Cataclysm Classic Arms Warrior Pre-Raid Gear

Your gear list will mostly follow the stat priority of the Arms Warrior spec, which is as follows:

1. Strength
2. Hit Rating (8%)
3. Expertise Rating (6.5%)
4. Critical Strike Rating
5. Mastery Rating
6. Haste Rating

For more information on the best available gems and enchants, check out our Enchants and Gems Guide.

2.

Pre-raid Best in Slot

Phase Two Phase One

Slot	Item		Source
Helm	Reinforced Bio-Optic Killshades	–	Engineering
Neck	Gift of Nadun	Haste → Hit	Exalted Ramkahen
Shoulder	Pauldrons of the High Requiem	Expertise → Crit	1650 Justice Points
Cloak	Geordan's Cloak	–	Siamat (H) Lost City of the Tol'vir
Chest	Elementium Deathplate	–	Blacksmithing
Bracer	Bracers of Cooled Anger	–	Karsh Steelbender (H) Blackrock Caverns
Gloves	Reaping Gauntlets	–	1650 Justice Points
Belt	Belt of the Ferocious Wolf	–	Exalted Guardians of Hyjal
Legs	Legguards of Winnowing Wind	Mastery → Expertise	Asaad (H) The Vortex Pinnacle
Boots	Greaves of Wu the Elder	–	General Husam (H) Lost City of the Tol'vir
Ring 1	Nova Band	–	Isiset (H) Halls of Origination
Ring 2	Skyshard Ring	Expertise → Hit	Altairus (H) The Vortex Pinnacle
Trinket 1	Might of the Ocean	Hit → Crit	Ozumat (H) Throne of the Tides
Trinket 2	Right Eye of Rajh	Hit → Crit	Rajh (H) Halls of Origination
Weapon	Blade of the Fearless / Blade of the Fearless	–	Revered Baradin's Wardens / Hellscream's Reach
Ranged	Thundercall	Parry → Expertise	Asaad (H) The Vortex Pinnacle

Slot	Item		Source
Helm	Reinforced Bio-Optic Killshades	–	Engineering
Neck	Gift of Nadun	Haste → Hit	Exalted Ramkahen
Shoulder	Pauldrons of the High Requiem	Expertise → Crit	1650 Justice Points
Cloak	Geordan's Cloak	–	Siamat (H) Lost City of the Tol'vir
Chest	Elementium Deathplate	–	Blacksmithing
Bracer	Deathcharged Wristguards	–	Bloodlord Mandokir Zul'Gurub
Gloves	Reaping Gauntlets	–	1650 Justice Points
Belt	Belt of the Ferocious Wolf	–	Exalted Guardians of Hyjal
Legs	Legguards of Winnowing Wind	Mastery → Expertise	Asaad (H) The Vortex Pinnacle
Boots	Woe Breeder's Boots	Haste → Expertise	1650 Valor Points
Ring 1	Band of the Gurubashi Berserker	–	BoE
Ring 2	Nova Band	–	Isiset (H) Halls of Origination
Trinket 1	License to Slay	–	1650 Valor Points
Trinket 2	Darkmoon Card: Hurricane	–	Darkmoon Hurricane Deck
Weapon	Zin'rokh, Destroyer of Worlds	–	Guide to Archaeology
Ranged	Voodoo Hunting Bow	–	Timed Chest Zul'Aman