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Fire Mage Guide — Class Guides · WoW Forever

Fire damage and crits: Ignite, Combustion and stronger fire spells.

A cloth-wearing caster who deals Arcane, Fire and Frost damage from range, controls enemies with Polymorph and frost spells, and conjures food, water and portals. More about the mage

Class
Mage
Roles
Damage
Used for
Raids and dungeons
Top talent
Combustion
Popular builds
1
Version
WoW Forever

How to play

Fire in WoW Forever is built on crits: Heating Up makes your next Pyroblast faster after critical strikes with Fireball, Frostfire Bolt, Fire Blast and Scorch, stacking up to three times, and Fire Blast adds a stack whenever it deals damage. Incineration adds crit to Fire Blast and Scorch, Master of Elements refunds mana, and Combustion stacks crit for a burst.

Cast Fireball (or Frostfire Bolt), Fire Blast when ready to build Heating Up, and a faster Pyroblast once stacks are up. Scorch keeps Fire Vulnerability on the target.

Blast Wave and Flamestrike handle packs, and Ignite still turns big crits into burns.

At a glance

Single-target damage
Damage to groups
Survivability
Utility for the group
Solo play and leveling
Ease of play

Rated 1 to 5 against the other specs in WoW Forever.

Rotation and priorities

  1. 1Scorch for Fire Vulnerability if no one else keeps it up.
  2. 2Fireball or Frostfire Bolt as your main spell.
  3. 3Fire Blast whenever it is ready: it builds Heating Up.
  4. 4Pyroblast with Heating Up stacks.
  5. 5Combustion for burst.
  6. 6Blast Wave and Flamestrike on packs.

Strengths and weaknesses

Strengths

  • Heating Up makes Pyroblast a regular part of the rotation.
  • Strong crit-driven damage.
  • Good area damage.

Weaknesses

  • High threat.
  • Relies on crits.
  • Fragile.

Stats and gear

Stat priority

Most valuable first. Bars compare each stat with the best one; a cap in the note means the stat drops off once you reach it.

  1. 1

    Spell damagefire damage counts

  2. 2

    Critical strikeHeating Up and Ignite

  3. 3

    Hitto the cap against bosses

  4. 4

    Intellect

  5. 5

    Stamina

  6. 6

    Spirit

What to look for

  • Spell damage and crit; fire damage gear counts.
  • Spell hit up to the cap.
  • A staff, or a dagger with an off-hand.

Builds

Each bar splits the build's talent points by tree.

  • Arcane
  • Fire
  • Frost

  • Heating Up Pyromancer

    DamagePvE
    12/34/5

    Fire built on crits: Heating Up shortens your next Pyroblast, Master of Elements refunds mana, and Combustion stacks crits for a burst.

    • Heating Up 1/1
    • Critical Mass 5/5
    • Blast Wave 1/1
    • Fire Power 3/3
    • Combustion 1/1

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Key talents

  • Combustion · top talent, up to 1

    When activated, this spell causes each of your Fire damage spell hits to increase your critical strike chance with Fire damage spells by 10%. This effect lasts until you have caused 3 non-periodic critical strikes with Fire spells.

  • Ignite · tier 2, up to 5

    Your critical strikes from Fire damage spells cause the target to burn for an additional 40% of your spell's damage over 4 sec.

  • Burning Soul · tier 3, up to 3

    Gives your Fire spells a 70% chance to not lose casting time when you take damage and reduces the threat caused by your Fire spells by 30%.

  • Pyroblast · tier 3, up to 1

    Hurls an immense fiery boulder that causes 101 to 131 Fire damage and an additional 44 Fire damage over 12 sec.

  • Improved Scorch · tier 4, up to 3

    Your Scorch spell has a 100% chance to cause your target to be vulnerable to Fire damage. This vulnerability increases all Fire damage you deal to your target by 3% and lasts 30 sec, stacking up to 5 times.

  • Heating Up · tier 4, up to 1

    Non-periodic critical strikes with Fireball, Frostfire Bolt, Fire Blast, and Scorch reduce the cast time of your next Pyroblast cast within 20 sec by 25%, stacking up to 3 times. Fire Blast grants an additional stack every time it deals damage.

  • Master of Elements · tier 4, up to 3

    Your Fire and Frost critical strikes will refund 30% of their base mana cost.

  • Critical Mass · tier 5, up to 5

    Increases the critical strike chance of your Fire spells by 10%.

  • Blast Wave · tier 5, up to 1

    A wave of flame radiates outward from the caster, damaging all enemies caught within the blast for 154 to 184 Fire damage, and Dazing them for 50% reduced movement speed for 6 sec.

  • Fire Power · tier 6, up to 3

    Increases the damage done by your Fire spells by 3% per your Fire effects on the target, up to a maximum increase of 12%. Effects which mix multiple schools of magic do not qualify.

Fire abilities by level

When each ability arrives: trained abilities at the level a trainer first teaches them, talent abilities (gold frame) at the first level the talent can be taken.

What WoW Forever changed

New talents in this tree

  • IncinerationIncreases the critical strike chance of your Fire Blast, Ice Lance, Arcane Blast, and Scorch spells by 6%.
  • Heating UpNon-periodic critical strikes with Fireball, Frostfire Bolt, Fire Blast, and Scorch reduce the cast time of your next Pyroblast cast within 20 sec by 25%, stacking up to 3 times. Fire Blast grants an additional stack every time it deals damage.

Classic Era talents the class no longer has

  • Incinerate

Spells

New: Frostfire Bolt. Changed: Fireball, Master of Elements, Fire Blast, Flamestrike, Fire Ward, Pyroblast, Scorch, Blast Wave.

Related

Other mage specs: Arcane, Frost