Arms Warrior DPS Gear and Best in Slot — The War Within (11.1.0)

Welcome to our Arms Warrior Gear and BiS Page for The War Within Season 2. Check this page to learn everything you need to know about gearing a Arms Warrior, including the BiS Gear from all sources, Raiding and Mythic+, information on the best Trinkets, Tier Sets, and much more.

For discussion and information on Stats specifically, check out our Stats page below.

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BiS Gear for Arms Warrior

Overall BiS List for Season 2 Liberation of Undermine Gear BiS List Mythic+ Gear BiS List

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Season 2 Overall BiS List for Arms Warrior

This list contains the Best in Slot Gear from all sources for Season 2 of The War Within.

Slot	Item	Source/Note
Mainhand Weapon	Best-in-Slots (678)	Mythic+ One-Armed Bandit in Liberation of Undermine
Helm	Enforcer's Backalley Faceshield (678)	One-Armed Bandit in Liberation of Undermine
Neck	Semi-Charmed Amulet (678)	Rik Reverb in Liberation of Undermine
Shoulder	Enforcer's Backalley Shoulderplates (678)	Rik Reverb in Liberation of Undermine
Cloak	Consecrated Cloak (675)	Crafted — Tailoring
Chest	Bullet-Proof Vestplate (678)	Mug'Zee in Liberation of Undermine
Bracers	Everforged Vambraces (675)	Crafted — Blacksmithing
Gloves	Enforcer's Backalley Crushers (678)	Cauldron of Carnage in Liberation of Undermine
Belt	Enforcer's Backalley Girdle (678)	Matrix Catalyst
Legs	Enforcer's Backalley Chausses (678)	Stix Bunkjunker in Liberation of Undermine
Boots	Cutthroat Competition Stompers (678)	Chrome King Gallywix in Liberation of Undermine
Ring #1	Cyrce's Circlet (658)	Siren Isle
Ring #2	The Jastor Diamond (678)	Chrome King Gallywix in Liberation of Undermine
Trinket #1	House of Cards (678)	One-Armed Bandit in Liberation of Undermine
Trinket #2	Eye of Kezan (678)	Chrome King Gallywix in Liberation of Undermine

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Liberation of Undermine Gear BiS List for Arms Warrior

This list contains the best gear dropping specifically inside the Liberation of Undermine raid in Season 2 of The War Within.

Slot	Item	Source/Note
Mainhand Weapon	Best-in-Slots (678)	Mythic+ One-Armed Bandit in Liberation of Undermine
Helm	Enforcer's Backalley Faceshield (678)	One-Armed Bandit in Liberation of Undermine
Neck	Semi-Charmed Amulet (678)	Rik Reverb in Liberation of Undermine
Shoulder	Enforcer's Backalley Shoulderplates (678)	Rik Reverb in Liberation of Undermine
Cloak	Undercircuit Racing Flag (678)	Vexie and the Geargrinders in Liberation of Undermine
Chest	Bullet-Proof Vestplate (678)	Mug'Zee in Liberation of Undermine
Bracers	Revved-Up Vambraces (678)	Vexie and the Geargrinders in Liberation of Undermine
Gloves	Enforcer's Backalley Crushers (678)	Cauldron of Carnage in Liberation of Undermine
Belt	Enforcer's Backalley Girdle (678)	Matrix Catalyst
Legs	Enforcer's Backalley Chausses (678)	Stix Bunkjunker in Liberation of Undermine
Boots	Cutthroat Competition Stompers (678)	Chrome King Gallywix in Liberation of Undermine
Ring #1	Faded Championship Ring (678)	Cauldron of Carnage in Liberation of Undermine
Ring #2	The Jastor Diamond (678)	Chrome King Gallywix in Liberation of Undermine
Trinket #1	House of Cards (678)	One-Armed Bandit in Liberation of Undermine
Trinket #2	Eye of Kezan (678)	Chrome King Gallywix in Liberation of Undermine

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Mythic+ Gear BiS List for Arms Warrior

This list contains the best gear dropping specifically from Mythic+ dungeons in Season 2 of The War Within. This makes them more easily farmable, though at a lower item level than what is available from Mythic Raid or The Great Vault, so they are not necessarily the absolute best drops or the best consolidated set of gear.

Slot	Item	Source/Note
Mainhand Weapon	Dessia's Decimating Decapitator (652)	Mythic+ Theater of Pain
Helm	Waxsteel Greathelm (652)	Mythic+ Darkflame Cleft
Neck	Strapped Rescue-Keg (652)	Mythic+ Cinderbrew Meadery
Shoulder	Skyscorcher Pauldrons (652)	Mythic+ The MOTHERLODE!!
Cloak	Cloak of Questionable Intent (652)	Mythic+ The MOTHERLODE!!
Chest	Slashproof Business Plate (652)	Mythic+ Cinderbrew Meadery
Bracers	Fuzzy Cindercuffs (652)	Mythic+ Cinderbrew Meadery
Gloves	Gauntlets of Absolute Authority (652)	Mythic+ Operation: Mechagon
Belt	Venture Contractor's Floodlight (652)	Mythic+ Operation: Floodgate
Legs	Galvanized Oxxein Legguards (652)	Mythic+ Theater of Pain
Boots	Sabatons of Rampaging Elements (652)	Mythic+ The MOTHERLODE!!
Ring #1	Bloodoath Signet (652)	Mythic+ Theater of Pain
Ring #2	Ring of Perpetual Conflict (652)	Mythic+ Theater of Pain
Trinket #1	Improvised Seaforium Pacemaker (652)	Mythic+ Operation: Floodgate
Trinket #2	Grim Codex (652)	Mythic+ Theater of Pain

Going into Season 2, Cyrce's Circlet remains a formidable option, competitive against even the highest level Mythic rings. Although this is expected to change at some point, players should continue to use the ring until such a point that it is nerfed, and those who do not yet have it should make a point of obtaining and empowering it.

It is highly recommended to sim yourself to figure out the best choices and combinations of gems for your specific gear set, though these are generally the preferred gems to slot into Cyrce's Circlet:

• For raid content, prioritize Fathomdweller's Runed Citrine, Stormbringer's Runed Citrine, and Windsinger's Runed Citrine.
• For Mythic+/heavy AoE, instead use Fathomdweller's Runed Citrine, Stormbringer's Runed Citrine, and Legendary Skipper's Citrine.

For more information on how to get the ring, as well as acquiring all of the different gems that you can possibly socket into it, check out our Cyrce's Circlet guide below!

Throughout this page, we regularly refer to the importance of simming yourself on Raidbots, as it is an indispensable aspect of optimizing your character.

While we do offer generic sim charts for Trinkets, this should not be a replacement for simming yourself, at least not if you want to minmax sub-1%!

If you are new to simming and Raidbots, check out our detailed guide below.

Our BiS Crafts are pretty straightforward. We want 2x Dawnthread Lining on Cloak and either Bracers or Boots, due to those being the lowest stat budget gear slots. Crafting a weapon with Darkmoon Sigil: Ascension paired with Writhing Armor Banding on another piece of gear is also a strong early consideration for players who anticipate trouble getting weapons, but due to the new cantrip weapons available in Season 2, it is not advised for the majority of players.

Arms Warriors should generally craft Critical Strike/Haste onto their gear. While stat weights may change depending on what gear you currently have available, it is easier to gear around your crafts than to continually recraft your gear.

Note that Embellishments are in a very odd state of tuning, and players cannot craft maximum item-level gear in the first weeks anyway, so it is highly recommended not to craft anything until it is felt as though it is needed, generally right before you head into serious raid or Mythic+ progression. The longer you can wait with crafting, the better information you, and this guide, will have on the best Crafts. Crafting early and then having the recommendation change because of tuning by Blizzard is a possibility, and the goal should be to avoid this happening as much as possible.

1. Consecrated Cloak — currently the best embellishment.
2. Everforged Vambraces — doubling up on the same. Everforged Sabatons are also an acceptable alternative.
3. Next, fill low-item level holes in your gear, preferring weapons or pieces of gear you are not likely to replace quickly.
4. At this point, you are mostly done crafting. You can spend future Sparks on off-spec items, alternatively statted crafts for different situations, and so on.

Do note that using crests on crafted gear is much less efficient than upgrading gear directly, so it is generally a good idea to craft at Heroic item level, and only upgrading to Mythic after more important upgrades have been completed.

You will be able to upgrade your items via Crests such as Gilded Undermine Crest. Once you have upgraded a slot to a certain item level, upgrading other items of that slot to that item level is free.

When you upgrade with Crests, you should think of it as upgrading slots and not items.

Additionally, since Crests are a limited resource, you will want to obtain the highest item-level possible before upgrading a given slot, as this means you will spend fewer Crests on that slot in total. If you are at all capable of doing a +9 Dungeon, for example, it would be a VERY bad idea to upgrade an item from a +8 Dungeon, as those are wasted Crests you may not get back for a very long time.

We see a ton of players, even at a high level, mess up their upgrade priorities, and upgrading prematurely. Getting this right will put you far ahead of most players.

Below is the slot priority you should upgrade your items in. If you ever want to deviate from this, you should have a very good reason.

1. Weapons
2. Trinkets
3. Helm/Chest/Legs
4. Shoulders/Gloves/Belt/Boots
5. Rings and Necks
6. Cloaks and Bracers

Note that exceptions are possible, such as special items that have more Item Level scaling than their slot would imply.

The Tier Set is comprised of 5 items, all carrying the Enforcer's Backalley moniker. Unique DPS bonuses are unlocked when wearing 2 or 4 pieces from the set:

• Warrior Arms 11.1 Class Set 2pc — Your abilities have a chance to begin a Winning Streak!, increasing the damage of Overpower by 5%, stacking up to 10 times. Overpower has a 15% chance to end your Winning Streak! Despite the convoluted wording, this is a very straightforward damage bonus, quickly building up in combat with a small chance of ending every time Overpower is cast.
• Warrior Arms 11.1 Class Set 4pc — When your Winning Streak! ends you gain 2% Haste and your Mortal Strike and Cleave damage is increased by 2% per stack of Winning Streak! you had for 12 sec. Triggering whenever Overpower successfully consumes Winning Streak!, this converts the bonus into a Mortal Strike and Cleave bonus instead. This also allows another Winning Streak! to begin, meaning both bonuses can be active at the same time.

Although both bonuses are nice, neither are explicitly played around, instead handled passively while going about the normal rotation. That said, both have good uptime, so players will benefit from them regularly.

You only need 4 pieces out of 5 to get both set bonuses, so we recommend you get all items except for the Chestpiece, and check out the BiS List for more information. Remember that you can use the Matrix Catalyst to convert regular items (from Mythic+, for example) into Tier pieces.