This is because you will almost inevitably have enough rage to use your next ability, and should try to avoid getting rage-capped. With Fury, and this is especially true at high gear levels, you have to try to spend your rage almost as quickly as it comes in, generally by having HS / Cleave qued as much as possible. The biggest difference between Arms and Fury, from a slightly philosophycal point of view, is what I call a "Less is More" principle. You simply cannot wade in with whatever gear you have and expect to do well. I will only say this once:Īrms takes time, practice and a fair amount of experience to play optimally. Arms still does more damage than the other "red haired stepchild" specs (Subtlety, Frost Mage, Beast Mastery), and can be quite competitive on certain fights.Ī lot of the bad reputation Arms gets comes from people who go from Fury to Arms, try it out in one or two heroics and come away disappointed. That said, it isn't worthless dps either. I will say again, though, Arms will not get you to the top of dps meters (assuming you're in a competent raid), so don't expect spectaular dps. In short, if you like a challenge and having to work hard for optimal results, you will probably find Arms to your liking. It requires you to pay very close attention to your rage income, you need to make split-second decisions, and penalises you heavily if you mess up. Both of these debuffs are applied more or less automatically, simply by going through your rotation.Īrms is, in my opinion, a much more involving spec to play than Fury. The main (de)buffs you bring are Trauma (30% extra bleed damage) and Blood Frenzy (4% extra physical damage). However, your presence can bring about a big boost in the raid's dps, more so than your personal dps will increase by speccing Fury (In BiS gear, Fury sims out around 1-2k more, while the raid dps gained in 25-man from having an Arms warrior is around 4k+, depending on the raid composition). Assuming you are in a competent raid, you WILL NOT be topping the dps meters on most fights. It's like voting without even knowing who the candidates are.Īrms is, first and foremost, a utility spec. Not reading it immediately disqualifies you from having any sort of opinion. If you feel the need to "TLDR etc" this post. If you wish to flame me or anyone else about "ARMS = PVP NOOB" or somesuch, take it elsewhere, you will simply be ignored. This is not intended to be a discussion on the viability of Arms in a pve setting, it is a guide for those who wish to spec Arms for pve. I am making this guide mostly because the other one doesn't seem to be maintained anymore, as well has having had very few updates.
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