Mage
Fire
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Mage Fire
Strengths
- Heavy hits and critical strikes: according to Blizzard, Fire is the specialization of devastating hits and critical damage.
- 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.: 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.
- Powerful opener: casting 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. before the fight starts lets you open with a particularly heavy hit.
- 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.: with all 21 points in the specialization, this talent deals area damage and slows enemies.
- Class utility: the Mage conjures food and water, teleports to capital cities and moves quickly with BlinkInstant · 15 sec cooldownTeleports the Mage 20 yards forward and frees them from stuns and immobilizing effects..
Weaknesses
- Fragile in melee: Mages are very fragile and die easily when an enemy reaches them in melee.
- Long casts: 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. has a 6-second cast time without 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.
- Reliance on critical strikes: much of Fire's power depends on critical strikes, which makes its damage less consistent.
- 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. comes later: this new spell is only learned at level 40.
- Advanced talents out of reach: CombustionFire · Row 7 · 1 rankInstant · 3 min cooldownRequires: Critical Mass (3 ranks)When activated, each Fire spell hit increases your critical strike chance with Fire spells by 10%. Lasts until you have landed 3 non-periodic Fire critical strikes. requires 31 points in the specialization and is therefore not available at level 30.
