Fire Mage Guide WoW: Midnight
About the Class
Fire Mage is a ranged DPS that can wield either two one-handed weapons (wands, daggers, off-hand items) or a two-handed weapon (staves). The class has tremendous burst damage in both single-target and AoE, as well as a very fast rotation during burst cooldowns, which requires good reaction to ability procs.
Pros and Cons
| Pros | Cons |
|---|---|
| 🟩 Excellent damage in both single-target and AoE. | 🟥 Heavy reliance on burst cooldowns. Without them, the class's damage is mediocre. |
| 🟩 Simple rotation that lets you quickly grasp the class's mechanics and deliver strong results. | 🟥 Requires tracking ability procs and reacting quickly to them, as every delay significantly impacts your damage output. |
| 🟩 Provides a raid buff granting 30% haste for 30 seconds (Bloodlust/Heroism), as well as an Intellect buff for all raid/group members. | 🟥 For AoE damage, mobs need to be stacked close together, as the radius of AoE abilities is small. |
Stat Priority
For Raids
- Intellect -> Haste -> Mastery -> Versatility -> Critical Strike
For Mythic Keystones
- Intellect -> Haste -> Mastery -> Versatility -> Critical Strike
For Delves
- Intellect -> Haste -> Mastery -> Versatility -> Critical Strike
Talents
Here you can see the talent heatmap for the character. We collect data from the top 100 Fire Mage players and show how many of them choose each talent.
Frostfire
- Class Talents
- Specialization
Sunfury
- Class Talents
- Specialization
You can always find the up-to-date talent trees for each hero spec in the dedicated section for Fire Mages.
Rotation (Ability Priority)
Single Target
Pyroblast during 
Hot Streak- Pyroblast again to spend the Hot Streak proc.
- Pyroblast to spend the Hot Streak proc
Scorch if you have 
Heat Shimmer or 
Heating Up.
Meteor
CombustionAoE
Flamestrike for Hot Streak.- Flamestrike again to spend the Hot Streak proc.
Fireball .- Flamestrike if you have a
Pyroclasm proc. - Scorch if you have Heat Shimmer or Heating Up.
Best in Slot (BiS)
| Slot | Item |
|---|---|
| Weapon | Brazier of the Discordant Dirge |
| Head | Voidbreaker's Cowl |
| Neck | Amulet of the Void Hymn |
| Shoulders | Voidbreaker's Ley-Line Knots |
| Cloak | Adherent's Silk Shroud |
| Chest | Robes of Infinite Oblivion |
| Wrists | Martyr's Manacles |
| Hands | Voidbreaker's Gauntlets |
| Belt | Voidbreaker's Trousers |
| Legs | Faded Commander's Trousers |
| Boots | Lightbinder's Jackboots |
| Ring | Bonds of Light |
| Ring | Eye of Midnight |
| Trinket | Aln's Seer's Gaze |
| Trinket | Alozar's Quill |
You can always find the up-to-date talent trees for each hero spec in the dedicated section for Fire Mages.
Enchants, Gems, Consumables
Enchants
| Item | Name |
|---|---|
| Weapon | Enchant Weapon - Ren'dorei Insight |
| Head | Enchant Helm - Reinforced Avoidance Rune |
| Shoulders | Enchant Pauldrons - Grace of Amirdrassil |
| Chest | Enchant Chest - Soul of the World |
| Legs | Sunfire Spellthread |
| Boots | Enchant Boots - Roots of Shaladrassil |
| Rings | Enchant Ring - Eagle's Eye |
Gems
Meta gem: Mighty Eversong Diamond
Remaining sockets: one each of Flawless Chrysolite of Mastery, Flawless Amethyst of Haste, Flawless Lapis Lazuli of Haste. Fill the rest with Flawless Amethyst of Haste.
Consumables
| Type | Name |
|---|---|
| Flask | Flask of the Magisters |
| Combat Potion (prepot) | Potential of Light |
| Healing Potion | Silvermoon Healing Potion |
| Weapon Blessing | Thalassian Phoenix Oil |
| Augment Rune | Void-Touched Augment Rune |
| Food | Harandar's Feast and Bloodthorn Tea (food buffs stack, so consume both). |
Leveling Process
From the very first level you already have abilities to deal damage. Your main abilities at early levels will be Pyroblast and 
Fire Blast.
As you level up, you will unlock new abilities, gradually building towards the full rotation. We recommend following this ability priority as they become available:
Single Target
- Pyroblast during Hot Streak
- Pyroblast again to spend the Hot Streak proc.
- Pyroblast to spend the Hot Streak proc
- Scorch if you have Heat Shimmer or Heating Up.
AoE
- Flamestrike for Hot Streak.
- Flamestrike again to spend the Hot Streak proc.
- Fireball .
- Flamestrike if you have a Pyroclasm proc.
- Scorch if you have Heat Shimmer or Heating Up.
Mythic+ Tips
Tip #1
The ability 
Alter Time allows you to quickly recover after taking large, but not lethal, damage. If you know you are about to take damage, press this ability once before taking the hit and once after.
Tip #2
You can use 
Shimmer while casting spells if you need to urgently leave the area you are standing in.
Tip #3
Make sure you always have 
Blazing Barrier active. This ability significantly increases your survivability.
Macros
#showtooltip Spellsteal /cast [@focus,exists] Spellsteal
#showtooltip Alter Time /cancelaura Alter Time
#showtooltip Remove Curse /cast [@mouseover,harm,nodead][]Remove Curse
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