Arms Warrior

Mirrors the current rank-1 Sinister Single parse — every slot is what the best Arms Warrior actually wears.

Midnight Season 2 · Slayer · updated 2026-08-05

Simulated DPS on the best-in-slot profile below, five-minute patchwerk. Compare every spec →

How it plays

• Mortal Strike is both what you press most and where the damage comes from: 23% of it, at roughly 22 casts a minute.

Measured on the reference parse below, not a description of the spec — so it changes when the tuning does.

Stat priority

Critical Strike > Haste > Mastery > Versatility

These are not weights pulled from a spreadsheet — they are the live ratings on the reference character this build is taken from, so the order reflects what the best-performing Arms Warrior is actually stacking right now.

Source: Rizuzu — the log. Rank 1 Arms Warrior on Sinister Single (Dummy Dome), avg ilvl 336.

Talent build

Laid out exactly as the in-game talent UI draws it, hero tree Slayer. Lit nodes and gold lines are the path this build takes; everything dimmed was passed over. Hover any node for what it does.

Rotation

Arms has no spend threshold — it has a window. Everything that hits hard wants to land while Colossus Smash is on the target.

Openers

Single target

1. Charge in.
2. Rend, then Avatar.
3. Colossus Smash, then Champion's Spear.
4. Bladestorm inside the window.
5. Mortal Strike and Overpower for the rest of it.

Where the damage comes from

Measured on the reference log — a 300-second single-target parse. Worth comparing against the rotation above: the button you press most is rarely the one doing the most.

Source: Sinister Single, 300s.

Best in slot

The finished loadout, built by Pathfinder — the strongest item available for every slot, with the item level to chase and where it drops. 334 average item level across 15 slots, gathered from 2 places.

Tempered Horns of the Jade Warlord 334 · Myth 6/6 The Venomous Abyss — The Twin Fangs ✦ Empowered Hex of Leeching

Aqirbane Reliquary 334 · Myth 6/6 The Venomous Abyss — Ula'tek ◆ Powerful Eversong Diamond

Raging Pauldrons of the Jade Warlord 334 · Myth 6/6 The Venomous Abyss — The Lost Explorers ✦ Silvermoon's Mending

Adherent's Silken Shroud 331 · Spark Crafted +Myth Epic Profession Items — Tailoring

Cuirass of the Jade Warlord 334 · Myth 6/6 The Venomous Abyss — Vashnik the Malignant ✦ Mark of the Worldsoul

Shellbound Bracers 334 · Myth 6/6 The Venomous Abyss — The Lost Explorers

Maze-roa, Warlord's Fury 334 · Myth 6/6 · Two-handed The Venomous Abyss — The Coiled Altar ✦ Acuity of the Ren'dorei

Arms Warrior 334 average item level

Jeweled Gauntlets of the Jade Warlord 334 · Myth 6/6 The Venomous Abyss — Entombed Sentinels ✦ Gloves Enchant (+3 Stamina)

Spellbreaker's Girdle 331 · Spark Crafted +Myth Epic Profession Items — Blacksmithing

Chausses of Unbound Rancor 334 · Myth 6/6 The Venomous Abyss — Ula'tek ✦ Forest Hunter's Armor Kit

Entombed Cultist's Sabatons 334 · Myth 6/6 The Venomous Abyss — Nek'zali the Soulcoiler ✦ Lynx's Dexterity

Apex Brute's Claw Ring 334 · Myth 6/6 The Venomous Abyss — Sszorak ✦ Nature's Fury◆ Flawless Quick Garnet

Vile Alchemist's Band 334 · Myth 6/6 The Venomous Abyss — Vashnik the Malignant ✦ Nature's Fury◆ Flawless Quick Garnet

Gebbo's Bottomless Bag 334 · Myth 6/6 The Venomous Abyss — The Lost Explorers

Zul'jin's Guillotine Technique 344 · Myth 9/6 (Mythic end-boss drop) The Venomous Abyss — The Coiled Altar

Where to spend bonus rolls as Arms Warrior

A Voidcore pays out an item every time — the question is only whether it is one you wanted. For this build, in order:

Roll The Lost Explorers — 3 of its 3 drops are on your list

Every roll here lands something on the list — this boss cannot miss. In The Venomous Abyss, it owes you shoulder, wrist and trinket 1.

Then Ula'tek — 2 of its 4 drops are on your list

50% of every roll here lands something on the list. In The Venomous Abyss, it owes you neck and legs.

The general principles behind this — knockout protection, why finishing one boss beats spreading rolls, and the crests a roll quietly costs you — are in the bonus roll guide.

Week-by-week route

1. Pre-season: the campaign, a world tour of Mythic 0s for a 292 loadout, and the weekly Spark quest. No Myth crests exist yet — bank the Spark.
2. Week 1: farm +10 keys to a full Hero 3/6 (311) loadout and fill the vault. The first Myth crests arrive, so spend the banked Spark on Adherent's Silken Shroud. Every Hero crest goes into lifting pieces toward 6/6 (321).
3. Week 2: first Voidcore — roll The Lost Explorers, where 3 of 3 drops are on this list. Catalyse the set slots for the 4-set. Second Spark goes to Spellbreaker's Girdle.
4. Weeks 3–6: one Voidcore a week down the order above — finish a boss before starting the next. Keep spending Hero crests; every slot should sit at 321 by about Week 6.
5. Week 7 onward: two Voidcores a week (the vault and Orin Straylight). Roll Myth-track bases in the set slots, re-catalyse them, and take each to 6/6 for 80 Myth and 20 Hero crests.
6. Late season: Zul'jin's Guillotine Technique comes from the last two bosses at Myth 9 (344). Secure the base item early — that is the only place the extra three ranks exist.

The fast variant

Same stat priority, 1 slot moved. Pathfinder builds the list above for raw power and does not care how many bosses that takes; Slate prices the route as well, and takes an equal-strength item from a boss you are already farming over one that sends you somewhere new. It visits 2 places against the strongest list's 2, at the same average item level.

• Neck — Amulet of the Twin Fangs instead of Aqirbane Reliquary

Tempered Horns of the Jade Warlord 334 · Myth 6/6 The Venomous Abyss — The Twin Fangs ✦ Empowered Hex of Leeching

Amulet of the Twin Fangs 334 · Myth 6/6 The Venomous Abyss — The Twin Fangs ◆ Powerful Eversong Diamond

Raging Pauldrons of the Jade Warlord 334 · Myth 6/6 The Venomous Abyss — The Lost Explorers ✦ Silvermoon's Mending

Adherent's Silken Shroud 331 · Spark Crafted +Myth Epic Profession Items — Tailoring

Cuirass of the Jade Warlord 334 · Myth 6/6 The Venomous Abyss — Vashnik the Malignant ✦ Mark of the Worldsoul

Shellbound Bracers 334 · Myth 6/6 The Venomous Abyss — The Lost Explorers

Maze-roa, Warlord's Fury 334 · Myth 6/6 · Two-handed The Venomous Abyss — The Coiled Altar ✦ Acuity of the Ren'dorei

Arms Warrior 334 average item level

Jeweled Gauntlets of the Jade Warlord 334 · Myth 6/6 The Venomous Abyss — Entombed Sentinels ✦ Gloves Enchant (+3 Stamina)

Spellbreaker's Girdle 331 · Spark Crafted +Myth Epic Profession Items — Blacksmithing

Chausses of Unbound Rancor 334 · Myth 6/6 The Venomous Abyss — Ula'tek ✦ Forest Hunter's Armor Kit

Entombed Cultist's Sabatons 334 · Myth 6/6 The Venomous Abyss — Nek'zali the Soulcoiler ✦ Lynx's Dexterity

Apex Brute's Claw Ring 334 · Myth 6/6 The Venomous Abyss — Sszorak ✦ Nature's Fury◆ Flawless Quick Garnet

Vile Alchemist's Band 334 · Myth 6/6 The Venomous Abyss — Vashnik the Malignant ✦ Nature's Fury◆ Flawless Quick Garnet

Gebbo's Bottomless Bag 334 · Myth 6/6 The Venomous Abyss — The Lost Explorers

Zul'jin's Guillotine Technique 344 · Myth 9/6 (Mythic end-boss drop) The Venomous Abyss — The Coiled Altar