Yo, what do this warr need?

[Eriwen]

So I made a warrior and I geared myself rather fast I'd say, checked armory links but every warrior seems to have a different gear setup, so I figured I'd find the best possible gear to balance mastery and crit. But if there's anyone out there who would take their time to look at this little warrior and say if I need anything, and please tell me why I need given item. All feedback is appreciated

Twizie @ Grim Batol - Community - World of Warcraft

Thanks!

 

[Aelobin]

I don't know enough about warriors to say for definite, but it might be worth considering the non-strength 409s because of how much secondary stats they have.

 

[Eriwen]

I don't know enough about warriors to say for definite, but it might be worth considering the non-strength 409s because of how much secondary stats they have.

yeah I thought about that, I will try it out when I find them to not rdiculous prices cause they are stupidly high atm

 

[Whatgoesup]

Been a while since I lvl'd my 80 Warrior to 85, but I remember that you should definiatly get Alchemy for that 359 trinket.

 

[Eriwen]

Been a while since I lvl'd my 80 Warrior to 85, but I remember that you should definiatly get Alchemy for that 359 trinket.

Oh ya, good point! Thanks for calling it out!

 

[Splosion]

Quoting the work I've already done regarding warriors:

Simcraft results are as follows:

Using an "optimised" gearset, which basically means all 409s that are useful (helm, shoulders, chest, bracers, gloves, legs, ring, weapons), gemming for mastery as much as possible, keeping 3x str/crit gems in wotlk gear for meta activation; I get 57,500dps, with a stat weight of wdps>mastery>crit~=haste>str>ap>exp~=hit.

Mastery is more than twice as good as strength. Crit and haste are either way, crit is slightly better than haste, but due to us wanting to reforge all mastery, whichever gives you the most mastery after reforging is best (for example, it's better to reforge Penumbra Pendant to mastery from crit, as it gets you more mastery).

As a comparison; I also simmed Ochiwana's warrior (Ragunash), as well as Xipe's warrior (Xipelol) and got results as follows:

Ragunash - 54,569dps (wdps>mastery>crit~=haste>str>ap>exp~=hit)
Xipelol - 56,188dps (wdps>crit>mastery>haste>str>ap>exp~=hit)

More 409s really does add quite a bit more dps, and prioritising strength isn't a good idea (unless you want parry to solo with I guess). I've a feeling that xipe's low crit has something to do with the value of it there, as he runs with a fair amount more AP than my profile).

There is some slight increase that can be had from small gear changes (I'm thinking an i300 crit/mastery alicite neck, or even the 308 parry/mastery one), plus some better reforges, but this can come later.

Optimal gearset can be found here:

head=hexus_amplifying_helm,id=87456,gems=chaotic_shadowspirit_40mastery,reforge=hit_mastery
neck=penumbra_pendant,id=54581,reforge=h_mastery,gems=10str_20crit_4str
shoulders=shoulderguards_of_honest_labor,id=87494,enchant=40ap_15crit,reforge=haste_mastery
back=eagle_ray_cloak,id=55206,enchant=26crit
chest=deathspite_breastplate,id=87426,enchant=10all
shirt=sleeveless_tshirt,id=18231
wrists=zoids_scorched_bracers,id=87521,enchant=26crit,reforge=exp_mastery
hands=toadslime_gloves,id=87447,enchant=26mastery,reforge=haste_mastery
waist=chengs_irrepressible_girdle,id=87506,gems=40mastery,reforge=spi_crit
legs=leggings_of_the_scorched_man,id=87464,enchant=45crit_110ap,reforge=spi_mastery
feet=apocalypse's_advance,id=54578,gems=10str_20crit_10str_20crit_6str,enchant=20mastery,reforge=hit_mastery
finger1=signet_of_transformation,id=55265,reforge=haste_crit
finger2=signet_of_the_scorned,id=87442,reforge=hit_mastery
trinket1=porcelain_crab,ilevel=308,quality=rare,stats=200dodge,reforge=dodge_mastery,equip=onattackhit_918mastery_30%_20dur_105cd
trinket2=volatile_alchemist_stone,id=68775,gems=40mastery
main_hand=bjam's_doorbreaker,id=87423,enchant=berserking,reforge=hit_mastery
off_hand=bjam's_doorbreaker,id=87423,enchant=berserking,reforge=hit_mastery

Using simcraft input I'm afraid, but should be easy enough to read. Berserking vs Landslide vs Dancing steel is still up in the air. Dancing steel procs less AP, but on paper can be up more often. Shouldn't matter as a dual wield class though.

Mastery is twice as good as any other stat. Get as much as is reasonable, which means using as many 409s besides trinkets as you can.

I'd imagine Windsong is probably the best enchant, but I couldn't sim using an accurate proc size, hence berserking in the <spoiler> tags.

 

[Eriwen]

Quoting the work I've already done regarding warriors:



Mastery is twice as good as any other stat. Get as much as is reasonable, which means using as many 409s besides trinkets as you can.

I'd imagine Windsong is probably the best enchant, but I couldn't sim using an accurate proc size, hence berserking in the <spoiler> tags.

Thanks for the answer, I'll get to the gearing as soon as I can!