WotLK Classic Arcane Mage Pre-Raid Gear

This gear collection list is considered the to be the best gear you can get outside of Raids. It includes gear from (Heroic) WotLK Dungeons, gear from Emblem of Heroism, and gear from the Professions Engineering and Tailoring.

This is a list of gear that is considered to be the best in each slot. The list below is following the stat priority of Hit until cap > Spell Power ≥ Haste rating; > Crit > Spirit > Intellect > Stamina; > MP5. It assumes 6% Hit from the standard Arcane Mage spec, 3% hit from either a Balance Druid's Improved Faerie Fire or from a Shadow Priest's Misery and no Heroic Presence. You can see an explanation for this priority on our stats page for Arcane Mage below.

If your character is ready to jump into Phase 1 / Tier 7 content, then see our current best in slot list.

Please note that getting Heroes' Frostfire Robe and Heroes' Frostfire Gloves is also a preparation for getting the 4-set bonus of this set faster in Raids and it is worth focusing on these two pieces. Further, in many slots you can also just use the TBC pieces from Sunwell Plateau, as many of them are still kind of decent; some are even Pre-Raid BiS. The Emblem of Heroism items can be bought from Harold Winston, Arcanist Ivrenne (Alliance), and Magistrix Lambriesse (Horde) in Dalaran. This list will also give the best 2-3 options per slot (first option is best, etc.), in case you cannot get the best item or already have the second best. Make sure to use two Purified Twilight Opals in a Blue Socket or a Red Socket in order to activate your Chaotic Skyflare Diamond Meta Gem. Using Cowl of Tirisfal and Mantle of Tirisfal can slightly outperform the other options in single-target fights, but they are worse overall.

For each of these gear sets, make sure to be Hit-capped. The Arcane Mage stat priority and hit cap can be found in our Arcane Mage PvE Stats section.

This gear collection list is considered the to be the best gear you can get outside of Raids. It includes gear from (Heroic) WotLK Dungeons, gear from Emblem of Heroism, and gear from Tailoring.

This is a list of gear that is considered to be the best in each slot. The list below is following the stat priority of Hit until cap > Spell Power ≥ Haste rating; > Crit > Spirit > Intellect > Stamina; > MP5. It assumes 6% Hit from the standard Arcane Mage spec, 3% hit from either a Balance Druid's Improved Faerie Fire or from a Shadow Priest's Misery and Heroic Presence. You can see an explanation for this priority on our stats page for Arcane Mage below.

If your character is ready to jump into Phase 1 / Tier 7 content, then see our current best in slot list.

Getting the 4-set bonus of T7 is a huge power boost. In phase 2, Greatstaff of the Nexus drops from heroic dungeons and it might be better replace it with Titansteel Spellblade and Ward of the Violet Citadel, if it does not drop. If you need more hit, you might also want to replace Evoker's Charm with Chain of Latent Energies. For more of options for each slot, check out the T7 Pre-Raid BiS list.

This list is built so you can access Raids as quickly as possible with decent gear. The Emblem items and Runed Orbs can be bought from Harold Winston, Arcanist Ivrenne + Arcanist Firael (Alliance), and Magistrix Lambriesse + Magister Sarien (Horde) in Dalaran. Make sure to use two Purified Twilight Opals in a Blue Socket or a Red Socket in order to activate your Chaotic Skyflare Diamond Meta Gem. If you are ever Hit-capped from using a Hit gear piece or from Heroic Presence, you can also use either Reckless Monarch Topaz or Reckless Monarch Topaz in Yellow Sockets. Further, this BiS list is built for 17% hit, so you might want to add a few points hit rating through Veiled Monarch Topaz, if you do not have Heroic Presence.

For each of these gear sets, make sure to be Hit-capped. The Arcane Mage stat priority and hit cap can be found in our Arcane Mage PvE Stats section.

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