You want to get the most out of your mage? Level faster, be better in PvP and optimize your DPS in raids? Then my mage guide for stats and attributes will help you to choose the right mix of attributes to optimize your mage.
Your stats are especially important for leveling – With the right stats you can save lots of time while you will waste hours if you get the wrong gear.
Now, what are the most important attributes for mages?
The Mage Guide – What Are The Best Stats For Mages?
When I talk about the best mage attributes here, I mainly focus on the ones that help you to level 1-80, and participate in raids. I won’t explain unnecessary stats like strength or agility here as mages don’t need them anyway 
Spell Power: Increases the damage of all your spells. This stat is most important to you. It’s a flat amount, which means you get what you see. I recommend you to get as much +spell damage as possible.
Critical Strike Rating: Increases the chance that your spells critically hit. Without any talent, critical hits deal 150% of your regular damage.
If you want to know how much your rating contributes to your crit. chance, you have to divide your critical strike rating by X (a variable depending on your level). Here’s an example:
- At Level 60: 14 crit. rating = +1% crit. chance
- At Level 70: 22 crit. rating = +1% crit. chance
- At Level 80: 46 crit. rating = +1% crit. chance
Intellect (Int.): Increases your mana pool and also increases critical strike rating for spells. Mages always need mana and +crit. chance. The calculation is similar to the one above, but this time the variable depends on both your level AND your class. Here’s an example for mages:
- At Level 60: 59 Int = +1% crit. chance
- At Level 70: 80 Int = +1% crit. chance
- At Level 80: 166 Int = +1% crit. chance
Stamina: More health is always good, although you probably will always be fragile and squishy.
Hit Rating etc.: Once you get to level 80 and start raiding or playing PvP, other stats become more important. One of them is your hit rating which determines how often you hit with your spells. Missing the target decreases your DPS a lot.
Mage Guide For Stats – Your Priorities
Whenever you can choose between items with different stats, here’s the priority list that I would always recommend:
Spell Power > Critical Strike Rating > Intellect >Stamina > Hit Rating etc.
Now, just by focusing on these stat priorities you should be able to get much more out of your mage: Deal more damage, kill mobs faster and complete every quest with less effort.
Talking about quests: Did you know that many inexperienced players waste their time doing “junk-quests”? Those quests are designed to slow you down: They take lots of time and in the end give you little or no experience and crappy items.
You can avoid those junk-quests by getting an in-game mage guide that shows you exactly how which quests to accept and to avoid. Only do the most rewarding quests.
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