Arms Warrior

Arms changes

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  NewWeaponmaster

  Row 5. Replaces all four weapon specialisations; the benefit changes with what you hold — crit for axes and polearms, armour penetration for maces and staves, extra auto-attacks for swords.

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  NewSpearing Strike

  16-point talent. 15 rage, 20-second cooldown, dismounts, and hits mounted, Dragonkin and Giant targets for double.

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  NewBloodthrill

  Row 5. Main-hand hits on a bleeding target can light up Overpower for 6 seconds.

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  ChangedImproved Slam

  Moved over from Fury into Arms row 6, reduced to 2 points, and no longer delays your auto-attack.

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  RemovedAxe, Mace, Sword, Polearm Specialization

  All four gone, replaced by Weaponmaster.

Baseline changes — every Warrior

These apply to Arms too, regardless of where talent points go.

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  NewVictory Rush

  Level 20. Instant attack healing 10% of maximum health, available for 20 seconds after killing a non-trivial enemy, 30-second cooldown.

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  NewTactical Mastery

  Learned at level 14 as a baseline ability: keep 10 rage when changing stance, improvable with Arms talents.

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  ChangedRage from damage taken

  Calculated ignoring armour, as though you always had 50% damage reduction, and ignoring absorbs like Power Word: Shield. Tanking no longer starves you for rage as your gear improves.

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  ChangedRage from dealing damage

  Fully normalised to weapon speed. Critical strikes give 75% more rage than normal hits.

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  ChangedRecklessness, Retaliation, Shield Wall

  No longer share a cooldown with each other. Retaliation and Shield Wall drop to 15 minutes.

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  ChangedThunder Clap

  Scales with Attack Power and works in Defensive Stance. Cooldown up to 6 seconds, threat reduced.

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  ChangedRend

  Gains significant Attack Power scaling — it stops being a levelling-only ability.