Best in Slot
The best item for every equipment slot and up to four alternatives, ranked from the spec's simmed stat weights. Trinkets are simmed directly. Pick a fight style below.
For Arcane Mage in Patch 12.1.0.69587 on cleave, the best weapon is Chillworn's Infusion Staff and the best trinket is Freightrunner's Flask, across 14 ranked slots.
Updated Sep 6, 2026
Patch 12.1.0SimC 3f6f8c4items compared at item level 334checked against the top 10 Mythic+ players
Top picks
The best cleave weapon for Arcane Mage in WoW Midnight Patch 12.1.0.69587 is Chillworn's Infusion Staff from Melidrussa Chillworn. The two trinkets to wear are Freightrunner's Flask and Darkmoon Dominion: Hunt. 14 slots are ranked, every item compared at item level 334; stat items score by the spec's simmed stat weights and trinkets carry their simmed DPS gain.
stat weightsranked by stat weightssimmedranked by simmed DPS gaineffect not modelledhas a proc or on-use effect the weights cannot seetierset piece, pinned for the 4-setworn by N/10how many of the top 10 Mythic+ players wear it
The Venomous Abyss
189 Intellect / 137 Haste / 63 Mastery
of best
Pinned for the set bonus. The alternatives below are ranked normally and are what you would wear before completing the 4-set or in a fifth tier slot.
Top players agree: 5 of 10 wear this.
of best
of best
Dazar, The First King, Kings' Rest
189 Intellect / 113 Versatility / 88 Critical Strike
of best
Top players mostly wear Aqirbane Reliquary (7 of 10), ranked #2 here; close enough to be a stat-split preference.
of best
The Twin Fangs, The Venomous Abyss
344 Mastery / 61 Haste
of best
Jewelcrafting, Midnight Crafted Gear
199 Critical Strike / 199 Mastery
of best
The Venomous Abyss
141 Intellect / 102 Critical Strike / 48 Haste
of best
Pinned for the set bonus. The alternatives below are ranked normally and are what you would wear before completing the 4-set or in a fifth tier slot.
Top players agree: 10 of 10 wear this.
of best
Dazar, The First King, Kings' Rest
141 Intellect / 99 Mastery / 52 Haste
of best
Avatar of Sethraliss, Temple of Sethraliss
141 Intellect / 77 Haste / 73 Critical Strike
of best
The Twin Fangs, The Venomous Abyss
141 Intellect / 107 Haste / 44 Versatility
of best
Zaen Bladesorrow, Murder Row
106 Intellect / 66 Critical Strike / 47 Mastery
of best
players disagree
4 of 10 top players wear Fireproof Drape instead, which ranks only #5 on stat weights.
Nek'zali the Soulcoiler, The Venomous Abyss
106 Intellect / 78 Critical Strike / 35 Versatility
of best
The Council of Tribes, Kings' Rest
106 Intellect / 61 Versatility / 52 Mastery
of best
of best
Kokia Blazehoof, Ruby Life Pools
106 Intellect / 71 Haste / 42 Critical Strike
of best
The Venomous Abyss
189 Intellect / 130 Critical Strike / 71 Haste
of best
Pinned for the set bonus. The alternatives below are ranked normally and are what you would wear before completing the 4-set or in a fifth tier slot.
Top players agree: 9 of 10 wear this.
Nymrissa Wavecaller, The Tidebound Grotto
189 Intellect / 134 Critical Strike / 67 Mastery
of best
Avatar of Sethraliss, Temple of Sethraliss
189 Intellect / 113 Mastery / 88 Critical Strike
of best
of best
Sentinel of Winter, Den of Nalorakk
106 Intellect / 71 Critical Strike / 42 Mastery
of best
players disagree
6 of 10 top players wear Martyr's Bindings instead, which ranks only #6 on stat weights.
Entombed Sentinels, The Venomous Abyss
106 Intellect / 74 Mastery / 39 Critical Strike
of best
Adderis and Aspix, Temple of Sethraliss
106 Intellect / 66 Critical Strike / 47 Versatility
of best
Kystia Manaheart, Murder Row
106 Intellect / 69 Haste / 44 Critical Strike
of best
Engineering, Midnight Crafted Gear
103 Intellect / 56 Critical Strike / 56 Mastery
of best
The Venomous Abyss
141 Intellect / 101 Mastery / 50 Haste
of best
Pinned for the set bonus. The alternatives below are ranked normally and are what you would wear before completing the 4-set or in a fifth tier slot.
Top players agree: 9 of 10 wear this.
Zul'jan, Altar of Fangs
141 Intellect / 82 Mastery / 69 Critical Strike
of best
of best
Galvazzt, Temple of Sethraliss
141 Intellect / 101 Critical Strike / 50 Haste
of best
The Coiled Altar, The Venomous Abyss
141 Intellect / 106 Haste / 45 Critical Strike
of best
Nymrissa Wavecaller, The Tidebound Grotto
141 Intellect / 107 Critical Strike / 44 Versatility
of best
Top players agree: 3 of 10 wear this.
Merektha, Temple of Sethraliss
141 Intellect / 88 Mastery / 62 Versatility
of best
Lightblossom Trinity, The Blinding Vale
141 Intellect / 88 Mastery / 62 Haste
of best
Taz'Rah, Voidscar Arena
141 Intellect / 95 Haste / 56 Critical Strike
of best
Kyrakka and Erkhart Stormvein, Ruby Life Pools
141 Intellect / 95 Haste / 56 Mastery
of best
The Venomous Abyss
189 Intellect / 139 Versatility / 62 Critical Strike
of best
Pinned for the set bonus. The alternatives below are ranked normally and are what you would wear before completing the 4-set or in a fifth tier slot.
Top players agree: 8 of 10 wear this.
The Golden Serpent, Kings' Rest
189 Intellect / 113 Critical Strike / 88 Mastery
of best
Kyrakka and Erkhart Stormvein, Ruby Life Pools
189 Intellect / 131 Mastery / 70 Critical Strike
of best
Nek'zali the Soulcoiler, The Venomous Abyss
189 Intellect / 136 Mastery / 64 Versatility
of best
The Writhing Coil, Altar of Fangs
189 Intellect / 110 Critical Strike / 90 Haste
of best
Nek'zali the Soulcoiler, The Venomous Abyss
141 Intellect / 104 Critical Strike / 46 Mastery
of best
players disagree
3 of 10 top players still wear , which is not in the current-season loot pool.
Xathuux the Annihilator, Murder Row
141 Intellect / 95 Mastery / 56 Haste
of best
Adderis and Aspix, Temple of Sethraliss
141 Intellect / 91 Critical Strike / 59 Haste
of best
The Council of Tribes, Kings' Rest
141 Intellect / 98 Versatility / 53 Haste
of best
of best
of best
players disagree
6 of 10 top players wear Pilfered Precious Band instead, which ranks only #6 on stat weights.
Xathuux the Annihilator, Murder Row
249 Critical Strike / 156 Mastery
of best
Vashnik the Malignant, The Venomous Abyss
332 Mastery / 73 Critical Strike
of best
DPS gain
Top players agree: 10 of 10 wear this.
DPS gain
Melidrussa Chillworn, Ruby Life Pools
839 Intellect / 122 Critical Strike / 79 Mastery
of best
players disagree
3 of 10 top players wear Aln'hara Cane instead, which ranks only #6 on stat weights.
Vashnik the Malignant, The Venomous Abyss
839 Intellect / 138 Mastery / 63 Haste
of best
of best
Adderis and Aspix, Temple of Sethraliss
839 Intellect / 118 Haste / 83 Mastery
of best
of best
Nymrissa Wavecaller, The Tidebound Grotto
289 Intellect / 68 Critical Strike / 33 Mastery
of best
players disagree
5 of 10 top players wear Aln'hara Lantern instead, which ranks only #8 on stat weights.
Sentinel of Winter, Den of Nalorakk
289 Intellect / 59 Mastery / 42 Critical Strike
of best
Kokia Blazehoof, Ruby Life Pools
289 Intellect / 65 Critical Strike / 35 Versatility
of best
of best
of best
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Stat weights
Each item's stats are multiplied by the Arcane Mage stat weights from the weekly scale-factor sim (normalized: Intellect 1.00, Critical Strike 0.58, Mastery 0.57, Versatility 0.57, Haste 0.54). Full stat priority.
Trinkets
Taken from the weekly simmed trinket leaderboard, 50,000 iterations per trinket on the canonical baseline profile, since trinket value is mostly effect. Trinket leaderboard.
Item level
Raid and Mythic+ drops at the Myth 6/6 ceiling (334), crafted gear at the crafted cap, everything else at its fixed item level. Stats scaled with SimulationCraft's item scaling from the game's DB2 tables.
Tier pieces and crafted gear
Tier pieces are pinned to rank one of their slot for the set bonus. Crafted gear is priced with its two crafter-chosen secondaries set to the spec's two best stats at an even split.
Top-player check
Each slot is compared with what the top 10 Mythic+ players for the spec wear, read from their armory gear on Sep 6, 2026. Usage never reorders the list; it flags slots where the players disagree with the weights (7 here), which is where unmodelled effects or last season's gear show up. Top Arcane players.
Not included
On-use and proc effects outside the trinket slot (flagged), embellishments, set-bonus interactions between slots, and the combined value of a full set. Rankings are per item on a fixed baseline, not a solved set. Paste your /simc string for your own gear.
Source and patch
SimulationCraft 3f6f8c453beaf245fecee52e9ea3e5c5bc6ad7fb, client build 12.1.0.69587, generated Sep 6, 2026.
For Arcane Mage on cleave: Head: Crown of the Primal Leywarden; Neck: Graft of the Domanaar; Shoulder: Primal Leywarden's Manaflux; Back: Speakeasy Shroud; Chest: Crest of the Primal Leywarden; Wrist: Winter's Embrace Bracers; Hands: Primal Leywarden's Manashapers; Waist: Cincture of the Abyssal Grotto; Legs: Primal Leywarden's Tailored Legwraps; Feet: Nek'zali's Spiritwalkers; Rings: Charged Sandstone Band; Trinkets: Freightrunner's Flask; Main hand: Chillworn's Infusion Staff; Off hand: Frostscale's Mystic Frond. Stat items are ranked by the spec's simmed stat weights and trinkets by their simmed DPS gain.
Chillworn's Infusion Staff, from Melidrussa Chillworn, scores highest against the Arcane Mage stat weights at the season ceiling. If it carries a proc effect that is not in the score, so treat it as a strong candidate rather than a settled answer.
Of the 14 best-in-slot picks, 8 come from the raid, 6 from Mythic+ dungeons and 0 from crafted gear. Open the best dungeons page for a per-dungeon breakdown.
Mostly. The players agree with the weight top three in 8 of 14 slots. They disagree on Back: Fireproof Drape (4/10); Wrist: Martyr's Bindings (6/10); Feet: (3/10); Rings: Pilfered Precious Band (6/10); Main hand: Aln'hara Cane (3/10); Off hand: Aln'hara Lantern (5/10). Where the item they wear has a proc or on-use effect, the weights cannot value it and the players are the better guide until it is simmed.
Each item's stats at the season ceiling are multiplied by the Arcane Mage stat weights (DPS per point, from the weekly scale-factor sim). Trinkets come from the simmed trinket leaderboard. Items with effects outside the trinket slot are flagged because a weight cannot value an effect.
The 4-set bonus is worth more than a stat difference, so tier pieces are pinned. The alternatives are what to wear before the set is complete or in the fifth tier slot.
Every Sunday after the weekly SimulationCraft bump, when the stat weights and trinket boards are resimmed. The SimC commit in the methodology is the authoritative reference.
