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

Author: Nevermore
Date: July 6, 2024
Updated: July 20, 2024
Expansion: WoW Classic

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

Spell Hit
Spell Damage
Intellect
Critical Strike Chance
Spirit

Rotation & Abilities

Single-Target Rotation

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

AoE Rotation

Cast Living Bomb on as many targets as possible
- Refresh Living Bomb after it explodes
Cast Flamestrike
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.

About the Author

Nevermore

Hey there folks, I am Nevermore and have been deeply passionate about WoW for more than a decade. Whether we talk about the hidden mysteries of Azeroth or the otherworldly Outland, my journey brought me here to share the things that I have experienced with you all.