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At level 39, Mages are among the most devastating damage dealers in the entire game of World of Warcraft. Their ability to throw damage at a distance is surpassed occasionally by Hunters, who are able to also do damage at greater range. For PvP, the best course is for a Frost Mage, focusing on Crowd Control (CC).

• A complete searchable and filterable list of all Mage Abilities in World of Warcraft: Classic. Always up to date with the latest patch (1.13.6).
• I don't know all wow spell dmg math but if i am not wrong then 2% crit is like 2 out of 100 spell that add 50% of regular spell dmg. So if my crit increase is 400, then 2% to chance get 400dmg is almost 8dmg/spell ( (400/100).2 ). And +20dmg trinket average should be 10dmg/spell, is 2% chance to crit better anyway?

I played a lot of rogue back in the day, and one of the things i'd read about on Elitist Jerks from time to time is that if you're lacking hit rating, it is in some cases better to take crit pieces over some raw damage, when possible. That being said, I look at mages, whom have no hit gear right now, but, from what I see, a lot of mages are rushing straight flat spell damage gear, over crit.

Classic Wow Spell Dmg Gear Vs Normal Gear Mage Guide

Classic Wow Spell Dmg Gear Vs Normal Gear Mage Classic

Why is this? Wouldn't it be more beneficial to pick up crit gear where possible, over spell damage right now, until more hit becomes available? Or at the least, get to a specific crit chance before going for flat spell damage?
Reading an Elitist Jerks thread about Hit vs Crit that dates back to 2006, the mages value crit the same as, if not more than hit rating, so with the lack of hit gear in the game right now, wouldn't that make spell crit your go to stat?
The reason I ask, is that we recently did a guild raid. Our mages rushed 'preraid BiS' which consisted of a lot of raw spell damage, and a small amount of crit on gear, where as, I went a different route, and put a priority on spell crit, over spell damage.
In the end, I ended up blowing the other mages out of the water, in terms of damage done.
Any thoughts?