Arcane Mage DPS Gems, Enchants, and Consumables — Dragonflight 10.2

As part of Dragonflight's overhaul of Professions, many crafted items and consumables may have multiple ranks of quality that impact their effects. For consumables, there are potentially three ranks of an item that may be used, with Rank 3 items (shown as item level 415 in-game and with three gold stars) providing the most powerful bonuses. However, higher quality consumables will generally be more expensive and not always necessary depending on the content you are doing. You should be willing to use whatever rank of an item is most within your budget, and save higher-quality consumables for content where you will really need the extra boost!

If you would like to learn more about quality ranks on profession items, or the overhaul to professions as a whole, please see our overview below.

We suggest you always take the highest rank available to you.

This section specifically covers the optimal gems, enchants, food, and flasks to use for your character. To get a more detailed rundown of the different stats for Arcane Mage, please visit our dedicated Stats page.

You should use Inscribed Illimited Diamond in one socket, and Sensei's Alexstraszite in all other sockets unless a different secondary gem sims better. You should always run a gem with high critical strike and a lower other secondary stat.

Slot	Enchantment
Weapon	Enchant Weapon - Sophic Devotion
Chest	Enchant Chest - Waking Stats
Rings	Enchant Ring - Devotion of Critical Strike
Boots	Enchant Boots - Watcher's Loam
Legs	Temporal Spellthread (maximum DPS) or Frozen Spellthread (tiny DPS loss but better survivability)
Cloak	Personal preference
Bracers	Personal preference

We suggest Phial of Tepid Versatility as your go-to Phial. There are some other Phials you could consider in some specific content, but they generally come with significant drawbacks or are too difficult to maintain properly, and you end up being worse off than going with Tepid Versatility. Below, we list the alternative Phials that can be used if you are very comfortable their drawbacks can be avoided.

Phial of Static Empowerment is the best theoretical Phial. However, it requires you to stand still for a significant amount of time. If the content you are doing allows you to stand still most of the time, you should use this Phial. Otherwise, Phial of Charged Isolation can be used when you are able to stay away from all allies almost the entire time.

Elemental Potion of Ultimate Power is the best potion to use. Elemental Potion of Power can be used as a cheaper alternative.

Refreshing Healing Potion or Potion of Withering Vitality should be used alongside Healthstones for emergency healing. Potion of Withering Vitality heals for about twice as much as Refreshing Healing Potion, but you will also get a damage over time effect equal to the healing amount. Using Alter Time right after getting the heal is a great way to counteract this negative effect, but generally speaking, the safer choice is to go with Refreshing Healing Potion.

Grand Banquet of the Kalu'ak (or any 76 Intellect buff) is the best food option, followed by Revenge, Served Cold, and then Filet of Fangs. The difference is about 1% between them, but the Intellect food is best.

We suggest using the Buzzing Rune weapon Imbuement. If a different stat sims the best for you, use that Rune instead.

In addition, if you can afford it, you should use Draconic Augment Runes to increase your primary stat. Since there is a finite amount of the consumable runes available, you should make sure to use them wisely and to stock up on them for when you need them.

Through the new Emerald Dream Zone and its Dream Wardens Faction, you can also obtain the Dreambound Augment Rune, which is permanent!

As of patch 10.0, you no longer need to use any item to change your talents. You can freely change your talents any time you are out of combat.