PvE Arms Warrior Pre-BiS and BiS Gear (And Other Options)

Armor

• Head: Warbringer Battle-Helm
• Neck: Choker of Vile Intent or Worgen Claw Necklace
• Shoulders: Bladed Shoulderpads of the Merciless or Warbringer Shoulderplates
  • Honorable Mention: Ripfiend Shoulderplates (May be fairly expensive – even later into the expansion)
• Cloak: Cloak of the Pit Stalker or Drape of the Dark Reavers (If you need the Hit Rating)
  • Honorable Mentions: Black-Iron Battlecloak or Vengeance Wrap (These will likely be pretty expensive)
• Chest: Bulwark of Kings
  • Honorable Mention: Terrorweave Tunic (Will likely be fairly expensive)
• Wrist: Bladespire Warbands
• Hands: Liar’s Tongue Gloves or Gauntlets of Martial Perfection
• Waist: Girdle of the Endless Pit or Gronn-Stitched Girdle
• Legs: Skulker’s Greaves
  • Honorable Mention: Scaled Greaves of the Marksman (Will likely be fairly expensive)
• Boots: Edgewalker Longboots
• Ring: Mithril Band of the Unscarred or Garona’s Signet Ring (If you need the Hit Rating)
• Ring: Ring of a Thousand Marks or Shapeshifter’s Signet (Mainly used for the Expertise rating)
  • Honorable Mentions: Ring of Reciprocity (Will likely maintain an expensive asking price for most of the expansion) or Shaffar’s Band of Brutality (Mentioned here due to its incredibly low drop rate)
• Trinket: Bloodlust Brooch (41 Badges of Justice)
• Trinket: Abacus of Violent Odds or Hourglass of the Unraveller

“Is the Tier 4 Set bonuses worth equipping 2 or 4 pieces?”

Two–Piece Bonus: While Whirlwind IS part of your general rotation (whether to dump some rage, or on AoE pulls) you wouldn’t see enough benefit from a 5-point-rage reduction since, if we’re talking about bosses, it’s mainly to get rid of excess rage.

Four-Piece Bonus: Since most physical DPS will attack the boss from behind, our only concern would be of the boss dodging our attacks. With Weapon Mastery, we only need to reach a total of 18 Expertise Skill to remove their chance to dodge completely. If you’re using Shapeshifter’s Signet and are a Human, for example, that is 10 Expertise, leaving the boss only a 2% chance to dodge your attacks.

Weapon

• Two–Handed:
  • Sword Specialization: Lionheart Champion or Despair
  • Mace Specialization: Thunder / Deep Thunder (Fel Hardened Maul or Warmaul of Infused Light works if you do not have access to either of these)
  • Poleaxe Specialization: Mooncleaver or Gorehowl or Glaive of the Pit
    • Honorable Mention: Ethereum Nexus-Reaver
• Ranged: Sunfury Bow of the Phoenix or Mama’s Insurance
  • Honorable Mention: Barrel-Blade Longrifle (Will likely be fairly expensive)

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