Arms Warrior Abilities Guide - Forever

By shoop Updated: 2026/10/08

All Arms Warrior DPS Abilities in ForeverDamage Spells for Arms Warriors in Forever

Mortal Strike deals weapon damage, plus some additional damage, and reduces the effectiveness of healing by 50% on the target struck.

Execute

Execute causes a high amount of damage and converts every extra point of Rage above 15 into extra damage. Execute can only be used on targets that have 20% or less health.

Cleave

Cleave empowers your next auto attack to strike an additional target.

Heroic Strike

Heroic Strike empowers your next auto attack with extra melee damage.

Rend

Rend applies a bleed to the target, dealing damage over time.

Sweeping Strikes (Arms Talent)

Sweeping Strikes causes your next 5 melee attacks to strike an additional nearby target.

Slam

Slam causes weapon damage, plus some additional damage to the target struck, and has a cast time of 1.5 seconds. Slam's cast time can be reduced with the Arms talent Improved Slam.

Whirlwind

Whirlwind strikes up to 4 targets within 8 yards, causing weapon damage to each enemy hit.

Overpower

Overpower deals weapon damage plus some additional damage. Overpower cannot be blocked, parried, or dodged. Traditionally, Overpower could only be used after the target dodges, but in Forever it can also be activated from the new Arms Talent Bloodthrill.

Victory Rush

Victory Rush instantly attacks the target, causing damage and restoring 10% of your maximum health. Victory Rush is only usable within 20 seconds upon killing a non-trivial enemy. This ability is new to Forever and is great while leveling.

Spearing Strike (Arms Talent)

Spearing Strike causes 40% weapon damage, and an additional 80% against Giants, Dragons, and Mounted Targets. Mounted targets struck by Spearing Strike get dismounted. This is another ability new in Forever.

Utility spells for Arms Warriors in Forever

Battle Shout

Battle Shout grants you and your party members within 20 yards Attack Power for 3 minutes.

Demoralizing Shout

Demoralizing Shout reduces the attack power of all enemies within 10 yards for 45 seconds.

Bloodrage

Bloodrage instantly generates 10 Rage at the cost of 10% health, and then generates an additional 10 Rage over 10 seconds. The warrior is considered in combat during the duration of the buff.

Berserker Rage

Berserker Rage causes the Warrior to become immune to Fear and Incapacitate effects for 10 seconds. It also causes the Warrior to generate additional rage when struck.

Sunder Armor

Sunder Armor reduces the target's armor for 30 seconds. Sunder Armor can stack up to 5 times.

Pummel

Pummel interrupts spellcasting and prevents any spell in that school from being cast for 4 seconds.

Hamstring

Hamstring slows the target struck by 50% for 15 seconds.

Thunder Clap

Thunderclap blasts nearby enemies, causing damage and reducing their attack speed by 20% for 26 seconds.

Intimidating Shout

Intimidating Shout causes 5 nearby targets to be afflicted with fear for 8 seconds.

Disarm

Disarm causes you to disarm the enemy for 10 seconds.

Defensive abilities for Arms Warriors in Forever ClassicDefensive Stance

Revenge

Revenge instantly counterattacks, causing damage and a high amount of threat. This ability shares a cooldown with Overpower.

Shield Slam

This ability slams the target with your shield, causing damage, a high amount of threat, and increasing your block value. It also has a 50% chance to dispel 1 magic effect.

Shield Bash

Shield Bash hits the target with your shield, dealing damage and interrupting spellcasting and any spell in that school from being cast for 6 seconds.

Shield Block

Shield Block increases the chance to block by 75% for 7 seconds, but will only block 2 attacks.

Taunt

Taunts the target to attack you, but it has no effect if the target is already attacking you.

Mocking Blow

Mocking Blow deals a small amount of damage and causes the target struck to be taunted to the Warrior for 6 seconds.

Challenging Shout

Taunts all nearby enemies within 10 yards. This ability has a long cooldown.

Major Cooldowns for Arms Warriors in Forever Classic

Recklessness

Recklessness increases the Critical Strike chance of the warrior to 100% and grants immunity to fear effects for 15 seconds, but all damage taken is increased by 20%.

Retaliation

Retaliation causes the warrior to instantly counterattack any enemy strike for 15 seconds. Melee attacks made from behind cannot be counterattacked. A maximum of 30 attacks will cause retaliation.

Shield Wall

Shield Wall reduces the damage taken from all attacks by 60% for 12 seconds.

Mobility Abilities for Arms Warriors in Forever Classic

Charge

Charge causes you to charge the target, stunning it for 1 second and generating 15 Rage. Charge can not be used in combat.

Intercept

Intercept causes you to charge the target, stunning the target for 3 seconds.

Stances for Arms Warriors in Forever ClassicBerserker StanceOverpowerBattle Stance

Notable stance-specific abilities: Shield Wall, Shield Block, and Disarm.

Berserker Stance

Critical strike chance increased by 3%, and all damage taken is increased by 10%.

Notable stance-specific abilities: Recklessness, Whirlwind and Intercept.

Battle Stance

Decreases threat generated by 20%.

Notable stance-specific abilities: Retaliation, Overpower, and Charge.

Arms Warrior Abilities Guide - Forever

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