Arms Warrior PvE Guide - Cataclysm Classic

Introduction

    Arms Warriors bring increased Bleed Damage and 4% Physical Damage taken with Blood Frenzy to raids. All Warriors also bring a Strength and Agility buff with
    Battle Shout
    , Stamina buff with
    Commanding Shout
    , and Armor Reduction with
    Sunder Armor
    .

Cataclysm Classic Arms Warrior Rotation

    Arms Warriors have a simple priority system, but as with any class that uses Rage or Energy, managing your resources properly will be critical to perform well. Making sure you make the most out of your
    Colossus Smash
    windows (3 yellow hits during the debuff), and proper usage of
    Inner Rage
    and
    Deadly Calm
    will make a huge impact on your DPS. Another complexity of the Arms Warriors rotation is Stance Dancing but this can be simplified by macroing together the abilities and their corresponding stances.

Opener

  1. Pre-cast
    Battle Shout
    or
    Commanding Shout
    .
  2. Pre-pot
    Golemblood Potion
    .
  3. Cast
    Charge
    .
  4. Cast
    Rend
    .
  5. Cast
    Mortal Strike
    and
    Heroic Strike
    .
  6. Cast
    Deadly Calm
    . Use
    Heroic Strike
    on cooldown during the buff.
  7. Cast
    Colossus Smash
    .
  8. Cast
    Heroic Leap
    (Off GCD).
  9. Cast
    Overpower
    .
  10. Cast
    Mortal Strike
    .
  11. Cast
    Overpower
    .
  12. Proceed with single target rotation.

Single Target

  1. Use and maintain 3 stacks of
    Sunder Armor
    if assigned.
  2. Maintain
    Battle Shout
    or
    Commanding Shout
    if assigned.
  3. Maintain
    Rend
    .
    Mortal Strike
    will take care of this thanks to
    Lambs to the Slaughter
    .
  4. Use
    Shattering Throw
    if assigned.
  5. Use
    Inner Rage
    when high on Rage.
  6. Use
    Deadly Calm
    when low on Rage.
  7. Use
    Recklessness
    .
  8. Use
    Colossus Smash
    as long as the target doesn't currently have the
    Colossus Smash
    debuff. Watch out for
    Sudden Death
    procs.
  9. Use
    Mortal Strike
    .
  10. Use
    Overpower
    with
    Taste for Blood
    procs.
  11. Use
    Heroic Strike
    with
    Battle Trance
    proc or if you have excess Rage.
  12. Use
    Execute
    to dump Rage for targets below 20% HP.
  13. Use
    Slam
    to dump Rage.
  14. Use
    Battle Shout
    or
    Commanding Shout
    to generate Rage.

AoE

    2 targets:

  1. Use
    Sweeping Strikes
    .
  2. Proceed with single target rotation. When
    Sweeping Strikes
    runs out, replace
    Heroic Strike
    with
    Cleave
    .
  3. 3+ targets:

  4. If running the talent
    Blood and Thunder
    , use
    Rend
    and spread it with
    Thunder Clap
    .
  5. Use
    Bladestorm
    .
  6. Use
    Sweeping Strikes
    .
  7. Proceed with single target rotation. When
    Sweeping Strikes
    runs out, replace
    Heroic Strike
    with
    Cleave
    .
  8. For 4+ targets, replace
    Colossus Smash
    with
    Whirlwind
    .

Cataclysm Classic Arms Warrior Talents

Standard Build

For pure single target fights, you can remove 2 points from
Blood and Thunder
and put them into
Incite
. If you need a single target stun, you can move the point from
Drums of War R1
into
Throwdown
.
0
Arms
0
Fury
0
Protection

Cataclysm Classic Arms Warrior Glyphs

  1. Prime:
    Mortal StrikeMortal Strike
    ,
    OverpowerOverpower
    ,
    SlamSlam
  2. Major:
    Sweeping StrikesSweeping Strikes
    ,
    CleavingCleaving
  3. Optional:
    Colossus SmashColossus Smash
    or
    Thunder ClapThunder Clap
  4. Minor:
    Berserker RageBerserker Rage
    ,
    BattleBattle
    ,
    CommandCommand

Cataclysm Classic Arms Warrior Best Consumables

Flasks and Elixirs

    Best:
  • Flask of Titanic Strength

Food

    Best:
  • Seafood Magnifique Feast
    ,
  • Beer-Basted Crocolisk
    ,
  • Fortune Cookie
    Alternatives:
  • Broiled Dragon Feast
    ,
  • Hearty Seafood Soup

Potions

    Best:
  • Golemblood Potion

Cataclysm Classic Arms Warrior Best Races

Alliance

  1. Worgen:
    Viciousness
    and
    Darkflight
  2. Human:
    Sword Specialization
    and
    Mace Specialization
  3. Dwarf:
    Mace Specialization
  4. Draenei:
    Heroic Presence

Horde

  1. Orc:
    Axe Specialization
    and
    Blood Fury
  2. Goblin:
    Time is Money
    ,
    Rocket Barrage
    , and
    Rocket Jump
  3. Troll:
    Berserking

Cataclysm Classic Arms Warrior Best Professions

  1. Engineering:
    Synapse Springs
    .
  2. The rest of the professions are very close in power, with Blacksmithing becoming better with epic gems in T13.