Cataclysm Level 85 Arms Warrior PvP Build Guide

The arms Warrior in WoW Cataclysm is a deadly PvP choice as far as which tree to choose to PvP with Guide updated for patch 4.0.6.  This level 85 PvP Arms build guide provides information regarding stats, build order, glyphs, spell rotation, gems, hit rating and more.

Stats

Hit Rating- You will need to get 164(5%) hit rating to be capped for Arms PvP. To achieve this you will probably have to get the “Victory” items instead of the “Triumph” items. You can also substitute PvE gear or hit gems to reach the cap if you have to.

Armor Penetration- This is a good read and pretty much sums up what Armor Pen does for warriors: http://www.arenajunkies.com/showthread.php?t=75925

Warrior Tips

Druids

Hunters:

Mage:

All Around
Weapon Swap in Bladestorm
Macros
Overpower
#showtooltip Overpower
/cast Overpower
/startattack
Mortal Strike
/startattack
/cast Mortal Strike
*Battle Stance* Pummel/Shield Bash Macro (If u have 2h out you will pummel in battle stance, if you have 1h out you will shield bash, using alt is focus shield bash/focus pummel.)
/cancelaura Bladestorm
/cast [stance:1/2,modifier:alt,equipped:shields,target=focus] [stance:1/2,equipped:shields] Shield Bash; [stance:1/2] Pummel; [modifier:alt,target=focus] Pummel; Pummel
**Berserker Stance* Pummel Macro (Only used in Berserker stance, Using alt is focus pummel)
/cancelaura Bladestorm
/cast [stance:1/2,modifier:alt,equipped:shields,target=focus] [stance:1/2,equipped:shields] Shield Bash; [stance:1/2] Berserker Stance; [modifier:alt,target=focus] Pummel; Pummel
Charge
#showtooltip Charge
/cancelaura Bladestorm
/cast Charge
/cancelaura Hand of Protection
Bladestorm
#showtooltip Bladestorm
/startattack
/cast Sweeping Strikes
/cast Bladestorm
Intervene
#showtooltip intervene
/cast Intervene
/cancelaura Bladestorm
Focus Intercept
#showtooltip Intercept
/cast Berserker Stance
/cast [target=focus] Intercept
/stopattack
Focus Charge
/cast Battle Stance
/cast [target=focus] Charge
/cast mortal strike
/stopattack
/startattack
Focus Fear
/cast [target=focus] Intimidating Shout
/stopattack
/startattack
Focus Overpower
#showtooltip overpower
/cast [target=focus, modifier:alt] Overpower; Overpower
Recklessness Macro (Recklessness, Sweeping Strikes, and Bladestorm)
#showtooltip Bladestorm
/cast Sweeping Strikes
/cast [stance:1/2] Berserker Stance
/castsequence Recklessness, Bladestorm
Shield Wall with Shield Block macro
#showtooltip Shield Wall
/cast Defensive Stance
/equipset 1h
/cast Shield Wall
/cast Shield Block
/cancelaura Bladestorm
Spell Reflect
#show Spell Reflection
/cast [nostance:3, equipped:shields] Spell Reflection; [stance:3] Defensive Stance;
/equipset 1h
Add-ons

Cataclysm Level 85 Arms Warrior PvP Build Guide

Level 85 Warrior (31/7/3) (Link)

Arms (31 Points)

War Academy – Rank 3/3
Increases the damage of Mortal Strike, Raging Blow, Devastate, Victory Rush and Slam by 15%.

Field Dressing – Rank 2/2
Increases all healing received by 6%, and the effectiveness of your self-healing abilities by an additional 20%.

Blitz – Rank 2/2
Your Charge generates 10 additional rage and stuns an additional 2 nearby targets.

Deep Wounds – Rank 3/3
Your critical strikes cause the opponent to bleed, dealing 48% of your melee weapon’s average damage over 6 sec.

Taste for Blood – Rank 3/3
Increases your Overpower critical strike chance by 60%. In addition, whenever your Rend ability causes damage, you have a 100% chance of allowing the use of Overpower for 9 sec. This effect will not occur more than once every 5 sec.

Sweeping Strikes – Rank 1/1
Your melee attacks strike an additional nearby opponent. Lasts 10 sec.

Impale – Rank 2/2
Increases the critical strike damage bonus of Mortal Strike, Slam and Overpower by 20%.

Improved Slam – Rank 2/2
Decreases the swing time of Slam by 1 sec and increases its damage by 20%.

Deadly Calm – Rank 1/1
For the next 10 sec, none of your abilities cost rage, but you continue to generate rage. Cannot be used during Inner Rage.

Blood Frenzy – Rank 2/2
Your bleeds cause targets to take an extra 4% physical damage and 30% bleed damage. In addition, your autoattacks have a 10% chance to generate 20 additional rage.

Lambs to the Slaughter – Rank 3/3
Your Mortal Strike causes the Slaughter effect, which increases the damage of Execute, Overpower, Slam and Mortal Strike by 10%. Lasts 15 sec. Stacks up to 3 times.

Juggernaut – Rank 1/1
Your Charge ability is now usable while in combat and in all stances, and the duration of your Charge stun is increased by 2 sec. Following a Charge, your next Slam or Mortal Strike has an additional 25% chance to critically hit if used within 10 sec. However, Charge and Intercept now share a cooldown.

Sudden Death – Rank 2/2
Your melee hits have a 6% chance of resetting the cooldown on your Colossus Smash, and you keep 10 rage after using Execute.

Wrecking Crew – Rank 2/2
Your Mortal Strike critical hits have a 100% chance to Enrage you, increasing all damage caused by 10% for 12 sec.

Throwdown – Rank 1/1
Knocks the target to the ground and stuns it for 5 sec.

Bladestorm – Rank 1/1
You become a whirling storm of destructive force, instantly striking all nearby targets for 150% weapon damage and continuing to perform a whirlwind attack every 1 sec for 6 sec. While under the effects of Bladestorm, you do not feel pity or remorse or fear and you cannot be stopped unless killed or disarmed, but you cannot perform any other abilities.

Fury (7 Points)

Battle Trance – Rank 3/3
Your Bloodthirst, Mortal Strike and Shield Slam hits have a 15% chance to make your next special attack that costs more than 5 rage consume no rage.

Cruelty – Rank 2/2
Increases the critical strike chance of Bloodthirst, Mortal Strike and Shield Slam by 10%.

Executioner – Rank 2/2
Your Execute hits have a 100% chance to improve your melee attack speed by 5% for 9 sec. This effect stacks up to 5 times.

Protection (3 Points)

Incite – Rank 3/3
Increases the critical strike chance of your Heroic Strike by 15%, and gives your Heroic Strike criticals a 100% chance to cause the next Heroic Strike to also be a critical strike. These guaranteed criticals cannot re-trigger the Incite effect.

Glyphs

Glyph of Mortal Strike (Prime Glyph)
Increases the damage of Mortal Strike by 10%.

Glyph of Overpower (Prime Glyph)
Increases the damage of Overpower by 10%.

Glyph of Bladestorm (Prime Glyph)
Reduces the cooldown on Bladestorm by 15 sec.

Glyph of Long Charge (Major Glyph)
Increases the range of your Charge ability by 5 yards.

Glyph of Sweeping Strikes (Major Glyph)
Reduces the rage cost of your Sweeping Strikes ability by 100%.

Glyph of Cleaving (Major Glyph)
Increases the number of targets your Cleave hits by 1.

Glyph of Battle (Minor Glyph)
Increases the duration by 2 min and area of effect by 50% of your Battle Shout.

Glyph of Berserker Rage (Minor Glyph)
Berserker Rage generates 5 rage when used.

Glyph of Command (Minor Glyph)
Increases the duration by 2 min and area of effect by 50% of your Commanding Shout.

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