Arms Warrior DPS Leveling 1-80 and Best Leveling Talent Builds - Wrath of the Lich King Classic

By Babyhoof Updated: 2022/08/17

Leveling Overview for Arms Warrior DPS in Wrath of the Lich KingLeveling Viability for Arms Warrior DPS in Wrath of the Lich KingLeveling Tips for Arms Warrior DPS in Wrath of the Lich King

Make sure not to neglect training new skills. Like many melee DPS specs, Arms is very dependant on new skill ranks, especially if you fall behind on gear or have bad luck with weapon quests

Be sure to use your defensive cooldowns like Enraged Regeneration when fighting multiple enemies. If in doubt, try to use Intimidating Shout to disengage - having to corpse run will cost you a lot of time and gold, both of which may be in short supply.

As you level up you will gain access to stronger gear and stronger quest rewards. Don't stick around running a low level dungeon hunting for a specific drop, just move on with the leveling process and you are likely to find something else along the way.

At level 75, we can train one of our most important survivability abilities, Enraged Regeneration. This heals a large portion of our health over 10 seconds, although it does slightly reduce our damage

At level 74, we can train a new rank of Commanding Shout, greatly increasing our survivability.

At level 77, a new rank of Cleave is unlocked helping us to kill 2 targets (our only real strength while levelling) faster.

Best Builds for Leveling as Arms Warrior DPS in Wrath of the Lich KingBladestorm Arms DPS Talent Build

BladestormSweeping StrikesWeapon MasteryStrength of ArmsLeveling Rotation for Arms Warrior DPS in Wrath of the Lich KingArms Warrior DPS Leveling Single Target RotationCooldowns for Arms Warrior DPS in Wrath of the Lich King

Sweeping Strikes

Bladestorm

Racial abilities like Blood Fury or Berserking.

Activated trinkets like Bladefist's Breadth.

Best Leveling Weapons and Gear for Arms Warrior DPS in Wrath of the Lich King

Level

Item

Location

Prospector Axe

Random world drop.

Burning War Axe

Random world drop.

34-40

Bonebiter

Reward from In the Name of the Light

Darkmoon Executioner

Reward from Demons Deck

51-55

Angerforge's Battle Axe

Drops from General Angerforge in Blackrock Depths

Warsong Howling Axe

Drops from Keli'dan the Breaker in The Blood Furnace

65-68

Honed Voidaxe

The Ring of Blood: The Final Challenge

68-70

Crow Wing Reaper

Talon King Ikiss

68-70

Flesh Handler's Gauntlets

The Flesh Lies...

Axe of Frozen Death

Reward from Last Rites
Reward from Hellscream's Champion

69-70

Crystalforged War Axe

BoE World Drop

Death Knight's Anguish

Reward from Buying Some Time in Borean Tundra

Honed Cobalt Cleaver

Crafted Honed Cobalt Cleaver

72-74

Greaves of the Traitor

Reward from Death to the Traitor King in Azjol-Nerub

De-Raged Waraxe

Reward from The Champion of Anguish in Zul'Drak

Fezzik's Pocketwatch

Reward from The Last Line Of Defense in Icecrown

Wyrmclaw Battleaxe

Drops from Ley-Guardian Eregos in The Oculus normal

Best Leveling Professions for Arms Warrior DPS in Wrath of the Lich KingEnchantingEnchant Ring - StatsJewelcraftingEngineeringSkinningMiningHerbalismBest Leveling Consumables for Arms Warrior DPS in Wrath of the Lich KingSuper Healing PotionSuper Healing PotionHeavy Runecloth Bandage WoW ClassicNetherweave BandageHeavy Netherweave BandageElixir of the Mongoose WoW ClassicFlask of Relentless Assault

Comments

Comment by plapstaR

Hi, I think the guide for arms is a bit let's say lackluster. The talents end at level 61 and the text is copied from the fury guide and also end mid sentence:

"What is pictured above is a level 70 talent build. If you are leveling through Azeroth and Outlands from levels 1 to 70, you should focus on going straight down the Fury tree, making sure to pick up DPS talents before utility and"

I hope it will get improved and we can maybe have a talent order like the prot paladin guide.

Bye

Comment by Wownomo

IMHO, unless you are purely leveling via grinding dungeons then I don't see the benefit of putting more than 1 point into Deep Wounds and only that one so you can open up the next tier of talents to get you further down the tree quicker. In normal open world questing mobs die too quick that most of the time you won't even proc Deep Wounds and when you do it applies very little total damage cuz it only get a tick or 2 off. I watched my Details while leveling from 25 to 30 with all 3 points in Deep Wounds and it just didn't do much. Perhaps in TBC or Wrath leveling it'll be stronger and obviously a must have at end game, but leveling? Nope.

Arms Warrior DPS Leveling 1-80 and Best Leveling Talent Builds - Wrath of the Lich King Classic

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