Welcome to the Arms Warrior guide for World of Warcraft the Burning Crusade. In this guide, you will learn about playing an Arms Warrior in dungeons and raids. The guide includes Talents, Gems, Enchantments, BiS list, Gameplay & Skill rotation tips.

Table of Contents

• Talents
• Gems
• Enchants
• Professions
• Rotation
• Consumables
• Stat Priority
• Pre-Raid BiS
• Best in Slot

Talents

Improved Thunder Clap and Improved Demoralizing Shout can be replaced with other talents if they are provided by another Warrior.

Sword Specialization is superior, but obviously you will have to use the Specialization of your current weapon.

Sword Specialization -> Poleaxe Specialization -> Mace specialization (note, it’s 7 rage instead of 70 as tooltip states)
Gems

• Meta: Relentless Earthstorm Diamond
• Red: Bold Living Ruby, Inscribed Noble Topaz
• Blue: Fill with Red or Sovereign Nightseye, Jagged Talasite
• Yellow: Smooth Dawnstone, Rigid Dawnstone

Enchants

• Head – Glyph of the Outcast, Glyph of Ferocity if Hit is required
• Shoulder – Greater Inscription of Vengeance or Greater Inscription of the Blade
• Cloak – Greater Agility or Enchant Cloak - Subtlety
• Chest – Enchant Chest - Exceptional Stats
• Bracers – Enchant Bracer - Brawn
• Gloves – Major Strength
• Legs – Nethercobra Leg Armor or Cobrahide Leg Armor
• Boots – Enchant Boots - Cat's Swiftness with Enchant Boots - Dexterity and Enchant Boots - Surefooted as alternatives
• Weapon – Enchant Weapon - Executioner, Enchant Weapon - Mongoose or Enchant 2H Weapon - Savagery

Enchanters can also benefit from Formula: Enchant Ring - Stats on both of the Rings

Professions Leatherworking is the true raiders choice due to the ability to create Drums of Battle & Drums of War which are very useful in raids. If you take into account the combined stat boost for the party – it gets clear why Leatherworking is first. Also, you can craft leg enchants like Nethercobra Leg Armor.

List of useful Leatherworking items during your progression:

• Swiftstrike Shoulders
• Shoulders of Lightning Reflexes
• Cloak of Darkness
• Embrace of the Phoenix
• Carapace of Sun and Shadow
• Bindings of Lightning Reflexes
• Gloves of Immortal Dusk
• Fletcher's Gloves of the Phoenix
• Belt of Deep Shadow
• Belt of the Black Eagle
• Boots of Utter Darkness

Jewelcrafting gives you access to craft following BiS items Hard Khorium Choker and Hard Khorium Band. You can also create epic gems, but they can be bought, so it’s not much of an exclusive thing. JC is second because the combined stat boost of Drums (LW) is better for the party.

• Hard Khorium Choker
• Hard Khorium Band
• Figurine – Shadowsong Panther (to be replaced later on)

Enchanting is beneficial to upgrade rings with Formula: Enchant Ring - Stats which is a unique boost available only to this profession. After enchanting your BiS rings, Enchanting may be removed to make space for other professions (it’s not required to maintain the profession to use this boost).

With Alchemy you can create Assassin’s Alchemist Stone, but it will be replaced soon enough with a better trinket. Also may be used to create consumables like Flask of Relentless Assault, Elixir of Demonslaying or Haste Potion

Blacksmithing may help you get new gear once you start doing dungeons & raids but this gear will get replaced fast enough with progressing to higher end content. But it can be used to provide gold for buying consumables or to create Adamantite Weightstone & Adamantite Sharpening Stone.

List of useful Blacksmithing items during your progression:

• Swiftsteel Shoulders
• Hard Khorium Battleplate
• Bulwark of the Ancient Kings
• Bulwark of Kings
• Breastplate of Kings
• Hard Khorium Battlefists
• Red Belt of Battle
• Dragonstrike
• Dragonmaw
• Wicked Edge of the Planes
• Black Planar Edge
• Blazefury

Engineering also has some useful items aside from the utility and miscellaneous item the profession offers – Mayhem Projection Goggles, Furious Gizmatic Goggles

Rotation

White attack -> Slam -> Mortal Strike -> White attack -> Slam -> Whirlwind -> White attack -> Slam -> Mortal Strike -> White attack -> Slam -> Instant-use spells

Instant-use spells slot reserved for skills like Battle Shout and Demoralizing Shout

Excessive rage should be dumped by Heroic Strike instead of Slam.

Buffs like Death Wish should be combined with other buffs & trinket procs. Try using these as soon as possible, to have them ready again sooner.

Consumables

• Flask: Flask of Relentless Assault
• Elixir: Elixir of Major Strength, Elixir of Major Agility, Elixir of the Mongoose, Fel Strength Elixir, Elixir of Demonslaying
• Potion: Haste Potion, Insane Strength Potion
• Food: Roasted Clefthoof, Spicy Crawdad, Talbuk Steak, Spicy Hot Talbuk
• Drums: Drums of Battle, Drums of War

Stat Priority

• Expertise / Hit rating
• Crit / Attack Power / Armor Pen
• Haste

Note that Weapon Mastery alongside Orc and Human racial traits will help you in reaching the Expertise requirement. Precision is not taken in the build.


Pre-Raid Best in Slot

Slot	Item
Head	Furious Gizmatic Goggles
Neck	Choker of Vile Intent
Shoulders	Ragesteel Shoulders
Back	Vengeance Wrap
Chest	Gladiator's Plate Chestpiece
Wrist	Black Felsteel Bracers
Hands	Cobrascale Gloves
Waist	Girdle of the Deathdealer
Legs	Fel Leather Leggings
Feet	Fel Leather Boots
Main Hand	Deep Thunder
Ranged	Veteran's Musket
Ring 1	Shaffar's Band of Brutality
Ring 2	Ring of Umbral Doom
Trinket 1	Bloodlust Brooch
Trinket 2	Hourglass of the Unraveller

Best in Slot