This wow fire mage build is a high mana regeneration, (after patch will be 100% while casting), and at the same time focuses on firebolt spam with rolling ignites and keeping scorch up. You will also gain clearcasting, which might as well be 10% mana reduction of all spells druing a long boss fight. This is a great spam build and is amazing in action. Playing with fire procs will really boost your dps. This is a single target dps build and is not good for trash.

Let me say one thing before we begin. I personally write all guides on this site. I have less experience with mages than any other class in the game. I have played all classes at 70 and all but a mage at 80 personally. I do have arena real experience with a 80 mage but that is all (besides playing my friends). So if something in this guide is a little off (explanations, not talents themselves) just ignore it or contact me and let me know.

The first arcane mage dps talent you will get is 2/2 arcane subtlety. Even tho you will not be using arcane spells, you will be rolling ignites, this will keep them from being dispelled(even tho raid bosses usually don’t dispell). But it is a filler point so meh.

The second arcane mage dps talent you will get is 3/3 arcane focus. Well, this is pure filler point. If you feel like using arcane then this is great, if not then just get 3 points somewhere in this tier.

The third arcane mage dps talent you will get is 5/5 arcane concentration. Clearcasting is awesome. This is like saying “all your spells are not reduced by 10% mana”. Over a 5 min fight this will equal out to be about right. Bottom line is get this for sure.

The fourth arcane mage dps talent you will get is 3/3 spell impact. This increases the damage of most of your main spells by 6% for only 3 points. This is about a 5% damage up for 3 points, little bit better than average and in the arcane tree :P.

The fifth arcane mage dps talent you will get is 1/3 student of the mind. This is a filler point and is just to help pyromaniac and arcane meditation. I wish i had 2 more points for this, but i don’t. Just get this, most have to spend 1 point per percent so 1 point for 4 percent is a good deal.

The sixth arcane mage dps talent you will get is 1/1 focus magic. This is a great talent and if you are in a 25 man just switch focus magics with another mage and wham.... 6% crit for those hot streaks. Or you could cast it on the friendly pally if no mage is around. Pallys crit like crazy just to let you know.

The seventh arcane mage dps talent you will get is 3/3 arcane meditation. Mana regeneration is crazy in this build, just get it and watch the mp5 you get after the patch, you will be amazed.

The first fire mage dps talent you will get is 2/2 improved fire blast. This is just a good talent and fire blast is a good talent during high burst spots in encounters.

The second fire mage dps talent you will get is 3/3 incineration. You will be stacking scorch and this will help you get some hot streaks in while doing it.

The third fire mage dps talent you will get is 5/5 improved fireball. This is a great talent. Your main special is fireball, and this reduces the cast time of it. This will get you more ignites, and more room in your rotation. This is an all around good base talent.

The fourth fire mage dps talent you will get is 5/5 ignite. This is just incredible. And the fact of the 4 second span makes it even better. Just spam moves and this gives you passive damage. This is even better than fury warrior’s deep wounds and you will pushing 40 cirt in raids. This will make up 20% or more of your damage and look for 5k ignite ticks in 25 mans.

The fifth fire mage dps talent you will get is 1/1 pyroblast. This monster of a 5 second cast becomes an instant killer with hot streak. Really avoid using it plain tho. And the best part is, it is probably the BEST scaling attack in the whole game. Spell damage is Spell cast time/ 3.5 times your spell damage so this makes 5/3.5 times your spell damage. In other words 1.42 times your spell damage for pyroblast.

The sixth fire mage dps talent you will get is 2/2 burning soul. This is just a good base talent and threat modifiers are always good.

The seventh fire mage dps talent you will get is 3/3 improved scorch. Just stack 5 scorchs and keep the 5 stack rolling with one scorch every 30 seconds. This is easy damage.

The eighth fire mage dps talent you will get is 3/3 master of elements. There is so so much synergy with crit in the fire tree. This make fire even better. With pyromaniac, arcane meditation, master of elements, and clearcasting (after the patch this is) you will be getting 100% mp5 and about 25% mana reduction for spells in raids. That is just crazy.

The ninth fire mage dps talent you will get is 3/3 playing with fire. 3% damage increase for 3 points is on perfect average for a dps talent. This is a good talent and a must for dps builds.

The tenth fire mage dps talent you will get is 3/3 critical mass. Again more crit synergy. The more crit the better. I would say this is about a 2.8% dps up per point which makes it way above average.

The eleventh fire mage dps talent you will get is 5/5 fire power. All you will use is fire spells so this is a 2% per point up. This is twice average and a great point.

The twelfth fire mage dps talent you will get is 3/3 pyromaniac. Ok where to start here. The 3% crit is EVEN MORE CRIT and, and, and, 30% mp5 with just 3 points. This is probably around 3.4 to 3.6 dps per point increase in a mana intensive fight. Just a great talent.

The thirteenth fire mage dps talent you will get is 1/1 combustion. And more crit synergy. Get this and use it on cooldown.

The fourteenth fire mage dps talent you will get is 2/2 molten fury. This is a 2% DPS up per point. You will see some great numbers the last third of the fight.

The fifteenth fire mage dps talent you will get is 3/3 empowered fire. This is some more synergy for fireball. Fireball and crit have so much synergy in this build it is crazy.

The sixteenth fire mage dps talent you will get is 3/3 hot streak. This is the core crit synergy talent. This is on average with 5/5 flurry for a fury warrior. This talent is what makes a fire mage.

The seventeenth fire mage dps talent you will get is 5/5 burnout. And more crit synergy. Don’t worry about 5% spell cost because master of elements refund 30% when you crit. This is a great talent and is a must. It is close to 2% dps per point.

The eighteenth and last fire mage dps talent you will get is 1/1 living bomb. This dot with a boom is a good spell. It can’t crit so the synergy isn’t there. It is situational and should be used in quick fights and non mana intensive fights.

That is it for this build. Make sure to surf around and take a look at some of the other builds. The site is growing quickly so come back often, i usually add 2 or 3 builds every day. Hopefully this will soon be the hub of wow builds.
-Brandon C. ; aka darksun22