Stat Priorities
Stat Ranking
Sunfury:
- Haste (is the most important stat for Fire Mage)
- Intellect
- Versatility
- Mastery
- Critical Strike
Frostfire:
- Intellect
- Haste
- Critical Strike
- Versatility
- Mastery
Stat Outline
For stats, it’s important to always sim yourself, but if you want to follow a general guideline it should look like this:
- Haste - By far the most important stat for fire. If gear has haste on it, then equip it, don’t even think about it.
- Versatility - Just a flat out damage % buff, reduces our damage taken and increases our healing. It also increases our blazing barrier value.
- Mastery - Buffs our Ignite damage, which is our second highest damage on a boss and our highest cleave damage.
- Critical Strike - Generally our least desirable stat, we want to avoid it as much as possible. However, it's still somewhat of a damage increase for us, since critical strike turns into mastery during Combustion.
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
You should socket 1 main stat gem and the rest is either haste or vers gems, depending on the gear you have. You should ideally sim your character to find the best combination of gems for your current setup.
Consumables
Food: Beledar’s Bounty
Phials: Flask of Alchemical Chaos or Flask of Tempered Swiftness
Potions: Tempered Potion
Health Potions: Invigorating Healing Potion
Weapon Oil: Algari Mana Oil
Runes: Crystallized Augment Rune