Blue and green gems are generally not used anywhere on a pve mage. If the bonus is +7 spellpower or more, its generally advised to match colors depending on the requirement. Gem wise, for the most benefit only match the socket colors if you want the socket bonus. There is a very helpful sticky in the mage forums directed at people such as yourself. While there are many items that have as much, or. Your main focus should be on Intellect to ensure you have enough Mana to kill the packs of enemies before dying, and on Stamina so that you do not die first. This is the easily accessible gear we recommend for gold farming with area of effect spells.

If you can get the pants crafted then you'll be set for a long time. Mage AoE Grinding Best in Slot (BiS) List. For an arcane mage, try to get the head, shoulders, gloves, and chest for the 4 set. Do VoA every week and hope for the gloves and/or pants to drop, get the shoulders first, then either the head or chest. Once you have most of these gear and are pooling frost badges for rewards, the first thing you should get with them is the mage tier 10 set. In addition, don't underestimate the abyssal rune, despite its item level. The rep ring is almost mandatory for everyone, find a good instance to get into a rep grind group to get it ASAP. Good alternatives are the crafted bracers.įarm up some honor for the pvp cloak since its very difficult to find a good cloak outside of raids. If you plan on raiding with one regularly, you can drop some hit rating. Notice his hit rating, this set is hit capped without the use of shadow priests or moonkin. Arcane blast, arcane missiles, and molten armor glyphs. The glyphs are almost non-negotiable unfortunately. I just built this starter mage set that uses mostly gear from triumph badges, one pvp cloak, and a single reputation ring from ICC.Ĭheck this talent build as well, its pretty cookie-cutter arcane and picks up what you need. Gem wise, Talent wise, and still a few supoptimal pieces of gear. From a glance at that custom profile, you have a lot of work to do on your mage still.

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