Arms Warrior Gearing Guide

Tier Sets

Season 4 sees the return of the Season 1 Arms tier set. This tier set has been adjusted for Season 4 and its bonuses are now as follows:

• 2 set - Mortal Strike and Cleave deal 15% (was 10%) bonus damage and have 10% increased crit chance
• 4 set - Mortal Strike, Cleave and Execute critical strikes increase your damage and critical strike chance by 8% (was 5%) for 6 seconds

This tier set was already exceptionally strong in AoE back in Season 1, though it did lack a bit on single target. The difference in Season 4 is a rather hefty number of buffs to Arms’ bleeds and individual abilities (Overpower for example) which will help push Arms single target to a decent spot even with a heavily AoE focused talent build.

Legendary Weapon

Fyr'alath the Dreamrender is the legendary weapon that can be acquired from Fyrakk. The quest starting item has a chance to drop on ANY difficulty, with higher chances to drop from higher difficulties.

In a statement from Blizzard, higher difficulties include the drop chances from difficulties below, as long as you haven’t already done them.

This weapon is by far our best obtainable weapon this patch due to its decent passive effect and high item level. The on-use is awkward as you are rooted for 3 seconds during its channel, so care needs to be taken to use this at a safe time so as not to be killed.

The on-use is best saved until you have CD downtime (no Avatar or CS active). Note that you do not generate Rage during this time, so plan your globals immediately after the channel accordingly.

Fyr’alath is still obtainable in Season 4. This legendary can also be upgraded with the new Bronze Bullion coins. 2 of these coins can buy you the upgrade item to bring the Axe to 502 item level. From there it can be further upgraded in the normal way with Crests and Flightstones all the way to 535.

Bronze Bullion Usage

Listed below are the first 4 pieces of gear you should look to buy with the new Bronze Bullion coins. Keep in mind you get 1 coin per week as standard and each piece of gear costs 2 coins to buy.

1. Scale of Awakening (Fyr’alath upgrade item. Only purchase if you already have Fyr’alath).
2. Seal of Diurna’s Chosen (Eranog Ring). This will be a highly contested item so picking this up early through Bronze Bullion’s is likely your best bet to get it at all.
3. Ominous Chromatic Essence (Forgotten Experiments Trinket). Also potentially highly contested and a great option for both Single Target and AoE situations for Arms.
4. Seal of Fillial Duty (Broodkeeper Diurna Ring). Another potentially highly contested item. Regardless of the level you play at, any kind of damage reduction is incredibly valuable making this ring a very important pickup.

NOTE: The Voice of the Silent Star cloak has been left off of this list on purpose. If your intention is to push high Mythic+ you will likely want a cloak with Stamina on it to survive ever increasing difficulties.

Additionally, if you happen to get lucky enough to get any of these items from Mythic early then just skip it in the list and move on to the next item.

Arms Warrior Best in Slot Gear

You should still prioritise the gear you use by running a sim for your character, but the lists below will give you a good idea of what items are considered good for Arms Warrior, and help you target the right content for each piece of loot.

Overall Best Gear for Arms Warrior

Best Gear from the Raid for Arms Warrior

Best Gear from Mythic+ for Arms Warrior

Embellishments

Embellishments are special properties that can be added to most crafted gear adding a little bit of extra power to your item. Some of these are strong, and some are not. The high-value Embellishments are:

• Allied Wristguards of Companionship - With the nerf to Shadowflame patch, a new set of embellishments is required. These wrists have a permanent uptime on the Versatility they give in almost every raid situation.
• Blue Silken Lining - Even with a low uptime, this embellishment remains very strong. Even in AoE/Mythic+, since we are playing Cleave again, our Deep Wounds uptime is as good as 100% so the value of Mastery on AoE has increased significantly.
• Shadowflame-Tempered Armor Patch - Even with the nerf, Shadowflame remains a decently strong options as an embellishment however it is still firmly behind Blue Silken Lining and the Allied Wristguards.
• Frostfire Legguards of Preparation - FOR M+. Still a very strong option for consistent AoE situations like M+. It would be wise to consider the actual value of this embellishment, especially on bosses, on a dungeon by dungeon basis.

Trinkets

Season 4 gives an abundance of trinket options, particularly from raid. A list of potentially useful trinkets are:

Vault of the Incarnates

• Rumbling Ruby - Terros (yes really)
• Whispering Incarnate Icon - The Primal Council (highly dependant on a tank and healer also using the trinket)
• Manic Grieftorch- Broodkeeper Diurna

Aberrus

• Elementium Pocket Anvil - Amalgamation Chamber
• Ominous Chromatic Essence - Forgotten Experiments (decently strong on its own with the right stat, much better with full group coverage)
• Neltharion’s Call to Chaos - Echo of Neltharion (mostly valuable in AoE due to the excessive use of Cleave)

Amirdrassil

• Cataclysmic Signet Brand - Smolderon (always check fight length when considering this trinket for raid bosses)
• Pip’s Emerald Friendship Badge - Council of Dreams
• Augury of the Primal Flame - Fyrakk

Mythic+

• Algeth’ar Puzzle Box - Algeth’ar Academy
• Irideus Fragment - Halls of Infusion (particularly strong in AoE with Blademaster’s Torment)

Gear Upgrading

The crest system has been altered slightly but still remains quite powerful. It is normally worth using crests early and often, especially if you feel that it will take a while to replace a certain piece of gear.

As a general rule of thumb, you should look to upgrade high-value items first. These items include:

• Weapon
• High value armor pieces (chest, legs, head)
• Trinkets