Level 60 Arms Warrior PvP build
“Menethil Mace PvP” — Player vs player.
A Mortal Strike mace PvP build built around huge two-handed burst, healing reduction, mace stuns, strong stance utility, and enough stamina to survive focus fire.
Excellent. This is close to the best this item pool and tree allow for the goal.
Talents
31 Arms / 20 Fury / 0 Protection · 51 points at level 60
Arms · 31
Deflection2/5
Improved Rend3/3
Tactical Mastery5/5
Improved Overpower2/2
Anger Management1/1
Deep Wounds3/3
Two-Handed Weapon Specialization5/5
Impale2/2
Sweeping Strikes1/1
Mace Specialization5/5
Improved Hamstring1/3
Mortal Strike1/1
Fury · 20
Cruelty5/5
Improved Demoralizing Shout5/5
Piercing Howl1/1
Blood Craze3/3
Improved Battle Shout1/5
Enrage5/5
Protection · 0
No points.
Gear
| Slot | Item | Stats | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Head | 679 armor · +34 Stamina · +28 Strength · +1% Critical strike chance | PvP · Rank 17 · Field Marshal's Battlegear | |
| Neck | +24 Stamina · +1% Critical strike chance · +20 Attack Power | Naxxramas · Gothik the Harvester | |
| Shoulders | 626 armor · +23 Stamina · +18 Strength · +16 Agility · +1% Hit chance | PvP · Rank 17 · Field Marshal's Battlegear | |
| Back | 63 armor · +23 Stamina · +30 Attack Power · +1% Hit chance | Naxxramas · Noth the Plaguebringer | |
| Chest | 953 armor · +45 Strength · +25 Stamina · +1% Critical strike chance · +1% Hit chance | Naxxramas · Thaddius | |
| Wrists | 431 armor · +14 Strength · +28 Stamina · +5 Defense | Dreadnaught's Battlegear | |
| Hands | 629 armor · +26 Stamina · +26 Strength · +1% Critical strike chance · +1% Hit chance | — | |
| Waist | 536 armor · +21 Strength · +21 Stamina · +20 Agility · +1% Critical strike chance · +1% Hit chance | Naxxramas · Instructor Razuvious | |
| Legs | 703 armor · +28 Stamina · +20 Strength · +2% Critical strike chance · +1% Hit chance | PvP · Rank 16 · Field Marshal's Battlegear | |
| Feet | 552 armor · +24 Stamina · +18 Strength · +12 Agility · +1% Hit chance | PvP · Rank 16 · Field Marshal's Battlegear | |
| Ring 1 | +14 Agility · +28 Stamina | Blackwing Lair · Nefarian | |
| Ring 2 | +12 Stamina · +40 Attack Power · +1% Critical strike chance | Temple of Ahn'Qiraj · Viscidus | |
| Trinket 1 | +64 Attack Power | Naxxramas · Sapphiron | |
| Trinket 2 | +2% Critical strike chance | — | |
| Main Hand | 289–435 · 3.8s · 95.3 dps · +46 Stamina · +20 Strength · +2% Critical strike chance | Naxxramas · Kel'Thuzad | |
| Ranged / Relic | 103–192 · 2.9s · 51 dps · +6 Stamina · +1% Critical strike chance · +16 Attack Power | Naxxramas · The Four Horsemen |
- Field Marshal's Battlegear (4/6) — (2) +20 Stamina.; (3) Reduces the cooldown of your Intercept ability by 5 sec.
- Dreadnaught's Battlegear (1/9)
Rotation
- 1
Chargeopener only - 2
Berserker Ragebuff not active on you - 3
Pummelwhen ready - 4
Executetarget below 20% health - 5
Mortal Strikewhen ready - 6
Hamstringdebuff missing on target - 7
Interceptwhile moving - 8
Piercing Howl3+ enemies - 9
Overpowerwhen ready - 10
Intimidating Shoutyou are low on health - 11
Sweeping Strikes3+ enemies - 12
Whirlwindresource pooled (high rage/energy/mana)
Read top to bottom: use the first ability that is ready and whose condition holds.
Why it works
This is a 31/20 Mortal Strike setup: Arms reaches Mortal Strike, Mace Specialization, Impale, Improved Overpower, Tactical Mastery, and a point in Improved Hamstring; Fury adds Cruelty, Piercing Howl, Blood Craze, and full Enrage for PvP pressure after you are crit. The result is simple: stick to the target, keep the healing debuff up, and punish dodge windows with Overpower.
Might of Menethil is the centerpiece: very high top-end two-handed mace damage, +46 Stamina, +20 Strength, and +2% crit, while also enabling Mace Specialization stuns. Fists of the Unrelenting are chosen over normal damage gloves because disarm immunity is enormous in warrior mirrors and against rogues. The PvP plate helm, shoulders, legs, and boots keep armor and stamina high without giving up crit or hit, while Plated Abomination Ribcage, Girdle of the Mentor, Sadist's Collar, and Slayer's Crest push burst windows hard.
This gear lands well past the 5% player hit need, so the extra hit is mostly a byproduct of excellent PvP pieces rather than the main goal. Compared with the survival curve, this sits near the middle toughness plan: around the balance-50 area gives roughly 3340 HP from gear at about a 7% throughput cost versus the all-damage set, which is a good PvP knee before stamina starts costing much more damage.
Open with Charge when possible, swap and Intercept to reconnect, keep Hamstring up, and make Mortal Strike your kill-pressure button. Use Pummel aggressively on casts, Berserker Rage before fear or incapacitate effects, Intimidating Shout to peel or secure a kill, and Sweeping Strikes plus Whirlwind when enemies stack.
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Generated by the optimizer from Classic Era client build 1.15.9.69722 and checked against the builder's rules (row gates, prerequisites, what the class can wear). The rating above is recomputed from today's data. Race not set — pick yours in the builder for racial bonuses.