Best build to level with?Follow

I'm new to leveling a Warrior. I leveled him up via my RaF since I couldn't stand playing him at low levels. But now that he is 60 I want to start leveling him again and see if

I like him. However I have looked over numerous posts regarding builds and can not find a clear explanation on what each section of the talent tree really does besides Prot.

Basically I want to know what is Arms good for and what is Fury good for? I plan on soloing till probably 63 or 64 and by than plan on knowing the class well enough to be able

to do instances without being a noob to the class. I plan on carrying gear to tank with also I just want some insight into the different trees so I don't spec into the wrong one

and not like the class due to it not being geared for my play style. Thanks.

Thanks for the reply. My main is a hunter so that doesn't really help. I would say my play style is more geared towards being a feral druid or a combat rogue.I only know how

my warrior played up till about level 17 and I was having issues surviving due to not having access to a lot of abilities. I was looking into Fury because TG seems like a cool

ability but like you said since I don't have +hit to be able to use that effectively. Basically what I was interested in was a cookie cutter build for either arms or prot I

could try out until I get to know the class a little better and can respec based on my preference. Sorry about the vague question I wasn't sure what I was really looking for.

I spent about a week reading posts trying to get some insight and really didn't pick up on anything besides people talking about TG and lower level builds. Fury seems like the

kind of build I would want though. I wouldn't mind doing Prot either just I have never had any tanking experience in WoW so idk how much I would be able to adapt to that role

even in solo.

Arms: Arms Build

Prot: Prot Build

Edit: Added in my own builds so someone can give me feedback on whether they are decent or not.



Edited, Oct 29th 2008 9:06pm by RaiderElitist

Since you're at level 60 I would probably play whichever spec you're planning on playing in groups. If you're going to tank I'd level as prot. If you're going to dps I'd go arms or fury. By doing this you'll become more familiar with your abilities and what you'll use in a group.

Even before the patch leveling as prot after 60 isn't that bad at all.

If you haven't tanked before I would recommend trying it out. You might find that you like it a lot more than dps.

As for arms or fury I prefer arms. This is mainly because dw over 2h feels too much like my rogue. I like the variety and 2handers usually look pretty cool.

Some feedback on your builds:

- ARMS -

You've picked some talents I'd see as avoid-talents. I'll tell you which:

- Iron Will: You'll want this is you PvP a lot, but if you don't this is much better placed in Tactical Mastery. TM will let you switch to Berzer Stance for WW and fear breaks as well as to Def Stance for Spell Reflect without loosing too much rage.
- Deep Wounds: This isn't as much damage as it used to be, but it's ok to spec as a filler to get to higher tiers. I know you'd want this for procing Blood Frenzy, but since I'm about to advise you to get Taste for Blood you'll have Rend up anyway. Deep Wounds is better than Rend ofc, so maybe not as much as an 'avoid' talent than a 'think closely' talent.
- Mace spec: If you use a mace.. sure, but Poleaxe is a much more versatile spec.
- Imp. Intercept: Again, a PvP talent. If you PvP a lot, get it.. if you don't, you might want to consider something else.
- Trauma: I don't consider this a good talent since your bleed effects do very limitied damage, and won't do much better even with this. It is however an accepted filler, if you have a lot of bleed effects.
- Imp. MS: Too many points for too small an increase. Your main ability should be Slam anyhow, since it now sustains your swing timer.

An arms build I'd recommend to you would look something like this.
You might think I'm selfcontradictory to spec one additional not-needed point in Trauma, but it's since there isn't much better stuff in the fury tree.

- PROT -

First off, this is a leveling build, so I'll have to rethink how I usually plan my prot builds.

- Last Stand: It's an 'oh ****' button, but I doubt you'll be using it much, all the less in leveling.
- Toughness: For leveling.. not really as useful as if you'd have Armored to the Teeth.
- Imp. Disarm: According to me, points much better spent in Imp. Revenge.
- Imp. Disciplines: How often do you use these CD's? I don't use them nearly enough to need 1 min less CD, so I'd put this in Gag Order, simply because of the Shield Slam buff.

If I were to spec prot for leveling, I'd go with this. This is much different from an endgame raid build, in which you'd max your +dodge instead of +armour and your +parry instead of +crit. However, different purpose..



Maybe this will shed some light on what you're trying to achieve. I theorycraft a lot around builds, and try the ones I find most interesting out myself. Any build-directed questions I'm happy to answer.

Was this in another thread? I can't remember it to boot, but if it was an arms build it shouldn't be far from the one I linked here. I can help you with the first tier though:
You pick Imp. Rend as a filler. This isn't good for two reasons.
1. You're increasing the damage of a really bad ability, that you say yourself that you don't use much. (this is basically throwing talent points away, this should be avoided).
2. You're neglecting more useful talents in this tier.

The talent I'm talking about is Deflection. At low levels, more than ever, I find Survivability is an issue. You get killed really quick. To avoid this, getting 5% extra chance to dodge (or rather, parry) an attack completely is a very good option.

I'm not sure what point you were making about Heroic Strike.. but my view on it is this:
Heroic Strike is good up until level 24, where you get Execute. At level 30, when you get Slam, its use is completely neglectable. Wasting 3 points in an ability you'll only use your first 30 levels = Bad. Go Deflection!

It wasn't you Utarius. It was someone else. I have respecced though to the build you posted above. Working out fine so far. Hate being low level with barely any abilities at my disposal. *sigh* Hopefully get some soon.

Improved Slam is now in the Arms tree, and Slam no longer resets your swing timer. You can do the math for yourself, but Slam is a lot more efficient in terms of damage per rage than Mortal Strike, and I'd personally pick up Improved Slam before Improved Mortal Strike (for PVE).

Pretty sure.

while casting slam, your swing is delayed for the channel. It does not interrupt your swing time, thus making it function exactly like you hit slam in the old days as if you had perfect coordination and 0 lag. That's the function of slam now.