Tier Sets
The War Within Arms Warrior Season 1 Tier Set:
- (2) Set Bonus: Mortal Strike and Cleave increase the damage of your next Overpower by 10%
- (4) Set Bonus: When Overpower has its cooldown reset by Tactician, your next Mortal Strike or Cleave has its damage increased by 10% and critical strike chance increased by 10%, stacking up to 2 times
As is customary with the first tier set of an expansion, neither of these bonuses are particularly game changing. They do nothing to shake up the gameplay which is predominantly the same as it was in Dragonflight. They are still solid bonuses that feed quite well into each other.
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
| Slot | Item | Source |
| Head | Soaring Behemoth’s Greathelm | The Dawnbreaker (M+) |
| Neck | Sureki Zealot’s Insignia | Sikran (Raid) |
| Shoulders | Warsculptor’s Horned Spaulder | Rasha’nan (Raid) or Catalyst (Tier) |
| Cloak | Wings of Shattered Sorrow | Rasha’nan (Raid) |
| Chest | Warsculptor’s Furred Plastron | Broodtwister Ovi’nax (Raid) or Catalyst (Tier) |
| Wrist | Devoted Offering’s Irons | Queen Ansurek (Raid) |
| Gloves | Warsculptor’s Crushers | Sikran (Raid) or Catalyst (Tier) |
| Belt | Crystal-Fissure Girdle | The Stonevault (M+) |
| Legs | Warsculptor’s Cuisses | Nexus Princess (Raid) or Catalyst (Tier) |
| Boots | Ballast Sinkers | Siege of Boralus (M+) |
| Ring | Seal of the Poisoned Pact | Queen Ansurek (Raid) |
| Ring | Band of the Ancient Dredger | Siege of Boralus (M+) |
| Trinket | Mark of Khardros | Grim Batol (M+) |
| Trinket | Ara-Kara Sacbrood | Ara-Kara (M+) |
| Main Hand | Anub’arash’s Colossal Mandible | Silken Court (Raid) |
Best Gear from the Raid
| Slot | Item | Source |
| Head | Warsculptor’s Barbute | The Silken Court (Tier) |
| Neck | Suerki Zealot’s Insignia | Sikran |
| Shoulders | Warsculptor’s Horned Spaulders | Rasha’nan (Tier) |
| Cloak | Wings of Shattered Sorrow | Rasha’nan |
| Chest | Warsculptor’s Furred Plastron | Broodtwister Ovi’nax (Tier) |
| Wrist | Devoted Offering’s Irons | Queen Ansurek |
| Gloves | Warsculptor’s Crushers | Sikran (Tier) |
| Belt | Nether Bounty’s Greatbelt | Nexus-Princess Ky’veza |
| Legs | Bloodbound Horror’s Legplates | The Bloodbound Horror |
| Boots | Shattershell Greaves | The Silken Court |
| Ring | Seal of the Poisoned Pact | Queen Ansurek |
| Ring | Writhing Ringworm | Broodtwister Ovi’nax |
| Trinket | Mad Queen’s Mandate | Queen Ansurek |
| Trinket | Ovi’nax’s Mercurial Egg | Broodtwister Ovi’nax |
| Main Hand | Anub’arash’s Colossal Mandible | Silken Court |
Best Gear from Mythic+
| Slot | Item | Source |
| Head | Soaring Behemoth’s Greathelm | The Dawnbreaker |
| Neck | Trailspinner Pendant | Mists of Tirna Scither |
| Shoulders | Warsculptor’s Horned Spaulders | Catalyst (Tier) |
| Cloak | Troggstitches Drape | Grim Batol |
| Chest | Warsculptor’s Furred Plastron | Catalyst (Tier) |
| Wrist | Vociferous Subjugator’s Bracers | City of Threads |
| Gloves | Warsculptor’s Crushers | Catalyst (Tier) |
| Belt | Crystal-Fissure Girdle | The Stonevault |
| Legs | Warsculptor’s Cuisses | Catalyst (Tier) |
| Boots | Ballast Sinkers | Siege of Boralus |
| Ring | Devout Zealot’s Ring | The Dawnbreaker |
| Ring | Band of the Ancient Dredger | Siege of Boralus |
| Trinket | Mark of Khardros | Grim Batol |
| Trinket | Ara-Kara Sacbrood | Ara-Kara |
| Main Hand | Siegebreaker’s Halberd | Siege of Boralus |
Trinkets
There are a number of good trinkets this season, particularly from Mythic+. In particular there are 2 good on use trinkets with a 90 second cooldown allowing perfect alignment with our cooldowns. You will absolutely want one of these 2 trinkets:
- Mark of Khardros - Grim Batol
- Skarmorak Shard - The Stonevault
Mark of Khardros has a bigger on use while Skarmorak Shard has lower Mastery on use but offers a passive Mastery buff when enemies die around you, making it potentially better for M+.
For your 2nd trinket there is 1 particularly good passive trinket, Ara-Kara Sacbrood. The stacking Strength buff have individual buff timers per stack (like Guardian Druid’s Ironfur) and appears to be able to stack quite high. The damage proc of this trinket is negligible but that is mostly unimportant.
Embellishments
New expansion means new embellishments. The embellishments that look particularly strong right now are:
- Dawnthread Lining (Armor only) - Grants Crit rating while above 80% HP
- Duskthread Lining (Armor only) - Grants Versatility while above 80% HP
- Blessed Weapon Grip (Weapon only) - Grants your highest secondary stat fading over time
There are other embellishments that are slightly more inconvenient to create:
Darkmoon Sigil: Vivacity (Weapon only) - These are copies of the Darkmoon Decks which are rather powerful however they are annoying to create. They require the Darkmoon Decks in order to make the embellishments which will require you (or a kind Scribe that you know) to be able to make the Deck for you. The Deck you will be looking for is Darkmoon Deck: Vivacity.