I leveled to 70 with these (not exact) weapons on my arms warrior, obviously, attaining them might be hard.
things to look for as an Arms warrior:
1. Weapon speed. Even though most warrior attacks have been normalized (/curse blizzard) its the top end damage slow weapons supply that pushes the bar.
2. Stats. The most best stats a leveling warrior should look for:
1. Stamina (to keep you going)
2. Strength (for more attack power, More damage)
3. Agility (More critical hit percentage, this is more important for fury warriors)
1-5. Default: the one you start with, a 1h sword and a shield. Put up with this until you have enough coinage to upgrade for a vendor weap or if a quest reward allows.
5-14. Although the weapon may become more outdated, if you find a green or something with more top end damage or DPS, sure, upgrade by all means.
16-20. Although getting a DM run at 15 or 16 might be hard (just ask one of our guildie's, I'm sure they are nice enough to run you through). Is Rockslicerhttp://www.wowhead.com/?item=5187 OR Rhahk'Zor's Hammerhttp://www.wowhead.com/?item=5187 One of them will drop, and thats from the first boss in DeadMines
(however if Taskmaster Axe Taskmaster Axe - Items - World of Warcraft then by all means take it same goes with Smite's Mighty Hammer Smite's Mighty Hammer - Items - World of Warcraft)
20-29. This is the make or break point for Warriors, Should I go fury and duel wield, or arms and stay 2h. Solution: SFK run for a Arced War Axehttp://www.wowhead.com/?item=3191 Very nice, slow speed, nice stats and good top end damage. However, if the rare guy spawns and drops Haunting Blade /drool Haunting Blade - Items - World of Warcraft 3.8 Attack speed AND 28 AP Shocked .
29-37. With that weapon sorted, its time for a RFK run. CORPSEMAKER!. I am not shitting you, I have this on ALL my characters.Corpsemaker - Items - World of Warcraft. Nice, + strength and stam, as well as a slow speed (it also looks sweet).
37-45. Ah, now my corpsemaker e peen has been stroked. Time for your whirlwind weapon, this is possible to get at an earlier stage, but i soloed it at 37, 35 is pushing it with a healer. this is a good weapon, nice slow and good stats, Whirlwind Axe - Items - World of Warcraft. Yeah, its good, slap a fiery on it for better effect
51. Now your happy about your weps, time to do some PvP, well AV that is. Now, dont fall of your chair, Ice Barbed Spear - Items - World of Warcraft. To get it is to win a single AV match, not very hard., IMHO its extremely overpowered for 51, put a good enchant on this, your gonna be using this for a while (if you have the cash slap a enchant on it, around 120g for Enchant 2H Weapon - Savagery - Spells - World of Warcraft or 250-300 ish for Enchant 2H Weapon - Major Agility - Spells - World of Warcraft however Crusdader is only 80, good proc rate, adds alot of AP and the healing part is icing on a cake Enchant Weapon - Crusader - Spells - World of Warcraft)
51-60 Just use Ice barbed spear until you hit outland's. from there on in its AH greens/Blues/Dungeon/Quest rewards.
??-63. Now you've probably ended up with something, but if your still using the spear. Hatebringer - Items - World of Warcraft. I hate to love the hate bringer. its nice and slow, full of stats, and will knock your head off if your not careful, this of course comes from the under bog on normal.
63-68. But WAIT! a challenger appears, and its a hammer Firemaul of Destruction - Items - World of Warcraft from Shattered Halls, normal, this should do you until you hit 70
By Damon2y "Dalathisa" Martinez.
Edit: Fixed drop locations, and adding some MOAR weapons, also might make a talent thingy, soon. Changed 37-45 for WW axe .
Talent!
Talent Calculator - World of Warcraft I know its mediocre, TBH im terrible at specs, so, obviously no specialisation, reason? because your changing weapon types so much, you dont really need to spend 50 or so g to respec every few levels, do as you please with the talents, but this is a quick one.