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Fire Mages haven’t been performing particularly well at the start ofWorld of Warcraft: Dragonflight, but this is still a good spec to consider if you’re focusing on PvE content. Season 1 already brought with it a number ofimportant balance changesthat made Fire Mages better and there’s likely even more tuning coming in the near future.
If you’re new to playing a Mage or new to World of Warcraft, in general, Fire is a perfect specialization to help you learn the ropes. Fire Mages have a simple playstyle revolving around high burst damage on individual targets, with some good AoE damage-over-time potential. Appropriately enough, Fire Mages burn bright at the start of an engagement but then need a bit of time to cool off while relying on DOTs in the meantime.
This guide is specifically intended for level 70 players focusing on PvE end-game content in World of Warcraft: Dragonflight.
Best Races For Fire Mages
Your race won’t have a huge impact on how you perform as a Fire Mage in PvE, but it can provide you with some slight advantages. The best racial abilities for Fire Mages tend to revolve around stat increases or additional magical damage.
Trolls have been a popular choice for Horde Fire Mages for more than a decade thanks toBerserking, and that continues to be the case in Dragonflight as well. Meanwhile, Orcs have a somewhat similar ability in the form ofBlood Furythat provides a nice, albeit temporary, DPS increase. Tauren and Nightborne are two other solid choices thanks toBrawnandMagical Affinity,respectively.
If you’re playing Alliance, you can’t go wrong with Dwarves and theirMight of the Mountainpassive. Gnomes, Humans, and Void Elves are a few other races you should strongly consider. In the case of Gnomes, it’s primarily because ofNimble Fingers, althoughExpansive Mindis nice to have too if you’re also considering trying outArcane. Meanwhile, Humans get the aptly titledThe Human Spiritracial while Void Elves get a number of abilities that are useful to Fire Mages, includingEntropic EmbraceandPreternatural Calm.
Best Professions For Fire Mages in WoW: Dragonflight
As always,TailoringandEnchantingare great professions for Fire Mages who like to be as self-sufficient as possible. Tailoring can be skipped if you don’t have any issues relying mostly on loot drops for gear, but Enchanting is very nice to have since good enchants are expensive and difficult to come by in Dragonflight.
Alternatively, Engineering is also very good in Dragonflight as it provides a lot of utility and allows Fire Mages to craft a few head and wrist items for themselves. Alchemy is another useful profession to have, especially if you’re doing a lot of raid content. There’s no synergy between these last two professions, though, so you’ll need to buy all the crafting materials yourself.
Here are just a few examples of helpful recipes and patterns you’re able to learn with these professions:
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Best Talent Builds For Fire Mages in WoW: Dragonflight
Fire Mages have a bunch of viable builds at their disposal in World of Warcraft: Dragonflight. Most builds revolve around single-target damage, but they usually include at least a few AoE talents as well. This time around, each spec gets access to two talent trees and although the spec tree is way more important when it comes to DPS, it’s also worth paying attention to the class tree since that’s the one that contains most of your utility talents and spells.
If you’re looking for a deep dive into the best Fire Mage talent builds feel free to click the link below. Otherwise, skip over it for a quick overview of some of the most popular builds right now for raiding and Mythic+.
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A standard raid build focuses on single-target damage via key spells likePyroblast,Fire Blast, andScorch.Phoenix Flamesis also an important one to keep in mind as it provides cleave when needed and is the best spell besidesFire Blastfor triggering those all-importantHot Streaks.
Whenever possible, Fire Mages should focus on pumping out the big damage during theirCombustionwindow and/or after placing down aRune of Power. There are numerous talents that play aroundCombustion, including this build’s two capstones –Sun King’s BlessingandFiery Rush.
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Fire Mages are expected to participate more in mob clearing in Mythic+ and so it’s important to have a more balanced mix of single-target and AoE spells. WhileFlamestrikeand talents that improve it can often be skipped for raiding, they’re almost mandatory for Mythic+.
Meanwhile,Phoenix Flamesoften takes precedence overFire Blastin the rotation andShifting Powerbecomes more useful thanMeteor. Utility and survivability talents likeIce Block,Cryo-Freeze,Alter Time,Blast Wave, andCauterizeall play a bigger role here.FlamestrikereplacesPyroblastin Mythic+ during thrash pulls but should still be used during boss fights for obvious reasons.
Fire Mage Rotations in Dragonflight
Fire Mage rotations are pretty straightforward as they don’t incorporate a ton of different spells. The name of the game here is optimization. Most of the damage is done during theCombustionwindow where every spell has a guaranteed chance to be a critical strike.Combustioncan be used as a regular cooldown once every couple of minutes and can also be activated viaSun King’s Blessing.
Hot Streaks, which allow Fire Mages to instantly castPyroblastandFlamestrike, are another major component of the rotation. AHot Streakcan be triggered with two consecutive critical strikes from any direct-damage fire spell likeFireball,Fire Blast,Scorch, andPhoenix Flames. It’s important to save upFire BlastandPhoenix Flamescharges whenever possible during your regular rotation so you can use them duringCombustioninstead.
The basic idea of the rotation is to triggerHot Streakas often as possible and use it to cast instantPyroblastsduringCombustion.Combustiondoesn’t last for very long, though, so the challenge is to pump out as many high-damage spells as you’re able to during that short window.
Below are a couple of basic rotations that will give you a better idea of how this works.
Fire Mage Single Target Rotation
TheTime Anomalytalent will give you an additional 5-secondCombustionwindow along with a freeFire Blastcharge, however, it’s impossible to predict when it will trigger, which is why it wasn’t included in the rotation.Temporal Warpis a very good alternative that gives Fire Mages an additional burst window but planning around it can be challenging when you also have to worry about the other cooldowns. We recommend pickingTemporal Warpinstead ofTime Anomalyonly after you’ve become familiar with the regular rotation.
Helpful Macros For Fire Mages in Dragonflight
Casting the wrong spell at the wrong time can easily mess up your rotations, so it’s a good idea to use a few macros that can help you stay on top of your timings. Of course, there are also plenty of macros that can help Fire Mages in various other ways. Check out some of the most useful ones down below.
Press ESC and click Macros or simply type in ‘/m’ in the chat to start setting up your macros.
Cast Flamestrike At Your Cursor’s Current Location
This macro removes the need to manually click on a target location and works with any other similar spell. For instance, you may replace ‘Flamestrike’ with ‘Meteor’ in the macro to cast aMeteorat your cursor’s location instead.
Quick Activate/Deactivate Ice Block
Use this macro to immediately stop casting the current channeled spell and activateIce Block. Use it again to deactivateIce Blockwithout having to manually click the icon. Very useful for situations where you need to become invulnerable for a quick second or clear debuffs.
Combustion And Trinkets
This one will castCombustionand immediately follow it up by activating the top slot trinket. Replace ‘use /13’ with ‘use /14’ to activate the bottom trinket instead. Or you can use the macro to activate them both.
Combustion And Racials
Pretty similar to the previous one. Allows Fire Mages to use racial abilities in conjunction withCombustion. Replace ‘Berserking’ with ‘Blood Fury’ or any other similar racial if you’re not playing a Troll. you may also include ‘/use 13’ and/or ‘/use 14’ to add trinkets to the mix.
Fire Mage Stat Priority
Similar to other caster specs, Fire Mages should prioritize Intellect over everything else, with Haste being their most important secondary start.
It’s important to note that Versatility becomes more important than Mastery for Fire Mages that focus predominantly on single-target DPS. Mastery tends to be better for cleave-based builds and damage-over-time thanks toMastery: Ignite. Click the link below to learn more about why some stats are more important than others.
Fire Mage Stats Explained
Best Enchants For Fire Mages in Dragonflight
Only weapon, chest, and ring enchants can be considered mandatory for Fire Mages. All the other slots are down to personal preference since they won’t directly impact your DPS. While not technically enchants, spellthreads are crafted using Enchanting and perform a similar role, which is why they were also included in the table below.
Source:Enchantment -> Primal -> Sophic sub-specialization
Source:Enchantment -> Material Manipulation - >Magical Reinforcement sub-specialization
Source:Enchanting trainer
Boots
Plainsrunner’s Breeze
Source:Sold by Quartermaster Huseng in Ohn’ahran Plains. Requires Renown 8 with the Maruuk Centaur
Cloak
Regenerative Leech
Source:Sold by Murik in The Azure Span. Requires Renown 10 with the Iskaara Tuskarr
Best Gems For Fire Mages in Dragonflight
The best gems for Fire Mages are those that increase either Intellect or Haste, preferably both. Epic gems are limited to one per character in Dragonflight, so players will have to fill up their remaining slots with either blue or green ones. Gems can be created with Jewelcrafting or purchased from the auction house. Here are the best gems you should keep an eye for:
Best Consumables For Fire Mages in Dragonflight
Consumables in Dragonflight are split into four categories: food, potions, phials, and runes. Potions provide healing and short-term buffs while everything else enhances certain stats or attributes for anywhere between 30 minutes and 2 hours. Most consumables can be crafted either with Alchemy or Cooking, but some can also be acquired from other sources like vendors, drops, or the auction house.
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Best in Slot Gear For Fire Mages in Dragonflight
BiS gear changes with every new major content update, so we created a separate guide to help players keep track of it. Click the link below to find out all about the Fire Mage best in slot gear available at the moment.
