Fire Mage PvP Stat Priority, Gear, and Trinkets (BfA / Patch 8.3)

The stat priority for Fire Mage in PvP is as follows:

1. Intellect;
2. Haste;
3. Versatility;
4. Critical Strike;
5. Mastery.

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 bast stat to have. This reduces the damage you take and increases the damage you deal.

Gear has a chance to get a Corruption@ effect on them. This Corruption can have 2 different affects: dealing damage or increasing one of your stats. The more Corruption to have, the more damage you will take from the Corruption effects. It is recommended to not have more than 40 Corruption at once or you will take too much damage and die quickly.

For a general guide on Corruptions, check out our guide.

Corruptions that deal damage proc from your damaging abilities. Although you do not have a choice on when they proc, most of them proc often and can make up a large amount of your overall damage. Below are the best Corruptions to have that will deal damage from using your abilities.

1. Gushing Wound — Places a very large DoT on the enemy that cannot be dispelled. Perfect for increasing your overall damage output.
2. Infinite Stars — Although the debuff is dispellable, it procs very often and can drastically increase your cleave damage.

Corruptions that increase Stats are also extremely powerful. These Corruptions also have two different variations. The first is a proc chance to gain a stat. This is just like any other proc, where you will randomly get a buff that greatly increases one of your stats. The second, is you receive a certain stat from any source. This means you can gain that stat from anything from gear to traits. These stat increases are much more powerful to have. Below are the best Corruptions that increase your stats.

1. Versatile — If you want to be tankier and want to make it extremely difficult for the enemy team to kill you, this corruption is your best choice. Versatility is important for surviving as a Fire Mage and this gives you a flat Versatility increase.
2. Surging Vitality — Similar to the Versatile corruption, Surging Vitality also increases your Versatility. However, this is a proc, so you will not have control over when you get this Versatility increase.

Ideally, you will want to have as many Versatile corruptions on your gear as you can. This will drastically increase your survivability and also increase the damage you deal.

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. For more information about Combustion and your rotation in PvP, please refer to our dedicated page.

To be successful in 3v3 arena, you need to have at least 2 pieces of gear with the Blaster Master and Wildfire traits. You will also want either Overwhelming Power or Heed My Call in the second tier. For more information about Azerite traits for Fire Mages in PvP, please refer to our dedicated page on the subject.

Below, we list the items that have these traits.

• Grasping Crown of the Deep
• Corrupted Gladiator's Silk Cowl
• Corrupted Gladiator's Silk Cowl
• Shadra Silk Headband
• Blazewing Hood

• Pauldrons of Vile Corruption
• Corrupted Gladiator's Silk Amice
• Corrupted Gladiator's Silk Amice
• Mantle of Void-Touched Waters

• Loa Betrayer's Vestments
• Corrupted Gladiator's Silk Chestwrap
• Corrupted Gladiator's Silk Chestwrap
• Blood-Drenched Robes

Forbidden Obsidian Claw is a must-have trinket that drops from Maut in the Ny'alotha raid. This not only restores Mana, but it also deals a large amount of damage. Ideally, you will want to use this trinket when the enemy healer does not have a dispel, so it will stay for the entire duration.

Corrupted Gladiator's Badge the best trinket that has an on-use effect. The 2-minute cooldown lines up well with Combustion, and should be used every time you want to use your burst rotation.

Corrupted Gladiator's Maledict is a great trinket to have. The on-use damage and healing absorption is capable of forcing defensives, especially when coordinated with your other teammates Maledicts. This can be used by itself or while you are using your burst rotation to force multiple cooldowns out of enemy teams. If you use this trinket, make sure your other teammates are using it as well. Otherwise, the enemy healer can just dispel the debuff and it will force cooldowns.

Corrupted Gladiator's Insignia has a good amount of Versatility on it and has a passive effect. This effect increases your Intellect. This increases your sustained damage.

Corrupted Gladiator's Safeguard is a mandatory trinket if you think the enemy team can swap to you and kill you. This provides an additional defensive for when you drop to low health. If you do not think a team will swap to you and kill you, you can replace this with any of the trinkets below.

Enchant Weapon - Machinist's Brilliance is the best weapon enchants. The enchant provides a proc that gives you a strong boost to your overall Haste. This will reduce the cast time on important abilities you have and also increases your sustained and burst damage.