In this article, we present you with the best gems and enchants that you can get for an Arms Warrior in WoW 4.3, including profession-specific perks. We also list the best consumables: food, flasks, and potions.

Make sure to check our Gear Optimisation Guide, which serves as a support guide for this article. The other articles of our Arms Warrior guide can be accessed from the table of content on the left.

1. Gems↑top

Sockets	Gems
	Reverberating Shadowspirit Diamond
	Bold Queen's Garnet, Bold Inferno Ruby (cheaper), or Bold Chimera's Eye (JC)
	Socket Bonus is not at least +20 Strength → Bold Queen's Garnet or Bold Inferno Ruby (cheaper) Otherwise → Inscribed Lava Coral or Inscribed Ember Topaz (cheaper)
	Socket Bonus is not at least +20 Strength → Bold Queen's Garnet or Bold Inferno Ruby (cheaper) Otherwise → Etched Shadow Spinel or Etched Demonseye (cheaper)

2. Enchants↑top

Slot	Main Enchantments	Extra Enchantments
Head	Arcanum of the Wildhammer (Alliance) Arcanum of the Dragonmaw (Horde)
Shoulders	Greater Inscription of Jagged Stone Lionsmane Inscription (Inscription)
Back	Enchant Cloak - Greater Critical Strike Swordguard Embroidery (Tailoring)
Chest	Enchant Chest - Peerless Stats
Wrists	Enchant Bracer - Major Strength Enchant Bracer - Precision (cheaper) Draconic Embossment - Strength (Leatherworking)	Socket Bracer (Blacksmithing)
Hands	Enchant Gloves - Mighty Strength	Synapse Springs (Engineering) Socket Gloves (Blacksmithing)
Waist		Grounded Plasma Shield (Engineering) Ebonsteel Belt Buckle
Legs	Dragonscale Leg Armor Dragonbone Leg Reinforcements (Leatherworking)
Feet	Enchant Boots - Lavawalker
Weapon	Enchant Weapon - Landslide

Note that Extra Enchantments can be applied to an item in addition to a Main Enchantment.

3. Consumables↑top

You should always be eating food that provides 90 Strength, whether this is in the form of:

• Beer-Basted Crocolisk or
• Seafood Magnifique Feast or
• Fortune Cookie

Your flask should be a Flask of Titanic Strength.

During the encounter, your best choice for a potion will be Golemblood Potion.

4. Summing-up Profession Perks↑top

Choosing a profession for your Arms Warrior can impact your raid performance. As a rule, you should shy away from gathering professions (with the exception of Herbalism), which leaves the following viable professions for raiding:

Profession	Perks
Tailoring	Provides a gain of approximately 120 Strength through Swordguard Embroidery.
Blacksmithing	Provides a 100 Strength gain through two extra sockets: Socket Bracer and Socket Gloves. Only provides an 80 Strength gain if you are still using Bold Inferno Ruby, and not the newer Bold Queen's Garnet.
Jewelcrafting	Provides a 51 Strength gain through the ability of using 3 Bold Chimera's Eye. It does provide an 81 Strength gain if you are still using Bold Inferno Ruby and not the newer Bold Queen's Garnet.
Alchemy	Provides an 80 Strength gain to your flask through Mixology.
Enchanting	Provides an 80 Strength gain through Enchant Ring - Strength.
Engineering	Provides an 80 Strength gain in average through Synapse Springs. Also provides Grounded Plasma Shield, an additional Waist enchant that can be used as a survival tool during encounters, but it runs the risk of backfiring (in which case, you taunt and take aggro on all nearby mobs).
Inscription	Provides an 80 Strength gain through Lionsmane Inscription. It also saves you from the trouble of farming reputation with Therazane to get the usual enchantment.
Leatherworking	Provides an 80 Strength gain through Draconic Embossment - Strength. Also provides Dragonbone Leg Reinforcements, a much cheaper equivalent to Dragonscale Leg Armor, the traditional leg enchant.
Herbalism	Provides an 80 Haste Rating gain in average through Lifeblood.

You will generally prefer a passive Strength bonus over any of the temporary gains. Indeed, Lifeblood provides Haste Rating, which, as an Arms Warrior, is much less valuable than any Strength or Attack Power bonus. Synapse Springs is good, but if you already have an on-use trinket, the two effects cannot be used simultaneously and you will prefer that of your trinket, which is, most likely, a lot more powerful than that of Synapse Springs.