More Than Just A Water Fountain

Everyone loves a Mage in their raid.

Free water! More mana for me!

And oh yah, I guess they like that a well-geared Mage does Wicked DPS and can AOE down anything in its path, and in a pinch Mages can actually perform Crowd Control duties!

Just coming up to 80, however, you won't be well-geared enough to be truly awesome, but with a bit of focused efforts you can be there in no time!

Do you know what type of gear you're aiming for? Do you know where to find those rare Hit Rating pieces you'll need for Heroics and Raiding?

If not, do you want to waste the time looking up where to find it all? Or do you just want to PLAY?

I know my own answer - I developed this gearing guide in advance so I wouldn't have to waste time I could be spending in a more fun manner once I got to 80.

And I'm happy to share this guide and all of its knowledge with you, so you, too, can play instead of spending time waiting for slow, graphic-laden websites to load up.

About This Pre-Naxx Gearing List

This document was written by WoWGrrl of http://WoWGrrl.com based on her own play experiences and online research.

This document is designed to help Frost, Fire and Arcane Mages get into Heroics and Entry-Level Raids with a solid starting gear set.

The topics of this document include:

• Starting Point (Leveling and Raiding Build)
• Gearing Prior to First 10 man Naxxramas Raid
  • Level 68-79, 5-man instances

  • The Violet Hold
  • Gundrak
  • Halls of Lightning
• Level 80 5-man Heroic instances
  • The Nexus
  • Ahn'Kahet: The Old Kingdom
  • Drak'Theron Keep
  • The Violet Hold
  • Halls of Stone
  • Utgarde Pinnacle
  • Halls of Lightning
• Non-Dungeon Sources of Pre-Naxx Paladin Gear
  • Heroic Badge Reward
  • Reputation Rewards
  • Crafted Items and BoEs
  • Wintergrasp Rewards

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Level 80 Mage Pre-Raid Gearing List

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