Arms Warrior Gearing Guide

The War Within Arms Warrior Season 2 Tier Set:

Tier sets in 11.2 will be focused on Hero Talent interactions instead of spec specific. The Colossus bonuses are as follows:

• 2 Set Bonus: Demolish damage increased by 20% and Critical Strike Damage of abilities increased by up to 20% based on stacks of Colossal Might used. This critical damage bonus is only on enemies debuffed by Demolish (Wrecked).
• 4 Set Bonus: Demolish increases the Critical Strike chance of your next Mortal Strike by 100%. Mortal Strike crits increase the damage of Rend and Deep Wounds by 80%.

Slayer bonuses are as follows:

• 2 Set Bonus: Execute damage increased by 10% and Executes from Sudden Death have a 10% chance per stack of Overwhelmed on the target to trigger a Slayer’s Strike at 100% effectiveness.
• 4 Set Bonus: Overpower damage increased by 10% and Overpower has a 2% chance per stack of Overwhelmed on the target to trigger a Reap the Storm at 150% effectiveness.

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
• Raiding
• Mythic+

Season 3 sees the return of many good trinkets from M+ that we have seen in previous seasons while the new raid doesn’t offer many promising trinkets at all. Trinkets to farm are:

• Void Touched Fragment (Delves)
• Improvised Seaforium Pacemaker (Operation: Floodgate)

Prioritise the trinkets listed above but if you come across any of the following trinkets, they may also be worth picking up:

• Ara-Kara Sacbrood
• Astral Antenna
• Screams of a Forgotten Sky
• Cursed Stone Idol

Sacbrood and Astral Antenna are decently strong passive trinkets which would be perfectly fine stand ins if you are unable to get the Delve trinket.

Screams of a Forgotten Sky will be underwhelming on pure single target but could offer some value in fights where multiple adds spawn and die frequently. This could also be decent in higher M+ keys due to having more time to stack the comet debuff before things begin to die.

Cursed Stone Idol is the only strictly 90 second cooldown trinket in the game for 11.2. Towards the end of PTR it did receive a hefty nerf but could still be useful in M+ specifically due to lining up with cooldown perfectly.

Due to the new cantrip weapon(s) in the raid, crafting a weapon is no longer ideal from a long term gearing standpoint. Additionally, needing 2 crests to craft a 2H weapon puts Warrior at a distinct disadvantage in the first month of the raid as raid will be opening with only 1 crest available.

If you have the patience to craft a 2H weapon in the 2nd week of the raid then Darkmoon Sigil: Ascension is still a great choice for embellishment, followed by Writhing Armor Banding on your next craft.

Long term, you’ll be looking to craft 2 pieces of armor with the Dawnthread lining on them for additional crit rating.

Reshii Wraps (Artifact Cloak)

The new Reshii Wraps Artifact Cloak will be your only Cloak of this patch. You are able to socket the Cloak with certain “Fibers” which let you choose 1 specific secondary stat to have on the item. The fiber you want as an Arms Warrior is:

• Precise Fiber (Critical Strike)

Best D.I.S.C Belt & Miniature Titan Disc Effects

Patch 11.1.7 brings a new item to grind in the form of a belt. This belt has no secondary stats but does have some particularly powerful bonuses. For more information on acquiring the belt, head to the Method's DISC Belt Guide.

The recommended Titan Disc for Arms Warrior in all content is Critical Chain (Crit stat proc). The Critical Chain effect comes from the Skittering Breach Delve. This does not need to be completed while Overcharged or Bountiful and there is no particular level you need to complete it at.