Mythic+ Arcane Mage
This guide tells you everything about how to build a PvE Arcane Mage that will thrive in Mythic+.
Updated , it is based on the 45 top-rated Arcane Mages in Mythic+ leaderboards across the US, EU, KR, and TW regions. Ratings are ranging from 2416 to 3164, with the current top Mythic+ Arcane Mage being Synybun from Malganis (US).
Each character's equipment type, active specialization history, as well as connection frequency, are taken into consideration to keep the guide as accurate as possible.
Stat Priority
Stats are attributes that enhance character abilities and define how it feels to play. Found on most pieces of equipment, object ameliorations, and consumables, the stats to prioritize for Arcane Mages in Mythic+ are Critical Strike and Mastery :
- Critical Strike
- Mastery
- Haste
- Versatility
Sometimes, items can also contain minor stats that can add a certain value. Even though they are really hard to get since they are rare and random, the one to reach is Avoidance :
- Avoidance
- Speed
- Leech
+3347
26% Critical Strike
+2776
19% Haste
+3071
30% Mastery
+1693
8% Versatility
- Critical Strike
- Mastery
- Haste
- Versatility
+389
5% Avoidance
+54
0% Leech
+106
2% Speed
- Avoidance
- Speed
- Leech
Races
Each race in World of Warcraft brings traits that can potentially give an edge in achieving victory. That said, the best race for Arcane Mage in Mythic+ is currently Orc .
Since cross-faction play is now possible, there are few barriers that remain for picking what offers the best racials.
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Orc13 -
Troll9 -
Human5 -
Tauren4 -
Dwarf3
Class Talents
Prismatic Barrier
45
| Cast Time | Instant |
| Cooldown | 25 sec cooldown |
| Effect | Shields you with an arcane force, absorbing 33,232 damage and reducing magic damage taken by 15% for 1 min. The duration of harmful Magic effects against you is reduced by 25%. |
| Power Cost | 7,500 Mana |
Ice Block
45
| Rank 1 |
45
|
| Cast Time | Instant |
| Cooldown | 4 min cooldown |
| Effect | Encases you in a block of ice, protecting you from all attacks and damage for 10 sec, but during that time you cannot attack, move, or cast spells. Causes Hypothermia, preventing you from recasting Ice Block for 30 sec. |
Overflowing Energy
45
| Rank 1 |
45
|
| Cast Time | Passive |
| Effect | Your spell critical strike damage is increased by 10%. When your direct damage spells fail to critically strike a target, your spell critical strike chance is increased by 2%, up to 10% for 8 sec. When your spells critically strike Overflowing Energy is reset. |
Invisibility
45
| Rank 1 |
45
|
| Cast Time | Instant |
| Cooldown | 5 min cooldown |
| Effect | Turns you invisible over 3 sec, reducing threat each second. While invisible, you are untargetable by enemies. Lasts 20 sec. Taking any action cancels the effect. |
| Power Cost | 7,500 Mana |
Winter's Protection
10
| Rank 1 |
4
|
| Rank 2 |
6
|
| Cast Time | Passive |
| Effect | The cooldown of Ice Block is reduced by 40 sec. |
Spellsteal
39
| Rank 1 |
39
|
| Cast Time | Instant |
| Effect | Steals a beneficial magic effect from the target. This effect lasts a maximum of 2 min. |
| Power Cost | 17,325 Mana |
| Range | 40 yd range |
Tempest Barrier
33
| Rank 1 |
1
|
| Rank 2 |
32
|
| Cast Time | Passive |
| Effect | Gain a shield that absorbs 6% of your maximum health for 15 sec after you Blink. |
Incantation of Swiftness
32
| Rank 1 |
6
|
| Rank 2 |
26
|
| Cast Time | Passive |
| Effect | Invisibility increases your movement speed by 32% for 6 sec. |
Remove Curse
19
| Rank 1 |
19
|
| Cast Time | Instant |
| Cooldown | 8 sec cooldown |
| Effect | Removes all Curses from a friendly target. |
| Power Cost | 3,250 Mana |
| Range | 40 yd range |
Arcane Warding
41
| Rank 1 |
3
|
| Rank 2 |
38
|
| Cast Time | Passive |
| Effect | Reduces magic damage taken by 4%. |
Mirror Image
45
| Rank 1 |
45
|
| Cast Time | Instant |
| Cooldown | 2 min cooldown |
| Effect | Creates 3 copies of you nearby for 40 sec, which cast spells and attack your enemies. While your images are active damage taken is reduced by 20%. Taking direct damage will cause one of your images to dissipate. |
| Power Cost | 5,000 Mana |
Rune of Power
44
| Rank 1 |
44
|
| Cast Time | 1.5 sec cast |
| Cooldown | 10 sec cooldown |
| Effect | Places a Rune of Power on the ground for 12 sec which increases your spell damage by 40% while you stand within 8 yds. Casting Arcane Power will also create a Rune of Power at your location. |
Incanter's Flow
1
| Rank 1 |
1
|
| Cast Time | Passive |
| Effect | Magical energy flows through you while in combat, building up to 20% increased damage and then diminishing down to 4% increased damage, cycling every 10 sec. |
Alter Time
45
| Rank 1 |
45
|
| Cast Time | Instant |
| Cooldown | 1 min cooldown |
| Effect | Alters the fabric of time, returning you to your current location and health when cast a second time, or after 10 seconds. Effect negated by long distance or death. |
| Power Cost | 2,500 Mana |
Cryo-Freeze
1
| Rank 1 |
1
|
| Cast Time | Passive |
| Effect | While inside Ice Block, you heal for 80% of your maximum health over the duration. |
Reduplication
3
| Rank 1 |
3
|
| Cast Time | Passive |
| Effect | Mirror Image's cooldown is reduced by 10 sec whenever a Mirror Image dissipates due to direct damage. |
Reabsorption
| Cast Time | Passive |
| Effect | You are healed for 5% of your maximum health whenever a Mirror Image dissipates due to direct damage. |
Quick Witted
45
| Rank 1 |
45
|
| Cast Time | Passive |
| Effect | Successfully interrupting an enemy with Counterspell reduces its cooldown by 4 sec. |
Mass Polymorph
| Cast Time | 1.7 sec cast |
| Cooldown | 1 min cooldown |
| Effect | Transforms all enemies within 10 yards into sheep, wandering around incapacitated for 1 min. While affected, the victims cannot take actions but will regenerate health very quickly. Damage will cancel the effect. Only works on Beasts, Humanoids and Critters. |
| Power Cost | 10,000 Mana |
Slow
1
| Rank 1 |
1
|
| Cast Time | Instant |
| Effect | Reduces the target's movement speed by 50% for 15 sec. |
| Power Cost | 2,500 Mana |
| Range | 35 yd range |
Master of Time
44
| Rank 1 |
44
|
| Cast Time | Passive |
| Effect | Reduces the cooldown of Alter Time by 10 sec. Alter Time resets the cooldown of Blink when you return to your original location. |
Diverted Energy
20
| Rank 1 |
8
|
| Rank 2 |
12
|
| Cast Time | Passive |
| Effect | Your Barriers heal you for 20% of the damage absorbed. |
Ring of Frost
12
| Rank 1 |
12
|
| Cast Time | 2 sec cast |
| Cooldown | 45 sec cooldown |
| Effect | Summons a Ring of Frost for 10 sec at the target location. Enemies entering the ring are incapacitated for 10 sec. Limit 10 targets. When the incapacitate expires, enemies are slowed by 65% for 4 sec. |
| Power Cost | 20,000 Mana |
| Range | 30 yd range |
Ice Nova
37
| Rank 1 |
37
|
| Cast Time | Instant |
| Cooldown | 25 sec cooldown |
| Effect | Causes a whirl of icy wind around the enemy, dealing 6,644 Frost damage to the target and reduced damage to all other enemies within 8 yards, and freezing them in place for 2 sec. |
| Range | 40 yd range |
Shimmer
37
| Rank 1 |
37
|
| Cast Time | Instant |
| Cooldown | 0.5 sec cooldown |
| Effect | Teleports you 20 yards forward, unless something is in the way. Unaffected by the global cooldown and castable while casting. |
| Power Cost | 5,000 Mana |
Ice Floes
8
| Rank 1 |
8
|
| Cast Time | Instant |
| Effect | Makes your next Mage spell with a cast time shorter than 10 sec castable while moving. Unaffected by the global cooldown and castable while casting. |
Mass Slow
| Cast Time | Passive |
| Effect | Slow applies to all enemies within 5 yds of your target. |
Blast Wave
33
| Rank 1 |
33
|
| Cast Time | Instant |
| Cooldown | 30 sec cooldown |
| Effect | Causes an explosion around yourself, dealing 2,597 Fire damage to all enemies within 8 yards, knocking them back, and reducing movement speed by 70% for 6 sec. |
Improved Frost Nova
1
| Rank 1 |
1
|
| Cast Time | Passive |
| Effect | Frost Nova duration is increased by 2 sec. |
Rigid Ice
| Cast Time | Passive |
| Effect | Frost Nova can withstand 80% more damage before breaking. |
Tome of Rhonin
45
| Rank 1 |
45
|
| Cast Time | Passive |
| Effect | Increases Critical Strike chance by 2%. |
Tome of Antonidas
45
| Rank 1 |
45
|
| Cast Time | Passive |
| Effect | Increases Haste by 2%. |
Volatile Detonation
6
| Rank 1 |
6
|
| Cast Time | Passive |
| Effect | Greatly increases the effect of Blast Wave's knockback. Blast Wave's cooldown is reduced by 5 seconds. |
Energized Barriers
14
| Rank 1 |
14
|
| Cast Time | Passive |
| Effect | When your barrier receives melee attacks, you have a 10% chance to be granted Clearcasting. Casting your barrier removes all snare effects. |
Frigid Winds
45
| Rank 2 |
45
|
| Cast Time | Passive |
| Effect | All of your snare effects reduce the target's movement speed by an additional 10%. |
Flow of Time
45
| Rank 2 |
45
|
| Cast Time | Passive |
| Effect | The cooldown of Blink is reduced by 2.0 sec. |
Temporal Velocity
34
| Rank 1 |
1
|
| Rank 2 |
33
|
| Cast Time | Passive |
| Effect | Increases your movement speed by 10% for 2 sec after casting Blink and 40% for 5 sec after returning from Alter Time. |
Ice Ward
45
| Rank 1 |
45
|
| Cast Time | Passive |
| Effect | Frost Nova now has 2 charges. |
Time Manipulation
| Cast Time | Passive |
| Effect | Casting Clearcasting Arcane Missiles reduces the cooldown of your loss of control abilities by 2 sec. |
Greater Invisibility
45
| Rank 1 |
45
|
| Cast Time | Instant |
| Cooldown | 2 min cooldown |
| Effect | Makes you invisible and untargetable for 20 sec, removing all threat. Any action taken cancels this effect. You take 60% reduced damage while invisible and for 3 sec after reappearing. |
Accumulative Shielding
12
| Rank 1 |
1
|
| Rank 2 |
11
|
| Cast Time | Passive |
| Effect | Your barrier's cooldown recharges 20% faster while the shield persists. |
Dragon's Breath
27
| Rank 1 |
27
|
| Cast Time | Instant |
| Cooldown | 45 sec cooldown |
| Effect | Enemies in a cone in front of you take 3,233 Fire damage and are disoriented for 4 sec. Damage will cancel the effect. |
| Power Cost | 10,000 Mana |
Shifting Power
45
| Rank 1 |
45
|
| Cast Time | Channeled |
| Cooldown | 1 min cooldown |
| Effect | Draw power from the Night Fae, dealing 11,573 Nature damage over 3.6 sec to enemies within 18 yds. While channeling, your Mage ability cooldowns are reduced by 12 sec over 3.6 sec. |
| Power Cost | 12,500 Mana |
Freezing Cold
| Cast Time | Passive |
| Effect | Enemies hit by Cone of Cold are frozen in place for 5 sec instead of snared. When your roots expire or are dispelled, your target is snared by 80%, decaying over 3 sec. |
Temporal Warp
43
| Rank 1 |
43
|
| Cast Time | Passive |
| Effect | While you have Temporal Displacement or other similar effects, you may use Time Warp to grant yourself 30% Haste for 40 sec. |
Time Anomaly
2
| Rank 1 |
2
|
| Cast Time | Passive |
| Effect | At any moment, you have a chance to gain Arcane Surge for 6 sec, Clearcasting, or Time Warp for 6 sec. |
Displacement
8
| Rank 1 |
8
|
| Cast Time | Instant |
| Cooldown | 45 sec cooldown |
| Effect | Teleports you back to where you last Blinked. Only usable within 8 sec of Blinking. |
| Range | 40 yd range |
Meteor
| Cast Time | Instant |
| Cooldown | 45 sec cooldown |
| Effect | Calls down a meteor which lands at the target location after 3 sec, dealing 14,476 Fire damage, split evenly between all targets within 8 yards, and burns the ground, dealing 3,637 Fire damage over 8.5 sec to all enemies in the area. |
| Power Cost | 2,500 Mana |
| Range | 40 yd range |
Specialization Talents
Arcane Barrage
45
| Rank 1 |
45
|
| Cast Time | Instant |
| Cooldown | 3 sec cooldown |
| Effect | Launches bolts of arcane energy at the enemy target, causing 4,334 Arcane damage. For each Arcane Charge, deals 35% additional damage. Consumes all Arcane Charges. |
| Range | 40 yd range |
Arcane Missiles
45
| Rank 1 |
45
|
| Cast Time | Channeled |
| Effect | Launches five waves of Arcane Missiles at the enemy over 2.3 sec, causing a total of 11,252 Arcane damage. |
| Power Cost | 37,500 Mana |
| Range | 40 yd range |
Arcane Orb
45
| Rank 1 |
45
|
| Cast Time | Instant |
| Effect | Launches an Arcane Orb forward from your position, traveling up to 40 yards, dealing 7,743 Arcane damage to enemies it passes through. Grants 1 Arcane Charge when cast and every time it deals damage. |
| Power Cost | 2,500 Mana |
| Range | 40 yd range |
Clearcasting
45
| Rank 1 |
45
|
| Cast Time | Passive |
| Effect | For each 1,250 mana you spend, you have a 1% chance to gain Clearcasting, making your next Arcane Missiles or Arcane Explosion free and channel 20% faster. |
Arcane Tempo
45
| Rank 1 |
45
|
| Cast Time | Passive |
| Effect | Consuming Arcane Charges increases your Haste by 2% for 12 seconds, stacks up to 5 times. |
Improved Arcane Missiles
7
| Rank 1 |
6
|
| Rank 2 |
1
|
| Cast Time | Passive |
| Effect | Increases Arcane Missiles damage by 20%. |
Arcane Surge
45
| Rank 1 |
45
|
| Cast Time | 2.5 sec cast |
| Cooldown | 1.5 min cooldown |
| Effect | Expend all of your current mana to annihilate your enemy target and nearby enemies for up to 20,677 Arcane damage based on Mana spent. Deals reduced damage beyond 5 targets. For the next 12 sec, your Mana Regeneration is increased by 425% and Spell Damage is increased by 10%. |
| Power Cost | 1 to 320,758 Mana |
| Range | 40 yd range |
Crackling Energy
45
| Rank 2 |
45
|
| Cast Time | Passive |
| Effect | Increases Arcane Explosion and Arcane Blast damage by 20%. |
Nether Precision
45
| Rank 1 |
45
|
| Cast Time | Passive |
| Effect | Consuming Clearcasting increases the damage of your next 2 Arcane Blasts by 20%. |
Arcane Familiar
38
| Rank 1 |
38
|
| Cast Time | Instant |
| Cooldown | 10 sec cooldown |
| Effect | Summon a Familiar that attacks your enemies and increases your maximum mana by 10% for 1 hour. |
Rule of Threes
| Cast Time | Passive |
| Effect | When you gain your third Arcane Charge, the cost of your next Arcane Blast or Arcane Missiles is reduced by 100%. |
Charged Orb
24
| Rank 1 |
24
|
| Cast Time | Passive |
| Effect | Arcane Orb gains 1 additional charge. |
Resonance
45
| Rank 1 |
45
|
| Cast Time | Passive |
| Effect | Arcane Barrage deals 15% increased damage per target it hits. |
Arcane Power
45
| Rank 1 |
45
|
| Cast Time | Passive |
| Effect | Arcane Surge lasts an additional 3 sec and grants 25% increased Spell Damage. |
Mana Adept
| Cast Time | Passive |
| Effect | Arcane Barrage grants you 2% of your maximum mana per Arcane Charge spent. |
Slipstream
45
| Rank 1 |
45
|
| Cast Time | Passive |
| Effect | Clearcasting allows Arcane Missiles to be channeled while moving. Evocation can be channeled while moving. |
Amplification
45
| Rank 1 |
45
|
| Cast Time | Passive |
| Effect | When Clearcast, Arcane Missiles fires 3 additional missiles. |
Presence of Mind
45
| Rank 1 |
45
|
| Cast Time | Instant |
| Cooldown | 45 sec cooldown |
| Effect | Causes your next 2 Arcane Blasts to be instant cast. |
Foresight
| Cast Time | Passive |
| Effect | Standing still for 10 sec grants you Foresight, allowing you to cast while moving for 4 sec. This duration begins when you start moving. |
Arcing Cleave
39
| Rank 1 |
39
|
| Cast Time | Passive |
| Effect | For each Arcane Charge, Arcane Barrage hits 1 additional nearby target for 40% damage. |
Nether Tempest
44
| Rank 1 |
44
|
| Cast Time | Instant |
| Effect | Places a Nether Tempest on the target which deals 1,194 Arcane damage over 12 sec to the target and nearby enemies within 10 yards. Limit 1 target. Deals reduced damage to secondary targets. Damage increased by 71% per Arcane Charge. |
| Power Cost | 3,750 Mana |
| Range | 40 yd range |
Reverberate
| Cast Time | Passive |
| Effect | If Arcane Explosion hits at least 3 targets, it has a 50% chance to generate an extra Arcane Charge. |
Improved Prismatic Barrier
| Cast Time | Passive |
| Effect | Prismatic Barrier further reduces magical damage taken by an additional 5% and duration of harmful Magic effects by 10%. |
Impetus
27
| Rank 1 |
27
|
| Cast Time | Passive |
| Effect | Arcane Blast has a 10% chance to generate an additional Arcane Charge. If you were to gain an Arcane Charge while at maximum charges instead gain 10% Arcane damage for 10 sec. |
Improved Clearcasting
45
| Rank 1 |
45
|
| Cast Time | Passive |
| Effect | Clearcasting can stack up to 2 additional times. |
Chrono Shift
2
| Rank 1 |
2
|
| Cast Time | Passive |
| Effect | Arcane Barrage slows enemies by 50% and increases your movement speed by 50% for 5 sec. |
Touch of the Magi
45
| Rank 1 |
45
|
| Cast Time | Instant |
| Cooldown | 45 sec cooldown |
| Effect | Applies Touch of the Magi to your current target, accumulating 20% of the damage you deal to the target for 10 sec, and then exploding for that amount of Arcane damage to the target and reduced damage to all nearby enemies. Generates 4 Arcane Charges. |
| Power Cost | 12,500 Mana |
| Range | 40 yd range |
Supernova
| Cast Time | Instant |
| Cooldown | 25 sec cooldown |
| Effect | Pulses arcane energy around the target enemy or ally, dealing 1,991 Arcane damage to all enemies within 8 yards, and knocking them upward. A primary enemy target will take 100% increased damage. |
| Range | 40 yd range |
Evocation
43
| Rank 1 |
43
|
| Cast Time | Channeled |
| Effect | Increases your mana regeneration by 750% for 5.4 sec. |
Enlightened
10
| Rank 1 |
10
|
| Cast Time | Passive |
| Effect | Arcane damage dealt while above 70% mana is increased by 6%, Mana Regen while below 70% is increased by 20%. |
Arcane Echo
44
| Rank 1 |
44
|
| Cast Time | Passive |
| Effect | Direct damage you deal to enemies affected by Touch of the Magi, causes an explosion that deals 534 Arcane damage to all nearby enemies. Deals reduced damage beyond 8 targets. |
Arcane Bombardment
45
| Rank 1 |
45
|
| Cast Time | Passive |
| Effect | Arcane Barrage deals an additional 100% damage against targets below 35% health. |
Illuminated Thoughts
37
| Rank 2 |
37
|
| Cast Time | Passive |
| Effect | Clearcasting has a 10% increased chance to proc. |
Conjure Mana Gem
8
| Rank 1 |
8
|
| Cast Time | 3 sec cast |
| Effect | Conjures a Mana Gem that can be used to instantly restore 25% mana and grant 5% spell damage for 12 sec. Holds up to 3 charges. Conjured Items Conjured items disappear if logged out for more than 15 minutes. |
| Power Cost | 45,000 Mana |
Siphon Storm
43
| Rank 1 |
43
|
| Cast Time | Passive |
| Effect | Evocation grants 1 Arcane Charge, and while channeling Evocation, your Intellect is increased by 2% every 0.9 sec. Lasts 30 sec. |
Prodigious Savant
9
| Rank 1 |
1
|
| Rank 2 |
8
|
| Cast Time | Passive |
| Effect | Arcane Charges further increase Mastery effectiveness of Arcane Blast and Arcane Barrage by 40%. |
Radiant Spark
45
| Rank 1 |
45
|
| Cast Time | 1.5 sec cast |
| Cooldown | 30 sec cooldown |
| Effect | Conjure a radiant spark that causes 5,955 Arcane damage instantly, and an additional 3,015 damage over 10 sec. The target takes 10% increased damage from your direct damage spells, stacking each time they are struck. This effect ends after 4 spells. |
| Power Cost | 5,000 Mana |
| Range | 40 yd range |
Concentration
37
| Rank 1 |
37
|
| Cast Time | Passive |
| Effect | Arcane Blast has a chance to grant Concentration, which causes your next Clearcasting to not be consumed. |
Cascading Power
1
| Rank 1 |
1
|
| Cast Time | Passive |
| Effect | Consuming a Mana Gem grants up to 2 Clearcasting stacks. |
Orb Barrage
| Cast Time | Passive |
| Effect | Consuming Clearcasting reduces the cooldown of Arcane Orb by 2 sec. Additionally, casting Arcane Missiles 15 times fires an Arcane Orb toward your target. Clearcast Arcane Missiles count as 2. |
Harmonic Echo
44
| Rank 1 |
44
|
| Cast Time | Passive |
| Effect | Damage dealt to enemies affected by Radiant Spark's vulnerability echo to your current enemy target and 4 nearby enemies for 20% of the damage dealt. |
Arcane Harmony
37
| Rank 1 |
37
|
| Cast Time | Passive |
| Effect | Each time Arcane Missiles hits an enemy, the damage of your next Arcane Barrage is increased by 5%. This effect stacks up to 20 times. |
PvP Talents
Arcane Empowerment
18
| Rank 1 |
18
|
| Effect | Clearcasting can now stack 2 additional times, and increases the damage of Arcane Missiles by 5% per stack. Clearcasting no longer reduces the mana cost of Arcane Explosion. |
Master of Escape
9
| Rank 1 |
9
|
| Effect | Reduces the cooldown of Greater Invisibility by 45 sec. |
Mass Invisibility
22
| Rank 1 |
22
|
| Effect | You and your allies within 40 yards instantly become invisible for 5 sec. Dealing damage will cancel the effect. |
Netherwind Armor
17
| Rank 1 |
17
|
| Effect | Reduces the chance you will suffer a critical strike by 10%. |
Temporal Shield
14
| Rank 1 |
14
|
| Effect | Envelops you in a temporal shield for 4 sec. 100% of all damage taken while shielded will be instantly restored when the shield ends. |
Kleptomania
10
| Rank 1 |
10
|
| Effect | Spellsteal steals all spells from the target, now has a 30 sec cooldown and costs 300% more mana. |
Prismatic Cloak
5
| Rank 1 |
5
|
| Effect | After you Blink, you take 50% less magical damage for 2 sec. |
Arcanosphere
5
| Rank 1 |
5
|
| Effect | Builds a sphere of Arcane energy, gaining power over 4 sec. Upon release, the sphere passes through any barriers, knocking enemies back and dealing up to 31,169 Arcane damage. |
Ice Wall
1
| Rank 1 |
1
|
| Effect | Conjures an Ice Wall 30 yards long that obstructs line of sight. The wall has 40% of your maximum health and lasts up to 15 sec. |
Ring of Fire
12
| Rank 1 |
12
|
| Effect | Summons a Ring of Fire for 8 sec at the target location. Enemies entering the ring burn for 24% of their total health over 6 sec. |
Precognition
12
| Rank 1 |
12
|
| Effect | If an interrupt is used on you while you are not casting, gain 15% Haste and become immune to crowd control, interrupt, and cast pushback effects for 5 sec. |
Equipment
The equipment is what makes characters stronger. The best gear is usually found in the Great Vault, Mythic+ dungeons, and Mythic raids. They can also be bought from PvP vendors or crafted with the Crafting Orders system.
Here are the best equipment items for Arcane Mages in Mythic+.
Head
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Crystal Scholar's Cowl44
Crystal Scholar's Cowl
Ilvl 424 Slot Head Stats +512 intellect+1383 stamina+561 haste+225 versatilitySet Set: For each Arcane Charge, Arcane Blast critical strike chance is increased by 5% and Arcane Explosion critical strike chance is increased by 3%.Set: When Arcane Blast or Arcane Explosion critically strikes at least one target, the critical strike chance of your next Arcane Barrage is increased by 10%, stacking up to 4 times.Rank Mythic
Neck
Shoulders
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Amice of the Blue31
Amice of the Blue
Ilvl 418 Limit Unique-Equipped: Embellished (2) Slot Shoulders Stats +363 intellect+962 stamina+237 critical-strike+335 masteryEffects Equip: Your damaging spells and abilities have a chance to trigger a burst of Arcane energy at the target's location, dealing 18,446 Arcane damage split between nearby enemies. -
Crystal Scholar's Beacons12
Crystal Scholar's Beacons
Ilvl 421 Slot Shoulders Stats +374 intellect+1000 stamina+402 critical-strike+179 hasteSet Set: For each Arcane Charge, Arcane Blast critical strike chance is increased by 5% and Arcane Explosion critical strike chance is increased by 3%.Set: When Arcane Blast or Arcane Explosion critically strikes at least one target, the critical strike chance of your next Arcane Barrage is increased by 10%, stacking up to 4 times.Rank Mythic
Back
Chest
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Crystal Scholar's Tunic39
Crystal Scholar's Tunic
Ilvl 421 Slot Chest Stats +498 intellect+1333 stamina+553 versatility+221 masterySet Set: For each Arcane Charge, Arcane Blast critical strike chance is increased by 5% and Arcane Explosion critical strike chance is increased by 3%.Set: When Arcane Blast or Arcane Explosion critically strikes at least one target, the critical strike chance of your next Arcane Barrage is increased by 10%, stacking up to 4 times.Rank Mythic
Wrist
Hands
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Crystal Scholar's Pageturners42
Crystal Scholar's Pageturners
Ilvl 424 Slot Hands Stats +384 intellect+1037 stamina+187 haste+402 masterySet Set: For each Arcane Charge, Arcane Blast critical strike chance is increased by 5% and Arcane Explosion critical strike chance is increased by 3%.Set: When Arcane Blast or Arcane Explosion critically strikes at least one target, the critical strike chance of your next Arcane Barrage is increased by 10%, stacking up to 4 times.Rank Mythic
Waist
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Vibrant Wildercloth Girdle10
Legs
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Crystal Scholar's Britches45
Crystal Scholar's Britches
Ilvl 421 Slot Legs Stats +498 intellect+1333 stamina+221 critical-strike+553 masterySet Set: For each Arcane Charge, Arcane Blast critical strike chance is increased by 5% and Arcane Explosion critical strike chance is increased by 3%.Set: When Arcane Blast or Arcane Explosion critically strikes at least one target, the critical strike chance of your next Arcane Barrage is increased by 10%, stacking up to 4 times.Rank Mythic
Feet
Rings
Trinkets
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Furious Ragefeather28
Furious Ragefeather
Ilvl 421 Slot Trinket 1 Stats +473 intellectEffects Equip: Your damaging spells have a chance to fire a Soulseeker Arrow towards your target, inflicting 95,022 Shadow damage over 20 sec. If the target dies while affected, your next damaging spells will fire an arrow.Rank Mythic -
Whispering Incarnate Icon16
Whispering Incarnate Icon
Ilvl 421 Slot Trinket 1 Stats +473 intellectEffects Equip: Succumb to the Icon's whispers and become Infused with Frost, increasing your Critical Strike by 567. Fighting alongside allies who are Infused with Earth or Fire has a chance to grant you 277 of their Infusion's stat for 12 sec. Infusion based on your current specialization.Rank Mythic -
Crimson Gladiator's Badge of Ferocity5
Crimson Gladiator's Badge of Ferocity
Ilvl 408 Slot Trinket 1 Stats +518 critical-strikeEffects Use: Increases primary stat by 1,109 for 15 sec. (1 Min Cooldown)Set (2) Set: Duration of incoming crowd control effects reduced by 10%. Does not stack with similar effects. Increases your Intellect by 300 and Stamina by 1,931 when in Arenas, Battlegrounds, and War Mode.Rank Elite -
Voidmender's Shadowgem5
Voidmender's Shadowgem
Ilvl 421 Slot Trinket 1 Stats +473 intellectEffects Use: Embrace the gem to increase your Critical Strike by 2,124 for 15 sec. Your healing as well as damage-dealing spells and abilities have a high chance to empower the gem, increasing its effect. (1 Min 30 Sec Cooldown)Rank Mythic
Main Hand
Off Hand
Gems
Gems are jewelcrafting items. Created with the Jewelcrafting profession or bought in the auction house, they can be socketed into Head, Neck, Wrists, Waist, and Rings items.
Here are the best gems for Arcane Mages in Mythic+.
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Radiant Alexstraszite45
Radiant Alexstraszite
Effect +70 Critical Strike and +33 Versatility Type prismatic -
Keen Neltharite28
Keen Neltharite
Effect +70 Mastery and +33 Haste Type prismatic -
Sensei's Alexstraszite28
Sensei's Alexstraszite
Effect +70 Critical Strike and +33 Mastery Type prismatic -
Inscribed Illimited Diamond23
Inscribed Illimited Diamond
Effect +75 Primary Stat and +66 Critical Strike Type prismatic -
Radiant Malygite19
Radiant Malygite
Effect +70 Versatility and +33 Critical Strike Type prismatic
Enchantments
Enchantments are equipment item upgrades. Created with the Enchanting and Leatherworking professions, or bought in the auction house, they can be set on Back, Chest, Wrist, Legs, Rings, Feet, Main Hand, and Off Hand items.
Here are the best enchantments for Arcane Mages in Mythic+.
Back
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Graceful Avoidance31
Graceful Avoidance
Effect Graceful Avoidance -
+125 Avoidance9
+125 Avoidance
Effect +125 Avoidance -
Regenerative Leech3
Regenerative Leech
Effect Regenerative Leech
Chest
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Waking Stats42
Waking Stats
Effect Waking Stats -
Reserve of Intellect2
Reserve of Intellect
Effect Reserve of Intellect -
Waking Stats1
Waking Stats
Effect Waking Stats
Wrist
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+200 Avoidance34
+200 Avoidance
Effect +200 Avoidance -
+125 Avoidance5
+125 Avoidance
Effect +125 Avoidance -
+175 Avoidance4
+175 Avoidance
Effect +175 Avoidance
Legs
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Temporal Spellthread30
Temporal Spellthread
Effect Apply Temporal Spellthread to your leggings, permanently increasing its Intellect by 177 and increasing the wearer's maximum mana by 3%. (1 Sec Cooldown) -
Frozen Spellthread6
Frozen Spellthread
Effect Apply Frozen Spellthread to your leggings, permanently increasing its Intellect by 177 and Stamina by 105. (1 Sec Cooldown) -
Frozen Spellthread5
Frozen Spellthread
Effect Apply Frozen Spellthread to your leggings, permanently increasing its Intellect by 151 and Stamina by 89. (1 Sec Cooldown)
Feet
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Watcher's Loam29
Watcher's Loam
Effect Watcher's Loam -
Plainsrunner's Breeze5
Plainsrunner's Breeze
Effect Plainsrunner's Breeze -
Watcher's Loam4
Watcher's Loam
Effect Watcher's Loam
Rings
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+82 Critical Strike39
+82 Critical Strike
Effect +82 Critical Strike -
+82 Haste21
+82 Haste
Effect +82 Haste -
+82 Mastery21
+82 Mastery
Effect +82 Mastery
Main Hand
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Sophic Devotion38
Sophic Devotion
Effect Sophic Devotion -
Sophic Devotion5
Sophic Devotion
Effect Sophic Devotion -
Sophic Writ2
Sophic Writ
Effect Sophic Writ
Embellished Items
Embellished items are crafted pieces of equipment that feature specific abilities. They are obtained by using an embellishment optional reagent or are already included in an item recipe.
Only 2 embellished items can be equipped at the same time. Here are the best embellished items for Arcane Mages in Mythic+.
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Amice of the Blue31
Amice of the Blue
Ilvl 418 Limit Unique-Equipped: Embellished (2) Slot Shoulders Stats +363 intellect+962 stamina+237 critical-strike+335 masteryEffects Equip: Your damaging spells and abilities have a chance to trigger a burst of Arcane energy at the target's location, dealing 18,446 Arcane damage split between nearby enemies. -
Vibrant Wildercloth Girdle4
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Signet of Titanic Insight2