Usage percentages: share of surveyed Arcane Mages equipping each item (n=295). Click a row to expand alternatives. Hover any item for its full tooltip.
Arcane Mage stat priority (Phase 2 PvE)
- Spell Hit (16%)
- >Spell Damage
- >Intellect
- >Spell Crit
- >MP5
Arcane Blast stacks burn mana geometrically, so intellect is a throughput stat — your damage ceiling is your mana pool, and the list leans intellect harder than fire or frost ever would.
Arcane Mage PvE FAQ
Where does Arcane Mage Phase 2 BiS come from?
From the gear worn by 295 top-ranked Arcane Mage DPS parses on Warcraft Logs during Phase 2 (Serpentshrine Cavern and Tempest Keep), aggregated per slot — what high parsers actually equip, not a spreadsheet ideal.
What are the highest-consensus Arcane Mage items in Phase 2?
Leggings of Tirisfal (97%), Mantle of Tirisfal (96%), Robes of Tirisfal (84%). When an item sits above ~70% among top parsers, treat it as the priority drop to chase.
Should I follow this list exactly for Phase 2?
Use it as a loot-priority guide, not a checklist — expand each slot's alternatives, because second-choice items are often within a few percent and drop from entirely different bosses in Serpentshrine Cavern and Tempest Keep.