Welcome to Skill Capped’s Guide on the Best Glyphs for Arms Warriors in Cataclysm
All sections for Arms Warrior PvP have been divided into corresponding sections for the most optimal race, talents, glyphs, gear, professions and macros. This will help you have a good understanding on Arms Warrior in PvP for Cataclysm, the strengths and weaknesses associated with this specialization, and help you conquer the arena. This section will give you the best PvP glyphs available for Arms Warrior in Cataclysm Season 9.
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Best Arms Warrior PvP Glyphs
The glyph system has changed quite a bit in Cataclysm as opposed to Wrath of the Lich King. All glyph scrolls that have been learned are now permanent glyphs that can be placed inside major and minor glyph slots, and there are 3 additional prime glyph slots included with the major and minor glyphs. Vanishing powder will be needed to swap out those glyphs. Those will be handy, since some glyphs may be swapped depending on a certain arena matchup.
Prime Glyphs
These three prime glyphs provided below are your primary glyphs within your prime glyph slots. These glyphs do not change.
Glyph of Mortal Strike increases the damage of our primary damaging ability, Mortal Strike.
Glyph of Overpower is similar to the Glyph of Mortal Strike, as this glyph provides increased damage on our Overpower ability.
Glyph of Bladestorm reduces the cooldown of Bladestorm. This is valuable due to Bladestorm being one of your strongest offensive cooldowns.
Major Glyphs
These three major glyphs provided below are your primary glyphs within your major glyph slots. Some glyphs offer variability depending on the composition you plan to play as. If you are playing a composition where you need increased uptime on your opponents, you have the option to swap out Glyph of Sweeping Strikes for either Glyph of Long Charge and Glyph of Rapid Charge. This will affect your Charge ability, making it easier to attack your target.
Glyph of Colossus Smash automatically applies Sunder Armor on the target when Colossus Smash is used. This glyph will further decrease the target’s armor, making your opponent more vulnerable from your Mortal Strike or Bladestorm.
Glyph of Shield Wall increases the damage reduction applied from Shield Wall, but increases its cooldown by 2 minutes. This makes your defensive cooldown even stronger, and is valuable due to the lack of defensive utility Warrior provides.
Glyph of Sweeping Strikes removes Rage cost of our Sweeping Strikes ability. This will allow you to use this ability on demand, while also having more Rage for optimizing damage.
If you want more uptime on ranged specializations, swap out Glyph of Sweeping Strikes for Glyph of Long Charge. This glyph increases the range of your Charge, making it easier for you to connect on opponents farther away.
If you want to use Charge more often, swap out Glyph of Sweeping Strikes for Glyph of Rapid Charge. This glyph provides a higher usage on Charge to connect to your enemy, and score kills on your opponents.
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Minor Glyphs
Even though minor glyphs do not greatly enhance the performance for Arms Warrior, there are 3 minor glyphs provided below that can be used in your minor glyph slots to minmax. These glyphs don’t change.
Glyph of Battle increases the duration of your Battle Shout. Having this glyph reduces the amount of times you have to refresh this buff for yourself or allies.
Glyph of Berserker Rage provides additional Rage when using Berserker Rage.
Glyph of Command increases the duration of your Commanding Shout. Having this glyph reduces the amount of times you have to refresh this buff for yourself or allies.