Fire Mage PvP Stat Priority, Gear, and Trinkets (The War Within Pre-Patch)
Choosing your gear carefully is important for your Fire Mage in PvP. We give you a stat priority to help you choose items with the right stats as well, followed by advice on how to choose the rest of your gear and your trinkets to optimize your gameplay..
This page is part of our Fire Mage PvP Guide.
Stat Priority for Fire Mages in PvP
The stat priority for Fire Mage in PvP is as follows:
- Intellect;
- Haste;
- Versatility;
- Mastery;
- Critical Strike;
Intellect is the best stat in all situations. Haste is the best stat to be stacking as a Mage. This reduces the cast time of important abilities like Polymorph. Versatility is the second-best stat to have. This reduces the damage you take and increases the overall damage you deal. With talents like Glass Cannon, stacking some Mastery can allow you to deal significant damage through Mastery: Ignite dot during a match.
Gear Recommendations
General Guidelines
In general, Fire Mages want to get trinkets that line up well with Combustion. These trinkets can have a passive or on-use effect. The stat you want to be increasing is Intellect. The reason you want to increase Intellect is because it drastically increases your overall damage output. Please refer to our dedicated page for more information about Combustion and your rotation in PvP.
As of Season 4, each different specialization will receive a previous season's tier set. For this season, Fire Mage will revert to the Season 2 Tier set. Note that the Season 2 Tier set bonuses are all nerfed by 50% in PvP scenarios. This tier set is strong and even with the nerf in PvP, it is very useful and provides decent damage. In previous seasons, this set would opt for 2-set, however with additional secondary stats from higher item level, 4-set is ideal.
Below, you will find our current BiS list.
- Head: Draconic Gladiator's Silk Guise
- Neck: Draconic Gladiator's Necklace
- Shoulders: Underlight Conjurer's Aurora
- Cloak: Draconic Gladiator's Drape
- Chest: Underlight Conjurer's Vestment
- Wrists: Draconic Gladiator's Silk Wristwraps
- Hands: Underlight Conjurer's Gloves
- Waist: Infurious Binding of Gesticulation Embellishment 1
- Legs: Underlight Conjurer's Trousers
- Feet: Vibrant Wildercloth Slippers with Precognition
- Ring 1: Draconic Gladiator's Ring
- Ring 2: Signet of Titanic Insight
- Trinket 1: Draconic Gladiator's Medallion
- Trinket 2: Draconic Gladiator's Badge of Ferocity
- Weapon: Draconic Gladiator's Staff.
Gems and Enchants
Here are the best enchants for a Fire Mage:
- Bracers: Enchant Bracer - Devotion of Speed
- Boots: Enchant Boots - Plainsrunner's Breeze
- Cloak: Enchant Cloak - Homebound Speed
- Chest: Enchant Chest - Waking Stats
- Rings: Enchant Ring - Devotion of Haste
- Weapon: Enchant Weapon - Sophic Devotion
- Legs: Frozen Spellthread
Gem all of your gear with Energized Ysemerald for maximum Haste values. If you are reaching over 35% haste, you can gem with Zen Neltharite for Mastery and Haste.
Changelog
- 23 Jul. 2024: Updated for The War Within Pre-Patch.
- 07 May 2024: Reviewed for 10.2.7.
- 22 Apr. 2024: Reviewed for Season 4.
- 18 Mar. 2024: Reviewed for Patch 10.2.6.
- 15 Jan. 2024: Reviewed for Patch 10.2.5.
- 06 Nov. 2023: Updated for Patch 10.2
- 04 Sep. 2023: Reviewed for Patch 10.1.7
- 10 Jul. 2023: Updated for Patch 10.1.5
- 09 May 2023: Updated for Dragonflight Patch 10.1.
- 21 Mar. 2023: Updated for Patch 10.0.7.
- 30 Jan. 2023: Reviewed for Patch 10.0.5.
- 11 Dec. 2022: Updated for Dragonflight Season 1.
- 22 Nov. 2022: Updated for Dragonflight Pre-patch.
- 31 Jul. 2022: Updated for Shadowlands Season 4.
- 31 May 2022: Reviewed for Patch 9.2.5.
- 28 Feb. 2022: Page updated for Patch 9.2.
- 17 Nov. 2021: Page reviewed for Patch 9.1.5.
- 04 Jul. 2021: Updated for Patch 9.1 of Shadowlands.
- 19 Mar. 2021: Updated for Patch 9.0.5.
- 10 Dec. 2020: Updated for Shadowlands Season 1.
- 14 Oct. 2020: Updated for Shadowlands pre-patch.
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