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Arms Warrior Artifact Weapon: Strom'kar the Warbreaker – Legion 7.3.5
By Archimtiros
Updated:
2018/07/02
The World of Warcraft Legion Arms Warrior Artifact Weapon page explains the best possible choices for the Netherlight Crucible, important traits and relic bonuses, and how to progress through your artifact weapon Strom'kar, the Warbreaker. This guide is written and maintained by
Archimtiros
, the Warrior class theorycrafter, of
Infinity
on US-Mannoroth.
Artifacts in Battle for Azeroth
As of June 26th, completing the quest
The Power in Our Hands
will further empower your Artifact Weapon, enabling all traits and at least
Concordance of the Legionfall
level 75, further increasing in power over time until the Battle for Azeroth pre-expansion patch.
Therefore, only the Netherlight Crucible recommendations are relevant on this guide page leading up to BFA, as you already receive all Artifact Traits by default. This makes content easier to complete, especially some
content going away
such as
Ahead of the Curve
and
Mage Tower Challenges
.
In the
BFA pre-patch
, your Artifact Traits will be removed, and relics will simply increase the item level of your artifact weapon. However, many artifact traits are returning as talents or azerite powers in Battle for Azeroth and we have a compiled a
full list you can read here
.
Moving forward in Battle for Azeroth, you will still be able to acquire the Artifact Weapon which will mainly interest transmog collectors for the appearances. Learn how to unlock all appearances in BFA with our
Artifact Appearance Guide
.
Artifact Weapon:
Strom'kar, the Warbreaker
Netherlight Crucible
The
Netherlight Crucible
is a new system added in Patch 7.3. The Crucible allows you further empower your Artifact Weapon, by specializing and increasing the power from your relics. With it, each relic receives a small talent tree that you can select new traits from, depending how many traits your weapon have. Do not worry, however, because with the changes to
Artifact Knowledge
, unlocking the full power of the Crucible won't take long. Learn everything about this new system in our
Netherlight Crucible Guide
. With the opening of
Antorus, the Burning Throne
, it is now possible to obtain
Insignia of the Grand Army
, which increases the potency of your Tier 2 Crucible traits by 50%. It might be a really strong legendary if you are lucky with Netherlight Crucible rolls!
Below are the most powerful traits for the Arms Warrior Artifact:
Tier 2
Weapon ilevels
Tier 3
Weapon ilevels
Infusion of Light
>3 ilevel
Precise Strikes
>3 ilevel
Secure in the Light
>3 ilevel
Exploit the Weakness
=3 ilevel
Torment the Weak
>3 ilevel
Many Will Fall
>3 ilevel
Shadowbind
=3 ilevel
Deathblow
>1 ilevel
Master of Shadows
=3 ilevel
Crushing Blows
>1 ilevel
Chaotic Darkness
=3 ilevel
Storm of Swords
=1 ilevel
Murderous Intent
>2 ilevel
One Against Many
=1 ilevel
Shocklight
>2 ilevel
Unending Rage
=0 ilevel
Light Speed
>2 ilevel
Touch of Zakajz
=0 ilevel
Dark Sorrows
>1 ilevel
Tactical Advance
=0 ilevel
Other Bonuses
+0 ilevel
Recommended Build Path
The first goal for the Arms Warrior Artifact is to collect
Shattered Defenses
which also nets the very important
Exploit the Weakness
:
Next build towards
Corrupted Blood of Zakajz
though the top of the tree again:
The target point for raiding is 20 traits, which will allow for
Focus in Battle
, finishing out the major damage traits.
If using Deadly Calm, and more importantly Focused Rage, take
Unending Rage
and
Deathblow
, before
One Against Many
.
Flesh out the remainder of the tree as you see fit to unlock the empowerment trait, Unbreakable Steel.
Note: Because many traits are split between single and multiple targets, it is possible to change the order, favoring
One Against Many
and
Void Cleave
sooner. In practice however, they don't provide as much of a benefit against multiple targets as their competing single target traits do for their niche.
Next flesh out the fourth point in the traits Exploit the Weakness, Precise Strikes, Crushing Blows, Unending Rage, Deathblow, Many Will Fall, and One against Many.
Finally, flesh out the remainder four point traits, Touch of Zakajz, ending with Tactical Advance, which will culminate in unlocking Concordance of the Legionfall.
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