Qinoa's PvE Build

Mage class icon Fire Mage specialization icon
Fire Mage
Dwarf race icon
Dwarf
500 ilvl
Season 4
1702 Mythic+

Qinoa (Frostmourne US) is a Top Mythic+ Fire Mage in World of Warcraft Dragonflight Season 4, achieving a rating of 1702 with 500 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 Fire 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 Qinoa's Secondary and Minor stats are distributed.

Secondary Stats
+3666
27% Critical Strike
+6412
40% Haste
+3551
17% Mastery
+3826
19% Versatility
  1. Haste
  2. Versatility
  3. Critical Strike
  4. Mastery
Minor Stats
+325
5% Avoidance
+332
2% Leech
+357
7% Speed
  1. Speed
  2. Leech
  3. Avoidance

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 Qinoa's selected Class Talents below:

Blazing Barrier
1
Ice Block
1
Overflowing Energy
1
Incanter's Flow
1
Winter's Protection
2
Spellsteal
Tempest Barrier
Incantation of Swiftness
2
Remove Curse
Arcane Warding
2
Mirror Image
1
Shifting Power
1
Alter Time
1
Cryo-Freeze
2
Reduplication
1
Quick Witted
1
Mass Polymorph
Slow
Master of Time
1
Diverted Energy
Ring of Frost
Ice Nova
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
Temporal Velocity
2
Ice Ward
Freezing Cold
1
Time Manipulation
1
Displacement
Accumulative Shielding
Greater Invisibility
1
Dragon's Breath
1
Ice Cold
1
Temporal Warp
1
Mass Barrier
1

Specialization Talents

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

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

Pyroblast
1
Fire Blast
1
Pyrotechnics
1
Scorch
1
Phoenix Flames
1
Surging Blaze
1
Searing Touch
1
Firestarter
Fervent Flickering
1
Fuel the Fire
Improved Scorch
1
Critical Mass
2
Intensifying Flame
1
Flame On
2
Flame Patch
Alexstrasza's Fury
1
Combustion
1
Living Bomb
Incendiary Eruptions
Call of the Sun King
1
Firemind
1
Improved Combustion
1
Feel the Burn
1
Convection
Phoenix Reborn
Fevered Incantation
1
Master of Flame
Kindling
1
Inflame
1
Conflagration
1
Firefall
Controlled Destruction
1
Flame Accelerant
1
Fiery Rush
1
Wildfire
2
Meteor
Hyperthermia
Sun King's Blessing
1
Deep Impact

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 Fire 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 Qinoa's selected PvP Talents below:

World in Flames
Flamecannon
1
Greater Pyroblast
Ring of Fire
Ice Wall
Glass Cannon
1
Master Shepherd
1
Ethereal Blink
Improved Mass Invisibility

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 Qinoa.

Head

  1. Wayward Chronomancer's Chronocap item set icon
    set
    Wayward Chronomancer's Chronocap

Neck

  1. Ironshell Pendant item icon
    Ironshell Pendant

Shoulders

  1. Wayward Chronomancer's Metronomes item set icon
    set
    Wayward Chronomancer's Metronomes

Back

  1. Fireproof Drape item icon
    Fireproof Drape

Chest

  1. Wayward Chronomancer's Patchwork item set icon
    set
    Wayward Chronomancer's Patchwork

Wrist

  1. Vibrant Wildercloth Wristwraps item icon
    Vibrant Wildercloth Wristwraps

Hands

  1. Vibrant Wildercloth Handwraps item icon
    Vibrant Wildercloth Handwraps

Waist

  1. Wayward Chronomancer's Synchronous Belt item icon
    Wayward Chronomancer's Synchronous Belt

Legs

  1. Wayward Chronomancer's Pantaloons item set icon
    set
    Wayward Chronomancer's Pantaloons

Feet

  1. Ravenous Pursuer's Footwraps item icon
    Ravenous Pursuer's Footwraps

Ring 1

  1. Signet of Titanic Insight item icon
    Signet of Titanic Insight

Ring 2

  1. Eternal Sentry's Ring item icon
    Eternal Sentry's Ring

Trinket 1

  1. Ashes of the Embersoul item icon
    Ashes of the Embersoul

Trinket 2

  1. Tome of Unstable Power item icon
    Tome of Unstable Power

Main Hand

  1. Dreambinder, Loom of the Great Cycle item icon
    Dreambinder, Loom of the Great Cycle

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 Qinoa for the Fire Mage specialization.

  1. Vibrant Wildercloth Handwraps embellishment item icon
    Blue Silken Lining

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 Qinoa for each equipment slot.

Head

  1. Incandescent Essence enchantment icon
    Incandescent Essence

Back

  1. Graceful Avoidance enchantment icon
    Graceful Avoidance

Chest

  1. Waking Stats enchantment icon
    Waking Stats

Wrist

  1. +200 Avoidance enchantment icon
    +200 Avoidance

Waist

  1. Shadowed Belt Clasp enchantment icon
    Shadowed Belt Clasp

Legs

  1. Lambent Armor Kit enchantment icon
    Lambent Armor Kit

Feet

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

Ring 1

  1. +82 Haste enchantment icon
    +82 Haste

Ring 2

  1. +82 Haste enchantment icon
    +82 Haste

Main Hand

  1. Wafting Devotion enchantment icon
    Wafting 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 Qinoa.

  1. Energized Ysemerald gem icon
    Energized Ysemerald
    5
  2. Fierce Illimited Diamond gem icon
    Fierce Illimited Diamond
    1