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Mage Fire
The Fire Mage specialization in World of Warcraft: Forever focuses on heavy hits and critical strikes. It relies on powerful Fire spells and on talents that reward every critical strike.
The Mage is a ranged damage class, very effective but fragile in melee. Fire suits players who enjoy big numbers and devastating spell sequences.
Gameplay built around critical strikes
Heating UpFire · Row 4 · 1 rankDuration 20 secRequires: Pyroblast (1 rank)Non-periodic critical strikes with Fireball, Frostfire Bolt, Fire Blast and Scorch reduce the cast time of your next Pyroblast within 20 seconds by 25%, stacking up to 3 times; Fire Blast grants an extra stack each time it deals damage. is a new fourth-row talent that requires PyroblastFire · Row 3 · 1 rank6 sec cast · Duration 12 secHurls an immense fiery boulder that deals 101 to 131 Fire damage, then 44 more Fire damage over 12 seconds.. Each critical strike reduces the cast time of the next PyroblastFire · Row 3 · 1 rank6 sec cast · Duration 12 secHurls an immense fiery boulder that deals 101 to 131 Fire damage, then 44 more Fire damage over 12 seconds. by 25%, up to three stacks.
AccelerantFire · Row 1 · 5 ranksReduces the cast time of Fireball, Frostfire Bolt and Arcane Wrath by 0.1 / 0.2 / 0.3 / 0.4 / 0.5 seconds. and IncinerationFire · Row 1 · 5 ranksIncreases the critical strike chance of Fire Blast, Ice Lance, Arcane Blast and Scorch by 2% / 4% / 6% / 8% / 10%. are in the first row. IncinerationFire · Row 1 · 5 ranksIncreases the critical strike chance of Fire Blast, Ice Lance, Arcane Blast and Scorch by 2% / 4% / 6% / 8% / 10%. also improves the critical strikes of Ice LanceFrost · Row 3 · 1 rankInstantDeals 28 to 32 Frost damage to an enemy, and 300% more damage to frozen targets. and Arcane BlastArcane · Row 3 · 1 rank1.5 sec castDeals 34 to 38 Arcane damage. Each cast grants you 12% of your Intellect as spell damage and increases the mana cost of Arcane Blast by 100%, stacking up to 4 times; lasts 18 seconds from the first application.. Blast WaveFire · Row 5 · 1 rankInstant · 45 sec cooldown · Duration 6 secA wave of flame radiates from the caster, dealing 154 to 184 Fire damage to all enemies caught in it and dazing them, reducing their movement speed by 50% for 6 seconds. no longer requires PyroblastFire · Row 3 · 1 rank6 sec cast · Duration 12 secHurls an immense fiery boulder that deals 101 to 131 Fire damage, then 44 more Fire damage over 12 seconds..
IgniteFire · Row 2 · 5 ranksDuration 4 secCritical strikes from your Fire spells make the target burn for 8% / 16% / 24% / 32% / 40% more of the spell's damage over 4 seconds. now applies only one effect per Mage, and AccelerantFire · Row 1 · 5 ranksReduces the cast time of Fireball, Frostfire Bolt and Arcane Wrath by 0.1 / 0.2 / 0.3 / 0.4 / 0.5 seconds. reduces the cast time of Fireball3.5 sec cast · Duration 8 secHurls a fiery ball that deals Fire damage, then more Fire damage over 8 seconds., Arcane WrathArcane · Row 4 · 1 rank3.5 sec cast · 6 sec cooldownRequires: Arcane Blast (1 rank)Launches a projectile of pure Arcane energy that deals 122 to 146 Arcane damage and gains additional spell damage equal to 5% of your maximum mana. and Frostfire Bolt3 sec cast · Duration 9 secLaunches a bolt of frostfire that deals damage, slows the target by 40% and deals more damage over 9 seconds. Its damage counts as both Frost and Fire., a new spell learned at level 40.
Its place in PvE
In PvE, Fire suits players who want to deal heavy damage to a single target. Opening the fight with PyroblastFire · Row 3 · 1 rank6 sec cast · Duration 12 secHurls an immense fiery boulder that deals 101 to 131 Fire damage, then 44 more Fire damage over 12 seconds. and making the most of Heating UpFire · Row 4 · 1 rankDuration 20 secRequires: Pyroblast (1 rank)Non-periodic critical strikes with Fireball, Frostfire Bolt, Fire Blast and Scorch reduce the cast time of your next Pyroblast within 20 seconds by 25%, stacking up to 3 times; Fire Blast grants an extra stack each time it deals damage. stacks gets the best out of the specialization.
Like all Mages, the Fire Mage must keep their distance: they are very vulnerable when an enemy reaches them in melee.
