Warrior
Arms
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Arms Warrior
The Arms specialization of the Warrior in The Burning Crusade focuses on big melee hits, with a two-handed weapon or a weapon in each hand.
The Warrior is a melee fighter who uses rage: they mainly build it by dealing and taking damage, and switch stances depending on the situation. Arms is for players who enjoy powerful blows, in PvE as well as in PvP.
Gameplay built on big hits
Mortal StrikeArms · Row 7 · 1 rankInstant · 6 sec cooldown · Duration 10 secRequires: Death Wish (1 rank)A vicious strike that deals weapon damage plus 210 and reduces the effectiveness of any healing on the target by 50% for 10 seconds. deals heavy damage and reduces the healing received by the target by 50%. Improved SlamFury · Row 5 · 2 ranksReduces the casting time of Slam by 0.5 / 1 second. reduces the casting time of Slam1.5 sec castSlams the opponent for weapon damage plus 140. Resets your swing timer. by one second, making it an ability to use very often, and ImpaleArms · Row 4 · 2 ranksRequires: Deep Wounds (3 ranks)Increases the critical strike damage bonus of your abilities in Battle, Defensive and Berserker Stance by 10% / 20%. increases the critical strike damage of abilities.
Death WishArms · Row 5 · 1 rankInstant · 3 min cooldown · Duration 30 secIncreases your physical damage by 20% and makes you immune to Fear effects, but increases all damage taken by 5%. Lasts 30 seconds., now in the Arms tree, increases physical damage by 20% for 30 seconds. The final talent of the tree, Endless RageArms · Row 9 · 1 rankYou generate 25% more rage from damage dealt., increases the rage generated from damage dealt by 25%.
What is its role in PvE?
In PvE, the Arms Warrior is sought after for Blood FrenzyArms · Row 7 · 2 ranksRend and Deep Wounds also increase all physical damage taken by the target by 2% / 4%.: RendInstant · Duration 21 secMakes the target bleed for 182 damage over 21 seconds, plus extra damage based on your weapon. and Deep WoundsArms · Row 3 · 3 ranksYour critical strikes make the target bleed for 20% / 40% / 60% of your melee weapon's average damage over 12 seconds. increase all physical damage taken by the target by 4%, which benefits the whole raid. They deal slightly less damage than a Fury Warrior.
