Fire Mage DPS Gems, Enchants, and Consumables — The War Within (11.0.5)

Last updated on Oct 27, 2024 at 09:23 by Dutchmagoz 66 comments
General Information

On this page, we list the best gems, enchants, flasks, potions, and food you can get for your Fire Mage, based on your stat priority. We also give budget alternatives. This page is updated for World of Warcraft — The War Within (11.0.5).

If you were looking for WotLK Classic content, please refer to our WotLK Classic Fire Mage gems and enchants.

1.

Best Gems, Enchants, Food, and Flasks for Fire Mage in The War Within

This section specifically covers the optimal gems, enchants, food, and flasks to use for your character. To get a more detailed rundown of the different stats for Fire Mage, please visit our dedicated Stats page.

2.

Best Gems for Fire Mage in The War Within

We highly recommend using Raidbots to sim your character's ideal gems and enchants, as they might differ from our general recommendations.

2.1.

Raiding

The best stats for Raiding Fire Mages are Haste and Versatility, so that is what we will be gemming for.

You should use Culminating Blasphemite Icon Culminating Blasphemite in one socket. Then, you should ensure you have one gem of each type in other sockets to max out the Crit effect, ideally Quick Ruby Icon Quick Ruby/Quick Onyx Icon Quick Onyx/Quick Sapphire Icon Quick Sapphire/ Versatile Emerald Icon Versatile Emerald. Fill in remaining sockets with Versatile Emerald Icon Versatile Emerald.

2.2.

Mythic+

The best stats for Mythic+ Fire Mages are Haste and Versatility, so that is what we will be gemming for.

You should use Culminating Blasphemite Icon Culminating Blasphemite in one socket. Then, you should ensure you have one gem of each type in other sockets to max out the Crit effect, ideally Quick Ruby Icon Quick Ruby/Quick Onyx Icon Quick Onyx/Quick Sapphire Icon Quick Sapphire/ Versatile Emerald Icon Versatile Emerald. Fill in remaining sockets with Versatile Emerald Icon Versatile Emerald.

An alternative option is using Elusive Blasphemite Icon Elusive Blasphemite. This is a small DPS loss ( ~0.5%), but provides a meaningful movement speed boost, which can often end up being worth more DPS due to having to spend less time moving.

3.

Best Enchants for Fire Mage in The War Within

Slot Best Enchantment
Necklace
  • Magnificent Jeweler's Setting Icon Magnificent Jeweler's Setting (adds up to 2 sockets to a Ring or Neck)
Weapon
  • Enchant Weapon - Authority of the Depths Icon Enchant Weapon - Authority of the Depths
Cloak
  • Enchant Cloak - Chant of Winged Grace Icon Enchant Cloak - Chant of Winged Grace
Chest
  • Enchant Chest - Crystalline Radiance Icon Enchant Chest - Crystalline Radiance
Bracers
  • Enchant Bracer - Chant of Armored Avoidance Icon Enchant Bracer - Chant of Armored Avoidance
Legs
  • Sunset Spellthread Icon Sunset Spellthread
Boots
  • Enchant Boots - Scout's March Icon Enchant Boots - Scout's March (Movement Speed)
  • Enchant Boots - Defender's March Icon Enchant Boots - Defender's March (Stamina)
Rings
  • Enchant Ring - Cursed Haste Icon Enchant Ring - Cursed Haste
  • Magnificent Jeweler's Setting Icon Magnificent Jeweler's Setting (adds up to 2 sockets to a Ring or Neck)
4.

Best Flask for Fire Mage in The War Within

You should be drinking the Flask of Tempered Swiftness Icon Flask of Tempered Swiftness at all times.

4.1.

Best Weapon Buff For Fire Mage

You should be using Algari Mana Oil Icon Algari Mana Oil.

5.

Best Potion for Fire Mage in The War Within

Your stat potion should be Tempered Potion Icon Tempered Potion. Use these when you will do the most damage with your abilities, likely during your cooldowns and/or Bloodlust Icon Bloodlust/Heroism Icon Heroism. You can also obtain Fleeting Tempered Potion Icon Fleeting Tempered Potion from Cauldrons that can be spawned by Alchemists.

You should keep a stock of Algari Healing Potion Icon Algari Healing Potions to use when at low health, and if you have a Warlock in the group, grab their Healthstone Icon Healthstones and use them as well. Do not macro these together, they are best used separately! You can also obtain Fleeting Algari Healing Potion Icon Fleeting Algari Healing Potion from Cauldrons that can be spawned by Alchemists.

6.

Best Food for Fire Mage in The War Within

You should be eating from a Feast at all times, either Feast of the Divine Day Icon Feast of the Divine Day, Feast of the Midnight Masquerade Icon Feast of the Midnight Masquerade, or Hearty Feast of the Midnight Masquerade Icon Hearty Feast of the Midnight Masquerade.

If Feasts are not available, eat Outsider's Provisions Icon Outsider's Provisions, Beledar's Bounty Icon Beledar's Bounty, Jester's Board Icon Jester's Board, or Empress' Farewell Icon Empress' Farewell instead.

In addition, if you can afford it, you should use Crystallized Augment Rune Icon Crystallized Augment Runes to increase your primary stat. Augment Runes are expensive, and disappear on death, so use them wisely!

7.

Changelog

  • 21 Oct. 2024: Reviewed for Patch 11.0.5.
  • 11 Sep. 2024: Added weapon consumable (oil).
  • 09 Sep. 2024: Added Elusive Blasphemite as an alternative gem.
  • 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: Added new season 4 helm enchant, and minor potion improvements.
  • 19 Mar. 2024: Reviewed for Patch 10.2.6.
  • 15 Jan. 2024: Reviewed for Patch 10.2.5.
  • 06 Nov. 2023: Removed sections related to Onyx Annulet as it is now too far behind to be considered.
  • 01 Oct. 2023: Updated food buff suggestion.
  • 04 Sep. 2023: Reviewed for Patch 10.1.7
  • 09 Aug. 2023: Updated gem suggestion to haste + vers instead of mastery.
  • 10 Jul. 2023: Updated for the Fire Mage rework of 10.1.5 and the Primordial Gems nerf.
  • 22 May 2023: Updated leg enchant suggestions.
  • 01 May 2023: Updated Onyx Annulet suggestions based on new 10.1 gear.
  • 25 Mar. 2023: Updated Primordial Stone Gem suggestions based on hotfixes.
  • 22 Mar. 2023: Update Primordial Stone Gem suggestions due to Desirious Blood Stone combinations being very strong.
  • 21 Mar. 2023: Updated Primordial Stone gem suggestions based based on Obscure Pastel Stone being Arcane instead of Shadow on live servers.
  • 20 Mar. 2023: Added Primordial Stone gem suggestions and reviewed for Patch 10.0.7.
  • 24 Jan. 2023: Reviewed for Patch 10.0.5.
  • 13 Jan. 2023: Added leg enchant.
  • 14 Dec. 2022: Added weapon imbuement advice.
  • 13 Dec. 2022: Updated phial advice.
  • 11 Dec. 2022: Updated gems advice based on better simulations.
  • 11 Dec. 2022: Updated phial advice.
  • 28 Nov. 2022: Updated for Dragonflight launch.
  • 24 Oct. 2022: Updated for Dragonflight pre-patch.
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