Recommended Talents
Recommended Fire Mage Raiding Build
*In cases where cleave/AoE is needed, swap Conflagration with Flame Patch.
(check raid bosses for more info)
Recommended Fire Mage Mythic+ Build
Boss specific recommendations and strategy:
Raid BossesTalents Discussion
Tier 1 (15)
FirestarterPassivePyromaniacPassiveSearing TouchPassiveFirestarter: Makes your Fireball and Pyroblast always crit when hitting a target above 90% health.
Pyromaniac: Spending a Hot Streak with Pyroblast or Flamestrike has an 8% chance to reactivate Hot Streak.
Searing Touch: An execute effect, Scorch deals 150% increased damage and always crits when your target is below 30% health.
Raiding: Searing Touch
Mythic+: Searing Touch
Searing Touch is the clear choice here as it gives you the damage generally. Not only is Scorch castable while moving, it's also an execute ability, which is valued highly in raids. However, firestarter gains value if the boss is above 90% for a while, examples of this is Lady Ashvane or Sludgefist. On Sludgefist people usually hold their cooldowns for the first pillar which means the boss is above 90% for a while and this results in a lot of crits in the opener, this means that you can get combustion on a 55 second cooldown after using it on the pull, which lines up perfectly with the first pillar break. Instances where firestarter could have more value is if they create a helya type of boss from maw of souls, who phases away at 70%.
When it comes to Mythic+, Searing touch will always be better, because you can snipe low health targets to generate hot streaks which allows you to spam more Flamestrike.
Tier 2 (25)
Blazing SoulPassiveShimmerInstantBlast WaveInstantBlazing Soul: Casting Blink gives you a Blazing Barrier.
Shimmer: Blink has 2 charges and can be used while casting (has no GCD as well).
Blast Wave: Deals AoE damage around you and knocks away your enemies while inflicting a snare effect upon them.
Raiding: Shimmer
Mythic+: Shimmer
Shimmer is an extremely flexible talent that allows Mages more freedom when it comes to gameplay and is clearly the best choice.
Tier 3 (30)
Incanter's FlowPassiveFocus MagicInstantRune of Power1.5 sec castIncanter's Flow: A damage buff that increases and diminishes every cycle.
Focus Magic: A buff that increased crit chance of an ally, giving you Intellect and crit when your ally crits in return.
Rune of Power: A damage buff when you stand around the rune. Also gets activated when you use Combustion.
Raiding: Rune of Power
Mythic+: Rune of Power
Rune of Power is the clear choice as Fire Mage works around burst phases, and the talent provides the biggest damage increase over a short time period.
Tier 4 (35)
Flame OnPassiveAlexstrasza's FuryPassiveFrom the AshesPassiveFlame On: You have 3 Fire Blast charges.
Alexstrasza's Fury: Dragon's Breath always crits for increased damage and makes your next Pyroblast do more damage.
From the Ashes: Increases mastery when Phoenix Flames is on cooldown and your crits reduce the cooldown of Phoenix Flames.
Raiding: Flame On
Mythic+: Flame On
Flame On is the best choice currently as having 3 Fire Blast charges is an invaluable effect and synergizes well with Infernal Cascade.
Tier 5 (40)
Frenetic SpeedPassiveIce WardPassiveRing of Frost2 sec castFrenetic Speed: Speed boost when you Scorch.
Ice Ward: Grants you 2 Frost Nova charges.
Ring of Frost: A ring that incapacitates targets that walk into it.
Raiding: Frenetic Speed
Mythic+: Frenetic Speed
Frenetic Speed is the best as having extra speed is always handy. However in PvP Ring of Frost is a must, as well as in some mythic+ dungeons.
Tier 6 (45)
Flame PatchPassiveConflagrationPassiveLiving BombInstantFlame Patch: Causes Flamestrike to leave a patch of burning ground that deals damage to enemies over 8 seconds.
Conflagration: Basically a passive damage increase.
Living Bomb: A cleave ability that causes its target to explode and spreads the bomb to nearby targets.
Raiding: Conflagration, provides the biggest single target increase.
Mythic+: Flame Patch, as it’s currently the strongest AoE talent.
Tier 7 (50)
KindlingPassivePyroclasmPassiveMeteorInstantKindling: Reduces the cooldown of Combustion when you crit with your abilities. It gained a lot of value lately after our 2 piece got buffed to 4 seconds instead of 2.
Pyroclasm: A proc that empowers your next non-instant Pyroblast.
Even tho kindling might be the go-to in some fights, Pyroclasm combined with Power Infusion can outshine kindling.
Meteor: An AoE damage spell on a targeted location. It deals damage on impact and leaves a patch that deals damage over time.
Raiding: Pyroclasm - Works Really well in combination with the new Legendary Sun King’s blessing which can result in a very Sustained Single Target Damage.
Mythic+: Kindling
Mythic+: Kindling as Night Fae you need combustion to be up for specific situations or any type of damage checks.
As Venthyr combustion will be up roughly about 1:30 minutes, and as Night Fae, it should line up around the 1-minute mark.
Kindling synergizes well with Shifting Power, which makes the cooldown of Combustion 1 minute.
In PvP all 3 talents have potential, in arena you mainly want to choose between meteor and kindling.
In RBG’s you can play pyroclasm to oneshot people but it is really hard to pull off if enemies pay attention to your casts.