TBC Classic Fire Mage Phase 5 / Tier 6 Gear and Best in Slot

This page contains a list of gear which is considered to be the best in each slot. Before you read on, you need to know that Fire needs a lot more support in Sunwell to be better than Arcane. As a result, playing Fire often results in a DPS loss for your raid, compared to playing Arcane.

The list below is following the stat priority of Spell Hit until cap > Spell Haste >= Spell Damage > Spell Crit > Intellect and assumes no Hit Chance raid buffs, except for the Draenei Shaman aura Inspiring Presence for Alliance Mages. You can see an explanation for this priority on our stats page for Fire Mage below.

If you are starting out as a freshly-leveled Fire Mage, our pre-raid best in slot list is meant to give you an idea of non-raid items you can chase as a solo / pug player in preparation for raids.

Do note that items from Heroic dungeons or that require Primal Nethers (which are obtained from Heroics) can be harder to get than raid items due to their daily lockout. Some Heroic dungeons are also harder than most of Karazhan.

To check out our recommended Pre-Raid best in slot gear, head over to its list below. If your character is still progressing through the content of Tiers 4 or 5, then you may wish to consult their best in slot lists instead.

The items on the following list for Tier 6.5 come from TBC raids, and professions. It also uses only crafted gems, as these are easier to come by.

This gear set is the absolute best you can get in Phase 5 / T6.5. It is built for maximum performance on trash and bosses. During trash, especially on AoE, Haste rating is much more valuable than Spell Damage and Spell Crit, as Mages are often AoE-capped by Spell Power and AoEing many targets simultaneously. This means that with additional Haste you can cast more spells in the same time, whereas with additional Spell Damage, your Arcane Explosion would not hit harder due to the AoE cap. Therefore the Ashtongue Deathsworn Exalted trinket Ashtongue Talisman of Insight and Mind Quickening Gem from Vaelastrasz the Corrupt in Blackwing Lair are very strong options for AoE fights.

Slot	Item	Source
Helm	Dark Conjuror's Collar Gems: 1x Mystical Skyfire Diamond 1x Glowing Shadowsong Amethyst	Kil'jaeden — Sunwell Plateau
Neck	Amulet of Unfettered Magics	Eredar Twins — Sunwell Plateau
Shoulders	Amice of the Convoker Gems: 1x Runed Crimson Spinel 1x Reckless Pyrestone (Horde) 1x Veiled Pyrestone (Alliance)	Eredar Twins — Sunwell Plateau
Back	Tattered Cape of Antonidas Gems: 1x Runed Crimson Spinel	Kil'jaeden — Sunwell Plateau
Chest	Fel Conquerer Raiments Gems: 3x Runed Crimson Spinel	M'uru — Sunwell Plateau
Wrists	Bracers of the Tempest Gems: 1x Runed Crimson Spinel	Kalecgos — Sunwell Plateau
Hands	Handguards of Defiled Worlds Gems: 2x Runed Crimson Spinel	Kil'jaeden — Sunwell Plateau
Waist	Belt of the Tempest Gems: 1x Runed Crimson Spinel	Brutallus — Sunwell Plateau
Legs	Leggings of the Tempest Gems: 1x Glowing Shadowsong Amethyst	The Illidari Council — Black Temple
Feet	Boots of the Tempest Gems: 1x Runed Crimson Spinel	Felmyst — Sunwell Plateau
Rings	1x Loop of Forged Power 1x Mana Attuned Band (Horde) 1x Ring of Omnipotence (Alliance)	Jewelcrafting From the Zul'Aman timed run chests — Zul'Aman M'uru — Sunwell Plateau
Best Trinkets	Shifting Naaru Sliver The Skull of Gul'dan	M'uru — Sunwell Plateau Illidan Stormrage — Black Temple
Alternative Trinkets	Hex Shrunken Head Quagmirran's Eye Serpent-Coil Braid Icon of the Silver Crescent Dark Iron Smoking Pipe	Hex Lord Malacrass — Zul'Aman Quagmirran in Heroic The Slave Pens Morogrim Tidewalker — Serpentshrine Cavern G'eras in Shattrath — 41 Badge of Justice Coren Direbrew — Blackrock Depths during the Brewfest Event
Weapons	Sunflare + Heart of the Pit Alternative: Grand Magister's Staff of Torrents Gems: 3x Runed Crimson Spinel	Kil'jaeden + Brutallus — Sunwell Plateau Felmyst — Sunwell Plateau
Wand	Wand of the Demonsoul Gems: 1x Runed Crimson Spinel	Trash mobs — Sunwell Plateau

If you have further questions about gemming and enchanting these items, our Fire Mage Enchants and Gems page below provides more information.