BiS Mage Gear

[Komie]

I was wondering if anyone has a list of the BiS mage gear. I used Rawr the other day to check, and it was telling me the BiS for chest and gloves are the crafted ones from TOC. Is that true? or is Rawr/User just being dumb?

Thanks!

[DirewolfX]

Best in Slot will depend on the gear you have available to you and your spec, and even "Best In Slot" lists will often not be very far ahead of a number of similar sets at the same gear level.

Some things you can count on:
The chest is the weakest T9 piece; most good sets will replace that with the crafted chest or a drop.
The gloves and shoulders for T9 are awesome. Get them.
The ToC crafted gear is awesome. If you're not doing heroic mode, you'll probably have them.
The four piece bonus is amazing for fire specs. Get it.

Here's a best in slot list I calculated in Rawr for myself (assuming I have access to all normal mode gear, but no hard modes; TTW/FB spec):

(I might have some of the horde/alliance names mixed up)
Head: T9.5
Neck: Wail of the Val'kyr (Twin Val'kyrs)
Shoulders: T9.5
Back: Cloak of Displacement (Faction Champs)
Chest: Merlin's Robes
Wrist: Bejeweled Wizard's Bracers
Hands: T9.5
Waist: Cord of Biting Cold (Faction Champs)
Legs: T9.5
Boots: Footpads of the Icy Floe (Anub'arak)
Ring 1: Band of the Invoker (Emblems)
Ring 2: Lurid Manifestation (Anub'arak)
Trinket 1: Scale of Fates (Thorim)
Trinket 2: Reign of the Unliving (Anub'arak)
Main Hand: Blade of Tarrasque (Northrend Beasts)
Off Hand: Symbol of Transgression (Lord Jaraxxus)
Ranged: Brimstone Igniter (Emblems)

The usual for enchants; gems I use:
Meta: Chaotic Skyflare (duh)
Red: Runed Cardinal Ruby
Blue: Purified Dreadstone
Orange: Veiled Ametrine in one or two slots to hit cap; Reckless Ametrine afterward

[Swizzle]

Mage ToC BiS list-

helm:Sunstrider's Hood of Triumph Chaotic Skyflare Diamond Purified Dreadstone
neck:Cry of the Val'kyr Reckless Ametrine
shoulder:Sunstrider's Shoulderpads of Triumph Purified Dreadstone
back:Aethas' Intensity Runed Cardinal Ruby
chest:Skyweaver Vestments Purified Dreadstone Reckless Ametrine Runed Dragon's Eye
bracer:Bindings of the Ashen Saint Purified Dreadstone
gloves:Sunstrider's Gauntlets of Triumph Runed Cardinal Ruby
belt:Belt of Biting Cold Purified Dreadstone Runed Dragon's Eye Runed Cardinal Ruby
pants:Sunstrider's Leggings of Triumph Reckless Ametrine Reckless Ametrine
boots:Sandals of the Mourning Widow Purified Dreadstone Runed Dragon's Eye
ring 1: Firestorm Ring Runed Cardinal Ruby
ring 2:Lurid Manifestation Reckless Ametrine
trinket 1:Reign of the Dead
trinket 2:Reign of the Dead
weapon:Mortalis Reckless Ametrine
off-hand:Lightbane Focus Veiled Ametrine
wand:Petrified Ivy Sprig Reckless Ametrine

that is for TtW/fireball.

[Mightymage]

I like that the freya 10man hardmode wand is still part of BiS

[Swizzle]

yeah, that pissed me off to. but using it, we're at EXACT hit cap of 368. and since there are no wasted points going above hit cap, this is as close as you can get to perfect itemization, since there are no wasted stats anywhere.

[afkalmighty]

Ugh, I knew I should have done Uld-10 with my mage, not my pally

And aiming for socket bonuses? If that is better than Aiming for full SP I'd better do some re-gemming

[Neinen]

And aiming for socket bonuses? If that is better than Aiming for full SP I'd better do some re-gemming

Imagine an item with a yellow socket, with 9 SP socket bonus. If you put 12 SP/10 Haste in that socket, you'll end up with 21SP / 10 haste, which is quite obviously superior to 23 plain SP.

[afkalmighty]

Imagine an item with a yellow socket, with 9 SP socket bonus. If you put 12 SP/10 Haste in that socket, you'll end up with 21SP / 10 haste, which is quite obviously superior to 23 plain SP.

Thats kind of the problem, alot of my socket bonuses are stuff like int or crit :P
I guess I'll regem some of the sockets with sp bonuses after I get some additional gear