Fire Mage DPS Gear and Best in Slot — The War Within (11.0.7)

Welcome to our Gearing Page for Fire Mage. This section will cover everything you need to know about equipping your character correctly.

If you have a new piece of gear for which you need gems and enchant advice, you can find everything on our dedicated page below.

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BiS Gear for Fire Mage

Overall BiS list Raid BiS List Mythic+ BiS List

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Season 1 Overall BiS List for Fire Mage

This list contains the Best in Slot Gear for Fire Mage in The War Within Season 1 from all sources, including Raiding, Mythic+, Delves, The Great Vault, and Crafted.

Note that there is no such thing as a singular, all-encompassing "BiS". The best items vary per character and situation, and many items are essentially equivalent in terms of DPS, namely when we are just shuffling secondary stats around. I will list one "BiS" item per slot, but ultimately, BiS lists are not very practically useful and you should be simming your character to find out what gear to equip next. Nonetheless, there is a huge demand for this list, and thus, you can use the list below as a guideline as to what an endgame set of gear looks like.

Slot	Item	Source/Note
Weapon	Sovereign's Disdain (639)	Queen Ansurek in Nerub-ar Palace
Off-Hand	Vagabond's Torch (636) with Darkmoon Sigil: Ascension and Haste + Mastery	Crafted — Inscription
Helm	Cocoonsilk Cowl (639)	Great Vault
Neck	Sureki Zealot's Insignia (639)	Sikran in Nerub-ar Palace
Shoulder	Beacons of Violet Rebirth (639)	Rasha'nan/Matrix Catalyst/Great Vault
Cloak	Anvilhide Cape (639)	Great Vault
Chest	Runecoat of Violet Rebirth (639)	Broodtwister Ovi'nax/Matrix Catalyst/Great Vault
Bracers	Consecrated Cuffs (636) with Writhing Armor Banding and Haste + Versatility	Crafted — Tailoring
Gloves	Jeweled Gauntlets of Violet Rebirth (639)	Sikran/Matrix Catalyst/Great Vault
Belt	Cord of the Pious Warder (639)	Great Vault
Legs	Coattails of Violet Rebirth (639)	Nexus Princess Ky'veza/Matrix Catalyst/Great Vault
Boots	Tainted Earthshard Walkers (639)	Great Vault
Ring #1	Key to the Unseeming (639)	The Bloodbound Horror in Nerub-ar Palace
Ring #2	Cyrce's Circlet (658) (see gems on hover)	Siren Isle
Trinket #1	Ara-Kara Sacbrood (639)	Ara-Kara, City of Echoes (626), or Great Vault
Trinket #2	Spymaster's Web (639)	Silken Court in Nerub-ar Palace

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Season 1 Overall BiS List for Fire Mage

This list contains the Best in Slot Gear for Fire Mage in The War Within Season 1 from the Nerub-ar Palace Raid.

Note that this BiS List is for items from Nerub-ar Palace. I am separating the BiS lists by gear sources. This is what you send to your Raid Leader/Loot Council when they ask you what your BiS gear is from the Raid.

Note that there is no such thing as a singular, all-encompassing "BiS". The best items vary per character and situation, and many items are essentially equivalent in terms of DPS, namely when we are just shuffling secondary stats around. I will list one "BiS" item per slot, but ultimately, BiS lists are not very practically useful and you should be simming your character to find out what gear to equip next. Nonetheless, there is a huge demand for this list, and thus, you can use the list below as a guideline as to what an endgame set of gear looks like.

Slot	Item	Source/Note
Weapon	Takazj's Entropic Edict (639)	Silken Court in Nerub-ar Palace
Helm	Devotee's Discarded Headdress (639)	Rasha'nan in Nerub-ar Palace
Neck	Sureki Zealot's Insignia (639)	Sikran in Nerub-ar Palace
Shoulder	Beacons of Violet Rebirth (639)	Rasha'nan/Matrix Catalyst/Great Vault
Cloak	Royal Emblem of Nerub-ar (639)	Ulgrax the Devourer in Nerub-ar Palace
Chest	Runecoat of Violet Rebirth (639)	Broodtwister Ovi'nax/Matrix Catalyst/Great Vault
Bracers	Skeinspinner's Duplicitous Cuffs (639)	Silken Court in Nerub-ar Palace
Gloves	Jeweled Gauntlets of Violet Rebirth (639)	Sikran/Matrix Catalyst/Great Vault
Belt	Acrid Ascendant's Sash (639)	Queen Ansurek in Nerub-ar Palace
Legs	Coattails of Violet Rebirth (639)	Nexus Princess Ky'veza/Matrix Catalyst/Great Vault
Boots	Assimilated Eggshell Slippers (639)	Broodtwister Ovi'nax in Nerub-ar Palace
Ring #1	Key to the Unseeming (639)	The Bloodbound Horror in Nerub-ar Palace
Ring #2	Cyrce's Circlet (658) (see gems on hover)	Siren Isle
Trinket #1	Ovi'nax's Mercurial Egg (639)	Broodtwister Ovi'nax in Nerub-ar Palace
Trinket #2	Spymaster's Web (639)	Silken Court in Nerub-ar Palace

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Season 1 Overall BiS List for Fire Mage

This list contains the Best in Slot Gear for Fire Mage from The War Within Season 1 Mythic+.

Note that this BiS List is for items from Mythic+. I am separating the BiS lists by gear sources. This is the list you can chase when you want to improve your gear by farming Mythic+ dungeons.

Note that there is no such thing as a singular, all-encompassing "BiS". The best items vary per character and situation, and many items are essentially equivalent in terms of DPS, namely when we are just shuffling secondary stats around. I will list one "BiS" item per slot, but ultimately, BiS lists are not very practically useful and you should be simming your character to find out what gear to equip next. Nonetheless, there is a huge demand for this list, and thus, you can use the list below as a guideline as to what an endgame set of gear looks like.

Note that tier pieces are still included. Although technically not farmable in Mythic+, they do appear in the Mythic+ Great Vault (639) options and can be upgraded from Mythic+ pieces with Matrix Catalyst. Due to how important they are to building your character, and still obtainable if you only do Mythic+, I included them here.

Slot	Item	Source/Note
Weapon	Melodious Iron Songspire (639)	Great Vault (639) or The Stonevault (626)
Helm	Intertwiner's Shadowcowl (639)	Great Vault (639) or City of Threads (626)
Neck	Strapped Rescue-Keg (639)	Great Vault (639) or Cinderbrew Meadery (626)
Shoulder	Beacons of Violet Rebirth (639)	Rasha'nan/Matrix Catalyst/Great Vault
Cloak	Anvilhide Cape (639)	Great Vault (639) or The Stonevault (626)
Chest	Runecoat of Violet Rebirth (639)	Broodtwister Ovi'nax/Matrix Catalyst/Great Vault
Bracers	Vitriolic Veinwoven Wraps (639)	Great Vault (639) or City of Threads (626)
Gloves	Jeweled Gauntlets of Violet Rebirth (639)	Sikran/Matrix Catalyst/Great Vault
Belt	Cord of the Pious Warder (639)	Great Vault (639) or Siege of Boralus (626)
Legs	Coattails of Violet Rebirth (639)	Nexus Princess Ky'veza/Matrix Catalyst/Great Vault
Boots	Tainted Earthshard Walkers (639)	Great Vault (639) or The Stonevault (626)
Ring #1	Wick's Golden Loop (639)	Great Vault (639) or Darkflame Cleft (626)
Ring #2	Cyrce's Circlet (658) (see gems on hover)	Siren Isle
Trinket #1	Ara-Kara Sacbrood (639)	Great Vault (639) or Ara-Kara, City of Echoes (626)
Trinket #2	Signet of the Priory (639)	Great Vault (639) or Ara-Kara, City of Echoes (626)

Cyrce's Circlet is a new ring introduced in Patch 11.0.7. This ring is obtained by doing content is the new zone of patch 11.0.7, Siren Isle. It has 3 sockets that can be filled by a special type of gem, also obtained from Sirens Isle content. Each socket has its own type, and there are 4 gems for each type, for a total of 12 gems. However, most slots only provide limited DPS related options, providing limited flexibility.

At 639 item level, the ring is roughly on par with pre 11.0.7. rings, but as you upgrade the ring, it will start to become significantly better than other options. When you obtain it at 639, and you obtain the gems below, you can immediately start using it as a replacement for one of your current rings.

These are generally considered to be the best gems, but it is highly recommended to sim yourself to figure out the best choices and combinations for your specific gear and the specific gems and other rings you already own:

• For raid, you will want to play Thunderlord's Crackling Citrine, Fathomdweller's Runed Citrine and Legendary Skipper's Citrine
• For Mythic+/AoE, you will want to play Stormbringer's Runed Citrine, Fathomdweller's Runed Citrine and Squall Sailor's Citrine

The best crafted Embellishments are Darkmoon Sigil: Ascension + Writhing Armor Banding.

Darkmoon Sigil: Ascension can only go on a weapon or off-hand, and due to crafted items being slightly lower item level, we want to avoid crafting a weapon. Due to this, off-hand with Haste + Mastery or Haste + Versatility is our best option for the Darkmoon Embellishment.

Writhing Armor Banding can go on any armor piece, so there is a lot more freedom. However, due to the lower item level of crafted pieces, we want to craft this on an item slot with lower thats, like Bracers or Cloak. For the best-in-slot setup we craft it on Consecrated Cuffs, again with Haste + Mastery or Haste + Versatility.

However, based on your current gear, the best option for you might be different. Haste + Mastery/Versatility is also not hard-locked in. As long as you put haste on an item, the other stat can be anything, usually your lowest other stat, but the best way to know what to craft is to sim your own character.

Keep in mind you can craft 590 item level items that do not cost a Spark, and apply an embellishment to those. For example, you can craft Pioneer's Cloth Cuffs with Writhing Armor Banding without needing a Spark, so you can craft this to get the benefit of the Embellishment without having to wait for an additional spark.

1. Vagabond's Bounding Baton (double-check you pick the Intellect staff!) with Darkmoon Sigil: Ascension and Haste + Mastery is a very solid starter option. Although not technically best-in-slot, it requires fewer Crests than a 1-hand + off-hand, so you save on crests and can upgrade other slots instead early on.
2. An Intellect main-hand weapon ( Scepter of Radiant Magics for example) with Darkmoon Sigil: Ascension and Haste + Mastery is another very good first option. Although also technically not best-in-slot, you will use a 636 weapon for a long time, and it grants an immense amount of immediate power. Craft with Haste + Mastery or Versatility. Crafting this is preferable over a Staff if you can get a 636+ off-hand quickly.
3. Vagabond's Torch with Darkmoon Sigil: Ascension is best-in-slot over crafting a weapon, but it provides significantly less DPS than crafting a weapon unless you loot a strong 1-handed weapon early on. If you do loot or expect to loot a 636+ weapon early on, you should craft Vagabond's Torch first. Craft with Haste + Mastery or Versatility.
4. After either a weapon or off-hand with Darkmoon Sigil: Ascension, craft Consecrated Cuffs with Writhing Armor Banding, with Haste + Mastery or Versatility.
5. Next, chase Item Level where needed. None of the crafted options aside from your first 2 will be best-in-slot, so just go for whichever slot gives you the biggest item level bump.
6. If you crafted an intellect weapon, after looting a 636+ weapon, drop the crafted weapon and switch to the Embellished off-hand option instead.
7. At this point, you are mostly done crafting. You can spend future Sparks on off-spec items, alternatively statted crafts for different situations, and so on.

The Tier Set is comprised of 5 items of the Violet Rebirth set. Wearing 2 and 4 pieces from the set gives you DPS bonuses:

• Mage Fire Season 1 2pc — Phoenix Flames damage increased by 10%. This amount is increased to 25% on its primary target.
• Mage Fire Season 1 4pc — After dealing damage, Phoenix Flames has a 10% chance to return to you, refunding part of the cooldown on Phoenix Flames and granting you increased spell damage for 10 sec.

The Tier Set Bonus is absolutely mandatory for competitive play, and you should prioritize obtaining it. You can use the Matrix Catalyst to convert regular items (from Mythic+, for example) into Tier Items.

You only need 4 pieces out of 5 to get both set bonuses. We recommend you get all items except for the Helm due to it lacking haste. Check out the BiS List for more information.

The 2-set is a simple direct damage increase. The 4-set is a proc that refunds a minor amount of cooldown on Phoenix Flames, but more importantly, it gives you bonus spell damage for 10 seconds. Due to the nature of it being proc based, and it being such a low chance at that, you generally do not play around the 4-set bonus and just enjoy the free damage when you get it.

The easiest way, and also the method we suggest, to compare multiple items is to use Raidbots' Top Gear. Here, you can input an export from the Simcraft AddOn, select the items to compare, and it will find out which of the items are best. See below for a guide on how to sim yourself.