This set stacks spell damage and takes every percent of hit it can find, since one percent of hit is worth about 14.8 Spell damage to you. It averages item level 61.3, from dungeon bosses, quests, Tailoring and Blacksmithing, faction quartermasters and Pix Xizzix's stall. The search picks almost the same pieces on every fight, so you only need to collect one set.

Pre-raid gear

The rows under a slot are the next items the search tried there, with the DPS you would lose on this fight. "Level" marks a gap smaller than the simulator's random spread, where either item does.

Weapons

Every set holds Sageblade, a one-handed sword with 94 spell damage and 1 % hit. It is a Blacksmithing sword that binds only once worn, so a smith can make it for you. For a Human it also turns on Sword Specialization's 2 % crit, which is why the Alliance's next weapon, Sageclaw, a dagger, costs 19.6 DPS on a three-minute single-boss fight. The Horde's next, Mindfang from the Defilers at Exalted, costs only 4.0 DPS.

For the off hand, Therazane's Touch and Tome of Shadow Force come out level on a three-minute single-boss fight, so hold whichever you have.

Chest

Robe of the Void is a warlock-only Tailoring robe that binds when picked up, so you need Tailoring for it. It carries 46 spell damage, and its use heals your demon. The next robe costs 7.5 DPS.

Trinkets

Talisman of Ascendance is an Eastern Plaguelands quest reward. Use it every minute: for 20 seconds each spell you cast stacks another 40 spell damage, to a cap of five stacks. Our simulator doesn't end it after your sixth spell as the game does, so it reads a little stronger than it is. Even so, the next trinket costs 20.7 DPS. Weakness Analyzer is bought from Pix Xizzix in Stranglethorn Vale. Only its 22 spell damage is simulated: the on-use 5 % crit, which lasts 20 seconds or until a crit spends it, comes on top in game.

Hit pieces

Your hit comes from four items at 1 % each: Deathmist Mask, a quest reward, Arcanoweave Cloak from Pix Xizzix, Blessed Band of Light, also his, and Sageblade. The next cloak costs 8.1 DPS.

Reputation and crafted pieces

Each faction's legs carry the same stats and come from reputation: the Alliance buy Sentinel's Silk Leggings with Silverwing Sentinels standing, the Horde Outrider's Silk Leggings with the Warsong Outriders. Brilliant Watcher's Signet is The Watchers' reward. The shoulders, gloves and belt are Tailoring crafts that bind when equipped: Mantle of the Timbermaw, Gloves of Spell Mastery and Belt of the Archmage.

Brilliant Wand binds when picked up and is an Enchanting craft, a profession the benchmark doesn't check. Our rotation never shoots, so only its stats count, and the next wand costs level.

Enchants

• Head: Arcanum of Focus, and the same Arcanum on your legs, for 8 spell damage each.
• Chest: Mystic Rugged Armor Kit. Feet: Mystic Rugged Armor Kit. A Mystic Rugged Armor Kit is 6 spell damage with 40 armor.
• Wrists: Healing Power, which adds 8 spell damage as well as its healing.
• Hands: Minor Haste. Minor Haste's 1 % is marked test-realm only on Wowhead. If it isn't in the game at launch, use the armor kit here too.
• Neck: Spell Power, 6 spell damage.

Consumables

For every pull: Flask of Supreme Power (12.0 %), Greater Arcane Elixir (2.8 %) and Elixir of Shadow Power (2.8 %). Add Major Mana Potion (2.0 %) and Demonic Rune (1.1 %). They have separate cooldowns, so both go out early in the fight, and on one minute they spare you every Life Tap.

The others add little: Cerebral Cortex Compound 0.5 %, Runn Tum Tuber Surprise 0.3 % and Mageblood Elixir 0.0 %. Rumsey Rum Black Label only gives Stamina, worth nothing to your damage.