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