best warrior weapons by levelFollow

I'm still a little new to warrior myself, but I would say probably

20 - Smite's Mighty Hammer
30 - Whirlwind Axe, Sword, etc.
44 - Kang the Decapitator > Executioner's Cleaver > The Rockpounder


Maybe someone else can comment on other levels

Pendulum of Doom is crazy at 39.

Been leveling an Arms (Poleaxe spec) warrior the past few weeks, now to lvl 48. This build favors slow axes or polearms with high white damage & lots of crits. Note that I mainly do quests & instances, and very little BGs.

At 10 to 20, just get the best green that suits your style. You will be competing with lvl 19 twinks for blues, so they are often ridiculously priced at AH. I enjoyed using Gargoyle's Bite with Fiery on it from lvl 20 on. That combo just wiped out mobs in this range.

There's no debate that the Whirlwind weapons are fantastic 2 handers in the 30s, and a relatively easy quest reward to get with a bit of help from a higher level friend. For Arms, the WW axe is just outstanding. Lasted me from 32 to 44, again with a Fiery enchant. At 43, I was searching for an Executioner's Cleaver on the AH, which has excellent stats for Arms (high white damage, with Str & +Hit). It was never available, but I found a Kang (lvl 44) relatively "cheap" (150G, usually 225G or more on my server). I spent the cash & never regretted it. Although it doesn't have traditional Str, Agi or Stam stats, the Rend procs quite often for 56 dmg every three seconds to a total of 560. Remember that each individual Fiery proc gives you only 40 dmg, 60 with a crit. At 44, with mainly blue gear and no enchant on the axe, I was mowing down 49s with Kang without difficulty.

From prior experience with a Ret Pally, Ice Barbed Spear is certainly next on my list (also slow, with great stats). That will take me from 51 (assuming I actually win an AV) until Outlands instance drops, or even some Outlands greens. Thrallmar War Hammer (lvl 61) for a 2H mace user comes to mind. If you favor 2H swords, consider the combination of Truesilver Champion (crafted), which quite often pops a shield that you can fight through, with a Fiery enchant at level 47. The Tusker swords are also slow, heavy hitters in the mid 40s, if the blues are out of your price range.

For Tanking at lower levels I went with whatever blue quest rewards or AH deals I could find, like Diamond Hammer, Looming Gavel, Wingblade and Outlaw Sabre. Dual wielding these at this level is fun too. In mid 30s I picked up a Steelclaw Reaver, which had good speed (builds aggro fast & nice not to have to wait for the next "on hit" ability to go off) & worked quite well with axe spec. Used it right to 48, and just switched to Axe of Rin'ji, also a fast axe. Peformed really well in a ZF run last night.

If you're keeping a weapon for 10 or 12 levels, it's worth getting an enchant on it. I feel that Fiery is the most cost effective for the slow weapons at low to mid levels (40 dmg proc is obviously a bigger deal in the 20s than in the 60s). I have been putting Greater Striking (+4dmg) on my 1H tanking weapon, since the damage on each hit does better over time & holds more aggro than random procs. There is also a huge price jump to +5dmg, which I don't feel is worthwhile.

Remember that at around lvl 60 Outlands greens are much cheaper and often outperform pre-expansion lvl 60 blues, or even epic BG rewards. I only used the Immovable Object (shield) for a few levels when I found a better green for my Pally. Shop carefully.

Crusader's effectiveness is reduced above level 60 (less +str, less healing, and I believe lower proc rate as well), so if you're gonna take the plunge, do it before 60.

I've already got the mats for Crusader. I will look up the differences (I remember reading that Mongoose was really good) and see what mats I need. It's nice not having to change weapons every other level, so getting Whirlwind Axe early was great.

Interesting.

With this weekend coming up, I can make a profit on the 2 righteous orbs I got for 27 and 35 gp, that regularly sell for around 50g on the weekend.

I will look into this. Thanks!

Oh, and I'm using Bonebiter (+5 dmg) right now.

Ah right, missed that in your first post. Either way, I stand behind what I said, if you can't pick the money off the gold tree fields in Outland, a new weapon would serve you far better than an enchant. Then, at 51, you can get Ice Barbed Spear, which is by far the best you can get til 60.

As a point of reference, Crusader adds about 3.57 DPS to a weapon (procs for 100 strength at a proc rate of once per minute and duration of 15 seconds, so an average of 25 strength, 25 strength = 50 attack power and 14 attack power = 1 dps), and Savagery adds 5 DPS (flat 70 attack power).



Really? I checked last night on my low pop server and there were 3 up in the 50-70 gold range (high, but much cheaper than an enchant).

Edited, Nov 2nd 2007 1:37pm by Theophastus

Strange, because I've searched my server's Auction House every day for like the past month and have never seen one. I see lots of Adamantite Cleavers, Apexis Cleavers, and all kinds of other Cleavers. But never an Executioner's Cleaver.

Ice Barbed Spear at 51 seems to be the sure bet. 44-51 for 20g is definitely worth the investment, it seems.

Saw the Executioner's Cleaver for 55g on my server this morning. My righteous orbs have not sold yet. :-(

You lie!
Best weapon for a lvl 70 is this!

uldaman sucks. i got the IBS on my first try. granted, i did get killed often.