Arms War Stat Priority

Hey how outdated is a guide from december 2020 ?

I mean, most if not all guides state stats (secondary) priority as 20%haste>crit>mastery>versa, but i feel versa is way better than mastery and eight at least the same as crit (so i aim for 20% haste>versa=crit>mastery).

I mean, i know secondary stats tunning in the beggining of a expansion (with very lol raw stats numers to fiddle with) is garbage, but shouldn’t higher crit chance and more damage be way better then increasing a little some crappy bleeding effect ?

So first thing, throw out the concept of 20% haste > all. That is not the case. 20% is nice to have, because it allows for an extra GCD in the colossal smash window.
All secondary stats can be good, it comes down to what stats you currently have and how they balance out. Stat weights are pointless to sim, because as soon as you swap a piece of gear, they all change. That’s how close our secondaries are.
Best suggestion, “Sim yo self.”
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Your mastery stat also increases damage dealt by attacks and it is far easier to get a higher number there than with versatility. So if you have 20% mastery, you’ll do 20% more damage while Deep Wounds is up and Deep Wounds should have a close to 100% up time.

I want to say our secondary stats are so close that you can pretty much just equip whatever piece is higher iLvl. Along with that, primary stats > secondary stats.

But that’d be mostly wrong I think. Best bet is sim yourself because your stat weights are constantly changing with every piece of gear you equip.

I have 22,40% crit,20,64% haste,3% versa,20,81% mastery for pve, its good? just to know if i can make better.

equip gear when it is high item level (except not always trinkets). those are the stats you need

Try to sim your gear as often as possible. For the most part as Arms, Crit has been my front-runner for single target, while Haste is usually up there for Cleave. Keep in mind this is based off of MY stats, your stats might look different, which is why it’s important for you to sim your own gear. :slight_smile:

Current Stats:
Crit: 559(21.97%)
Haste: 375(11.36%)
Verse: 452(11.30%)
Mastery: 517(16…25%)

Single-target: ( Pawn: v1: “Narissara-Arms”: Class=Warrior, Spec=Arms, Strength=2.98, Ap=1.91, CritRating=1.37, HasteRating=1.27, MasteryRating=1.29, Versatility=1.26, Dps=16.74 )

Cleave: ( Pawn: v1: “Narissara-Arms”: Class=Warrior, Spec=Arms, Strength=3.71, Ap=3.53, CritRating=1.67, HasteRating=1.99, MasteryRating=1.47, Versatility=1.53, Dps=21.25 )