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#1 Sep 09 2008 at 6:43 AM Rating: Decent
I played as a Fury warrior from 1-70 the whole game. I dinged 70 a while back and about 2 weeks after that, respecced Arms and have been ever since except for a week where I tried prot out. I've been getting into raids and have done Gruul's and Mag twice and Kara once. I'm more curious to know that if I want to take raiding a bit more seriously, should I respec to Fury? I really like Arms better then Fury, but if I really have to, I probably will spec Fury. I'd link you my armory, but I'm in my PvP gear and can't switch because of downtime.
#2 Sep 09 2008 at 8:31 AM Rating: Decent
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Arms is raid viable especially if you have a melee heavy raid. Just make sure your spec is correct and you know the dmg rotation. It's in the sticky if memory serves.
#3 Sep 09 2008 at 10:09 AM Rating: Decent
I have another question, what stats should I be picking up on as an arms warrior? What gear do you recommend?
http://www.wowarmory.com/character-sheet.xml?r=Dark+Iron&n=Kuris

Edited, Sep 9th 2008 2:05pm by omfgplosion
#4 Sep 09 2008 at 11:25 AM Rating: Decent
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First get hit capped, 142 rating. Then crit crit and more crit, you want to be +40% raid buffed. Then str all the way. Thats about as basic as I can get it for you.

Armor pen and haste are also good stats to consider but at your gear level just consern yourself with the big 3.
#5 Sep 09 2008 at 4:45 PM Rating: Decent
Thanks, I'll try to max out my hit rating then for the time being.
#6 Sep 11 2008 at 6:07 AM Rating: Decent
1st I'll say until T6 you really won't top a Fury DW Warrior in the WWS charts. At the moment I'm more in the raid for the Utility aspect. Blood Frenzy talent is the open door to a raid. Currently, I'm the only Arms Warrior in my guild, I almost could not sit out if I wanted to lol. 4% more damage from any melee (including tanks oooo threat) is a huge help.

Sadly, with Titan's Grip, and the Fury mini Mortal Stike ability coming out in the upcomming patch.... our spec will be out the window for the most part :/

What I currently look for stat-wise:
Hit rating over 142, Crit% over 30% in Berserker stance, I get strength gems.
Hit rating under 142... I have to get a hit gem :/
Crit under 30% I load up on crit.

Gemming is literally a roller coaster ride. You get the stats you're looking for with crit/hit/and str, then get a new item with way less hit, but way more crit and you're looking at needed to regem or use a different +hit item to compensate for the loss/gain.

Oh and notice I said STR over AP? Attack power does not scale with Blessing of Kings. So 10Str or 20AP? 1 STR=2.2 AP: 10 Str x 2.2 AP = 22AP.

Edited, Sep 11th 2008 10:49am by GYFFORD
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