WoW Mage Fire Talent Tree
Current for Patch 3.3

The Fire Mage is the second highest DPS among Mages, right behind the Arcane magic spitters. The spec is very raid viable, just not quite as popular as its Arcane counterpart. The following Talent Tree for Fire Mages is current as of Patch 3.3:

• 18/53/0

Arcane Talents

Going 18 points into the Arcane tree as a Fire Mage gives you several benefits. Here are the main ones you will be focusing on:

• Arcane Concentration
• Focus Magic
• Student of the Mind

Fire Talents

Before we start with the Fire Talents, it is important to understand the Fire Spell Rotation, because it is prioritization based. Check out my Fire Spell Rotation post for further details.
Fireball is your bread and butter, with Scorch, Living Bomb, and Pyroblast thrown into the mix as priorities. Most of the talents used in the Fire tree will help strengthen these spells.

Here are the main Fire Talents to pay attention to. Get to know them, because the better you understand your spells, talents, and how they work with each other, the better your DPS and raiding skill will be.

• Ignite
• Pyroblast
• Improved Scorch
• Fire Power
• Combustion
• Hot Streak
• Living Bomb

Those I have not listed are pretty self-explanatory. These are the ones I want to focus on. Scroll over the spells to view their details.

Ignite - When a fire spell hits, Ignite will deal 40% of that spell's damage over 4 seconds. Including crits. Frostfire Bolt will be get the largest benefit from this Talent.

Pyroblast - Your titanic fire spell. Hot Streak will make this instant. Not usually used unless Hot Streak has procced.

Improved Scorch - Opening a fight with Scorch is a must. Keeping this up at all times on a boss fight is also a must.

Fire Power - A given FrostfireMage need. This will boost your Fire spell damage above Frost and Arcane.

Combustion - Increases crit damage by 50% and gives 10% increase chance to hit, lasting until you score 3 non-DoT (damage over time) hits. You'll be using this as soon as it's up, and can often be coordinated with a Shaman's Heroism.

Hot Streak - A key element in determining Frostfire spell rotation. When 2 spells crit in a row, the next Pyroblast will be instant. This is a must-use when it is up.

Living Bomb - Apply to as many targets as you need, and keep it refreshed. Will take priority over Fireball spamming.

Mage Fire Spell Rotation
Current for Patch 3.3

A Fire Mage doesn't have a specific set spell rotation. It's a constnat monitoring of what buffs and spells are currently active on the target. Primarily, you will be casting Fireball, and will be tossing other spells in as priority necessitates.

Fire Spells:

• Fireball
• Scorch
• Living Bomb
• Pyroblast
• Hot Streak
• Improved Scorch

Prioritizing your active buffs and spells is crucial, but it is easy to manage once you get into the fight. Fire has the ability to be quite mana consuming, so using mana gems, potions, and Evocation is also an important factor to successful DPS in any dungeon or raid encounter.

Here is the current Fire rotation prioritization for Mages:

• Scorch -> Living Bomb -> Hot Streak buff? Pyroblast -> Fireball

A Fire mage will want to stack Scorch for the Improved Scorch buff, and keep it active for the duration of the fight. One Scorch will refresh it. Living Bomb should stay up as well. If Hot Streak is up, then Pyroblast is next, followed by a plethora of Fireballs until you hit one of the above three priorities again.