Arms Warrior Leveling Guide from 1 to 90 — 12.0.5

Arms Warrior is very straightforward while leveling, starting off with only Sweeping Strikes, but not gaining more worthwhile multi-target tools until around level 30.

Past that point, Warriors start to become quite competent, regularly pulling several mobs together and cleaving them down without fear, thanks to Die by the Sword mitigating damage and Victory Rush to heal back up. By rotating several different cooldowns, Arms Warriors will eventually chain from pull to pull with little to no downtime.

Always initiate combat with Charge when able, using Heroic Throw or Heroic Leap to pull more as desired. When facing several targets, use Sweeping Strikes, Cleave, Overpower, and Rend if they are expected to live long enough for the bleed to tick out.

In between those abilities, or when there are only one or two targets left, use Mortal Strike and Execute to kill off priority targets. Cooldowns such as Colossus Smash and Bladestorm can be used liberally, but are not often needed. So try to save them for bigger packs or harder targets.

The Recuperate ability can be used to quickly regain health between combat, without the need to carry level appropriate food around, since it always restores 50% of maximum health.

Leveling Information

Beginner Leveling Guides

If this is your first character, or want to know more about the leveling process in Midnight, we've got you covered with these two guides!

Basic LevelingMidnight Leveling

When leveling up, equipping the highest item level pieces of gear is generally ideal. The major exceptions to this rule are some trinkets and Rings or Necklaces featuring two secondary stats instead of just one.

When using Heirloom items, we recommend using those with Critical Strike and Haste, as they will slightly improve Rage economy while leveling.

Itemization

Leveling Heirlooms

Learn how to use Heirloom gear to level your characters as fast as possible!

Heirlooms Guide

At the start of every new expansion, the one thing in everyone's mind would be how to reach the maximum level. For Midnight, the max level is 90. There are various items to boost your leveling speed and efficiency, allowing you to make the best out of your playtime.

• Gunshoes — Massive movement speed boost that works when Mounts do not, and much faster than ground mounts.
• Goblin Glider Kit — Lets you glide off of ledges and cover vast distances quickly.
• Fried Bonefish — Gives you a speed buff when you kill enemies.
• Light-Step Hoofplates — Do not forget this Mount Equipment to make your mounts faster on the ground.

If you are just starting your journey into Midnight, we have a Level 80 import string for you. You can follow the point-by-point allocation of the below tree once you start gaining levels in Midnight.

The following PvP talents are recommended for leveling and doing solo / small group PvE content. You may find that different PvP talents work better for you depending on your playstyle. Experimentation is encouraged!

1. Sharpen Blade adds a separate off-global cooldown buff, which increases the overall damage of Mortal Strike.
2. Rebound boosts the value of Spell Reflection, providing both more offensive and defensive value in exchange for a slightly longer cooldown.
3. Dragon Charge grants extra mobility, which is always useful while leveling.

To keep things simple while leveling and learning the spec, use the slider to select your level, and watch as the leveling rotation grows with each level!

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1. Cast Charge to initiate combat whenever possible.
2. Cast Sweeping Strikes to hit a second target with single-target attacks.
3. Cast Ravager against groups of enemies or individual strong targets.
4. Cast Rend to apply Rend to more than three targets, only if they will survive the majority of the debuff duration.
5. Cast Victory Rush for free damage and healing after killing an enemy.
6. Cast Shield Slam to deal damage, if still using a shield.
7. Cast Colossus Smash to deal increased damage against the primary target.
8. Cast Demolish on cooldown for a high burst multi-target damage.
9. Cast Mortal Strike as the primary damage dealing ability.
10. Cast Execute whenever possible.
11. Cast Overpower as a free filler.
12. Cast Overpower as a free filler and to increase the damage of Mortal Strike or Cleave.
13. Cast Slam to deal damage to a single target.
14. Cast Slam to deal damage to a single target or Whirlwind against multiple.
15. Cast Slam to deal damage to a single target or Cleave against multiple.

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