Mists of Pandaria Classic Arcane Mage Gear and Best in Slot

Welcome to our guide on the Best-in-Slot (BiS) gear for Arcane Mage! Here, you will find recommendations to help you optimize your gear for maximum damage and performance in raids and dungeons. Please note, that this BiS list is very likely to update a few times, due to the WoWSims simulation still being in Alpha state.

This is the stat priority for Arcane Mage, following our Arcane Mage Stats and Stat Priority Guide:

1. Intellect
2. Hit Rating = Expertise Rating (15% Hit Cap!)
3. Haste Rating
4. Mastery Rating
5. Critical Strike Rating

For more information on the best available gems and enchants, check out our Enchants and Gems Guide. You can find the Arcane Mage Pre-Raid Best in Slot in our dedicated Arcane Mage Pre-Raid Best in Slot Gear guide.

Although we provide recommended reforging in the lists below, we also recommend installing the Reforgelite Classic addon to easily calculate your optimal reforging with any gear setup. It will automatically reforge your gear to your prefered stats in a couple clicks.

2.

Best in Slot

Phase 5 Phase 4 Phase 3 Phase 1 + 2

2.1.

Phase 5 Best in Slot

Slot	Item	Reforging	Source
Head	Hood of Swirling Senses	Crit → Haste	Immerseus (H) Siege of Orgrimmar
Neck	Untainted Guardian's Chain	Hit → Haste	Norushen (H) Siege of Orgrimmar
Shoulder	Chronomancer Mantle	Haste → Mastery	Siegecrafter Blackfuse (H) Siege of Orgrimmar
Cloak	Xing-Ho, Breath of Yu'lon	Crit → Hit	Legendary quest line
Chest	Chronomancer Robes	Crit → Haste	Sha of Pride (H) Siege of Orgrimmar
Bracer	Avool's Ancestral Bracers	—	Spoils of Pandaria (H) Siege of Orgrimmar
Gloves	Chronomancer Gloves	Crit → Mastery	General Nazgrim (H) Siege of Orgrimmar
Belt	Belt of Ominous Trembles	Hit → Haste	Iron Juggernaut (H) Siege of Orgrimmar
Legs	Chronomancer Leggings	Crit → Haste	Paragons of the Klaxxi (H) Siege of Orgrimmar
Boots	Bone-Inlaid Sandals	—	Galakras (H) Siege of Orgrimmar
Ring 1	Iyyokuk's Hereditary Seal	Hit → Haste	Paragons of the Klaxxi (H) Siege of Orgrimmar
Ring 2	Signet of the Dinomancers	—	Thok the Bloodthirsty (H) Siege of Orgrimmar
Trinket 1	Purified Bindings of Immerseus	—	Immerseus (H) Siege of Orgrimmar
Trinket 2	Kardris' Toxic Totem	—	Kor'kron Dark Shaman (H) Siege of Orgrimmar
Weapon	Immaculately Preserved Wand	Crit → Hit	Spoils of Pandaria (H) Siege of Orgrimmar
Off-Hand	Revelations of Y'Shaarj	—	Garrosh Hellscream (H) Siege of Orgrimmar

2.2.

Phase 4 Best in Slot

Slot	Item	Reforging	Source
Head	Hood of the Chromatic Hydra	Hit → Mastery	Twin Consorts (H) Throne of Thunder
Neck	Megaera's Shining Eye	Crit → Mastery	Megaera (H) Throne of Thunder
Shoulder	Mantle of the Chromatic Hydra	Crit → Mastery	Iron Qon (H) Throne of Thunder
Cloak	Jadefire Drape	Crit → Hit	Legendary quest line
Chest	Robes of the Chromatic Hydra	Hit → Haste	Dark Animus (H) Throne of Thunder
Bracer	Frostborn Wristwraps	—	Megaera (H) Throne of Thunder
Gloves	Gloves of the Chromatic Hydra	Crit → Haste	Council of Elders (H) Throne of Thunder
Belt	Cord of Cacophonous Cawing	Hit → Mastery	Ji-Kun (H) Throne of Thunder
Legs	Leggings of the Discarded Warning	—	Ra-den (H) Throne of Thunder
Boots	Starwalker Sandals	Crit → Haste	Ra-den (H) Throne of Thunder
Ring 1	Ro'shak's Remembrance	Crit → Haste	Iron Qon (H) Throne of Thunder
Ring 2	Ra-den's Summoning Band	Haste → Mastery	Ra-den (H) Throne of Thunder
Trinket 1	Wushoolay's Final Choice	Hit → Mastery	High Priestess Mar'li (H) Throne of Thunder
Trinket 2	Unerring Vision of Lei Shen	—	Lei Shen (H) Throne of Thunder
Weapon	Athame of the Sanguine Ritual	—	Dark Animus (H) Throne of Thunder
Off-Hand	Lei Shen's Orb of Command	Crit → Mastery	Lei Shen (H) Throne of Thunder

2.3.

Phase 3 Best in Slot

Slot	Item	Reforging	Source
Head	Hood of the Chromatic Hydra	Hit → Mastery	Twin Consorts (H) Throne of Thunder
Neck	Megaera's Shining Eye	Hit → Mastery	Megaera (H) Throne of Thunder
Shoulder	Mantle of the Chromatic Hydra	Haste → Mastery	Iron Qon (H) Throne of Thunder
Cloak	Red Sky Cloudcloak	Hit → Mastery	Ra-den (H) Throne of Thunder
Chest	Robes of the Chromatic Hydra	Hit → Haste	Dark Animus (H) Throne of Thunder
Bracer	Frostborn Wristwraps	—	Megaera (H) Throne of Thunder
Gloves	Gloves of the Chromatic Hydra	Crit → Haste	Council of Elders (H) Throne of Thunder
Belt	Cord of Cacophonous Cawing	Hit → Mastery	Ji-Kun (H) Throne of Thunder
Legs	Leggings of the Discarded Warning	—	Ra-den (H) Throne of Thunder
Boots	Starwalker Sandals	Crit → Hit	Ra-den (H) Throne of Thunder
Ring 1	Ro'shak's Remembrance	Crit → Haste	Iron Qon (H) Throne of Thunder
Ring 2	Ra-den's Summoning Band	Hit → Mastery	Ra-den (H) Throne of Thunder
Trinket 1	Wushoolay's Final Choice	Hit → Mastery	High Priestess Mar'li (H) Throne of Thunder
Trinket 2	Unerring Vision of Lei Shen	—	Lei Shen (H) Throne of Thunder
Weapon	Athame of the Sanguine Ritual	—	Dark Animus (H) Throne of Thunder
Off-Hand	Lei Shen's Orb of Command	Crit → Mastery	Lei Shen (H) Throne of Thunder

2.4.

Phase 1 + 2 Best in Slot

Slot	Item	Reforging	Source
Head	Hood of the Burning Scroll	Crit → Hit	Sha of Fear (H) Terrace of Endless Spring
Neck	Worldwaker Cabochon	Crit → Mastery	Will of the Emperor (H) Mogu'shan Vaults
Shoulder	Mantle of the Burning Scroll	—	Lei Shi (H) Terrace of Endless Spring
Cloak	Cloak of Overwhelming Corruption	Haste → Expertise	Protectors of the Endless (H) Terrace of Endless Spring
Chest	Robes of the Unknown Fear	—	Lei Shi (H) Terrace of Endless Spring
Bracer	Attenuating Bracers	Haste → Expertise	Imperial Vizier Zor'lok (H) Heart of Fear
Gloves	Gloves of the Burning Scroll	Hit → Mastery	Wind Lord Mel'jarak (H) Heart of Fear
Belt	Belt of Malleable Amber	Haste → Mastery	Amber-Shaper Un'sok (H) Heart of Fear
Legs	Leggings of the Burning Scroll	Haste → Expertise	Amber-Shaper Un'sok (H) Heart of Fear
Boots	Sandals of the Blackest Night	Haste → Hit	Tsulong (H) Terrace of Endless Spring
Ring 1	Fragment of Fear Made Flesh	Crit → Mastery	Imperial Vizier Zor'lok (H) Heart of Fear
Ring 2	Watersoul Signet	Spirit → Mastery	Elder Regail, Elder Asani and Protector Koalan (H) Terrace of Endless Spring
Trinket 1	Light of the Cosmos	Haste → Mastery	Elegon (H) Mogu'shan Vaults
Trinket 2	Essence of Terror	—	Sha of Fear (H) Terrace of Endless Spring
Weapon	Regail's Crackling Dagger	Crit → Haste	Protectors of the Endless (H) Terrace of Endless Spring
Off-Hand	Tornado-Summoning Censer	Crit → Mastery	Blade Lord Ta'yak (H) Heart of Fear