Fire Mage Guide 6.0

 

PvE

Fire Mages can really bring the heat in any PvE environment. With hard hitting cooldowns and many DoT´s that can be spread to multiple targets. Fire is a versatile spec to play in PvE.

Pros

  • Good Single Target DPS
  • Excellent Multiple target DPS
  • Excellent Mobility
  • Simple Rotation

Cons

 

  • Very Crit dependent
  • Poor timing of Combustion can lead to an extreme DPS lost.

 

Important Stats

 

  • Intellect
  • Critical Strike
  • Mastery
  • Multistrike or Haste
  • Versatility

 

Spell Priority and Strategy

Arcane Brilliance, Molten Armor

Talent spec

15 Icy Floes
30 Alter Time
45 Ice Ward
60 Cauterize
75 Living Bomb
90 Rune of Power
100 Kindling (single target), Meteor (multiple targets)

Major Glyphs:

  • Glyph of Inferno Blast
  • Glyph of Combustion
  • Glyph of Dragon´s Breath

Minor Glyph

Glyph of Momentum

Single target Priority

 

  • Combustion when Ignite dot present
  • Pyroblast when Pyroblast and Heating up present
  • Inferno when Heating up Procs
  • Cast Fireball
  • Cast Scorch when moving instead of Fireball

 

Multiple target

 

  • Same as single target but use Inferno blast on cooldown to spread Ignite and Combustion to multiple targets.
  • Add Flamestrike
  • Dragon´s Breath

 

PvP

This is a base build for a PvP Fire mage. All of the spells, skills and talents are geared toward fighting in a PvP environment.

Pros

  • Dragon´s Breath has a disorient effect
  • Excellent AoE damage via spreading DoTs
  • Instant Pyroblast proc can make for a quick kill
  • Can cast Scorch while moving

Cons

 

  • DoT´s can sometimes be less effective due to how quickly opponents die
  • Pyroblast procs are very crit dependent

 

Stat priority

 

  • Critical strike
  • Mastery
  • Multistrike
  • Haste
  • Intellect = PvP Power
  • Versatility

 

Talent spec

15 Evanesce
30 Alter Time
45 FrostJaw
60 Cold Snap
75 Living Bomb
90 Mirror Image
100 Metor/Kindling

Major Glyphs:

  • Glyph of Inferno Blast
  • Glyph of Regenerative Ice/Combustion
  • Glyph of Dragon´s Breath

Minor Glyph

Glyph of Momentum

Spell Priority and Strategy

Fire is full potential when it comes to PvP. They are strong against melee and can do a lot of damage really quickly to multiple targets.

Buffs

Arcane Brilliance, Molten Armor

Melee Opponent

Caster Opponent

Leveling

While Fire is a little more complicated than Arcane or Forst, the results are more than worth. Fire Mages have excellent mobility and are able to kill multiple targets very quickly with high damage AoE abilities and DoT spreading.

Pros

  • High AoE damage
  • High single target Damage
  • Excellent mobility
  • Disorient and Stun abilities

Cons

 

  • Less Survivability than Frost
  • Affected by RNG causing burst damage to be random
  • More complex rotation
  • Must monitor Ignite damage for effective Combustions

 

 

 

Important Stats

  • Intellect
  • Critical strike
  • Mastery
  • Multistrike or haste
  • Versatility

Talent spec

15 Ice Flows
30 Alter Time
45 Ice Ward
60 Cauterize
75 Living Bomb
90 Rune of Power
100 Kindling/Meteor

Major Glyphs:

  • Glyph of Inferno Blast
  • Glyph of Combustion
  • Glyph of Dragon´s Breath

Minor Glyph

 Glyph of Momentum

Spell Priority and strategy

Arcane Brilliance, Molten Armor, Rune of power

Single target rotation

  • Combustion when Ignite dot present
  • Pyroblast when Pyroblast and Heating up present
  • Inferno when Heating up Procs
  • Cast Fireball
  • Cast Scorch when moving instead of Fireball

Multiple target

 

  • Same as single target but use Inferno blast on cooldown to spread Ignite and Combustion to multiple targets.
  • Add Flamestrike
  • Dragon´s Breath