Arcane Mage DPS Gems, Enchants, and Consumables — Dragonflight 10.0.2

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 Deadly Alexstraszite in all other sockets.

Slot	Enchantment
Weapon	Enchant Weapon - Sophic Devotion
Chest	Enchant Chest - Waking Stats
Rings	Enchant Ring - Devotion of Critical Strike or Enchant Ring - Writ of Critical Strike (cheaper)
Boots	Enchant Boots - Watcher's Loam
Cloak	Personal preference
Bracers	Personal preference

Iced Phial of Corrupting Rage should be used as your phial of choice.

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.

Revenge, Served Cold is the best food option, followed by Filet of Fangs, and then the Grand Banquet of the Kalu'ak. The difference is about 1% between them, but the personal food is best. The feast simply giving half the stats of the personal food is why it is the worst of the bunch.

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.

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.