Question about Mortal Strike at 40

[gotmilk0112 10]

Everyone always says to respec at 40 to get Mortal Strike, but I'm not quite feeling it. Is Mortal Strike really better than free 25% damage from Enrage? What is the math behind Arms being better than Fury, 40-60 ?

 

I'm comparing the two specs and I'm just not seeing how Arms is that much better. Does MS really do that much damage? I've never leveled a Warrior past 38 in vanilla so I'm a tad clueless.

 

Also on a less related note, if I'm going to be sticking with Axe spec, what are some weapons I can get from 40-50? I know Executioner's Cleaver is one of them, but it's probably going to be expensive as вау.

Edited December 24, 2016 by gotmilk0112

[Ironsides 35]

Honestly there isn't a huge difference between leveling speeds of arms/fury. Levelled 3 or 4 warriors to 60 on 1x rates and have even done a DW arms build relying on spamming crit overpowers and it wasn't noticeably slower. Just don't do prot and you're fine

[OrcWarrior 1]

+1 on Ironsides.

 

In my opinion the important thing is just to pick a specc. Stick with it so you avoid raising the respecc cost till you hit lvl 60 and can decide what you want to spend max lvl doing. 

[gotmilk0112 10]

I'd like to respec Arms, but I'm just afraid that it's going to be slower than Fury.

 

As it is right now at level 34, my rotation goes:

 

Charge -> Autoattack -> Sit-crit -> 2nd Autoattack -> Slam -> Slam -> Autoattack -> Execute

 

And this kills equal-level mobs 90% of the time, unless I get lots of misses/parries or something.

 

Tactical Mastery would be lovely, as would be the increased rage from Charge and crit on Overpower, I'm just concerned that Mortal Strike won't outweigh the free 25% damage from Enrage.

[Undertanker 88]

For pure grind, enrage will still win, however if you are on a PVP server, you will want to switch if you go to contested areas / popular questing area for both factions.

[gotmilk0112 10]

So I guess I should just stay Fury then?

 

The big-hitters for Fury are Enrage and Flurry. Free 25% damage (albeit at the cost of having to вау around with sit-critting which can get really tedious) and a mini-Heroism whenever you crit.

 

The big-hitters for Arms are MS, Deep Wounds/Impale, and 5% damage from 2H Mastery.

 

I'm not sure about playstyles though. As Fury ATM, I'm staying in Berserker stance, using zerk rage or bloodrage then Intercept to approach and then pretty much only using Slam and Execute. Save up enough rage for 2 Slams and then time them with the enemy swing timer so I don't get interrupted, then Execute when they're low enough.

 

Not sure how Arms plays at 40, but I'm assuming it's just staying in Battle stance, Charge in and then MS and autoattack?

 

Even if it's less DPS, I think I'll go with Arms; it's got much more utility for both questing and tanking.

Edited December 26, 2016 by gotmilk0112