Introduction
10.0 Guide was written by Bjarturr, and updated by Tamir for Patch 10.0.5.
Hey you, you’re finally awake! Welcome to Method’s Fire Mage class guide. My name is Bjartuur. I’ve been playing a mage since the Legion launch and have been competitive in either high M+ or raiding since the end of that expansion. I’ve been having a lot of fun with a mage on the beta so far, and I hope you join me in playing the blue class on live!
What has changed
Patch 10.0.5 Fire Mage Changes:
- 5% Damage buff across the board
First Impressions
Fire mage and the other 2 specs have not undergone many gameplay changes from Shadowlands. Depending on your enjoyment of the class previously, that could be a good or a bad thing. The primary change to be aware of is how ignite spreads. Formerly in Shadowlands, ignite was spread by Phoenix Flames, leading to a more active gameplay style where you had to think about when and how often to spread your ignite on some encounters. In Dragonflight, ignite is now spread by Fire Blast leading to an entirely passive style more akin to Legion and BFA. This change makes us slightly better at cleave than we were previously. In order to do a large volume of AoE, we do have to give up a decent chunk of ST damage, thanks to the structure of the talent tree.