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Fire Mage

Damage specialisation · Tier C in Mythic+, 2.2% of the sample

PvE GuideRaid logs, Mythic+ players and PvE buildsACTIVEPvP GuideRated ladder talents, gear stats and builds

Opener

The order abilities first landed across 4 top-parsing pulls, with the median time into the fight. The percentage is how many of those parses used the ability at all — a step at 100% is the opener, one at 60% is a choice some players make.

  1. 1Pyroblast+0.2s100%
  2. 2Fireball+0.2s75%
  3. 3Fire Blast+0.7s100%
  4. 4
Light's Potential
+1s
50%

What follows what

What was pressed next, counted over every observed pair. This is the closest a log gets to a priority list — but it describes behaviour, not a rule: a player casting Execute because it lit up looks the same here as one following a plan.

  • Pyroblast145 casts→Pyroblast59%Fire Blast28%Fireball5%
  • Fire Blast49 casts→Pyroblast78%Fireball12%Scorch4%
  • Fireball23 casts→Pyroblast43%Fireball35%Fire Blast22%
  • Scorch6 casts→Pyroblast50%Combustion17%Fire Blast17%
  • Combustion4 casts→Fire Blast50%Light's Potential25%Pyroblast25%
  • Light's Potential4 casts→Nullsight25%Fire Blast25%Empowering Venom25%

Ability usage

Casts per minute across 8 top-parsing kills in The Venomous Abyss. Per minute rather than totals, so a long fight does not read as a heavily used ability.

Single target

3 fights where almost all damage went to the boss

  1. 1Pyroblast30.9per min
  2. 2Fire Blast20.9per min
  3. 3Scorch8.7per min
  4. 4Fireball7.2per min
  5. 5Shimmer1.2per min
  6. 6Meteor0.6per min

Multi-target

5 fights with substantial add damage

  1. 1Pyroblast26.5per min
  2. 2Fire Blast20.5per min
  3. 3Fireball9.7per min
  4. 4Scorch

Fights are sorted by how much damage landed on boss units rather than by a hand-kept list of which encounter is the AoE one, so the split stays right after a retune. Fights in between are left out of both columns.

Updated 31/08/2026. These are observed casts, not a recommended priority — the order reflects how often an ability came up, which is not the same as when to press it.

Secondary stats

Secondary stat split across the 100 best-geared synced characters. Averaged per player, so one heavily geared character cannot define the answer for everyone.

  • Versatility53.5%1,158 avg
  • Haste43.4%944 avg
  • Mastery2.2%51 avg
  • Critical Strike1.0%22 avg

What PvE players are playing

Talent choices across 293 synced characters playing this specialisation. These are observed picks, not recommendations — they say what the ladder is doing, not what you should do.

Where builds differ

Taken by between 15% and 90% of players. This is where the real decisions are.

  • Fire's Ire89%

    251 players · Specialization

  • Ashes of Inspiration83%

    234 players · Hero

  • Burden of Power83%

    234 players · Hero

  • Codex of the Sunstriders83%

    234 players · Hero

  • Explosive Potential83%

    234 players · Hero

  • Glorious Incandescence83%

    234 players · Hero

  • Invocation: Arcane Phoenix83%

    234 players · Hero

  • Mana Cascade83%

    234 players · Hero

  • Memory of Al'ar83%

    234 players · Hero

  • Merely a Setback83%

    234 players · Hero

  • Pyrocosm83%

    234 players · Hero

  • Rondurmancy83%

    234 players · Hero

  • Savor the Moment83%

    234 players · Hero

  • Spellfire Salvo83%

    234 players · Hero

  • Spellfire Spheres83%

    234 players · Hero

  • Critical Mass81%

    228 players · Specialization

  • Inflame74%

    208 players · Specialization

  • Winter's Protection73%

    206 players · Class

  • Flame Accelerant68%

    191 players · Specialization

  • Permafrost Bauble68%

    191 players · Class

  • Pyroclasm68%

    191 players · Specialization

  • Pyromaniac65%

    184 players · Specialization

  • Ice Ward61%

    172 players · Class

  • Overflowing Energy56%

    156 players · Class

  • Improved Spellsteal54%

    151 players · Class

  • Feel the Burn24%

    67 players · Specialization

  • Intensifying Flame21%

    58 players · Specialization

  • Fuel the Fire19%

    54 players · Specialization

  • Improved Warding19%

    54 players · Class

  • Cinderstorm18%

    50 players · Specialization

  • Meteor16%

    44 players · Specialization

  • Deep Impact15%

    43 players · Specialization

Near-universal picks (50)taken by 90%+ — effectively baseline
  • Alter Time100%

    281 players · Class

  • Arcane Warding100%

    281 players · Class

  • Charm of Aegwynn100%

    281 players · Class

Rarely taken (112)under 15% — situational or out of favour
  • Blast Zone15%

    41 players · Specialization

  • Mana Confluence12%

    35 players · Class

  • Blast Radius12%

    33 players · Hero

Import a real build

Loadouts from the highest-rated synced players of this specialisation. Paste straight into the game.

  • Unseën

    area-52 · US3,105

  • Анистареан

    gordunni · EU2,686

  • Eromir

    dawnbringer · US2,680

  • Dbsheepqt

    sylvanas · EU2,667

  • Blunder

    archimonde · EU2,664

Learn the spec

This page measures what players do. For rotation, stat priority and matchup play, these are the references.

  • WowheadpveRotation, stat priority, gear and consumables. The most complete free PvE reference.
  • Icy VeinspveRotation walkthroughs and talent reasoning, written for players learning a spec.
  • Raider.IOpveMythic+ routes, affix planning and dungeon-by-dungeon breakdowns.

Other Mage specs

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7.0per min
  • 5Flamestrike2.2per min
  • 6Meteor0.3per min
  • 7Shimmer0.3per min
  • Charm of Medivh100%

    281 players · Class

  • Dragon's Breath100%

    281 players · Class

  • Flow of Time100%

    281 players · Class

  • Ice Block100%

    281 players · Class

  • Inspired Intellect100%

    281 players · Class

  • Quick Witted100%

    281 players · Class

  • Spatial Manipulation100%

    281 players · Class

  • Spellsteal100%

    281 players · Class

  • Temporal Realignment100%

    281 players · Class

  • Tome of Antonidas100%

    281 players · Class

  • Greater Invisibility100%

    280 players · Class

  • Improved Blink100%

    280 players · Class

  • Tome of Rhonin99%

    279 players · Class

  • Dualcasting Adept12%

    33 players · Hero

  • Duality12%

    33 players · Hero

  • Elemental Affinity12%

    33 players · Hero

  • Elemental Conduit12%

    33 players · Hero

  • Flash Freezeburn12%

    33 players · Hero

  • Frostfire Empowerment12%

    33 players · Hero

  • Frostfire Infusion12%

    33 players · Hero

  • Heat Sink12%

    33 players · Hero

  • Imbued Warding12%

    33 players · Hero