Arms Warrior: Analysis of the 9.2 Tier Set Bonuses - Consistent & Easy to Use

On the 9.2 PTR, Arms Warrior received a rework and tuning for their 9.2 Tier Set bonus! Our Arms Warrior Guide Writer, Archimtiros, has provided an updated hands-on look at all the recent changes to the Arms Warrior Tier Set bonus which includes additional tuning and how it fits in with the current playstyle.

Arms Warrior Tier Set Bonus Changes 2-Set: Warbreaker and Colossus Smash lasts 3 sec longer and increases your damage dealt to affected enemies by an additional 10%.5%. 4-Set:   Tactician has a 50% increased chance to proc against enemies with Colossus Smash and causes your next Overpower to grant 4%2% Strength, up to 20%8% for 15 sec.

Archimtiros, our Arms Warrior guide writer, has given more extensive thoughts on the Arms Warrior Set bonus change!

Since the Arms Warrior tier bonuses were reworked a few builds ago, the set is now in a far better place than it was. While the first pass was obviously overpowered (granting +20% strength for a nearly 27% gain), it was since nerfed down to a reasonable level — the two piece is currently worth ~5%, while the four piece adds about 8%, for a combined 13.5% for both, which appears to be the rough target range based on other bonuses seen on the PTR so far. Although there has been some criticism that the bonuses are not rotationally defining enough, this is something of a mischaracterization. It's true that the set does not encourage any new talents or major rotational changes, but it does greatly increase the amount of Overpower procs, resulting in more active gameplay and less downtime, but the most important part of the bonus is how reliable it is. Absent extended periods of downtime, the four piece strength bonus can be stacked very quickly at the start of an Read more on wowhead.com