Arms Warrior Mists of Pandaria: Remix Guide — The War Within Pre-Patch
On this page, you will learn the best Gems to use for your Arms Warrior in Mists of Pandaria: Remix, as well as the best leveling talents and rotation, whether you are leveling in the open world, or through raids and dungeons.
If you were looking for our normal leveling guide for Arms Warrior, please check out our Leveling page.
Remix: Mists of Pandaria Guide for Arms Warrior
Welcome to our MoP Remix Guide for Arms Warrior! This page contains everything you need to know about getting the most out of your Arms Warrior in the Patch 10.2.7 special feature, Mists of Pandaria: Remix.
Arms is very strong leveling spec in MoP Remix, due to the early multitarget capabilities of Sweeping Strikes, minimally required damage build-up, and strong survivability from Victory Rush. This page is focused only on Arms Warrior in MoP Remix. If you want to know more about MoP Remix in general, such as its rewards, check out our dedicated page below.
Best MoP Remix Leveling Talents for Arms Warrior
Below, you will find our recommended leveling build and talent pickup order for your Arms Warrior in MoP Remix. There are various ways of leveling in MoP Remix, and we offer some builds for the most relevant ways.
Note that this Leveling section is specific to MoP Remix. For our Dragonflight Leveling Guide for Arms Warrior, please check our dedicated Leveling page.
Best MoP Remix Leveling Build for Arms Warrior
Overall Leveling Build
Whether you decide on leveling out in the open world or prioritize Dungeons and Raids, we recommend using the same hybrid Bladestorm build, as it retains most of Arms single target damage, while also bringing several AoE tools.
Single Target Raid Boss Leveling Build
For rushing down single-target raid bosses, we instead recommend this pure single target build, though two-target boss encounters may opt for Improved Sweeping Strikes instead of Strength of Arms.
Best Gems for Arms Warrior in MoP Remix
Gems are one of the unique ways to augment your character in MoP Remix, offering offensive, defensive, and utility benefits. On this page, we list the best gems for each type. To learn more about Gems in MoP Remix in general, check out our dedicated page below.
- Meta Gem (1 Maximum): Oblivion Sphere for quick burst or Funeral Pyre for longer encounters
- Cogwheel Gem (1 Maximum): Blink in dungeons and raids or Sprint in the open world
- Prismatic Gems (21 Maximum):
You will have a tremendous amount of stats as you start unlocking all the available Gem slots on gear, and Arms Warriors primarily to stack Critical Strike and Haste, although they will want to dip into Versatility and Mastery beyond 40%. While defensive stats like Stamina, Armor, and Leech may seem appealing, they are largely unnecessary, though Speed may be a decent filler option for open-world content.
- Tinker Gems (12 Maximum):
- Windweaver
- Enkindle
- Lightning Rod
- Wildfire
- Explosive Barrage
- Brilliance (in groups)
- Brittle (multiple enemies)
- Slay (dungeons/open world)
- Sunstrider's Flourish
- Incendiary Terror
- Hailstorm
- Fervor
- Arcanist's Edge
- Cold Front (with Arcanist's Edge)
- Frost Armor (with Arcanist's Edge)
- Storm Overload
Level by Level Rotation
To keep things simple while leveling and learning the spec, use the slider to select your level, and watch as the leveling rotation grows with each level!
Move the slider below to make the guide update to your level!
Leveling Rotation for Arms Warrior
When using our slider, note that some talents may appear sooner than you expect them to in the rotation. This is because we have two recommended builds above, each taking talents at slightly different times, and sometimes entirely different talents.
- Cast Charge to initiate combat whenever possible.
- Cast Sweeping Strikes to hit a second target with single-target attacks.
- Cast Thunder Clap to apply Rend to more than three targets.
- Cast Victory Rush for free damage and healing after killing an enemy.
- Cast Shield Slam to deal damage, if still using a shield.
- Cast Avatar when facing large groups or strong enemies.
- Cast Colossus Smash to deal increased damage against the primary target.
- Cast Warbreaker to increase damage against all enemies.
- Cast Thunderous Roar against groups of enemies or individual strong targets.
- Cast Bladestorm against groups of enemies or individual strong targets.
- Cast Mortal Strike as the primary single target ability and to apply Deep Wounds.
- Cast Execute whenever possible.
- Cast Overpower as a free filler.
- Cast Overpower as a free filler and to increase the damage of Mortal Strike or Cleave.
- Cast Slam to deal damage to a single target.
- Cast Slam to deal damage to a single target or Whirlwind against multiple.
- Cast Slam to deal damage to a single target or Cleave against multiple.
Changelog
- 23 Jul. 2024: Updated for The War Within Pre-Patch.
- 14 May 2024: Page added.
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