Fire Mage DPS Guide – Phase 4 Season of Discovery (SoD)

Welcome to the SoD Phase 4 Fire Mage Guide! Widely regarded as one of the best, if not the actual best DPS class in the entirety of WoW Classic, Mages generate an insane damage output while also providing a plethora of utility and crowd-control tools for their allies. 

This guide will encompass the Fire specialization, briefly summarizing the key points for their builds such as Runes, Talent Tree, Stat Priority, Rotations & Abilities, BiS items, and Race Choices!

Talents

Runes

• Helm: Hot Streak
• Cloak: Overheat
• Chest: Burnout
• Wrist: Molten Armor
• Hands: Living Bomb
• Waist: Frostfire Bolt
• Legs: Icy Veins
• Feet: Spell Power
• Ring: Frost Specialization
• Ring: Fire Specialization

Stat Priority

1. Spell Hit
2. Spell Damage
3. Intellect
4. Critical Strike Chance
5. Spirit

Rotation & Abilities

Single-Target Rotation

1. Cast Pyroblast (Pre-Pull Opener)
2. Cast Living Bomb (Upkeep)
3. Cast Scorch to apply Improved Scorch (Cast until 5 x Stacks & Upkeep Stacks)
4. Cast Combustion + Icy Veins (Burst Phase)
5. Cast Cold Snap (Refresh Icy Veins)
6. Cast Pyroblast (On Hot Streak proc)
7. Cast Fire Blast (While Casting Frostfire Bolt)
8. Cast Frostfire Bolt (Main Spell)

AoE Rotation

1. Cast Living Bomb on as many targets as possible
   • Refresh Living Bomb after it explodes
2. Cast Flamestrike
3. Cast Blizzard

Best Races

Gnome is the strongest Mage Race/Class combination in PvE for Alliance thanks to Expansive Mind while Troll is the strongest Mage Race/Class in combination in PvE thanks to Berserking.

Human

• The Human Spirit, Sword Specialization, Mace Specialization, Perception, Diplomacy

Gnome

• Expansive Mind, Escape Artist, Engineering Specialization, Arcane Resistance

Undead

• Will of the Forsaken, Shadow Resistance, Cannibalize, Underwater Breathing

Troll

• Berserking, Beast Slaying, Bow Specialization, Throwing Specialization, Regeneration