Pepela's PvE Build

Mage class icon Arcane Mage specialization icon
Arcane Mage
Human race icon
Human
432 ilvl
Season 2
1158 Mythic+

Pepela (Area 52 US) is a Top Mythic+ Arcane Mage in World of Warcraft Dragonflight Season 2, achieving a rating of 1158 with 431 ilvl equipment.

Here is the breakdown of her 10.2.6 PvE character build from , featuring stats, talents, gear, embellishments, enchantments, and gems. Use this as a reference to enhance and inspire your own Arcane Mage build.

Stat Priority

Stats are crucial attributes that directly influence a character's power in World of Warcraft. They not only determine the character's strength but also define the overall feel and playstyle. Stat bonuses can be found on various pieces of equipment, in consumables created by the Alchemy profession, certain foods, some enchantments , and gems .

It's important to note that each stat experiences diminishing returns once its equipped bonus reaches +20%. This means that optimizing a character's performance involves more than just maximizing each stat; it's about finding a balanced distribution. Here is how Pepela's Secondary and Minor stats are distributed.

Secondary Stats
+2191
19% Critical Strike
+3301
22% Haste
+4027
36% Mastery
+1849
9% Versatility
  1. Mastery
  2. Haste
  3. Critical Strike
  4. Versatility
Minor Stats
+325
5% Avoidance
+0
0% Leech
+0
0% Speed
  1. Avoidance
  2. Leech
  3. Speed

Class Talents

Talents are the main element defining a character's build, significantly influencing the playstyle by adding, modifying, and enhancing character abilities and behaviors. They are crucial in shaping how a character functions in battle.

Class talents represent a common tree shared across all Mage specializations. These talents provide foundational skills and enhancements that are essential and universal to the Mage class. They offer a range of abilities that lay the groundwork for a Mage's overall capabilities, regardless of the chosen specialization.

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Take a peek at Pepela's selected Class Talents below:

Prismatic Barrier
1
Ice Block
1
Overflowing Energy
1
Incanter's Flow
Winter's Protection
Spellsteal
Tempest Barrier
2
Incantation of Swiftness
2
Remove Curse
Arcane Warding
2
Mirror Image
1
Shifting Power
Alter Time
1
Cryo-Freeze
Reduplication
Quick Witted
1
Mass Polymorph
Slow
Master of Time
1
Diverted Energy
2
Ring of Frost
Ice Nova
1
Ice Floes
1
Mass Slow
Blast Wave
Improved Frost Nova
Rigid Ice
Tome of Rhonin
1
Tome of Antonidas
1
Volatile Detonation
Energized Barriers
Frigid Winds
2
Flow of Time
2
Temporal Velocity
Ice Ward
1
Freezing Cold
Time Manipulation
Displacement
Accumulative Shielding
2
Greater Invisibility
Dragon's Breath
Ice Cold
Temporal Warp
1
Mass Barrier

Specialization Talents

Specialization talents constitute a specialized tree, providing Arcane Mages with unique abilities and enhancements tailored to their combat style.

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Take a peek at Pepela's selected Specialization Talents below:

Arcane Missiles
1
Arcane Orb
1
Reverberate
Concentrated Power
Arcane Tempo
1
Improved Arcane Missiles
Arcane Surge
1
Crackling Energy
2
Nether Precision
1
Arcane Familiar
1
Charged Orb
Resonance
1
Mana Adept
1
Slipstream
1
Amplification
1
Presence of Mind
1
Foresight
Arcing Cleave
1
Nether Tempest
Improved Prismatic Barrier
Impetus
1
Improved Clearcasting
1
Chrono Shift
Touch of the Magi
1
Supernova
Evocation
1
Enlightened
1
Arcane Echo
1
Arcane Bombardment
Illuminated Thoughts
Conjure Mana Gem
1
Siphon Storm
1
Prodigious Savant
2
Radiant Spark
1
Concentration
Cascading Power
Orb Barrage
Harmonic Echo
1
Arcane Harmony

PvP Talents

PvP talents are specifically tailored for player-versus-player combat scenarios. Activated in arenas, battlegrounds, and the open world with war mode enabled, these talents are designed to optimize a Arcane Mage's performance in PvP encounters. They provide specialized enhancements and strategies that give players an edge in combat against other players, reflecting the unique demands of PvP gameplay.

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Take a peek at Pepela's selected PvP Talents below:

Master of Escape
1
Improved Mass Invisibility
Temporal Shield
Kleptomania
1
Arcanosphere
1
Ice Wall
Ring of Fire
Master Shepherd
Ethereal Blink

Best In Slot And Gear

Gear consists of items that directly determine a character's power level. It can be acquired from diverse sources: dungeon, raid, world drops, crafted through various professions, obtained from PvP vendors, or chosen as rewards from the Great Vault.

Each piece of gear significantly boosts a character's overall strength and capabilities. Here are the items currently equipped by Pepela.

Head

  1. Crystal Scholar's Cowl item set icon
    set
    Crystal Scholar's Cowl

Neck

  1. Elemental Lariat item icon
    Elemental Lariat

Shoulders

  1. Underlight Conjurer's Aurora item set icon
    set
    Underlight Conjurer's Aurora

Back

  1. Cape of the Duskwatch item icon
    Cape of the Duskwatch

Chest

  1. Underlight Conjurer's Vestment item set icon
    set
    Underlight Conjurer's Vestment

Wrist

  1. Silk Cuffs of the Skycap'n item icon
    Silk Cuffs of the Skycap'n

Hands

  1. Underlight Conjurer's Gloves item set icon
    set
    Underlight Conjurer's Gloves

Waist

  1. Sash of Abandoned Hope item icon
    Sash of Abandoned Hope

Legs

  1. Underlight Conjurer's Trousers item set icon
    set
    Underlight Conjurer's Trousers

Feet

  1. Vibrant Wildercloth Slippers item icon
    Vibrant Wildercloth Slippers

Ring 1

  1. Seal of Diurna's Chosen item icon
    Seal of Diurna's Chosen

Ring 2

  1. Seal of Filial Duty item icon
    Seal of Filial Duty

Trinket 1

  1. Whispering Incarnate Icon item icon
    Whispering Incarnate Icon

Trinket 2

  1. Vessel of Searing Shadow item icon
    Vessel of Searing Shadow

Main Hand

  1. Primal Molten Spellblade item icon
    Primal Molten Spellblade

Off Hand

  1. Thadrion's Erratic Arcanotrode item icon
    Thadrion's Erratic Arcanotrode

Embellishments

Embellishments are unique effects that can be added to crafted items, either as predefined elements in recipes or through an optional embellishment reagent, creating embellished gear. These enhancements diversify and amplify characters' capabilities.

Here are the embellishments equipped by Pepela for the Arcane Mage specialization.

  1. Elemental Lariat embellishment item icon
    Elemental Lariat
  2. Vibrant Wildercloth Slippers embellishment item icon
    Potion Absorption Inhibitor

Enchantments

Enchantments provide minor yet valuable enhancements to various items, including Head, Back, Chest, Wrist, Waist, Legs, Rings, Feet, Main Hand, and Off Hand.

Most enchantments are crafted via the Enchanting profession. However, Waist enchantments specifically require Blacksmithing, Legs enhancements are crafted by Leatherworkers, and Head enchantments come from the Incandescent Essence , a reward obtained through a quest in the Amirdrassil raid.

Enchantments are usually available at the auction house, making them accessible for upgrades. Here are the specific enchantments chosen by Pepela for each equipment slot.

Back

  1. Graceful Avoidance enchantment icon
    Graceful Avoidance

Chest

  1. Waking Stats enchantment icon
    Waking Stats

Wrist

  1. +200 Avoidance enchantment icon
    +200 Avoidance

Legs

  1. Frozen Spellthread enchantment icon
    Frozen Spellthread

Feet

  1. Watcher's Loam enchantment icon
    Watcher's Loam

Ring 1

  1. +82 Mastery enchantment icon
    +82 Mastery

Ring 2

  1. +82 Mastery enchantment icon
    +82 Mastery

Main Hand

  1. Sophic Devotion enchantment icon
    Sophic Devotion

Gems

Gems are crafted stones from the Jewelcrafting profession, typically offering stat bonuses to enhance your gear. These gems can be socketed into specific items such as Head, Neck, Wrist, Waist, and Rings. The presence of sockets on items is usually random upon their drop.

Notably, Neck items can be uniquely modified to have up to three sockets by using 3 Tiered Medallion Setting . Additionally, a single socket can be added to other eligible items with a Nature's Cradle , which requires 6 Aspects' Tokens of Merit obtained from the Great Vault.

Available through both the auction house and the crafting order system, here are the gems currently socketed by Pepela.

  1. Sensei's Neltharite gem icon
    Sensei's Neltharite
    5
  2. Skillful Illimited Diamond gem icon
    Skillful Illimited Diamond
    1