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Arms Warrior: Rotation

Client build 1.60.1.70425 · updated

The Arms priorities, top to bottom: use the first one that applies.

Level 60 (projected)

  1. Battle Shout kept up.
  2. Bloodrage on cooldown for rage.
  3. Execute below 20% health. Unconfirmed
  4. Rend kept on the target for Bloodthrill.
  5. Overpower on a Bloodthrill proc or a dodge (Battle Stance).
  6. Mortal Strike on cooldown.
  7. Whirlwind on cooldown (Berserker Stance).
  8. Slam after a swing, on cooldown.
  9. Heroic Strike with excess rage.
  10. Spearing Strike against Dragonkin and Giants (Battle Stance).

Packs

  1. Sweeping Strikes first, in Battle Stance: your next 5 hits also strike a second target.
  2. Thunder Clap for the slow and damage on up to 4 enemies.
  3. Cleave as the rage dump instead of Heroic Strike.
  4. Demoralizing Shout to cut the pack's damage; it puts some threat on every enemy it hits.

Cooldowns and emergencies

  • Retaliation 15-minute cooldown: when several enemies are hitting you in melee.
  • Intimidating Shout to scatter a pack that is going wrong (they may run into more mobs).
  • Berserker Rage from 30: break or prevent a fear, and gain rage when hit.
  • Recklessness from 50, every 30 minutes: save it for a boss's last 20%.
  • Hamstring on a runner: you have no other slow in Arms.

While leveling

  1. Battle Shout between pulls, with Bloodrage for starting rage.
  2. Charge to open: 9 rage (12 from level 26) and a short stun.
  3. Rend early, unless the target will die soon. It tags the mob to you and enables Bloodthrill procs.
  4. Victory Rush whenever it lights up after a kill: free damage and 10% of your health.
  5. Overpower on every dodge or Bloodthrill proc.
  6. Slam right after a swing, once you have rage to spare (18-second cooldown).
  7. Spearing Strike as a rage dump, or on cooldown against Giants and Dragonkin.
  8. Heroic Strike only with rage left over; it replaces your next swing.
  9. Execute Skip it while levelling; it costs all your rage.

Macros

Macros are untested in the Forever client unless a label says otherwise.

Overpower from any stance
#showtooltip Overpower
/startattack
/cast [nostance:1] Battle Stance
/cast Overpower

Press once to swap to Battle Stance, again to Overpower. Untested in the Forever client. Unconfirmed

Victory Rush, Overpower or Mortal Strike
#showtooltip Mortal Strike
/startattack
/cast [nostance:1] Battle Stance
/cast Victory Rush
/cast Overpower
/cast Mortal Strike

One key that uses whichever is ready, in that order (40+). Untested. Unconfirmed

Sweeping Strikes in Battle Stance
#showtooltip Sweeping Strikes
/cast [nostance:1] Battle Stance
/cast Sweeping Strikes

Untested. Unconfirmed