Svips's PvP Build

Mage class icon Fire Mage specialization icon
Fire Mage
Undead race icon
Undead
462 ilvl
Season 4
1343 Solo Shuffle
1804 2v2
96 3v3

Svips (Illidan US) is a Top 2v2 Fire Mage in World of Warcraft Dragonflight Season 4, achieving a rating of 1804 with 460 ilvl equipment.

Here is the breakdown of his 10.2.6 PvP 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 Svips's Secondary and Minor stats are distributed.

Secondary Stats
+0
5% Critical Strike
+5019
32% Haste
+250
6% Mastery
+5862
29% Versatility
  1. Versatility
  2. Haste
  3. Mastery
  4. Critical Strike
Minor Stats
+0
0% Avoidance
+0
0% Leech
+375
8% Speed
  1. Speed
  2. Avoidance
  3. Leech

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 Svips's selected Class Talents below:

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

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

Head

  1. Draconic Aspirant's Silk Cover item icon
    Draconic Aspirant's Silk Cover

Neck

  1. Draconic Aspirant's Necklace item icon
    Draconic Aspirant's Necklace

Shoulders

  1. Draconic Aspirant's Silk Mantle item icon
    Draconic Aspirant's Silk Mantle

Back

  1. Draconic Aspirant's Drape item icon
    Draconic Aspirant's Drape

Chest

  1. Draconic Aspirant's Silk Robe item icon
    Draconic Aspirant's Silk Robe

Wrist

  1. Draconic Aspirant's Silk Bindings item icon
    Draconic Aspirant's Silk Bindings

Hands

  1. Draconic Aspirant's Silk Gloves item icon
    Draconic Aspirant's Silk Gloves

Waist

  1. Infurious Binding of Gesticulation item icon
    Infurious Binding of Gesticulation

Legs

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

Feet

  1. Vibrant Wildercloth Slippers item icon
    Vibrant Wildercloth Slippers

Ring 1

  1. Draconic Combatant's Jeweled Signet item icon
    Draconic Combatant's Jeweled Signet

Ring 2

  1. Draconic Aspirant's Ring item icon
    Draconic Aspirant's Ring

Trinket 1

  1. Draconic Aspirant's Insignia of Alacrity item set icon
    set
    Draconic Aspirant's Insignia of Alacrity

Trinket 2

  1. Draconic Aspirant's Medallion item set icon
    set
    Draconic Aspirant's Medallion

Main Hand

  1. Draconic Aspirant's Staff item icon
    Draconic Aspirant's Staff

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 Svips for the Fire Mage specialization.

  1. Infurious Binding of Gesticulation embellishment item icon
    Mettle
  2. Vibrant Wildercloth Slippers embellishment item icon
    Precognition

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 Svips for each equipment slot.

Waist

  1. Shadowed Belt Clasp enchantment icon
    Shadowed Belt Clasp

Legs

  1. Frozen Spellthread enchantment icon
    Frozen Spellthread

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 Svips.

  1. Energized Ysemerald gem icon
    Energized Ysemerald
    5