Arms Warrior Talents

The War Within Season 2

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 The War Within Season 2.

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.
Leeching Strikes	Passive	Leech increased by 3%.
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.
Impending Victory	Instant - Melee Range - 25 Sec Cooldown	Instantly attack the target, causing 313 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 125 Physical damage to all enemies within 8 yards.
Storm Bolt	Instant - 20 Yd Range - 30 Sec Cooldown	Hurls your weapon at an enemy, causing 148 Physical damage and stunning for 4 sec.
Intimidating Shout	Instant - 8 Yd Range - 1.5 Min Cooldown	Causes the targeted enemy to cower in fear, and up to 5 additional enemies within 8 yards to flee. Targets are disoriented for 8 sec.
Second Wind	Passive	Restores 6% health every 1 sec when you have not taken damage for 5 sec. While you are below 35% health, restores 1.0% health every 1 sec. 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 now also increases your movement speed by 70% for 3 sec.
Pain and Gain	Passive	When you take any damage, heal for 2.00% of your maximum health. This can only occur once every 10 sec.
Thunder Clap	Instant - 6 Sec Cooldown	Blasts all enemies within 8 yards for 264 Physical damage and reduces their movement speed by 20% for 10 sec. Deals reduced damage beyond 5 targets. f you have Rend, Thunder Clap affects 5 nearby targets with Rend.
Cacophonous Roar	Passive	Intimidating Shout can withstand 200% more damage before breaking.
Menace	Passive	Intimidating Shout will knock back all nearby enemies except your primary target, and cause them all to cower in fear for 15 sec instead of fleeing.
Spell Reflection	Instant - 1 Sec Cooldown	Raise your weapon, reflecting the first spell cast on you, and reduce magic damage you take by 20% for 5 sec.
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.
Shockwave	Instant - 40 Sec Cooldown	Sends a wave of force in a frontal cone, causing 107 damage and stunning all enemies within 10 yards for 2 sec.
Crackling Thunder	Passive	Thunder Clap's radius is increased by 50%, and it reduces movement speed by an additional 20%.
Honed Reflexes	Passive	Cooldown of Die By the Sword, Pummel, Intervene, Spell Reflection, and Storm Bolt reduced by 5%.
Crushing Force	Passive	Mortal Strike deals an additional 10% damage and deals 10% increased critical strike damage.
Bitter Immunity	Instant - 3 Min Cooldown	Restores 20% health instantly and removes all diseases, poisons and curses affecting you.
Overwhelming Rage	Passive	Maximum Rage increased by 30.
Rumbling Earth	Passive	Shockwave's range increased by 6 yards and when Shockwave strikes at least 3 targets, its cooldown is reduced by 15 sec.
Reinforced Plates	Passive	Stamina increased by 10% and Armor increased by 10%.
Wrecking Throw	Instant - 30 Yd Range - 45 Sec Cooldown	Hurl your weapon at the enemy, causing 531 Physical damage, ignoring armor. Deals up to 500% increased damage to absorb shields.
Shattering Throw	1.5 Sec Cast - 30 Yd Range - 3 Min Cooldown	Hurl your weapon at the enemy, causing 531 Physical damage, ignoring armor, and removing any magical immunities. Deals up to 500% increased damage to absorb shields.
Barbaric Training	Passive	Slam, Cleave, and Whirlwind deal 10% more damage and 10% increased critical strike damage.
Sidearm	Passive	Your auto-attacks have a 20% chance to hurl weapons at your target and 3 other enemies in front of you, dealing an additional 132 Physical damage.
Double Time	Passive	Increases the maximum number of charges on Charge by 1, and reduces its cooldown by 3 sec.
Seismic Reverberation	Passive	If Whirlwind or Cleave hits 3 or more enemies, it hits them 1 additional time for 30% damage.
Concussive Blows	Passive	Cooldown of Pummel reduced by 1.0 sec. Successfully interrupting an enemy increases the damage you deal to them by 5% for 10 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.
Piercing Howl	Instant - 30 Sec Cooldown	Snares all enemies within 12 yards, reducing their movement speed by 70% for 8 sec.
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%.
Cruel Strikes	Passive	Critical strike chance increased by 2% and critical strike damage of Execute increased by 10%.
Wild Strikes	Passive	Haste increased by 2% and your auto-attack critical strikes increase your auto-attack speed by 20% for 10 sec.
Armored to the Teeth	Passive	Gain Strength equal to 10% of your Armor.
Thunderous Roar	Instant - 1.5 Min Cooldown	Roar explosively, dealing 1,347 Physical damage to enemies within 12 yds and cause them to bleed for 1,470 physical damage over 8 sec. Deals reduced damage beyond 5 targets.
Avatar	Instant - 1.5 Min Cooldown	Transform into a colossus for 20 sec, causing you to deal 20% increased damage and removing all roots and snares. enerates 10 Rage.
Champion's Spear	Instant - 25 Yd Range - 1.5 Min Cooldown	Throw a spear at the target location, dealing 1,271 Physical damage instantly and an additional 1,276 damage over 4 sec. Deals reduced damage beyond 5 targets. Enemies hit are chained to the spear's location for the duration. enerates 10 Rage.
Uproar	Passive	Thunderous Roar's cooldown reduced by 45 sec.
Thunderous Words	Passive	Increases the duration of Thunderous Roar's Bleed effect by 2.0 sec and Thunderous Roar's Bleed effect causes enemies to take 20% increased damage from all your bleeds.
Blademaster's Torment	Passive	Activating Avatar grants 8 sec of Sweeping Strikes and while Avatar is active the cooldown of Cleave is reduced by 1.5 sec.
Warlord's Torment	Passive	Activating Avatar grants 6 sec of Recklessness. The additional Rage generation of this Recklessness is reduced to 25%.
Piercing Challenge	Passive	Champion's Spear's damage increased by 50% and its Rage generation is increased by 100%.
Champion's Might	Passive	The duration of Champion's Spear is increased by 2 sec. You deal 25% increased critical strike damage to targets chained to your Spear.

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 3,114 Physical damage and reduces the effectiveness of healing on the target by 50% for 10 sec.
Overpower	Instant - Melee Range	Overpower the enemy, dealing 1,572 Physical damage. Cannot be blocked, dodged, or parried.
Martial Prowess	Passive	Overpower increases the damage of your next Mortal Strike or Cleave by 15%, stacking up to 2 times.
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.
Improved Execute	Passive	Execute no longer has a cooldown and if your foe survives, 10% of the Rage spent is refunded.
Improved Overpower	Passive	Overpower has 2 charges and deals 15% more damage.
Bloodsurge	Passive	Damage from Deep Wounds has a chance to generate 5 Rage.
Fueled by Violence	Passive	You are healed for 85% of the damage dealt by Deep Wounds.
Storm Wall	Passive	Whenever you Parry, you heal for 5.00% of your maximum health. Can only occur once per second.
Ignore Pain	Instant - 1 Sec Cooldown	Fight through the pain, ignoring 50% of damage taken until 3,020 damage has been prevented. Repeated uses of Ignore Pain accumulate, up to 59,202 total damage prevented.
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.
Fervor of Battle	Passive	If Cleave or Whirlwind hit 2 or more targets you also Slam your primary target.
Tactician	Passive	You have a 1.00% chance per Rage spent on attacks to reset the remaining cooldown on Overpower.
Colossus Smash	Instant - Melee Range - 45 Sec Cooldown	Smashes the enemy's armor, dealing 1,648 Physical damage, and increasing damage you deal to them by 30% for 10 sec.
Impale	Passive	Critical strike damage of your abilities is increased by 10%.
Skullsplitter	Instant - Melee Range - 21 Sec Cooldown	Bash an enemy's skull, dealing 1,054 Physical damage. Skullsplitter causes your Rend and Deep Wounds on the target to bleed out 100% faster for 10 sec. enerates 15 Rage.
Rend	Instant - Melee Range	Wounds the target, causing 669 Physical damage instantly and an additional 1,117 Bleed damage over 15 sec.
Finishing Blows	Passive	Overpower generates 8 Rage when used on enemies below 35% health.
Anger Management	Passive	Every 20 Rage you spend on attacks reduces the remaining cooldown on Colossus Smash, Bladestorm, and Ravager by 1 sec.
Spiteful Serenity	Passive	Colossus Smash and Avatar's base durations are increased by 100% but their damage bonuses are reduced by 40%.
Exhilarating Blows	Passive	Mortal Strike and Cleave have a 20% chance to instantly reset their own cooldowns.
Improved Sweeping Strikes	Passive	Sweeping Strikes lasts 6 sec longer.
Collateral Damage	Passive	When Sweeping Strikes ends, your next Cleave or Whirlwind deals 25% increased damage for each ability used during Sweeping Strikes that damaged a second target.
Cleave	Instant - Melee Range - 4.5 Sec Cooldown	Strikes all enemies in front of you for 1,174 Physical damage, inflicting Deep Wounds. Cleave will consume your Overpower effect to deal increased damage. Deals reduced damage beyond 5 targets.
Bloodborne	Passive	Deep Wounds, Rend, and Thunderous Roar's Bleed effects deal 10% increased damage.
Dreadnaught	Passive	Overpower causes a seismic wave, dealing 262 damage to all enemies in a 10 yd line. Deals reduced damage beyond 5 targets.
Strength of Arms	Passive	Overpower deals 15% additional damage, has 10% increased critical strike chance, and deals 10% increased critical strike damage.
In For The Kill	Passive	Colossus Smash increases your Haste by 10%, or by 20% if the target is below 35% health. Lasts for the duration of Colossus Smash.
Test of Might	Passive	When Colossus Smash expires, your Strength is increased by 1% for every 10 Rage you spent on attacks during Colossus Smash. Lasts 12 sec.
Blunt Instruments	Passive	Colossus Smash damage increased by 30% and its effect duration is increased by 3.0 sec.
Warbreaker	Instant - 45 Sec Cooldown	Smash the ground and shatter the armor of all enemies within 10 yds, dealing 1,629 Physical damage and increasing damage you deal to them by 30% for 10 sec.
Massacre	Passive	Execute is now usable on targets below 35% health.
Storm of Swords	Passive	Cleave and Whirlwind have a 30% chance to make your next Cleave or Whirlwind cost 100% less Rage.
Deft Experience	Passive	Mastery increased by 2% and Tactician's chance to trigger is increased by an additional 1.0%.
Valor in Victory	Passive	Increases Versatility by 2% and reduces the cooldown of Die by the Sword by 30.0 sec.
Critical Thinking	Passive	Critical Strike chance increased by 2% and Execute immediately refunds 20% of the Rage spent.
Battlelord	Passive	Overpower has a 35% chance to reset the cooldown of Mortal Strike and generate 10 Rage.
Bloodletting	Passive	Deep Wounds, Rend and Thunderous Roar's Bleed effects last 6.0 sec longer and have a 5% increased critical strike chance. If you have Rend, Mortal Strike inflicts Rend on targets below 35% health.
Bladestorm	Instant - 1.5 Min Cooldown	Become an unstoppable storm of destructive force, striking all nearby enemies for 5,146 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 the target location that chases nearby enemies, inflicting 3,852 Physical damage to all enemies over 10.9 sec. Deals reduced damage beyond 8 targets. enerates 10 Rage each time it deals damage.
Sharpened Blades	Passive	Your Mortal Strike, Cleave and Execute critical strike damage is increased by 10% and your Execute has a 5% increased critical hit chance.
Juggernaut	Passive	Execute increases Execute's damage dealt by 3% for 12 sec, stacking up to 15 times.
Fatality	Passive	Your Mortal Strikes and Cleaves against enemies above 30% health have a high chance to apply Fatal Mark. When an enemy falls below 30% health, your next Execute inflicts an additional 1,465 Physical damage per stack.
Dance of Death	Passive	When an enemy dies while affected by your Bladestorm, all damage you deal is increased by 5% for the remainder of the Bladestorm and for 2 sec afterwards. When an enemy dies while affected by your Ravager, its duration is extended by 2 sec. These effects can trigger a maximum of 3 times per use of Bladestorm or Ravager.
Unhinged	Passive	Every other time Bladestorm or Ravager deal damage, you automatically cast a Mortal Strike at your target or random nearby enemy.
Merciless Bonegrinder	Passive	Whirlwind and Cleave deal 50% increased damage during Ravager or for 9 sec after Bladestorm ends.
Executioner's Precision	Passive	Execute causes the target to take 35% more damage from your next Mortal Strike, stacking up to 2 times.

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 high chance to overwhelm their defenses and trigger a Slayer's Strike, dealing 1,749 damage and applying Marked for Execution, increasing the damage they take from your next Execute by 15%. Stacks 3 times.
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 10 stacks.
Relentless Pursuit	Passive	Charge grants you 70% movement speed 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.
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 25% additional damage and 25% additional critical damage.
Show No Mercy	Passive	Marked for Execution increases the critical strike chance and critical strike damage of your next Execute on the target by 15%.
Reap the Storm	Passive	Mortal Strike and Cleave when it hits 3 or more targets have a 20% chance to cause you to unleash a flurry of steel, striking all nearby enemies for 1,519 damage and applying Overwhelmed. Deals reduced damage beyond 8 targets.
Slayer's Malice	Passive	Overpower damage increased by 30%.
Unrelenting Onslaught	Passive	When you Execute a target that you've Marked for Execution, you both reduce the cooldown of Bladestorm by 5 sec and apply 2 stacks of Overwhelmed to the target per stack of Marked for Execution consumed. You can now 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 8,660 damage to it, and 5,170 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.
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 5% 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.
Practiced Strikes	Passive	Mortal Strike and Cleave damage increased by 20%.
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 5.0% less damage. Size increased by 5%.
Dominance of the Colossus	Passive	Colossal Might now 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.
Battlefield Commander		Your Shout abilities have additional effects. attle Shout: Increases Stamina by 3%. iercing Howl: Radius increased by 50% erserker Shout: Range increased by 8 yds. ntimidating Shout: Cooldown reduced by 15 sec. allying Cry: Removes movement impairing effects and grants 30% movement speed to allies. hunderous Roar: Targets receive 5% more damage from all sources while bleeding.
Dragon Charge		Run at high speed at a distance in front of you. All enemies in your path will take 375 Physical damage and be knocked back.
Berserker Roar		Go berserk, removing and granting immunity to Fear, Sap, and Incapacitate effects for 6 sec. Also reduces the duration of the next crowd control effect within 10 sec by 50% on group members within 40 yds.