bulwark
Champion's Decree
Gibbering Skull
Ogundimu's Fist (Kyrian)
Periapt of Furor
Pleonexian Command
Ragemote
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
Hateful Fetish
Repulsive Pennant
Sinew-Sewn Tassels
Overgrowth Catalyst
Petrified Wildseed
Weathered Runestone
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
- 21 Feb. 2022: Page reviewed and approved for Patch 9.2.
- 01 Nov. 2021: Reviewed and approved for Patch 9.1.5.
- 28 Jun. 2021: Updated for Patch 9.1.
- 09 Mar. 2021: Reviewed for Patch 9.0.5.
- 24 Nov. 2020: Page added.
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