Weaponmaster, an Arms Warrior talent in WoW Forever

Weaponmaster is a passive talent in row 5 of the Arms tree. It needs 20 points in Arms, so the earliest you can take it is level 30 (up to 5 levels sooner with the Legacy perk Talented). It has 5 ranks. It is new in Forever and replaces Axe Specialization, Mace Specialization, Polearm Specialization and Sword Specialization from Classic.

Weaponmaster

5 ranks

• Requires 20 points in Arms

Gives your melee weapon attacks a benefit depending on the weapon. Axe/Polearm: Increases your critical strike chance by 1%. Mace/Staff: Your attacks ignore 3% of your target's armor. Sword: Your successful melee attacks have a 1% chance to trigger an extra attack on the target.

Every rank of Weaponmaster

Rank	Text
Rank 1	Gives your melee weapon attacks a benefit depending on the weapon. Axe/Polearm: Increases your critical strike chance by 1%. Mace/Staff: Your attacks ignore 3% of your target's armor. Sword: Your successful melee attacks have a 1% chance to trigger an extra attack on the target.
Rank 2	Gives your melee weapon attacks a benefit depending on the weapon. Axe/Polearm: Increases your critical strike chance by 2%. Mace/Staff: Your attacks ignore 6% of your target's armor. Sword: Your successful melee attacks have a 2% chance to trigger an extra attack on the target.
Rank 3	Gives your melee weapon attacks a benefit depending on the weapon. Axe/Polearm: Increases your critical strike chance by 3%. Mace/Staff: Your attacks ignore 9% of your target's armor. Sword: Your successful melee attacks have a 3% chance to trigger an extra attack on the target.
Rank 4	Gives your melee weapon attacks a benefit depending on the weapon. Axe/Polearm: Increases your critical strike chance by 4%. Mace/Staff: Your attacks ignore 12% of your target's armor. Sword: Your successful melee attacks have a 4% chance to trigger an extra attack on the target.
Rank 5	Gives your melee weapon attacks a benefit depending on the weapon. Axe/Polearm: Increases your critical strike chance by 5%. Mace/Staff: Your attacks ignore 15% of your target's armor. Sword: Your successful melee attacks have a 5% chance to trigger an extra attack on the target.

Numbers in gold changed from the rank above.

Where it sits in the Arms tree

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Needs

No prerequisite talent

Unlocks

No talent needs it

Same row

• Bloodthrill
• Sweeping Strikes

Row above (row 4)

• Spearing Strike
• Two-Handed Weapon Specialization
• Impale

Row below (row 6)

• Improved Slam
• Improved Hamstring

Row numbers are on the left and the number in a corner is a talent's rank count. Gold marks Weaponmaster.

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Game data from the WoW Forever beta client, build 1.60.1.70291, as published by talentsforever.com (CC BY 4.0) on 2026-10-08 and reformatted by us. Numbers can still change before launch.