Warrior Arms & Fury guide

Overzicht

Arms is the warrior's two-handed weapon spec: big hits, bleeds and lots of crits. The build here goes deep into Arms for Deep Wounds and Impale, so every crit hurts more and keeps your Rage flowing. Pick it if you like simple, hard-hitting melee and want a warrior that can swap to tanking later.

How to play it

In order of priority for levels 20 to 30, on one target:

1. ChargeOpen every fight with it. Improved Charge gives you extra Rage to start.
2. RendPut it on anything that will live a while. It bleeds through armor and the talent makes it hit harder.
3. OverpowerUse it right after the target dodges. It is cheap and hits hard.
4. Victory RushFree attack and a 10% heal after a kill. Use it whenever it lights up.
5. Heroic StrikeYour Rage dump. Queue it when you have spare Rage, and save some for the next mob.
6. Battle ShoutKeep it up at all times.

Several targets

1. Thunder ClapOpens a pack of 2 to 4 mobs and slows their attacks.
2. CleaveYour Rage dump instead of Heroic Strike when 2 or more mobs are on you.
3. RetaliationPanic button when you pull too many. It no longer shares a cooldown with Recklessness or Shield Wall.

Stat-prioriteit

1. Crit
2. Hit
3. Strength
4. Attack power
5. Wapen-DPS
6. Agility
7. Weapon skill

This is the order ONN ranks gear by for Arms & Fury. Your weapon matters more than anything for melee.

Talents

21 / 0 / 0 at level 30. One point every level from 10. Take them in this order:

Open this build in the talent calculator

Gear at level 30

The best item for each slot. Hover for the full tooltip.

• HeadBarbaric Iron Helm
• NeckKaleidoscope Chain
• ShouldersForest Tracker Epaulets
• BackHawkeye's Cloak
• ChestAvenger's Armor
• WristsYorgen Bracers
• HandsGauntlets of Ogre Strength
• WaistHighlander's Plate Girdle
• LegsFerine Leggings
• FeetHighlander's Plate Greaves
• Ring 1Legionnaire's Band
• Ring 2Protector's Band
• Trinket 1Rune of Duty
• Two-handViscous Hammer
• RangedNightstalker Bow

Full best in slot list, with sources and alternatives

Dungeons to run

Where most of your best gear drops, best first.

• Razorfen Kraul levels 29 to 382 best-in-slot items: Ferine Leggings, Nightstalker Bow
• The Deadmines levels 17 to 26
• Shadowfang Keep levels 22 to 30
• Gnomeregan levels 29 to 38

Tips

• Your weapon is most of your damage. Upgrade it every time you can, even at the cost of armor.
• Bloodrage no longer puts you in combat in Forever, so you can use it before a pull or while eating.
• Tactical Mastery is baseline from level 14, and Improved Tactical Mastery lets you keep even more Rage when you swap to Defensive Stance.
• Crits give much more Rage than normal hits in Forever, so crit gear pays off twice.
• In dungeons, let the tank get a few hits in before you open, and use Hamstring on runners.

Macros

Make a macro with /macro in game, paste the text, and drag it to your bar.

#showtooltip Heroic Strike
/startattack
/cast Heroic Strike

#showtooltip
/startattack
/cast [mod:shift] Cleave; Heroic Strike

Bronnen

• Warcraft Tavern: Priest and Warrior deep dive
• Icy Veins: Warrior class overview
• Method: Warrior leveling guide
• WoW Forever Talents: Warrior-talenten