DPS Rotation & Cooldowns
A general priority guide for Arms Warrior abilities and cooldowns. Helpful for understanding the spec's fundamentals and getting comfortable with core synergies. Updated for the latest patch in World of Warcraft: Midnight (12.0.1).
Single Target
Ensure Battle Shout is active before combat begins.
Start with Avatar and Colossus Smash for burst damage. Use Bladestorm during Colossus Smash, followed by Mortal Strike and Execute during Sudden Death. Maintain Rend and use Cleave on low-health targets.
AoE
Apply Rend and use Ravager before Colossus Smash. Activate Sweeping Strikes for cleave damage and prioritize Demolish with Colossal Might stacks. Maintain Rend and use Cleave for AoE damage.
Cooldowns
Use Colossus Smash and Avatar together for burst phases. Activate Bladestorm during Colossus Smash and Ravager strategically for AoE. Utilize Champions Spear for utility.
New to Class? Try Assisted Rotation
Patch 11.1.7 introduced new features that make it eaiser to pick and play new characters. These new settings can be enabled from settings » gameplay enhancements:
- Single-Button Assistant
- Assisted Highlight
- Cooldown Manager
If you are new to World of Warcraft or a certain class, enabling Assisted Highlight and Cooldown Manager can help you learn which abilities to prioritize and use.
While the Single-Button Assistant can be a much easier and more accessible way to play the game, it does come with a slight performance hit due to a small GCD penalty, as you will have to wait 25% longer in between spells and abilities.
To see which specs are best with the Single-Button Assistant feature, you can check out our DPS Rankings which uses SimC to sim every class using this feature.