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Is Arms Warrior fun to play?
Colossus / Slayer • Warrior • Melee • WoW Midnight, Season 2
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S-TIER Methodical Blademaster
Deliberate two-handed chunk. Mortal Strike impacts, Colossus Demolish smashes, and execute phases.
Previously rated B on this site, before the October 2026 community research.
How it feels
Reliable and satisfyingly heavy. Colossus Demolish provides a huge two-handed overhead slam. Players say it plays really well moment to moment, a turnaround from the December 2025 beta list that rated it horrible to play.
Peak moment
Charging a 3-stack Colossus Demolish and slamming a boss into execute range.
The clunk
Can suffer from rage starvation during dry streaks without Overpower resets.
What players say
Community tier S.
Why people love it: Plays really well moment to moment; the Bladestorm feel is praised.
Why people quit it: Rated 'horrible to play' in the December 2025 beta, so this is a turnaround that depends on the patch.
Popularity: 6.0% of Mythic+; #2 raid population.
Sources (5)
- What's your favorite DPS class/spec so far in Midnight? - Blizzard forums (forum)
- DPS, Healer and Tank Tier Lists for Midnight Season 2 - Wowhead (editorial)
- Most/Least Fun and Overpowered Specs, Beta M+ Tier List - Icy Veins (editorial)
- Mythic+ Spec Popularity Statistics - Raider.IO (statistics)
- Most Played Specs in the Venomous Abyss, Week 2 Raid Logs - Icy Veins (editorial)
From the community research of Early October 2026, before patch 12.1.5 (due October 13).
Player votes
1 player vote so far this patch. A score shows once there are 20.
Around the web
- Top Mythic+ presence: 7.3× an even split (27.0% of damage slots in sampled top runs, Raider.IO).
- Wowhead PvE guide: 8 comments, 0 in the last 30 days.