Fire Mage PvP Stat Priority, Gear, and Trinkets — The War Within (11.2)

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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.

1.

Stat Priority for Fire Mages in PvP

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

  1. Intellect;
  2. Haste;
  3. Versatility;
  4. Mastery;
  5. 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 Icon Polymorph. This is followed by Versatility, which will reduce the damage you take while also increasing the damage you deal. With talents like Glass Cannon Icon Glass Cannon, stacking some Mastery can allow you to deal significant damage through Mastery: Ignite Icon Mastery: Ignite dot during a match.

2.

Gear Recommendations

In general, Fire Mages want to get trinkets that line up well with Combustion Icon 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.

Below, you will find our current BiS list.

  • Head: Augur's Ephemeral Wide-Brim Icon Augur's Ephemeral Wide-Brim
  • Neck: Algari Competitor's Amulet Icon Algari Competitor's Amulet - Crafted with Versatility & Haste
  • Shoulders: Augur's Ephemeral Orbs of Power Icon Augur's Ephemeral Orbs of Power
  • Cloak: Reshii Wraps Icon Reshii Wraps - With Haste
  • Chest: Augur's Ephemeral Habiliments Icon Augur's Ephemeral Habiliments
  • Wrists: Astral Gladiator's Silk Armbands Icon Astral Gladiator's Silk Armbands
  • Hands: Augur's Ephemeral Mitts Icon Augur's Ephemeral Mitts
  • Waist: Consecrated Cord Icon Consecrated Cord - Crafted with Versatility & Haste
  • Legs: Augur's Ephemeral Trousers Icon Augur's Ephemeral Trousers
  • Feet: Algari Competitor's Cloth Treads Icon Algari Competitor's Cloth Treads - Crafted with Versatility & Haste
  • Ring 1: Algari Competitor's Signet Icon Algari Competitor's Signet - Crafted with Versatility & Haste
  • Ring 2: Algari Competitor's Signet Icon Algari Competitor's Signet - Crafted with Versatility & Haste
  • Trinket 1: Astral Gladiator's Medallion Icon Astral Gladiator's Medallion
  • Trinket 2: Astral Gladiator's Insignia of Alacrity Icon Astral Gladiator's Insignia of Alacrity
  • 2H Weapon: Astral Gladiator's Staff Icon Astral Gladiator's Staff

Note: It is essential that you wear two PvP trinkets. This will give you a Stamina and stat boost that will increase your survivability.

3.

Fire Mage Tier Sets

As noted above, acquiring both your 2-set and 4-set bonus is crucial. It is important to note that ALL tier sets are nerfed to 33% effectiveness in PvP. Although this nerf is significant, tier sets are still important to acquire to maximize your chances of winning. In Patch 11.2, there are different tier sets for each different hero talent for each specialization. Below are the different tier sets for Fire Mage.

3.1.

Frostfire Tier Set

  • 2-set: Phoenix Flames Icon Phoenix Flames damage increased by 10%. This amount is increased to 25% on its primary target.
  • 4-set: After dealing damage, Phoenix Flames Icon Phoenix Flames has a 10% chance to return to you, refunding 1% of the cooldown on Phoenix Flames Icon Phoenix Flames and granting you 6% increased spell power for 10 seconds.

This tier set is a fantastic choice for Fire Mages and is the recommended build for PvP.

3.2.

Sunfury Tier Set

  • 2-set: Spellfire Spheres Icon Spellfire Spheres spell damage bonus increased by 1%. Your Arcane Phoenix Icon Arcane Phoenix has a 25% chance to cast an exceptional spell without consuming a Spellfire Spheres Icon Spellfire Spheres.
  • 4-set: When your Phoenix expires, it empowers you even further beyond, granting Lesser Time Warp Icon Lesser Time Warp and 10% increased spell damage for 10 seconds.

Although this tier set does give a decent amount of damage, the overall talent tree is not the greatest and is not recommended.

3.3.

Fire Mage Embellishments

Embellishments are bonuses that can be put on crafted gear. These effects can have a drastic impact on the game. You are only allowed to have two Embellishments equipped at the same time. Here are the recommended Embellishments for Fire Mage:

  • Elemental Focusing Lens Icon Elemental Focusing Lens. This Embellishment causes your damaging spells and abilities to have a chance to deal damage to your target. This is a flat increase to your overall damage output. Craft this on both rings or your neck.
  • Ascendance Icon Ascendance/Writhing Armor Banding Icon Writhing Armor Banding. While in combat, Ascendance Icon Ascendance grants 89 of a random secondary stat, stacking up to 10 times. Writhing Armor Banding Icon Writhing Armor Banding doubles this affect. Overall, this is a good embellishment, but not the best.
3.4.

Gems and Enchants

Here are the best enchants for a Fire Mage:

  • Cloak: Enchant Cloak - Chant of Burrowing Rapidity Icon Enchant Cloak - Chant of Burrowing Rapidity
  • Chest: Enchant Chest - Crystalline Radiance Icon Enchant Chest - Crystalline Radiance
  • Bracers: Enchant Bracer - Chant of Armored Speed Icon Enchant Bracer - Chant of Armored Speed
  • Legs: Sunset Spellthread Icon Sunset Spellthread
  • Boots: Enchant Boots - Scout's March Icon Enchant Boots - Scout's March
  • Rings: Enchant Ring - Radiant Versatility Icon Enchant Ring - Radiant Versatility
  • Weapon: Enchant Weapon - Authority of Radiant Power Icon Enchant Weapon - Authority of Radiant Power

Quick Sapphire Icon Quick Sapphire is the best gem you can use. You also get access to a single Meta Gem. Using Cognitive Bloodstone Icon Cognitive Bloodstone is ideal for the meta slot.

4.

Changelog

  • 13 Aug. 2025: Updated recommended gear.
    • Updated Gear for Reshii Wraps
  • 04 Aug. 2025: Updated for Patch 11.2.
    • Updated recommended gear.
    • Updated tier sets section.
  • 15 Jun. 2025: Reviewed for Patch 11.1.7.
  • 21 Apr. 2025: Reviewed for Patch 11.1.5.
  • 03 Apr. 2025: Updated recommended gear.
  • 07 Mar. 2025: Updated recommended enchants.
  • 03 Mar. 2025: Updated recommended gear for Season 2 of The War Within.
  • 24 Feb. 2025: Reviewed for Patch 11.1.
  • 15 Dec. 2024: Reviewed for Patch 11.0.7.
  • 30 Nov. 2024: Updated recommended gear.
    • Updated recommended embellishments.
    • Updated recommended enchants.
    • Updated recommended gems.
  • 21 Oct. 2024: Updated for patch 11.0.5.
    • Updated Recommended Gear.
    • Updated Recommended Gems.
  • 16 Sep. 2024: Updated Recommended Gear.
    • Updated Recommended Embellishments.
    • Updated Recommended Enchants.
  • 09 Sep. 2024: Reviewed for The War Within Season 1.
  • 21 Aug. 2024: Updated for The War Within.
  • 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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