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⚔️ WoW Forever Warrior Arms Raid DPS Talent Build

DPS · Raids Level 60 · 35 / 16 / 0 · Arms 35 · Fury 16 · Protection 0

Level 60 two-handed Arms Warrior raid build built around Mortal Strike, Deep Wounds and Impale. Sweeping Strikes adds controlled cleave, while the Fury points supply critical strike chance and Rage generation. Load the level-60 build in the calculator to adjust it for your gear and group.

Level-30 beta Warrior Arms Raid DPS build

Level-30 Arms dungeon and questing build · 21 / 0 / 0 · 21 standard talent points. Reviewed 13 October 2026.

The beta allocation keeps the Rend-to-Deep Wounds prerequisite chain, Impale and Sweeping Strikes. It is a melee dungeon starting point for the raid build, with talents for hitting a second target before the full level-60 rotation is available.

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Beta talent allocation: 21/0/0

Arms: 21 points

Talent	Rank	Effect at this rank
✦ Improved Heroic Strike	3/3	Reduces the cost of your Heroic Strike ability by 3 Rage.
✦ Deflection	2/5	Increases your Parry chance by 2%.
✦ Improved Rend	3/3	Increases the Bleed damage done by your Rend ability by 35%.
✦ Improved Tactical Mastery	5/5	Tactical Mastery lets you retain up to an additional 15 Rage when you change stances.
✦ Improved Overpower	2/2	Increases the critical strike chance of your Overpower ability by 50%.
✦ Deep Wounds	3/3	Your critical strikes cause your opponent to Bleed, dealing 60% of your melee weapon's average damage over 12 sec.
✦ Impale	2/2	Increases the critical strike damage bonus of your abilities by 20%.
✦ Sweeping Strikes	1/1	Your next 5 melee attacks strike an additional nearby opponent.

How to play this beta version

1. Keep a suitable two-handed weapon current and let the tank establish threat.
2. Use Rend when the target lives long enough; react to Overpower and spend excess Rage carefully.
3. Use Sweeping Strikes on a controlled two-target pull, not beside a crowd-controlled enemy.

What changes from the 51-point build?

• Mortal Strike is a 31-point talent and is not part of this beta rotation.
• The beta allocation is for available group content, not a tested level-60 raid damage ranking.

For solo PvP and defensive play, the separate Arms PvP beta allocation trades some offensive ranks for Deflection and Spearing Strike.

Why this beta talent split?

Sweeping Strikes is the reason to keep all 21 points in Arms for controlled two-target pulls. Fury offers Cruelty for single-target pressure; early Protection adds defense or Rage support but does not replace the duplicated melee hits.

Alternative beta buildArms with Fury critical support 16/5/0Talent split

When to use

Use for predominantly single-target fights rather than reliable cleave.

Trade-off

Gives up Sweeping Strikes and some defensive and Impale ranks for full Cruelty.

Arms16 points

• Improved Heroic Strike2/3
• Improved Rend3/3
• Improved Tactical Mastery5/5
• Improved Overpower2/2
• Deep Wounds3/3
• Impale1/2

Fury5 points

• Cruelty5/5

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Level-60 Warrior Arms Raid DPS build: 51 points

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Arms Raid DPS at a glance

How to play Arms Raid DPS

Fight behind the boss when positioning allows. Prioritize Mortal Strike and keep enough Rage for your next ability; queue Heroic Strike only when you can afford the extra Rage cost. Use Sweeping Strikes when a second valid target is close, without breaking crowd control. Rend benefits from the selected talents, but compare its damage per global with your other attacks rather than refreshing it automatically. Spearing Strike is a situational attack, including bonus damage against Giants and Dragonkin; it is not a gap closer.

Related planning: Read the dungeons and raids guide, open the Warrior talent calculator, or review the class changes before you finalize the build.

Arms Raid DPS talent allocation and effects

Arms (35 points)

Talent	Rank	Effect
✦ Improved Heroic Strike	3/3	Reduces the cost of your Heroic Strike ability by 3 Rage.
✦ Deflection	5/5	Increases your Parry chance by 5%.
✦ Improved Rend	3/3	Increases the Bleed damage done by your Rend ability by 35%.
✦ Improved Charge	2/2	Increases the Rage generated by your Charge ability by 6.
✦ Improved Tactical Mastery	5/5	Tactical Mastery lets you retain up to an additional 15 Rage when you change stances.
✦ Improved Overpower	2/2	Increases the critical strike chance of your Overpower ability by 50%.
✦ Anger Management	1/1	Generates 1 Rage every 3 sec while in combat, and reduces Rage loss while out of combat by 30%.
✦ Deep Wounds	3/3	Your critical strikes cause your opponent to Bleed, dealing 60% of your melee weapon's average damage over 12 sec.
✦ Spearing Strike	1/1	A brutal attack that deals 40% weapon damage. Deals an additional 80% weapon damage against Giants, Dragonkin, and mounted targets. Mounted targets are dismounted.
✦ Two-Handed Weapon Specialization	3/3	Increases the damage you deal with two-handed melee weapons by 3%.
✦ Impale	2/2	Increases the critical strike damage bonus of your abilities by 20%.
✦ Sweeping Strikes	1/1	Your next 5 melee attacks strike an additional nearby opponent.
✦ Weaponmaster	3/5	Gives your melee weapon attacks a benefit depending on the weapon. Axe/Polearm: Increases your critical strike chance by 3%. Mace/Staff: Your attacks ignore 9% of your target's armor. Sword: Your successful melee attacks have a 3% chance to trigger an extra attack on the target.
✦ Mortal Strike	1/1	A vicious strike that deals weapon damage plus 85 and wounds the target, reducing the effectiveness of any healing by 50% for 10 sec.

Fury (16 points)

Talent	Rank	Effect
✦ Booming Voice	5/5	Increases the area of effect of your Shouts by 50% and reduces their Rage cost by 25%.
✦ Cruelty	5/5	Improves your chance to get a critical strike with melee attacks by 5%.
✦ Unbridled Wrath	5/5	Gives you a 60% chance to generate 1 additional Rage when you deal melee damage with a weapon.
✦ Piercing Howl	1/1	Causes all enemies within 10 yds to be Dazed, reducing movement speed by 50% for 6 sec.

Why Arms Raid DPS takes these talents

Deep Wounds requires Improved Rend, and Impale requires a fully ranked Deep Wounds. Improved Tactical Mastery is maxed to unlock Anger Management and retain more Rage during stance changes. Two-Handed Weapon Specialization supports the weapon choice, while Cruelty and Unbridled Wrath add crit chance and Rage support. Enrage triggers from incoming damage, so do not take avoidable raid damage to activate it.

Arms Raid DPS FAQs

More builds to try

Playing a different class? These dps builds from other classes follow a similar role: Marksmanship Raid (Hunter), Combat Swords (Rogue), Shadow Weaving Raid (Priest).

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