On this page, we present you with the best gems and enchants foran Arcane Mage in World of Warcraft MoP 5.4.We also list the best consumables (food, flasks, and potions) andprofession-specific perks.

Make sure to check our GearOptimisation Guide, which serves as a support guide for this page.

The other pages of our Arcane Mage guide can be accessedfrom the table of contents on the right.

1. Gems↑top

Sockets	Gems
	Burning Primal Diamond or Sinister Primal Diamond (better)
	Having issues reaching the hit cap? → Keen Vermilion Onyx/ Perfect Keen Tiger Opal Otherwise → Artful Vermilion Onyx/ Perfect Artful Tiger Opal
	Fractured Sun's Radiance/ Perfect Fractured Sunstone or Fractured Serpent's Eye (JC)
	Sensei's Wild Jade/ Perfect Sensei's Alexandrite

2. Enchants↑top

Slot	Main Enchantments	Extra Enchantments
Shoulders	Greater Crane Wing Inscription Crane Wing Inscription Secret Crane Wing Inscription (Inscription)
Back	Enchant Cloak - Superior Intellect Lightweave Embroidery (Tailoring)
Chest	Enchant Chest - Glorious Stats
Wrists	Enchant Bracer - Super Intellect Fur Lining - Intellect (Leatherworking)	Socket Bracer (Blacksmithing)
Hands	Enchant Gloves - Superior Mastery Enchant Gloves - Superior Expertise (for hit cap)	Synapse Springs (Engineering) Socket Gloves (Blacksmithing)
Waist		Living Steel Belt Buckle
Legs	Greater Cerulean Spellthread Cerulean Spellthread (cheaper) Master's Spellthread (Tailoring)
Feet	Enchant Boots - Pandaren's Step
Rings	Enchant Ring - Greater Intellect (Enchanting)
Weapon	Enchant Weapon - Jade Spirit Enchant Weapon - Elemental Force (cheaper) Enchant Weapon - Windsong (cheaper)
Off-Hand	Enchant Off-Hand - Major Intellect

Note that Extra Enchantments can be applied to an item in addition to aMain Enchantment.

3. Consumables↑top

3.1. Food

You should always eat food that gives you Intellect. You will be granted:

• 300 Intellect by Mogu Fish Stew, Spiced Blossom Soup, or Pandaren Treasure Noodle Soup;
• 275 Intellect by Braised Turtle, Deluxe Noodle Soup, Banquet of the Pot, or Great Banquet of the Pot;
• 250 Intellect by Swirling Mist Soup, Noodle Soup, or any of other banquets.

3.2. Flask

Your flask should be a Flask of the Warm Sun.

3.3. Potion

During the encounter, your best choice for a potion will be Potion of the Jade Serpent.

4. Summing-up Profession Perks↑top

Choosing a profession for your Arcane Mage can impact your raidperformance. As a rule, you should shy away from gathering professions (withthe exception of Herbalism), which leaves the following viable professions forraiding:

Profession	Perks
Tailoring	Provides a gain of approximately 320 Intellect through Lightweave Embroidery. It also provides Master's Spellthread, a much cheaper equivalent of Greater Cerulean Spellthread, the usual leg enchant.
Blacksmithing	Provides a 320 Intellect gain through two extra sockets, Socket Bracer and Socket Gloves, in which you can fit 2 Brilliant Primordial Ruby.
Jewelcrafting	Provides a 320 Intellect gain through the ability of using 2 Brilliant Serpent's Eye.
Alchemy	Provides an 320 Intellect gain to your flask through Mixology.
Enchanting	Provides a 320 Intellect gain through Enchant Ring - Greater Intellect.
Engineering	Provides +1,920 Intellect for 10 seconds every minute through Synapse Springs (the overall gain is +320 Intellect).
Inscription	Provides a 320 Intellect gain through Secret Crane Wing Inscription.
Leatherworking	Provides a 320 Intellect gain through Fur Lining - Intellect.
Herbalism	Provides a 480 Haste Rating gain in average through Lifeblood.

Engineering is currently the best profession for Arcane Mages, as itprovides you with Synapse Springs, which you can lineup every minute with Presence of Mind (if you chose it as your Tier 1talent) and every 3 minutes with both Alter Time and Arcane Power,for increased benefits. For your second profession, any of the passiveIntellect gain will do, although Tailoring will pull ahead slightly.

5. Changelog↑top

• 13 Jan. 2014: Added new food items added in patch 5.4.
• 10 Sep. 2013: Patch 5.4: removed Frag Belt, following its nerf.
• 20 May 2013: Patch 5.3 update: nothing changed.
• 19 May 2013: More testing from Blatty: Mastery > Haste.
• 24 Apr. 2013: Added legendary meta-gem.
• 20 Apr. 2013: Fixed advice for yellow sockets (was still advising Intellect/Haste gems).
• 17 Apr. 2013: As more and more people now have access to Tier 15 gear,we changed the gem advice to Haste Rating (was previously Mastery Rating).
• 02 Apr. 2013: Removed green-quality gems.
• 02 Apr. 2013: Improved advice for choosing your profession.

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