Stat Priorities
Stat Ranking
For stats, it’s important to always sim yourself, but if you want to follow a general guideline it should look like this:
Haste > Mastery > Vers > Crit
The value of Crit is increased since we need more stacks to generate SKB, so something to keep in mind, Crit makes us generate more hotstreaks so we can consume them and build SKB Stacks.
Keep in mind that the value of mastery skyrockets as soon as there are additional targets, due to ignite scaling.
Races
The 2 clear winners for Fire Mage are Tauren for horde players and Dwarf for alliance.
Consolation prizes go to Troll and Orc for the Horde thanks to their on-use racials, as well as Gnome and Nightborne for the alliance.
Outside of Tauren and Dwarf, you’re really only looking at around a 1% DPS difference between most of the races, so if min-maxing isn’t your thing, go wild with whatever you like most!
Enchants
Cloak: Enchant cloak - Chant of Winged Grace or Whisper of Silken Avoidance (the cheaper version)
Chest: Enchant Chest - Crystalline Radiance
Bracers: Enchant Bracers - Chant of Armored Avoidance
Boots: Enchant Boots - Defender’s March
Legs: Daybreak Spellthread or Weavercloth Spellthread (the cheaper version)
Rings: Enchant Ring - Radiant Haste or Glimmering Haste (the cheaper version)
Weapon: Enchant Weapon - Authority of the Depths or Enchant Weapon - Authority of Radiant Power (the cheaper version)
Gems
For gems we generally want haste all the way, or a combination of Mastery and Haste, or Haste and Versatility depending on our stat weight.
Consumables
Food: Beledar’s Bounty
Phials: Flask of Alchemical Chaos or Flask of Tempered Swiftness
Potions: Tempered Potion
Health Potions: Algari Healing Potion
Weapon Oil: Algari Mana Oil
Runes: Crystallized Augment Rune