Arms Warrior PvE Guide — Midnight
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This is a melee fighter whose primary stat is Strength. The Arms Warrior uses two-handed weapons (axes, swords, maces, polearms).
A defining feature of the Arms Warrior is accumulating and efficiently spending Rage to empower damaging abilities.
Strengths
- Easy to learn.
- One of the best classes for damage during the Execute phase.
- High two-target damage thanks to
Sweeping Strikes. - Class buff that increases the attack power of all party or raid members by 5%.
Weaknesses
- You need to track Rage generation and cooldowns for maximum efficiency.
- Weak group-control utilities.
Stat Priority
Strength
Critical Strike
Haste
Mastery
VersatilityTalents
Rotation (Ability Priority)
Rend — to apply the debuff
Ravager — before Colossus Smash- Avatar — before or together with Colossus Smash
- Sweeping Strikes — if no active charges
Demolish — at >5 stacks of 
Colossal Might and during Colossus Smash- Rend — if less than 4 sec remain
- Execute — during
Sudden Death
Best in Slot (BiS)
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Enchants, Gems, Consumables
Leveling
Single Target:
- Start fights with Charge for an instant gap-closer and starting Rage.
- Use
Victory Rush right after killing a mob to deal damage and restore health. - Cast Execute when the target is low on health.
- Press Colossus Smash to significantly shred the target's armor.
- Use Mortal Strike on cooldown.
- Fill the gaps with Overpower and
Slam.
Multiple Targets (AoE):
- Always turn on Sweeping Strikes when facing 2 or more targets.
- Use
Cleave to hit a group of enemies. - Pop Bladestorm for massive area damage in large packs.
Mythic+ Tips
1
Thanks to Charge and 
Heroic Leap you have high mobility. This helps avoid dangerous zones (void zones) or quickly engage a new group of enemies.
2
Spell Reflection lets you reduce incoming magic damage or reflect the spell back at the enemy. Try to use it before taking heavy magic damage from bosses or dangerous mobs.
3
Intimidating Shout lets you interrupt the casting of several enemies at once. Try to use this ability when you need to stop dangerous casts in a large pack of mobs.
Macros
#showtooltip Pummel /cast [mod:shift, @focus][@mouseover, harm, nodead][] Pummel
#showtooltip Heroic Leap /cast [@cursor] Heroic Leap
#showtooltip Execute /cast [@mouseover, harm, exists][@target] Execute
#showtooltip Bladestorm /cancelaura Bladestorm /cast Bladestorm
#showtooltip /use 13 /use 14
Author
Fouren
Fouren has been playing World of Warcraft for over 15 years. He is an active player with 12 Cutting Edge achievements under his belt, and has reached the top 1% and 0.1% multiple times on various classes. His main classes are healers, particularly Holy Paladin.
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