Warrior
Arms
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Arms Warrior
The Warrior's Arms specialization in Wrath of the Lich King focuses on big melee hits with a two-handed weapon, built around RendInstant · Duration 15 secBattle or Defensive Stance: wounds the target, which bleeds for 380 damage plus part of your weapon damage over 15 seconds; 35% more damage if the target is above 75% health., OverpowerInstant · 5 sec cooldownBattle Stance: instantly overpowers the enemy for weapon damage. Usable only after the target dodges. Cannot be blocked, dodged or parried. and Mortal StrikeArms · Row 7 · 1 rankInstant · 6 sec cooldown · Duration 10 secRequires: Sweeping Strikes (1 rank)A vicious strike that deals weapon damage plus 380 and wounds the target, reducing the effectiveness of healing on it by 50% for 10 seconds..
The Warrior is a melee fighter who uses rage: they generate it mostly by dealing and taking damage, and switch stances depending on the situation. Arms suits players who enjoy powerful hits and effects to track, in PvE as in PvP.
A playstyle built on procs
Mortal StrikeArms · Row 7 · 1 rankInstant · 6 sec cooldown · Duration 10 secRequires: Sweeping Strikes (1 rank)A vicious strike that deals weapon damage plus 380 and wounds the target, reducing the effectiveness of healing on it by 50% for 10 seconds. deals heavy damage and reduces the healing received by the target by 50%. Taste for BloodArms · Row 4 · 3 ranksWhenever Rend deals damage, you have a 33% / 66% / 100% chance to be able to use Overpower for 9 seconds (1 charge). At most once every 6 seconds. lets you use OverpowerInstant · 5 sec cooldownBattle Stance: instantly overpowers the enemy for weapon damage. Usable only after the target dodges. Cannot be blocked, dodged or parried. when RendInstant · Duration 15 secBattle or Defensive Stance: wounds the target, which bleeds for 380 damage plus part of your weapon damage over 15 seconds; 35% more damage if the target is above 75% health. deals damage, and Sudden DeathArms · Row 9 · 3 ranksYour melee hits have a 3% / 6% / 9% chance to allow the use of Execute regardless of the target's health, and you keep at least 3 / 7 / 10 rage after using Execute. sometimes lets you use ExecuteInstantBattle or Berserker Stance: attempts to finish off a wounded foe, dealing 1456 damage plus part of your attack power, and turning each extra point of rage into 38 more damage (up to 30 rage). Only usable on enemies below 20% health. regardless of the target's health.
Wrecking CrewArms · Row 10 · 5 ranksYour melee critical strikes enrage you, increasing all damage you deal by 2% / 4% / 6% / 8% / 10% for 12 seconds. Does not stack with Enrage. increases damage after a critical strike, and TraumaArms · Row 6 · 2 ranksYour melee critical strikes increase the effectiveness of bleed effects on the target by 15% / 30% for 1 minute. strengthens bleeds on the target. The last talent of the tree, BladestormArms · Row 11 · 1 rankInstant · 1 min 30 sec cooldown · Duration 6 secInstantly performs a Whirlwind on up to 4 nearby targets, then one every second for 6 seconds. During Bladestorm you can move but cannot use other abilities, and you cannot be stopped unless killed., chains whirlwinds for 6 seconds while nothing can stop the Warrior.
Its role in PvE
In PvE, the Arms Warrior deals good damage and strengthens the raid: TraumaArms · Row 6 · 2 ranksYour melee critical strikes increase the effectiveness of bleed effects on the target by 15% / 30% for 1 minute. increases the effectiveness of bleeds, and Blood FrenzyArms · Row 9 · 2 ranksIncreases your melee attack speed by 5% / 10%, and your Rend and Deep Wounds increase all physical damage taken by the target by 2% / 4%. the physical damage taken by the target.
