Getting ready to enter Sunwell and not quite sure you've got the best gear available for it? No fear, here is a pretty good setup to start with. Of course there's some room for adjustments depending on how lucky you've been with drops, but you should have most of this gear before stepping into Sunwell or you'll have a hard time beating the encounters.

While arcane blast talent spec is high damage for BT and Hyjal farming, I'd recommend going deep fire in Sunwell, because you will run out of mana with arcane. Some of the item choices reflect that fire spec.

 

 

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Head: Cowl of the Tempest
Neck: Hellfire-Encased Pendant
Shoulder: Mantle of the Tempest
Back: Cloak of the Illidari Council
Chest: Robes of the Tempest
Wrists: Cuffs of Devastation
Hands: Gloves of the Tempest
Waist: Anetheron's Noose
Legs: Leggings of Channeled Elements
Feet: Slippers of the Seacaller
Finger 1: Ring of Captured Storms
Finger 2: Ring of Ancient Knowledge
Trinket 1: The Skull of Gul'dan
Trinket 2: Hex Shrunken Head

Main Hand: Tempest of Chaos
Off-hand: Chronicle of Dark Secrets
Ranged: Wand of the Forgotten Star

+1308 fire damage | 31.95% crit | 13.23% hit | 6.09% haste

The primary focus with this gear is on high crit chance. Whether you choose to resocket your old items for the few percentages of haste or not is up to you, the difference is small. +hit is naturally kept near a 164 rating with 3/3 in Elemental Precision for the optimal 99% hit chance.

 

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Head: Dark Conjuror's Collar
Neck: Amulet of Unfettered Magics
Shoulder: Mantle of the Tempest
Back: Tattered Cape of Antonidas
Chest: Fel Conquerer Raiments
Wrists: Bracers of the Tempest
Hands: Handguards of Defiled Worlds
Waist: Belt of the Tempest
Legs: Leggings of Calamity
Feet: Boots of the Tempest
Finger 1: Loop of Forged Power
Finger 2: Ring of Omnipotence
Trinket 1: The Skull of Gul'dan
Trinket 2: Shifting Naaru Sliver

Main Hand: Sunflare
Off-hand: Chronicle of Dark Secrets
Ranged: Wand of the Demonsoul

+1296 fire damage | 28,79% crit | 13,15% hit | 30,52% haste

Looking at the Sunwell items we see a clear shift towards +haste as an important stat. The +damage and the +crit actually both go down, but the 24% increase in haste of course makes up for that. With the recent modification to +haste affecting global cooldown and with the excellent stat distribution on nearly all the Sunwell gear, this is a very welcome change.

The 4set T6 bonus is still worth keeping, so having the Mantle of the Tempest equipped is needed, even though there are better shoulders available in the instance. An alternative setup would be Amice of the Convoker and T6 gloves, with higher crit and less haste.

There are also some craftable items that are the best for their particular slots if you've got the tradeskill for it, just make sure to get +hit near 164 with them.