Guide: Gear up for Legion Mage Tower Timewalking

When it comes to gearing up for Timewalking in general (non-mage-tower), there are certain gear that you use because it has power on them, such as legendary gear and the BFA necklace “Heart of Azeroth”. There are also a lot of good gear that you can get from older raids. This type of gear is great because all timewalking events except for legion, fits with the ilvl of the timewalking events. 

When it comes to legion timewalking and more specific, the mage tower in Legion timewalking, it is not as easy because there are gear with power on it that does not work in the mage tower and also because the ilvl you get scaled to (50 ilvl) is higher than the other timewalking events. Therefore, the legendaries, Heart of Azeroth necklace, older raid gear etc must be reconsidered and changed so you get a full gear set that is Mage Tower specific.

Gear that is DISABLED in mage tower 

Here are the following powers that are disabled when you enter the Mage tower Timewalking

  • Shadowlands Covenant-related effects (Covenant Abilities, Soulbinds, Conduits)
  • Shadowlands Legendary Gear effects
  • Shadowlands Shards of Domination effects
  • Battle for Azeroth Azerite effects (Azerite Traits, Azerite Essences & Heart of Azeroth)
  • Battle for Azeroth Legendary Cloak Proc
  • Legion Legendary effects (Tagged as legacy since Bfa pre-patch)
  • Warlords of Draenor Legendary Ring effects
  • Mists of Pandaria Legendary Cloak effects
  • Mists of Pandaria Legendary Meta Gem effects

Weapon procs disabled in Mage Tower

  • Sulfuras, Hand of Ragnaros
  • Thunderfury, Blessed Blade of the Windseeker
  • Warglaives of Azzinoth
  • Val'anyr, Hammer of Ancient Kings
  • Shadowmourne
  • Dragonwrath, Tarecgosa's Rest
  • Rae'shalare, Death's Whisper

Chromie Time

This is a very important part when it comes to gearing up your character.

Chromie time allows you to obtain lower ilvl items at higher ilvl.

Items from the following sources can be Chromie Timed

  • Normal Mode Dungeons
  • Quest Rewards
  • World Drops

Items from the following sources can't be Chromie Timed

  • Raids
  • World Bosses
  • Heroic & Mythic Dungeons

 

How to obtain Chromie Timed items

  1. Have a character that is between 44-48 on another account or another player that can help you that has that. 
  2. That lower level player will go to chromie in the capital city, Orgrimmar (horde) or Stormwind (alliace) and choose the expansion where the gear you are after is located. 
  3. Enter the dungeon and your lvl 60 character cleans out the area while the lower level character loots. 
  4. If you find an item that you want, then you trade it to your level 60 character.
    The ilvl that you get when level 44-48 is ilvl 50-51.

 Best Gear for Mage Tower

There are several factors to think about when gearing up your character. 

 

Stats and Power

Even though we have loads of powers disabled in mage tower, there are still some things we can do to increase our character power. 

  • One is having the best stats that your character needs based on class and specialization  will increase your character power. 

  • The second one are trinkets. The two trinkets that your character can use will play a very big and important part when it comes to the power of your character. Get trinkets that are based on what type of damage you will do, if it is single target dmg, cleave dmg or AoE dmg. No matter if you are dps, tank or healer, you will most likely benefit most from having dmg trinkets in mage tower or atleast one dmg trinket.

  • The third one is that there are some gears that have special power one them. One of the best ones are the rings that you get from mechagon. These rings come in a set to be able to get the power from them. 

Logic Loop of Division
If you dmg an enemy while you are behind them…

Logic Loop of Maintenance
If you activate an ability while your health is below 50%...

Logic Loop of Recursion
If you use 3 different spells or abilities on the same target…

Logic Loop of Synergy
If you heal a target whose health is below 50%...


Overclocking Bit Band
...then you gain Haste

Protecting Bit Band
...then you absorb the next x Magic dmg within 15 sec.

Rebooting Bit Band
...then you heal up to 5 injured allies for x. 

Shorting Bit Band
...then you deal Nature dmg to a nearby enemy. 

There are also other types of gear slots that have certain power on them. There are some weapons that can do more than giving stats, such as extra dmg by putting a bleed effect or proc extra intellect.. Most of these are from Mechagon so check them out. 



Sockets

Make sure that you have as many sockets as possible on each gear slot to maximize the amount of gems that you can on your character.  There are two incredibly good sources to get gear that has sockets and several sockets on them and these are

  • Burning Crusade dungeons. 
  • Specifically Burning Crusade dungeon Magisters Terrace. 

 

Gems

Having gems on a gear will increase your character power significantly. 
When it comes to gems, they are divided into Stat gems and Meta gems. 

 

Stat gems (Prismatic)

Stat gems that are best have primary stats on them. There are some gems that are unique, meaning you can only equip one of that kind and those gems have a higher stat on them. 

 

Best Intellect Stat Gems

+7 Intellect

Leviathan's Eye of Intellect
Unique-Equipped

Battle for Azeroth

+6 Intellect

Kraken's Eye of Intellect
Saber's Eye of Intellect
Unique-Equipped

Battle for Azeroth
Legion

+5 Intellect

Timeless Tanzanite

Burning Crusade

+4 Intellect

Brilliant Queen's Garnet
Nightmare Tear

Cataclysm
Wrath of the Lich King

+3 Intellect

Brilliant Crimson Spinel

Brilliant Cardinal Ruby

Brilliant Primordial Ruby
Brilliant Ornate Ruby

Burning Crusade
Wrath of the Lich King

Mist of Pandaria
Cataclysm

 

Best Ability Stat Gems

+7 Agility

Leviathan's Eye of Agility
Unique-Equipped

Battle for Azeroth

+6 Agility

Kraken's Eye of Agility
Saber's Eye of Agility
Unique-Equipped

Battle for Azeroth
Legion

+5 Agility

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+4 Agility

Delicate Queen's Garnet
Nightmare Tear

Cataclysm
Wrath of the Lich King

+3 Agility

Delicate Crimson Spinel

Delicate Cardinal Ruby

Delicate Primordial Ruby
Delicate Ornate Ruby

Burning Crusade
Wrath of the Lich King

Mist of Pandaria
Cataclysm

 

Best Strength Stat Gems

+7 Strength

Leviathan's Eye of Strength
Unique-Equipped 

Battle for Azeroth

+6 Strength

Kraken's Eye of Strength
Saber's Eye of Strength 
Unique-Equipped

Battle for Azeroth
Legion

+5 Strength

Sovereign Tanzanite

Burning Crusade

+4 Strength

Bold Queen's Garnet
Nightmare Tear

Cataclysm
Wrath of the Lich King

+3 Strength

Bold Crimson Spinel

Bold Cardinal Ruby

Bold Primordial Ruby
Bold Ornate Ruby

Burning Crusade
Wrath of the Lich King

Mist of Pandaria
Cataclysm



Meta gems
Meta gems that are best have primary stat + secondary stat on them. 

 

Best Intellect MetaGems

Burning Primal Diamond

+3 Intellect
+3 Increased Crit effect

Mist of Pandaria

Burning Shadowspirit Diamond

+3 Intellect
+3 Increased Crit effect

Cataclysm

 

Best Ability MetaGems

Agile Primal Diamond

+3 Agility
+3 Increased Crit effect

Mist of Pandaria

Agile Shadowspirit Diamond

+3 Ability
+3 Increased Crit effect

Cataclysm

 

Best Strength Meta Gems

Reverberating Primal Diamond

+3 Strength
+3 Increased Crit effect

Mist of Pandaria

Reverberating Shadowspirit Diamond

+3 Strength
+3 Increased Crit effect

Cataclysm

 

Best Gear for Death Knight

Coming soon

Best Gear for Demon Hunter

Helm Wastewalker Helm  /Raven-Heart Headdress
Neck Prydaz, Xavaric´s Magnum Opus/ Heart of Azeroth
Shoulder Mantle of Soft Shadows / Shoulderpads of Assasination
Back MoP Legendary if you dont have then BFA lgendary (power wont work, but stats are great)
Chest Wastewalker Tunic/Tunic of the Nightwather/ Robes of Summer Flame
Wrist Wraps of Electrostatic Potential / Eversong Cuffs
Hands Deft Handguards / Wastewalker Gloves
Waist Shifting Sash of Midnight / Beloved Monarch´s Waistwrap??? 
Legs Moonchild Leggings / Kilt of the Night Saber / Leggings of the Betrayed
Feet Boots of Resuscitation
Weapon 1 Claw of the Watcher / Poxstorm, Longsword of Pestlinece
Weapon 2 Claw of the Watcher
Ring 1 Logic Loop of Recursion
Ring 2 Overclocking Bit band

Best Gear for Druid

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Best Gear for Hunter

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Best Gear for Mage

Helm Hood of Oblivion
Neck Prydaz, Xavaric´s Magnum Opus
Shoulder Duskhalllow Mantle
Back MoP Legendary if you dont have then BFA lgendary (power wont work, but stats are great)
Chest Scarlet Sin´dorei Robes
Wrist Hyperthread wrist wraps or Binding of Raginf Fire
Hands Manaspark Gloves
Waist Mindfire Waistband
Legs Pontifex Kilt
Feet Sigil-Laced Boots or Slippers of the Sorceress-Queen
Weapon Neural Synapse Enhancer
Trinket Pocketsize compute device (cylcotronic blast, red gem)
Trinket  
Ring 1 Logic Loop of Recursion
Ring 2 Overclocking Bit band

 

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29 Nov 2021