Fire Mage Rotation Guide - Midnight

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Fire Mage Rotation in AufwärmenFeuerschlagKampfeshitze!Pyroschlag

Convert and Spend Hot Streak: Critical strikes generate Aufwärmen and Kampfeshitze!, spend these on Pyroschlag (or Flammenstoß in AoE). Use Feuerschlag to convert Heating up into Hot Streak.

Combustion is Key: Einäschern makes all spells guaranteed Critical Strikes, supercharging Kampfeshitze! generation. This spell can be cast while casting, so try to always activate it at the end of a cast.

Don't Waste Time: Sitting on capped Feuerschlag charges, or using them when you already have Kampfeshitze! up is wasteful. Try to make full use of cooldowns and buffs. Always be casting.

Best Fire Mage RotationHero Talent Master Switchesentire page's Best Fire Mage Single Target Rotation Please select a Hero Talent option to generate a Single Target priorityThe builds used below are covered in the Talents page. Anywhere you see the icon, you can hover over it for additional notes. OptionsCombustion PriorityEinäschernPyroschlagKampfeshitze!

Pyroschlag with Kampfeshitze!

The below casts are used to generate Kampfeshitze!:

Feuerschlag.

Examples of a Einäschern timeline:Priority (Outside Combustion)

Set up your Einäschern if it will be ready soon.

Best Fire Mage AoE Rotation

In AoE, Fire simply replaces Pyroschlag with Flammenstoß and plays around a priority list. This means with each cast and GCD we go top to bottom on a list, and press the button with the current highest value.

With selected, the priority is as follows: With selected, the priority is as follows:

Please select a Hero Talent option to generate a Single Target priority

The builds used below are covered in the Talents page. Anywhere you see the icon, you can hover over it for additional notes.

replaces Pyroschlag with Flammenstoß at 3 or more targets.

Options

Scorch
Meteor
Pyroclasm

Combustion Priority

During Einäschern, all of your casts will Critically strike. This means that you will alternate between Flammenstoß (with Kampfeshitze!) and builders.

Flammenstoß with Kampfeshitze!
The below casts are used to generate Kampfeshitze!:
Feuerschlag.

Examples of a Einäschern timeline:

Priority (Outside Combustion)

Cast Einäschern.
Flammenstoß with Kampfeshitze!.
Flammenstoß with Hyperthermie.
Cast Feuerschlag if you have Aufwärmen while casting Feuerball.
Cast Feuerschlag if you just spent Kampfeshitze! and are guaranteed to Crit:

Best Fire Mage Opener

The optimal Fire Mage opener makes use of Feuerteufel and sets up your Einäschern window with a "Double Pyroblast". The idea is to have as many instant cast Pyroschlag casts as possible. Activating Einäschern while casting other spells allows us to fit more spells into the cooldown. After activating Einäschern, proceed to the Single-Target or AoE Priority tab.

You can use the buttons below to display openers for both single-target and AoE, depending on your chosen Hero Talent.With selected, Sonnenzornhinrichtung is assumed if you select Pyroklasmus. Opener details are as follows:With selected, opener details are as follows:

Please select a Hero Talent option to generate an Opener sequence

The builds used below are covered in the Talents page. Anywhere you see the icon, you can hover over it for additional notes.
Any reference to Feuerball also applies to Frostfeuerblitz, as this is the Frostfire version of the spell.

Options

Pyroclasm

Sample Timeline

During Feuerteufel (>=90% Health):

Entering Einäschern:

During Feuerteufel (>=90% Health):

Entering Einäschern:

Opener (Firestarter)
1. Pre-cast Pyroschlag before the pull (hard-cast).
2. Feuerball.
3. Feuerschlag during the Feuerball cast.
4. Pyroschlag with Kampfeshitze! twice
5. Alternate between Feuerschlag and Pyroschlag until you run out of charges.
6. If the target is still above 90% health, repeat the following:
  
  Feuerball.
  - Pyroschlag with Kampfeshitze!.
  - Feuerschlag with Aufwärmen.
  - Frostfeuerblitz

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Fire Mage Major Cooldowns

Einäschern

Meteor

Einäschern

Combustion

Einäschern

Kampfeshitze!

Einäschern can be cast while casting. Always cast a hard-cast into Einäschern, but be sure to activate it before the cast completes. Viable spells are:

Pyroschlag or Flammenstoß (AoE) with a Pyroklasmus proc.
Frostfeuerblitz if Frostfire.
Versengen if Sunfury.
Feuerball.

We do this to pre-stack buffs like Entfacht and because Feuerschlag charges are plentiful.

Feuerteufel

Einäschern

Plan ahead so you don't end up delaying and having it backfire, by costing you a use.

Entfacht

Kampfeshitze!

Einäschern can be extended by Entfacht procs.
During Einäschern, your first 3 Entfacht procs are almost guaranteed.

Meisterschaft: Entzünden

Try to maximize Ausbrennen in AoE by having Einäschern end while targets are still alive.

Einäschern

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Hyperthermie

Hyperthermie is a buff that allows you to rapidly fire Pyroschlag or Flammenstoß casts.
These casts are free, guaranteed to Crit, and ramp in damage.
You also gain a Haste buff from Asche der Inspiration during this time.

Einäschern

Fire Mage Advanced Tips

always be casting

Pyroclasm Hardcasts with the 12.1 tier set

Pyroklasmus

With the 12.1 tier bonus

Sonnenzornhinrichtung

Pyroschlag

With the 12.1 tier bonus

Double Pyroblast and Finding your Rhythm

You are guaranteed to Crit.
You are currently casting a spell that can generate Kampfeshitze! (Feuerball, Versengen, etc.).
You have Kampfeshitze! in hand before the cast completes.
You queue a Kampfeshitze! spender (Pyroschlag or Flammenstoß) as the cast completes.

Feuerball
Feuerschlag (if available) or Feuerball
Queue Pyroschlag as the Feuerball ends.
Pyroschlag again.
Repeat from Step 1.

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Einäschern

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Flammenstoß with Pyroklasmus (In AoE).
Pyroschlag with Pyroklasmus.
Versengen (if talented).
Feuerball.

Einäschern

Flammenstoß with Pyroklasmus (In AoE).
Pyroschlag with Pyroklasmus.
Versengen (if talented).
Frostfeuerblitz without Frostfeuerermächtigung.

only

Only use this opener only if you are confident in your timing.

As a compromise between AoE and Priority damage, Flammenstoß in Einäschern at 4+ targets.
Flammenstoß outside of Einäschern at 4+ targets.
Never Flammenstoß during Feuerteufel. Pyroschlag is better above 90% because Pyroschlag is guaranteed to Crit.

Flammenstoß

Pyroschlag

As a compromise between AoE and Priority damage, Flammenstoß at 4+ targets.
Never Flammenstoß during Feuerteufel. Pyroschlag is better above 90% because Pyroschlag is guaranteed to Crit.

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Kommentare

Kommentar von Yanthir

Hi!

Could you do a tl;dr for the rotation section?
As a mage beginner I find this guide far to complicated.

Thanks!

Kommentare

Kommentar von Sabinno

It's a mistake not to teach fire mages that they should replace Fireball uses for Scorch during Combustion frames.

Kommentar von Sejkel

When it describes Flamestrike under "Baseline Offensive Abilities", it says Flamestrike slows the target's movement speed by 50%. However, it only slows their movement speed by 20%.

Kommentar von flippinhell

this is all very well giving a rotation im 470 lvl had stacked 43% crit chance at one point and once combustion finishes i am stuck spamming fireball sometimes up to SIX with NO crits have submitted bug reports but NOTHING even now as soon as combustion finishes even on raid bosses im stuck spamming fireball sometimes with all 3 fireblasts on cd with rune of power down i get NO fireball crits anyone got any ideas how to combat this ?

Kommentar von Madoc

How should we use Living Bomb?

Kommentar von crimsonhellgr

Is this guide update for sure? because th talents and the rotation do not really look like updated.

Kommentar von psilosd

This guide is not created by the Tru PreHEET!

Kommentar von Vehalnej

Rune of Power should be higher priority than Shifting Power. If cast first, the cooldown reduction allows for two runes before the next combustion.

Kommentar von Trucao

I understand that the first instant Pyroblast is generated by the Hot Streak that comes from the initial Fireball hitting when Combustion is active, and right after the first Fireblast. But then, I see a second Fireblast before the second Pyroblast. How come? Wouldn't that spoil one Hot Streak? Why not casting the second Fireblast right before the first instant-Piroblast lands instead of before casting the Pyroblast? What am I missing here?

Kommentar von Baleful

If I'm not mistaken, there's something absolutely crucial missing from this guide.

Outside of combustion, when Heating Up is generated, you still cast another fireball. You (almost) never do anything else. On each fireball, IF the previous was a crit, then you Fireblast in the middle of your fireball cast and then instant-cast Pyroblast immediately at the end of your Fireball cast. They will hit at roughly the same time, and due to the way that Heating Up is coded, if EITHER of them Crits, you will end up with Heating Up --- even if the one that hit first crit and the second one didn't.

If I was a new mage reading this I would read your rotation guide as "if you proc Heating Up, immediately cast Fireblast and then Pyroblast.", which is wrong.

Kommentar von josho12000

Actually this is completely wrong considering he isnt even in complexity limit no more. Pre Pull in raids.... hardcast pyroblast on 3 secs on pull timer... double fire blast on pull into another instant pyro popping any trinkets u have with the keybind of mouse wheel up and down. so u have ur 2 infernal cascade charges from the 2 fire blasts. Into a pheonix flames into pyro then the other fire blast. if you are lusting on pull do the same on pull except use your last fire blast charge then shifting power to regain all fire blast charges then use all fireblast charges for instant pyros then if time left use 1 or 2 pheonix flames. if ur being PI'ed on pull u will get extra 2 or 3 pyros from pheonix flames :)

Kommentar von Syrlin

1. Four seconds before pull: hard-cast a Flamestrike
2. Cast Combustion and Fire Blast over .5 seconds before the Flamestrike cast ends

This would make you pull before the pull timer ends. I understand that's what's best for your spec's optimization but you shouldn't pull before the timer because then you screw your entire group that relies on the timer for their own prepull abilities.

Kommentar von nikonshi

with my deepest respect to all of those guide writers out there, BUT: when i see this rotation guide i simple exit the game.

this has something to do with blizzard and not the writers!

i just came back from a 3-4 month wow brake and i thought, why not try out my old mage which i haven't played since dreanor.

aaahhhmmm, yeah -> exit ....

Kommentar von aidler

Can someone eleborate on step 3 of the general opener for Fire Mages

Time Warp twice for Temporal Warp.

So, I'm not a Fire Mage or even Mage expert but the way I read this ability you can't use Time Warp twice because it's on cooldown for 5 minutes after the first use. This certainly has to be a mistake?

Kommentar von Godstompa

Scorch for AOE? Wtf is Charred Embers? Says this is updated but I don't see any of this stuff in game, or when using search in talent trees

Kommentar von frostfiahpewpew

For Frostfire, firing the empowered frostfire bolt immediately stacks frostfire mastery to full.

This means in the opener you want to toss it out early to max your mastery stacks for the rest of your combust window.

Pre-cast pyro/FFB + PF > Meteor > Combust > Pyro > FB > Pyro > Empowered-FFB > Pyro > Phoenix flames (to burn excess frost as it's now capped at 2) > pyro > FB > pyro > etc.

Tossing out the empowered FFB spikes your dps in the opener as it prevents you building haste + mastery % in combust & maxes them both instantly. I still spend 1 FB first to put it on CD as I run unleashed inferno, which I find to be more dps than SKB but that might change as I get more haste - not sure yet

Kommentar von Maelkth

Why is it said here and elsewhere to spam scorch during execute phase? Unless I'm missing something, with the current tuning (18/05/2026) fireball does more damage per second than scorch, crits automatically during execute phase and in addition procs meteorite and applies "controlled destruction" that increases ignite, all things that scorch doesn't do.

Fire Mage Rotation Guide - Midnight

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