Guide to Arms Warrior Talents Part One

2008-09-15

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Arms Warrior Talents

This is a good tree for either a solo PvE player or a PvP player. This tree contains many different weapon specializations and is generally well buffed in talent points.

Improved Heroic Strike – No requirements and it has three ranks. This reduces rage cost for Heroic Strike. Rank one reduces by 1, Rank two reduces by 2, and Rank three by 3.

Deflection – No requirements and it has five ranks. It increases your parry chance. Rank one increases 1%, Rank two increases 2%, Rank three increases 3%, Rank four increases 4%, and Rank five increases 5%.

Improved Rend – No requirements and it has three ranks. It has increased bleed damage by Rend. Rank one by 25%, Rank two by 50%, and Rank three by 75%.

Improved Charge – Requires five skill points in Arms and it has two ranks. Increases rage from Charge. Rank one generate 9 rage, Rank two generate 12 rage, and Rank three generate 15 rage.

Iron Will – Requires five skill points in Arms and it has five ranks. It increases the chance to resist stun and charm effects. Rank one is 3%, Rank two is 6%, Rank three is 9%, Rank four is 12%, and Rank five is 15%.

Improved Thunder Clap – Require five skill points in Arms and it has three ranks. It reduces the cost for Thunder clap and it increases the damage and slowing effect. Rank one reduces 1 rage point, increases 40%, and slows 4%. Rank two reduces 2 rage points, increases 70%, and slows 7%. Rank three reduces 4 rage points, increases 100%, and slows 10%.

Improved Overpower – Requires ten skill points in Arms and it has two ranks. It increases critical strike chance for Overpower. Rank one is 25% and Rank two is 50%.

Anger Management – Requires ten skill points in Arms and it has one rank that will generate one rage point every 3 seconds.

Deep Wounds – Requires ten skill points in Arms and it has three ranks. It makes critical strikes cause bleed, dealing damage over 12 seconds. Rank one is 20%, Rank two is 40%, and Rank three is 60%.

Two handed Weapon Specialization – Requires fifteen skill points in Arms and it has five ranks. It increases damage for two handed weapons. Rank one is 1%, Rank two is 2%, Rank three is 3%, Rank four is 4%, and Rank five is 5%.

Impale – Requires fifteen skill points in Arms and three in Deep Wounds. It has two ranks. It will increase critical strike damage bonus on yellow attacks in all stances. Rank one is 10% and Rank two is 20%.

You can see where on the first half of the tree it’s still getting into increased damage and more rage. The next half of the tree is where the deep specialization takes place for your Warrior.

This post is part of the series: Warrior Talents in World of Warcraft

A six part series explaining the talents in the Warrior class of World of Warcraft