Arms Warrior Talents

Arms Warrior
Midnight Pre-Patch

Talents in World of Warcraft define your character's gameplay. They offer active abilities for offense and defense, major cooldowns, or passive enhancements to your stats and spells. Here are the current Arms Warrior talents for Midnight Pre-Patch.

Where to Find Talents

Talents can be found in the talent menu, which is accessible by pressing the N key (default) or by clicking the target icon in the micro menu:

Screenshot of the talents button in the micro menu

Class Talents

Class talents represent a common tree shared across all Warrior specializations. These talents provide foundational skills and enhancements essential to the Warrior class, offering a range of abilities that lay the groundwork for a Warrior's overall capabilities.

Name	Cast	Effect
Battle Stance	Instant - 3 Sec Cooldown	A balanced combat state that increases the critical strike chance of your abilities by 3% and reduces the duration of movement impairing effects by 10%. Lasts until canceled.
Defensive Stance	Instant - 3 Sec Cooldown	A defensive combat state that reduces all damage you take by 15% and all damage you deal by 10%. Lasts until canceled.
Fast Footwork	Passive	Movement speed increased by 5%.
War Machine	Passive	Your auto-attacks generate 10% more Rage. Killing an enemy instantly generates 5 Rage and increases your movement speed by 30% for 8 sec.
Thunder Clap	Instant - 6 Sec Cooldown	Blasts all enemies within 8 yards for 81 Physical damage and reduces their movement speed by 20% for 10 sec. Deals reduced damage beyond 5 targets. If you know Rend, inflicts Rend on all targets.
Leeching Strikes	Passive	Leech increased by 3%.
Impending Victory	Instant - Melee Range - 25 Sec Cooldown	Instantly attack the target, causing 20 damage and healing you for 30% of your maximum health. Killing an enemy that yields experience or honor resets the cooldown of Impending Victory and makes it cost no Rage.
Heroic Leap	Instant - 8 40 Yd Range - 1.5 Sec Cooldown	Leap through the air toward a target location, slamming down with destructive force to deal 8 Physical damage to all enemies within 8 yards.
Crackling Thunder	Passive	Thunder Clap's radius is increased by 50% and it reduces affected target's movement speed by an additional 20%.
Storm Bolt	Instant - 20 Yd Range - 30 Sec Cooldown	Hurls your weapon at an enemy, causing 10 Physical damage and stunning for 4 sec.
Rend	Instant - 6 Sec Cooldown	Lash out with your weapon, striking all targets within 8 yds for 92 Physical damage instantly and wounding them for an additional 74 Bleed damage over 15 sec.
Second Wind	Passive	Restores 6% health every 1 sec when you have not taken damage for 5 sec. Restores 2% health every 1 sec while you are below 35% health. The amount restored increases the closer you are to death.
Frothing Berserker	Passive	Mortal Strike and Cleave have a 20% chance to immediately refund 10% of the Rage spent.
Bounding Stride	Passive	Reduces the cooldown of Heroic Leap by 15 sec and Heroic Leap also increases your movement speed by 70% for 3 sec.
Pain and Gain	Passive	When you take any damage, heal for 2.0% of your maximum health. This can only occur once every 10 sec.
Intervene	Instant - 25 Yd Range - 1.5 Sec Cooldown	Run at high speed toward an ally, intercepting all melee and ranged attacks against them for 6 sec while they remain within 10 yds.
Interpose	Instant - 25 Yd Range - 1.5 Sec Cooldown	Run at high speed toward a target location near your allies, taking 30% of all damage dealt to allies within 3 yards for 8 sec or until you take at least 6,110 damage from this effect.
Shockwave	Instant - 40 Sec Cooldown	Sends a wave of force in a frontal cone, causing 7 damage and stunning all enemies within 10 yards for 2 sec.
Overwhelming Rage	Passive	Maximum Rage increased by 30.
Rallying Cry	Instant - 3 Min Cooldown	Lets loose a rallying cry, granting all party or raid members within 40 yards 10% temporary and maximum health for 10 sec. Health granted increased by 50% when not in a raid.
Field Dressing	Passive	Healing received increased by 3% and all self-healing increased by an additional 10%.
Spell Reflection	Instant - 1 Sec Cooldown	Raise your weapon, reflecting the first spell cast on you and reducing magic damage you take by 20% for 5 sec.
Wrecking Throw	Instant - 25 Yd Range - 45 Sec Cooldown	Hurl your weapon at the enemy, causing 206 Physical damage, ignoring armor. Deals up to 500% increased damage to absorb shields.
Shattering Throw	1.5 Sec Cast - 25 Yd Range - 3 Min Cooldown	Hurl your weapon at the enemy, removing any magical immunities and causing 209 Physical damage, ignoring armor. Deals up to 500% increased damage to absorb shields.
Rumbling Earth	Passive	Shockwave's range increased by 6 yards and when it strikes at least 3 targets its cooldown is reduced by 15 sec.
Berserker Shout	Instant - 1 Min Cooldown	Go berserk, removing and granting immunity to Fear, Sap, and Incapacitate effects for 6 sec. Also remove fear effects from group members within 12 yds.
Fearless	Passive	Cooldown of Berserker Rage is reduced by 50% and Berseker Rage removes all movement speed-impairing effects.
Intimidating Shout	Instant - 8 Yd Range - 1.5 Min Cooldown	Causes the targeted enemy to cower in fear while all enemies within 8 yards flee from you and their movement speed is reduced by 70% for 8 sec. Damage may cancel the effect.
Piercing Howl	Instant - 30 Sec Cooldown	Snares all enemies within 12 yards, reducing their movement speed by 70% for 8 sec. Spurs all allies within 12 yards, increasing their movement speed by 30% for 4 sec.
Honed Reflexes	Passive	Cooldown of Die By the Sword, Intervene, Interpose, Spell Reflection, Storm Bolt, and Pummel reduced by 10%. Successfully interrupting an enemy increases the damage you deal to them by 5% for 10 sec.
Armored to the Teeth	Passive	Gain Strength equal to 10% of your Armor.
Double Time	Passive	Charge gains 1 additional charge and its cooldown is reduced by 3 sec.
Reinforced Plates	Passive	Stamina increased by 10% and Armor increased by 10%.
Barbaric Training	Passive	Slam, Whirlwind, and Thunder Clap deal 10% more damage and 5% increased critical strike damage.
Javelineer	Passive	Range of your thrown abilities is increased by 5 yds. Damage dealt by Champion's Spear, Shattering Throw, and Wrecking Throw increased by 20%. Shattering Throw and Wrecking Throw silence non-players for 3 sec sec.
Resonant Voice	Passive	The effects of your shouts last 20% longer.
Crushing Force	Passive	Mortal Strike deals an additional 5% damage and deals 5% increased critical strike damage.
Cruel Strikes	Passive	Critical strike chance increased by 2% and critical strike damage of Execute increased by 10%.
Two-Handed Weapon Specialization	Passive	While wielding two-handed weapons your damage is increased by 6% and damage taken from area of effect attacks is reduced by 4%.
Wild Strikes	Passive	Haste increased by 2% and your auto-attack critical strikes increase your auto-attack speed by 20% for 10 sec.
Anger Management	Passive	Every 20 Rage you spend on attacks reduces the remaining cooldown on Avatar and Colossus Smash by 1 sec.
Champion's Spear	Instant - 25 Yd Range - 1.5 Min Cooldown	Throw a spear at the target location, chaining all enemies in the area to the spear's location and dealing 84 Physical damage instantly and an additional 128 Physical damage over 6 sec. While the spear is active, activating this ability will cause you to leap to the spear, dealing 16 Physical damage to all targets. All damage dealt reduced beyond 5 targets. Generates 10 Rage.
Stance Mastery	Passive	Your stances have additional effects. Battle Stance Increases the critical strike damage of your abilities by 3%. Defensive Stance When an attack deals 20% or more of your maximum health in damage, that damage is reduced by 15%.
Battlefield Commander	Passive	Your Shout abilities have additional effects. Battle Shout: Grants you an additional 3% attack power. Rallying Cry: Grants an additional 2% health and duration increased by 3 sec. Piercing Howl: Radius increased by 100% Berserker Shout: Radius increased by 100%. Intimidating Shout: Cooldown reduced by 15 sec.

Specialization Talents

Specialization talents provide Arms Warriors with unique abilities and enhancements tailored to their combat style. These talents differentiate Arms Warriors from other Warrior specializations, maximizing effectiveness in combat.

Name	Cast	Effect
Mortal Strike	Instant - Melee Range - 6 Sec Cooldown	A vicious strike that deals 204 Physical damage and reduces the effectiveness of healing on the target by 50% for 10 sec.
Overpower	Instant - Melee Range	Overpower the enemy, dealing 102 Physical damage. Cannot be blocked, dodged, or parried.
Sudden Death	Passive	Your attacks have a chance to make your next Execute cost no Rage, be usable on any target regardless of their health, and deal damage as if you spent 40 Rage.
Fueled by Violence	Passive	You are healed for 85% of the Bleed damage dealt by Rend and Deep Wounds.
Ignore Pain	Instant - 20 Sec Cooldown	Fight through the pain, ignoring 50% of damage taken for 12 sec sec or until 560 damage has been prevented.
Die by the Sword	Instant - 2 Min Cooldown	Increases your parry chance by 100% and reduces all damage you take by 30% for 8 sec.
Bloodsurge	Passive	Damage from Rend has a chance to generate 5 Rage.
Improved Overpower	Passive	Overpower has 2 charges and deals 15% more damage.
Improved Execute	Passive	Execute no longer has a cooldown and if your foe survives, 10% of the Rage spent is refunded.
Fervor of Battle	Passive	If Cleave or Whirlwind hits 3 or more targets you also Slam your primary target. This Slam deals 50% additional damage.
Tactician	Passive	You have a 30% chance to gain a charge of Overpower when you use an attack that has a Rage cost. This effect applies even if that ability's Rage cost has been reduced to zero.
Colossus Smash	Instant - Melee Range - 45 Sec Cooldown	Smash the ground and shatter the armor of all enemies within 10 yds, dealing 109 Physical damage and increasing damage you deal to them by 30% for 10 sec. Deals reduced damage beyond 8 targets.
Impale	Passive	Critical strike damage of your abilities is increased by 10%.
Brute Force	Passive	Slam has a 10% increased chance to trigger Tactician.
Efficiency	Passive	Slam's Rage cost is reduced by 25%.
Overpowering Finish	Passive	Overpower deals 25% additional damage to targets below 35% health.
Strength of Arms	Passive	Overpower and Slam damage increased by 10% and critical strike damage increased by 10%. Critical strike chance of Slam and Overpower increased by 10%.
Just Warming Up	Passive	Colossus Smash generates 15 Rage.
Broad Strokes	Passive	Colossus Smash grants you Sweeping Strikes.
Sharpened Blades	Passive	Mortal Strike, Cleave, and Execute damage increased by 10% and critical strike damage increased by 10%.
Cleave	Instant - Melee Range - 4.5 Sec Cooldown	Strikes all enemies in front of you for 76 Physical damage. Deals reduced damage beyond 5 targets.
Improved Sweeping Strikes	Passive	Sweeping Strikes affects 6 additional damaging single-target abilities.
Powerful Momentum	Passive	Secondary targets take an additional 25% damage from Sweeping Strikes.
Martial Prowess	Passive	Overpower and Slam increase the damage of your next Mortal Strike by 5%, stacking up to 3 times.
Dreadnaught	Passive	Overpower causes a seismic wave, dealing 48 damage to all enemies in a 10 yd line. Deals reduced damage beyond 5 targets.
Deep Wounds	Passive	Execute inflicts Deep Wounds on the target. Deep Wounds Causes the target to suffer 72 Bleed damage over 6 sec. If this effect is reapplied, any remaining damage will be added to the new Deep Wounds.
Tactical Edge	Passive	Colossus Smash causes your next 2 Mortal Strikes to have a 100% increased chance to trigger Tactician.
Crushing Combo	Passive	Colossus Smash causes your next 3 Cleaves within 20 sec to trigger no cooldown.
Massacre	Passive	Execute is usable on targets below 35% health.
Mass Execution	Passive	Cleave and Whirlwind deal 25% additional damage to targets below 35% health.
Collateral Damage	Passive	When an ability used during Sweeping Strikes damages a second target, your next Cleave or Whirlwind deals 25% increased damage, stacking up to 3 times.
Bloodborne	Passive	Your Bleed effects deal 10% increased damage and 10% increased critical strike damage.
Bladestorm	Instant - 1.5 Min Cooldown	Become an unstoppable storm of destructive force, striking all nearby enemies for 510 Physical damage over 5.4 sec. Deals reduced damage beyond 8 targets. You are immune to movement impairing and loss of control effects, but can use defensive abilities and can avoid attacks.
Ravager	Instant - 40 Yd Range - 1.5 Min Cooldown	Throws a whirling weapon at your target that chases nearby enemies, inflicting 250 Physical damage to all enemies over 10.7 sec. Deals reduced damage beyond 8 targets. Cleave and Whirlwind deal 50% increased damage while Ravager is active
Critical Thinking	Passive	Execute critical strike chance increased by 10% and Execute immediately refunds an additional 20% of the Rage spent.
Battlelord	Passive	Overpower has a 35% chance to reset the cooldown of Mortal Strike.
Bloodletting	Passive	Rend and Deep Wounds' Bleed effects last 33% longer and have a 5% increased critical strike chance. If you have Rend, Mortal Strike inflicts Rend on targets below 35% health.
Executioner's Precision	Passive	Execute increases the damage of your next Mortal Strike by 35%, stacking up to 2 times.
Fatality	Passive	Mortal Strike has a 50% chance to apply a Fatal Mark to your target, stacking up to 5 times. Your next Execute on a target with a Fatal Mark causes the Fatal Mark to deal 96 additional Physical damage per stack.
Master Tactician	Passive	Tactician has a 10% increased chance to trigger.
Mortal Wounds	Passive	Mortal Strike and Cleave critical strikes inflict Deep Wounds. Deep Wounds Causes the target to suffer 72 Bleed damage over 6 sec. If this effect is reapplied, any remaining damage will be added to the new Deep Wounds.
Avatar	Instant - 1.5 Min Cooldown	Transform into a colossus, increasing all damage you deal by 20% and reducing damage you take from area of effect attacks by 5% for 20 sec.

Hero Talents

Hero talents allow for deeper customization of the Arms Warrior class fantasy, further enhancing its combat effectiveness.

Slayer

Name	Cast	Effect
Slayer's Dominance	Passive	Your attacks against your primary target have a 15% chance to overwhelm their defenses and trigger a Slayer's Strike, dealing 234 Physical damage and granting you a stack of Executioner, increasing your Execute damage by 3% for 12 sec. Multiple stacks of Executioner may overlap.
Imminent Demise	Passive	Every 3 Slayer's Strikes you gain Sudden Death. Using Sudden Death accelerates your next Bladestorm, striking 1 additional time (max 3). Bladestorm's total duration is unchanged.
Overwhelming Blades	Passive	Each strike of Bladestorm applies Overwhelmed to all enemies affected, increasing damage you deal to them by 1% for 20 sec, max 5 stacks.
Relentless Pursuit	Passive	Charge increases your movement speed by 70% for 3 sec. Charge removes all movement impairing effects, this effect cannot occur more than once every 30 sec.
Vicious Agility	Passive	Heroic Leap reduces the cooldown of Charge by 5 sec and Charge reduces the cooldown of Heroic Leap by 2 sec.
Violent Euphoria	Passive	Bladestorm puts you into a battle trance, granting you 15% haste for 8 sec after you stop Bladestorming.
Death Drive	Passive	You heal for 15% of damage dealt by Sudden Death.
Culling Cyclone	Passive	Each strike of Bladestorm deals an additional 10% damage evenly split across all targets.
Brutal Finish	Passive	Your next Mortal Strike after Bladestorm ends deals 50% additional damage.
Fierce Followthrough	Passive	Mortal Strike critical strikes increase the damage of your next Mortal Strike by 20%.
Opportunist	Passive	When Overpower has its cooldown reset by Tactician, your next Overpower deals 10% additional damage and 10% additional critical damage. Stacking up to 2 times.
Deadly Focus	Passive	Executioner's duration is increased by 6 sec.
Show No Mercy	Passive	Executioner also increases your Execute critical strike chance and critical strike damage by 3% per stack.
Reap the Storm	Passive	Mortal Strike and Cleave when it hits 3 or more targets have a 25% chance to cause you to unleash a flurry of steel, striking all nearby enemies for 260 Physical damage and applying Overwhelmed. Deals reduced damage beyond 8 targets.
Slayer's Malice	Passive	Overpower and Execute damage increased by 20%.
Unhinged	Passive	Every 2 strikes of Bladestorm, you automatically cast a Mortal Strike at your target or random nearby enemy, dealing 100% of normal damage.
Unrelenting Onslaught	Passive	Using Sudden Death causes you to both reduce the cooldown of Bladestorm by 5 sec and apply 1 stack of Overwhelmed to your primary target per stack of Executioner you have. You can use Pummel and Storm Bolt while Bladestorming.

Colossus

Name	Cast	Effect
Demolish	Channeled - Melee Range - 45 Sec Cooldown	Unleash a series of precise and powerful strikes against your target, dealing 571 damage to it, and 341 damage to enemies within 8 yds of it. Deals reduced damage beyond 8 targets. While channeling Demolish, you take 10% less damage and are immune to stuns, knockbacks, and forced movement effects. You can block, parry, dodge, and use certain defensive abilities while channeling Demolish.
Martial Expert	Passive	Critical strike damage of your abilities is increased by 10% and the amount of damage blocked by your critical blocks is increased by 20%.
Colossal Might	Passive	Colossal Might increases damage dealt by your next Demolish by 10%, stacking up to 5 times. Mortal Strike grants a stack of Colossal Might and Cleave grants a stack of Colossal Might when it strikes 3 or more targets.
Boneshaker	Passive	Shockwave's stun duration is increased by 1 sec and reduces the movement speed of affected enemies by 40% for 3 sec after the stun ends.
Earthquaker	Passive	Shockwave also knocks enemies into the air and its cooldown is reduced by 5 sec.
Decimator	Passive	Demolish's final strike applies Deep Wounds to all targets, at 100% effectiveness.
One Against Many	Passive	Shockwave, Cleave, and Whirlwind deal 5% more damage per target affected up to 5.
Arterial Bleed	Passive	Colossal Might increases the damage of your Rend and Deep Wounds by 3% per stack.
Tide of Battle	Passive	Colossal Might increases the damage of your Overpower by 3% per stack.
No Stranger to Pain	Passive	Damage prevented by each use of Ignore Pain is increased by 20%.
Veteran Vitality	Passive	When your health is brought below 35%, you gain a Second Wind, healing you for 12% of your max health over 2 sec. This effect cannot occur more than once every 60 sec.
Cut to the Bone	Passive	Mortal Strike critical strikes increase your Rend and Deep Wounds damage by 25% for 8 sec.
Practiced Strikes	Passive	Mortal Strike, Cleave, and Slam damage increased by 15%.
Precise Might	Passive	Mortal Strike critical strikes grant an additional stack of Colossal Might.
Mountain of Muscle and Scars	Passive	You deal 5% more damage and take 5% less damage. Size increased by 5%.
Celeritous Conclusion	Passive	Demolish's final strike grants 10% Haste for 10 sec and increases the critical strike chance of your next Mortal Strike by 100%.
Dominance of the Colossus	Passive	Colossal Might stacks up to 10 times. If you would gain a stack of Colossal Might and are at max stacks, the cooldown of Demolish is reduced by 2 sec. Enemies affected by Demolish take up to 10% more damage from you and deal up to 10% less damage to you for 10 sec based on the number of stacks of Colossal Might consumed by Demolish.

PvP Talents

PvP talents are tailored for player-versus-player combat scenarios. Activated in arenas, battlegrounds, and the open world with War Mode enabled, these talents optimize a Arms Warrior 's performance in PvP encounters. They provide specialized enhancements that give players an edge in combat against other players.

Name	Cast	Effect
Master and Commander		Cooldown of Rallying Cry reduced by 120 sec.
Storm of Destruction		Bladestorm, Ravager, and Demolish now snare all targets you hit by 60% for 6 sec and decrease their healing taken by 50% for 10 sec.
Sharpen Blade		Colossus Smash causes your next Mortal Strike to deal 15% increased damage and reduce healing taken by 50% for 4 sec.
Duel		You challenge the target to a duel. While challenged, all damage you and the target deal to all targets other than each other is reduced by 50%. Lasts 12 sec.
Disarm		Disarm the enemy's weapons and shield for 5 sec. Disarmed creatures deal significantly reduced damage.
Demolition		Reduces the cooldown of your Shattering Throw or Wrecking Throw by 50% and increases its damage to absorb shields by an additional 250%.
Rebound		Spell Reflection reflects the next 2 incoming spells cast on you and reflected spells deal 100% extra damage to the attacker. Spell Reflection's cooldown is increased by 10 sec.
Safeguard		Intervene now has 2 charges and reduces the ally's damage taken by 20% for 5 sec. Intervene's cooldown is increased by 10 sec.
Dragon Charge		Run at high speed at a distance in front of you. All enemies in your path will take 24 Physical damage and be knocked back.
Berserker Roar		Berserker Shout also reduces the duration of the next crowd control effect within 10 sec by 50% on group members within 12 yds.