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Fire Mage

Ranged · Tree 2 of 3

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Checked against build 1.60.1.70840 · Nov 7, 2026

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Overview

Fireball. Ignite and Combustion when it crits.

Build. Ignite turns crits into damage. Critical Mass and Incineration add crit, and Combustion forces it. Fire Power is the percent.

Spells. Fireball as the cast. Scorch if you need the debuff. Combustion on a pull.

Stats. Crit is the spec. Spell hit so the Fireball lands.

Gear. Caster weapon with spell power and crit.

Build

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Rotation

The 5 buttons that define Fire in PvE.

Stats

In order. The first stat is the one you give up the least for.

  1. 1 Crit
  2. 2 Spell power
  3. 3 Hit
  4. 4 Intellect

Gear

What suits Fire at 60, scored from the game's own item data. Hover one for its tooltip.

Armory
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What changed vs Classic

14 Fire talents differ from Classic Era.

All changes
  • Accelerant New

    Rank 5Reduces the casting time of your Fireball, Frostfire Bolt, and Arcane Wrath spells by 0.5 sec.

  • Blast Wave Changed

    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.

  • Burning Soul Changed

    Rank 3Gives 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%.

  • Combustion Reworded

    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.

  • Fire Power Changed

    Rank 3Increases 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.

  • Heating Up New

    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.

  • Impact Changed

    Rank 3Gives your Fire spells a 10% chance to stun the target for 2 sec.

  • Improved Fire Blast Changed

    Rank 2Reduces the cooldown of your Fire Blast spell by 2 sec and increases its range by 15 yards.

  • Improved Fireball Removed

    Rank 5Reduces the casting time of your Fireball spell by 0.5 sec.

  • Improved Scorch Changed

    Rank 3Your 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.

  • Incinerate Removed

    Rank 2Increases the critical strike chance of your Fire Blast and Scorch spells by 4%.

  • Incineration New

    Rank 5Increases the critical strike chance of your Fire Blast, Ice Lance, Arcane Blast, and Scorch spells by 10%.

  • Master of Elements Reworded

    Rank 3Your Fire and Frost critical strikes will refund 30% of their base mana cost.

  • Pyroblast Changed

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