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Arcane Mage Guide for WoW WotLK Classic PvP

Patch Phase 4WotLK Classic Arena Season 8

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Best Arcane Mage WotLK PvP Build, Talents, Stat Priority, Trinkets, BiS gear, etc., ranked by their performance and popularity based on the World Top PvP Players in WotLK Classic Arena Season 8.

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Easy mode choices summary for Arcane Mage

Type
Top Choice
Max. Rating
Median Rating
Popularity
Talents
2487
2325
4%
Main Hand
2729
2323
44%
Off Hand
2425
2425
2%
Trinket
2569
2569
2%
Trinket Combination
2729
2471
8%
Head
2676
2428
4%
Neck
2676
2410
4%
Shoulders
2425
2219
12%
Back
2729
2431
4%
Chest
2704
2386
8%
Wrist
2676
2456
4%
Hands
2729
2165
44%
Waist
2425
2425
2%
Legs
2668
2385
12%
Feet
2425
2425
2%
Rings
2676
2676
2%
Item Level
266
2729
2441
8%
Tier
2676
2428
4%
Gem
2569
2497
4%
Gem Combination
2704
2342
4%
Back Enchant
2668
2487
6%
Chest Enchant
2577
2577
2%
Wrist Enchant
2729
2144
95%
Feet Enchant
2729
2154
85%
Weapon Enchant
2729
2157
65%
Stat
Median Value
Haste
27%
Race
Representation
Human
23 (58%)

Talents for Arcane Mage

-
Name
Max. Rating
Median Rating
Popularity
2487
2325
4%
2704
2168
16%
2668
2138
38%
2425
2063
8%

Stat Name for Arcane Mage

-
Name
Median Value
Haste
27%
Crit
12%

Main Hand for Arcane Mage

-
Name
Max. Rating
Median Rating
Popularity
2729
2323
44%
2235
2235
2%
2185
2185
2%
2167
2167
2%
2144
2144
2%
2203
2088
10%
2078
2078
2%
2044
2044
2%
2191
2023
20%
2000
2000
2%
1980
1980
2%
1955
1955
2%
1954
1954
2%
1957
1942
4%

Off Hand for Arcane Mage

-
Name
Max. Rating
Median Rating
Popularity
2425
2425
2%
2203
2203
2%
2729
2185
34%
2704
2163
34%
2144
2144
2%
2283
2119
4%
2078
2078
2%
2076
2076
2%
2176
2065
4%
2001
2001
2%
1976
1976
2%

Trinket for Arcane Mage

-
Name
Max. Rating
Median Rating
Popularity
2569
2569
2%
2577
2532
4%
2577
2441
4%
2729
2283
22%
2729
2239
20%
2235
2235
2%
2224
2224
2%
2495
2215
10%
2185
2185
2%
2704
2184
16%
2676
2180
18%
2425
2141
12%
2167
2108
4%
2407
2108
16%
2138
2085
8%
2078
2078
2%
2076
2076
2%
2704
2053
8%
2048
2048
2%
2088
2048
4%
2407
2045
12%
2052
2014
4%
2001
1978
4%
2001
1955
6%
2001
1946
8%
1927
1927
2%

Trinket Combination for Arcane Mage

-
Name
Max. Rating
Median Rating
Popularity
2729
2471
8%
2676
2410
4%
2495
2389
4%
2425
2314
4%
2341
2266
4%
2407
2222
4%
2138
2091
4%
2126
2053
4%

Neck for Arcane Mage

-
Name
Max. Rating
Median Rating
Popularity
2676
2410
4%
2425
2314
4%
2235
2235
2%
2729
2165
65%
2341
2117
8%
2078
2077
4%
2048
2048
2%
2000
2000
2%
2191
1976
6%
1954
1954
2%

Shoulders for Arcane Mage

-
Name
Max. Rating
Median Rating
Popularity
2425
2219
12%
2407
2192
4%
2729
2172
53%
2224
2089
4%
2076
2076
2%
2048
2048
2%
2676
2001
18%
1957
1942
4%

Back for Arcane Mage

-
Name
Max. Rating
Median Rating
Popularity
2729
2431
4%
2425
2235
6%
2203
2203
2%
2191
2191
2%
2180
2180
2%
2704
2151
69%
2078
2077
4%
2676
2073
8%
1954
1954
2%

Chest for Arcane Mage

-
Name
Max. Rating
Median Rating
Popularity
2704
2386
8%
2495
2336
4%
2425
2304
6%
2407
2192
4%
2729
2177
16%
2668
2144
34%
2126
2126
2%
2235
2077
8%
2185
2048
6%
2676
2008
10%

Wrist for Arcane Mage

-
Name
Max. Rating
Median Rating
Popularity
2676
2456
4%
2425
2425
2%
2203
2203
2%
2729
2163
79%
2144
2144
2%
2078
2078
2%
2076
2016
4%
2000
2000
2%
1954
1954
2%

Hands for Arcane Mage

-
Name
Max. Rating
Median Rating
Popularity
2729
2165
44%
2235
2141
8%
2487
2138
30%
2425
2112
8%
2076
2076
2%
2407
1980
6%

Waist for Arcane Mage

-
Name
Max. Rating
Median Rating
Popularity
2425
2425
2%
2676
2302
4%
2235
2235
2%
2203
2203
2%
2729
2163
71%
2283
2147
8%
2048
2048
2%
2000
2000
2%
2037
1996
4%
1954
1954
2%

Legs for Arcane Mage

-
Name
Max. Rating
Median Rating
Popularity
2668
2385
12%
2304
2203
10%
2729
2183
32%
2144
2144
2%
2215
2132
4%
2569
2082
20%
2076
2076
2%
2224
2027
8%
2425
2000
6%
1976
1976
2%

Feet for Arcane Mage

-
Name
Max. Rating
Median Rating
Popularity
2425
2425
2%
2676
2410
4%
2203
2203
2%
2274
2181
4%
2729
2165
73%
2235
2078
6%
2000
2000
2%
1954
1954
2%
1955
1941
4%

Rings for Arcane Mage

-
Name
Max. Rating
Median Rating
Popularity
2676
2676
2%
2704
2668
6%
2495
2495
2%
2729
2381
12%
2569
2377
4%
2407
2260
8%
2425
2235
6%
2224
2224
2%
2341
2191
6%
2729
2191
55%
2180
2156
4%
2224
2136
4%
2676
2126
10%
2283
2083
8%
2076
2076
2%
2176
2045
12%
2495
2037
18%
2048
2028
4%
2167
2005
8%
2000
2000
2%
2001
1989
4%
2569
1976
14%
1957
1957
2%
1955
1955
2%

Item Level for Arcane Mage

-
Name
Max. Rating
Median Rating
Popularity
266
2729
2441
8%
261
2495
2341
6%
260
2704
2301
8%
267
2487
2283
6%
268
2668
2235
6%
265
2274
2159
8%
263
2569
2137
12%
258
2191
2110
8%
273
2076
2076
2%
256
2224
2048
6%
262
2132
2044
6%
257
2407
2001
6%
255
2676
1994
8%
248
1976
1976
2%
254
1955
1955
2%
259
1954
1954
2%
264
1935
1935
2%

Tier for Arcane Mage

-
Name
Max. Rating
Median Rating
Popularity
2676
2428
4%
2425
2304
6%
2425
2219
12%
2235
2203
6%
2304
2203
10%
2569
2196
12%
2407
2192
4%
2407
2192
4%
2425
2191
8%
2729
2183
32%
2729
2172
53%
2729
2165
44%
2668
2144
34%
2729
2144
55%
2235
2141
8%
2487
2138
30%
2425
2112
8%
2224
2089
4%
2569
2082
20%
2076
2076
2%
2076
2076
2%
2076
2076
2%
2008
2008
2%
2676
2008
10%
2676
2001
18%
2425
2000
6%
1980
1980
2%
2407
1980
6%
1976
1976
2%
2407
1976
6%

Gem for Arcane Mage

-
Name
Max. Rating
Median Rating
Popularity
2569
2497
4%
2341
2259
4%
2304
2240
4%
2425
2235
10%
2224
2224
2%
2224
2200
4%
2729
2180
55%
2729
2170
81%
2704
2163
51%
2729
2163
67%
2729
2163
91%
2729
2135
48%
2577
2114
8%
2180
2112
8%
2088
2088
2%
2425
2088
10%
2704
2078
26%
2704
2078
30%
2425
2077
20%
2167
2074
4%
2052
2045
4%
2704
2044
26%
1976
1976
2%
1976
1976
2%
1976
1976
2%
2167
1965
8%

Gem Combination for Arcane Mage

-
Name
Max. Rating
Median Rating
Popularity
2704
2342
4%
2676
2341
18%
2425
2235
6%
2676
2215
26%
2425
2191
8%
2704
2172
32%
2729
2162
20%
2425
2141
8%
2729
2138
30%
2704
2118
12%
2180
2114
4%

Back Enchant for Arcane Mage

-
Name
Max. Rating
Median Rating
Popularity
2668
2487
6%
2729
2144
71%
1935
1935
2%

Chest Enchant for Arcane Mage

-
Name
Max. Rating
Median Rating
Popularity
2577
2577
2%
2729
2144
71%
2704
2083
24%

Wrist Enchant for Arcane Mage

-
Name
Max. Rating
Median Rating
Popularity
2729
2144
95%
2001
2001
2%

Feet Enchant for Arcane Mage

-
Name
Max. Rating
Median Rating
Popularity
2729
2154
85%
2425
2141
12%
1980
1980
2%

Weapon Enchant for Arcane Mage

-
Name
Max. Rating
Median Rating
Popularity
2729
2157
65%
2487
2144
26%
2235
2084
8%

Race for Arcane Mage

-
Name
Representation
Human
23 (58%)
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