Mage PvP Gear Guide

This is our recommended gear for PvPing as a Mage. This gear list is closely in line with the PVP theorycrafting of Finx (ktmfinx#8286 on Discord) from the Mage Discord and will maximize your chances in World PvP and Battlegrounds, although ultimately the outcome will result from your skill and that of your group.

You can learn more about how to leverage your unique skills in the Frost and Fire Mage PvP guides below:

You only need 3% Spell Hit to be capped in PvP, so we will not value Spell Hit highly when considering the suggested items.

Using PvP gear with Resilience is generally the way to go, but it can be useful to use some PvE items for increased DPS, especially if you have access to strong raid gear and no Gladiator gear for that slot. The benefit of Spell Haste needs to be re-evaluated during S4, so this list might change a little bit. However, it is considered to be the best option in the gear slots the list suggests Spell Haste for.

Any piece you lack from the best in slot list below can be temporarily replaced by Blue, Season 1, Season 2 or Season 3-quality PVP gear or whatever questing or crafted gear you have. From Phase 5 on, the Season 3 gear is buyable for T6 tokens from The Black Temple and Mount Hyjal.

In case you want to compare this list with the Mage PvE Best in Slot lists, feel free to check out the link below!

Slot	Item	Source
Helm	Brutal Gladiator's Silk Cowl	PvP Vendor
Neck	Guardian's Pendant of Subjugation	PvP Vendor
Shoulders	Brutal Gladiator's Silk Amice	PvP Vendor
Back	Tattered Cape of Antonidas	Kil'jaeden — Sunwell Plateau
Chest	Brutal Gladiator's Silk Raiment	PvP Vendor
Wrists	Guardian's Silk Cuffs	PvP Vendor
Hands	Brutal Gladiator's Silk Handguards	PvP Vendor
Waist	Belt of the Tempest	Brutallus — Sunwell Plateau
Legs	Leggings of Calamity	Brutallus — Sunwell Plateau
Feet	Guardian's Silk Footguards	PvP Vendor
Rings	Ring of Omnipotence Guardian's Band of Dominance	M'uru — Sunwell Plateau PvP Vendor
Trinkets	Medallion of the Horde The Skull of Gul'dan	PvP Vendor Illidan Stormrage — Black Temple
One-Hand	Sunflare + Heart of the Pit*	Kil'jaeden + Brutallus — Sunwell Plateau
Ranged	Wand of the Demonsoul	Trash mobs — Sunwell Plateau

As a Mage, you should look to use Chaotic Skyfire Diamond to increase your damage output in battle, Forceful Seaspray Emerald in Blue or Yellow sockets (you need two of these to activate your Meta gem), Quick Lionseye in Yellow sockets, and Reckless Pyrestone in Red sockets. Forceful Talasite, Quick Dawnstone, and Reckless Noble Topaz are the low-budget alternatives to these Epic-quality gems.

Slot	Enchantment
Head	Glyph of Power from The Sha'tar Revered.
Shoulders	Greater Inscription of the Orb or Greater Inscription of Discipline depending on your choice of Scryers or Aldor.
Back	Enchant Cloak - Spell Penetration
Chest	Enchant Chest - Major Resilience
Wrists	Enchant Bracer - Spellpower
Gloves	Enchant Gloves - Major Spellpower
Legs	Runic Spellthread
Feet	Enchant Boots - Boar's Speed
Weapon	Enchant Weapon - Major Spellpower (Fire and Frost) Enchant Weapon - Sunfire (Fire only) Enchant Weapon - Soulfrost (Frost only)
Rings	Enchant Ring - Spellpower

We hope this guide was helpful for your PvP exploits! Feel free to check out the general Mage PvP guide as well in the link down below.