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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%943 avg
  • Mastery2.1%50 avg
  • Critical Strike1.0%22 avg

What PvE players are playing

Talent choices across 299 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 Ire90%

    258 players · Specialization

  • Ashes of Inspiration84%

    240 players · Hero

  • Burden of Power84%

    240 players · Hero

  • Codex of the Sunstriders84%

    240 players · Hero

  • Explosive Potential84%

    240 players · Hero

  • Glorious Incandescence84%

    240 players · Hero

  • Invocation: Arcane Phoenix84%

    240 players · Hero

  • Mana Cascade84%

    240 players · Hero

  • Memory of Al'ar84%

    240 players · Hero

  • Merely a Setback84%

    240 players · Hero

  • Pyrocosm84%

    240 players · Hero

  • Rondurmancy84%

    240 players · Hero

  • Savor the Moment84%

    240 players · Hero

  • Spellfire Salvo84%

    240 players · Hero

  • Spellfire Spheres84%

    240 players · Hero

  • Critical Mass82%

    235 players · Specialization

  • Inflame75%

    215 players · Specialization

  • Winter's Protection73%

    209 players · Class

  • Flame Accelerant69%

    197 players · Specialization

  • Pyroclasm68%

    196 players · Specialization

  • Permafrost Bauble68%

    194 players · Class

  • Pyromaniac66%

    190 players · Specialization

  • Ice Ward62%

    177 players · Class

  • Overflowing Energy56%

    160 players · Class

  • Improved Spellsteal54%

    154 players · Class

  • Feel the Burn24%

    68 players · Specialization

  • Intensifying Flame21%

    61 players · Specialization

  • Fuel the Fire20%

    56 players · Specialization

  • Improved Warding20%

    56 players · Class

  • Cinderstorm18%

    52 players · Specialization

  • Meteor16%

    46 players · Specialization

  • Deep Impact16%

    45 players · Specialization

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

    287 players · Class

  • Arcane Warding100%

    287 players · Class

  • Charm of Aegwynn100%

    287 players · Class

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

    43 players · Specialization

  • Mana Confluence13%

    36 players · Class

  • Blast Radius12%

    34 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.

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

    287 players · Class

  • Dragon's Breath100%

    287 players · Class

  • Flow of Time100%

    287 players · Class

  • Ice Block100%

    287 players · Class

  • Inspired Intellect100%

    287 players · Class

  • Quick Witted100%

    287 players · Class

  • Spatial Manipulation100%

    287 players · Class

  • Spellsteal100%

    287 players · Class

  • Temporal Realignment100%

    287 players · Class

  • Tome of Antonidas100%

    287 players · Class

  • Greater Invisibility100%

    286 players · Class

  • Improved Blink100%

    286 players · Class

  • Tome of Rhonin99%

    285 players · Class

  • Dualcasting Adept12%

    34 players · Hero

  • Duality12%

    34 players · Hero

  • Elemental Affinity12%

    34 players · Hero

  • Elemental Conduit12%

    34 players · Hero

  • Flash Freezeburn12%

    34 players · Hero

  • Frostfire Empowerment12%

    34 players · Hero

  • Frostfire Infusion12%

    34 players · Hero

  • Heat Sink12%

    34 players · Hero

  • Imbued Warding12%

    34 players · Hero