Welcome to Skill Capped’s Guide on the Best Enchants & Gems for Fire Mages in Cataclysm
All sections for Fire Mage PvP have been divided into corresponding sections for the most optimal race, talents, glyphs, gear, professions and macros. This will help you have a good understanding on Fire Mage in PvP for Cataclysm, the strengths and weaknesses associated with this specialization, and help you conquer the arena. This section will show you the best PvP enchants and gems that you can use as an Fire Mage in Cataclysm Season 9.
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Table of Contents
Best Fire Mage Enchants
Helmet: Arcanum of Vicious Intellect
Shoulders: Greater Inscription of Vicious Intellect
Cloak: Lightweave Embroidery
Chest: Mighty Resilience or Peerless Stats
Bracers: Mighty Intellect
Gloves: Haste
Belt: Ebonsteel Belt Buckle
Legs: Powerful Enchanted Spellthread
Boots: Lavawalker
Main-hand Weapon: Power Torrent
Off-hand Weapon: Superior Intellect
Your helmet and shoulders enchants will be purchasable through PvP content using honor. Any additional enchants can be purchased on the Auction House. Since it is recommended to use Tailoring as one of your primary professions in Cataclysm, make sure to enchant Lightweave Embroidery on your Cloak for increased Intellect when procced. Although Ebonsteel Belt Buckle is not technically an enchant, it give you one extra gem slot for minmaxxing secondary stats.
Best Fire Mage Gems
Meta Gems: Burning Shadowspirit Diamond
Red Gems: Willful Ember Topaz, Brilliant Inferno Ruby, or Brilliant Chimera’s Eye
Blue Gems: Brilliant Inferno Ruby
Yellow Gems: Potent Ember Topaz, Reckless Ember Topaz, or Mystic Chimera’s Eye
- Meta gem slots use Burning Shadowspirit Diamond for additional Intellect and to increase the damage that your Critical Strike spells will deal.
- Red gem slots can use either Willful Ember Topaz for more survivability, Brilliant Inferno Ruby for more Intellect, or Brilliant Chimera’s Eye with Jewelcrafting for the maximum amount of Intellect from a single gem.
- Blue gems slots use Brilliant Inferno Ruby due to the lack of valuable blue and purple gems available. This will be used for additional Intellect.
- Yellow gem slots can use either Potent Ember Topaz if you focus on Critical Strike, Reckless Ember Topaz if you focus on Haste, or Mystic Chimera’s Eye with Jewelcrafting for more survivability.
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