Tier Sets
The War Within Arms Warrior Season 2 Tier Set:
There has been a change of direction with Tier Set bonuses going into Season 2. All specs of the same role (Tank/Healer/Melee/Ranged) have a similar mechanic in their 2 set bonuses. For melee this is called “Winning Streak”.
- (2) Set Bonus: Your spells and abilities have a chance to activate a Winning Streak! Increasing the damage of Overpower by 5%, stacking up to 10 times. Overpower has a 15% chance to remove Winning Streak!
- (4) Set Bonus: When your Winning Streak! ends, gain 2% Haste and your Mortal Strike and Cleave deal 2% increased damage per stack of Winning Streak! consumed, for 12 seconds.
The new tier set doesn’t have any impact on rotation for Arms Warrior.
arms warrior Best in Slot Gear
You should still prioritise the gear you use by running a sim for your character, but the lists below will give you a good idea of what items are considered good for Arms Warrior, and help you target the right content for each piece of loot.
Overall Best Gear
| Slot | Item | Source |
| Head | Enforcer’s Backalley Faceshield | One-Armed Bandit (Raid) or Catalyst |
| Neck | Semi Charged Amulet | Rik Reverb (Raid) |
| Shoulders | Enforcer’s Backalley Shoulderplates | Rik Reverb (Raid) or Catalyst (Tier) |
| Cloak | Consecrated Cloak | Crafted (Embellishment) |
| Chest | Slashproof Business Plate | Cinderbrew Meadery (M+) |
| Wrist | Revved-Up Vambraces | Vexie and the Geargrinders (Raid) |
| Gloves | Enforcer’s Backalley Crushers | Cauldron of Carnage (Raid) or Catalyst (Tier) |
| Belt | Enforcer’s Backalley Girdle | Catalyst |
| Legs | Enforcer’s Backalley Chausses | Stix Bunkjunker (Raid) or Catalyst (Tier) |
| Boots | Everforged Sabatons | Crafted (Embellishment) |
| Ring | The Jastor Diamond | Gallywix (Raid) |
| Ring | Cyrce’s Circlet | Siren Isle |
| Trinket | Eye of Kezan | Gallywix (Raid) |
| Trinket | House of Cards | One-Armed Bandit (Raid) |
| Main Hand | Best-In-Slots | One-Armed Bandit (Raid) |
Best Gear from the Raid
| Slot | Item | Source |
| Head | Enforcer’s Backalley Faceshield | One-Armed Bandit (Raid) or Catalyst |
| Neck | Semi Charged Amulet | Rik Reverb (Raid) |
| Shoulders | Enforcer’s Backalley Shoulderplates | Rik Reverb (Raid) or Catalyst (Tier) |
| Cloak | Consecrated Cloak | Crafted (Embellishment) |
| Chest | “Bullet-Proof” Vestplate | Mug’Zee, Heads of Security (Raid) |
| Wrist | Revved-Up Vambraces | Vexie and the Geargrinders (Raid) |
| Gloves | Enforcer’s Backalley Crushers | Cauldron of Carnage (Raid) or Catalyst (Tier) |
| Belt | Enforcer’s Backalley Girdle | Catalyst |
| Legs | Enforcer’s Backalley Chausses | Stix Bunkjunker (Raid) or Catalyst (Tier) |
| Boots | Everforged Sabatons | Crafted (Embellishment) |
| Ring | The Jastor Diamond | Gallywix (Raid) |
| Ring | Cyrce’s Circlet | Siren Isle |
| Trinket | Eye of Kezan | Gallywix (Raid) |
| Trinket | House of Cards | One-Armed Bandit (Raid) |
| Main Hand | Best-In-Slots | One-Armed Bandit (Raid) |
Best Gear from Mythic+
| Slot | Item | Source |
| Head | Enforcer’s Backalley Faceshield | Catalyst |
| Neck | Strapped Rescue-Keg | Cinderbrew Meadery (M+) |
| Shoulders | Enforcer’s Backalley Shoulderplates | Catalyst |
| Cloak | Consecrated Cloak | Crafted (Embellishment) |
| Chest | Slashproof Business Plate | Cinderbrew Meadery (M+) |
| Wrist | Fuzzy Cindercuffs | Cinderbrew Meadery (M+) |
| Gloves | Enforcer’s Backalley Crushers | Catalyst |
| Belt | Enforcer’s Backalley Girdle | Catalyst |
| Legs | Enforcer’s Backalley Chausses | Catalyst |
| Boots | Everforged Sabatons | Crafted (Embellishment) |
| Ring | Cyrce’s Circlet | Siren Isle |
| Ring | Bloodbath Signet | Theater of Pain (M+) |
| Trinket | Improvised Seaforium Peacemaker | Operation Floodgate (M+) |
| Trinket | Viscera of Coalesced Hatred | Theater of Pain (M+) |
| Main Hand | Circuit Breaker | Operation Floodgate (M+) |
Trinkets
There is a distinct lack of good trinkets for Arms Warrior in Season 2. The best trinkets from raid outweigh most trinkets you could get from Mythic+ which causes great inconvenience when it comes to trying to farm new trinkets this season. Trinkets worth looking at are:
- Eye of Kezan
- House of Cards
- Improvised Seaforium Peacemaker
Eye of Kezan and House of Cards will have a large amount of competition from several other classes so it could be a while before getting a hold of them.
Eye of Kezan specifically is flawed when it comes to M+ as the stacks take a long time to ramp and diminish quickly when not in combat. As such, looking to replace this trinket with the Improvised Seaforium Peacemaker is a good idea if M+ is your main game mode.
As always, ensure you are simming your character regularly when looking for upgrades to keep a solid idea of what to look for in mind.
Embellishments
Due to the new cantrip weapon(s) in the raid, crafting a weapon is no longer ideal from a long term gearing standpoint. Additionally, needing 2 crests to craft a 2H weapon puts Warrior at a distinct disadvantage in the first month of the raid as raid will be opening with only 1 crest available.
If you have the patience to craft a 2H weapon in the 2nd week of the raid then Darkmoon Sigil: Ascension is still a great choice for embellishment, followed by Writhing Armor Banding on your next craft.
Long term, you’ll be looking to craft 2 pieces of armor with the Dawnthread lining on them for additional crit rating.
Cyrce’s Circlet
Patch 11.0.7 brings a new ring, Cyrce’s Circlet, that can be acquired from patch launch and have its item level upgraded over time. Working similarly to the Onyx Annulet from Dragonflight, this ring works by socketing certain new gems into it which decide the effects.
The gems you will be aiming for are:
- Stormbringer’s Runed Citrine
- Fathomdweller’s Runed Citrine
- Legendary Skipper’s Citrine
NOTE: This ring will begin at item level 639, already making it competitive to begin with, and will scale all the way to 658 making it the strongest ring in the game. This will be irreplaceable until quite deep into Season 2 assuming no changes are made.