Introduction
My name is Dan, perhaps better known as Danwarr. I have been playing WoW since late Vanilla and Warrior specifically since Mists of Pandaria. I have raided with Method since Castle Nathria, always as DPS Warrior.
Arms Warrior Overview
Arms Warrior typically excels at 2 Target damage through Sweeping Strikes. It can also bring some substantial AoE through abilities like Cleave, Demolish and Bladestorm as well as their bleeds Rend and Deep Wounds, though this regularly comes at a fairly significant Single Target damage loss.
What has changed
Patch 12.1 Changes for Arms Warrior
The new patch has brought a number of changes for Arms Warrior listed below:
- Rend has returned to being a single target ability. Cleave now applies Rend to all targets hit if it is talented.
- Ravager has been redesigned: Now causes targets struck by Ravager to take 50% more damage from your Bleeds for 12 seconds (used to increase Whirlwind/Cleave damage while active).
- Bloodletting updated: Your abilities against target afflicted with Rend have 5% increased Critical Strike chance. If you have Rend talented, your Mortal Strike against targets below 35% health will apply Rend. Deep Wounds lasts 33% longer. (Rend duration increase removed)
- Improved Sweeping Strikes talent removed.
- Broad Strokes updated: Colossus Smash grants you 6 charges of Sweeping Strikes. This can stack with any currently active Sweeping Strikes stacks up to a maximum of 18.
- Mass Execution and Overpowering Finish share a choice node.
- Battlelord and Master Tactician have swapped places in the Arms tree.
- Ignore Pain absorb increased by 25%.
- Tactical Edge talent redesigned: Colossus Smash grants 1 charge of Sudden Death.
- Dreadnaught damage increased by 100% however Dreadnaught no longer damages your target.
- Cleave damage reduced by 10%.
- Execute damage reduced by 15%.
- Powerful Momentum talent now increases Sweeping Strikes damage by 20% (down from 25%).
Slayer:
- Executioner no longer has a max stack limit of 3.
- Slayer's Dominance updated: Chance to proc a Slayer's Strike increased to 25% (was 15%).
- Opportunist updated: Overpower damage and crit damage increased by 20% (was 10%) when Overpower has its cooldown reset by Tactician.
Colossus:
- Dominance Of The Colossus updated: Enemies damaged by Demolish deal 20% less damage to you (up from 10%).
- No Stranger To Pain updated: Ignore Pain absorb amount increased by 30% (up from 20%).