Sharpened Blades
Mortal Strike, Cleave, and Execute damage increased by 5% and critical strike damage increased by 5%.
Tree position
In the Arms Warrior talent tree, Sharpened Blades sits in the Arms specialization talents, row 6 of 11. It takes 2 points to fill. Its row opens once 8 points are spent in Arms Talents.
Connected above
The tree draws a line into Sharpened Blades from Impale and Colossus Smash.
ImpaleCritical strike damage of your abilities is increased by 10%.
Colossus SmashSmash the ground and shatter the armor of all enemies within 1.5 yds, dealing (306.3% of Attack Power) Physical damage and increasing damage you deal to them by 30% for 10 sec. Deals reduced damage beyond 8 targets. Generates.
Connected below
Sharpened Blades leads on to Massacre and Collateral Damage.
MassacreCondemn is usable on targets below 35% health.

Same row
Also on this row: Brute Force or Efficiency, Overpowering Finish or Mass Execution, Strength of Arms, Just Warming Up or Broad Strokes, Cleave and Powerful Momentum.
Brute ForceSlam has a 10% increased chance to trigger Tactician.
EfficiencySlam's Rage cost is reduced by 25%.
Overpowering FinishOverpower deals 15% additional damage to targets below 35% health.
Mass ExecutionCleave and Whirlwind deal 20% additional damage to targets below 35% health.
Strength of Arms2 ranksOverpower and Slam damage increased by 5% and critical strike damage increased by 5%. Critical strike chance of Slam and Overpower increased by 5%.
Just Warming UpColossus Smash generates 15 Rage.
Broad StrokesColossus Smash grants 6 stacks of Sweeping Strikes.
CleaveStrikes all enemies in front of you for (232.8% of Attack Power) Physical damage. Deals reduced damage beyond 5 targets. Inflicts Rend on all targets
Powerful MomentumSecondary targets take an additional 20% damage from Sweeping Strikes.
Talent trees
Sharpened Blades is in the talent tree of 3 specializations. Warrior: Arms (DPS), Fury (DPS), Protection (Tank).
Sharpened Blades Changes by patch
Tracked changes to this talent between game data builds, newest first.
- First tracked in the game data (patch 12.1.0)