Fire Mage Complete DPS Guide | Cataclysm Classic

[@Giggleslash]

Couple things wrong here.... 1. You use pyro to keep up the critical mass debuff... only using scorch if you got 30 seconds without a pyro proc ( please god no ) 2. Never ever use Purified Demonseye Purple gem... Spirit is worthless.. Use VEILED Demonseye int+hit 3. Never use flamecaps

[@alr6463]

Why never use flame caps

[@chulksmack1]

IMO he's correct. Use FlameCaps in say Dungeons sure. But with Volcanic pots lasting 25 secs (way more than Wrath Pots ever did) and its way more potent VS flame Cap, especially on pre-pot. Flame Cap vs Volcanic is a no brainer in comparison (even if Flame Cap gives you 80 SP for a full minute) just do to trinket and CDs alone. Example: imagine a 25s Volcanic 1200 sp increase with Synapse Springs, Lightweave, Trinket (most are 1925 SP on CD) all hitting at the start of an encounter. Throw in a Pyro Dot, Living Bomb, and Pryo Ignite. 30k dps easy.

[@Giggleslash]

@@alr6463 1500 int is a ton of spellpower. Way more than 80

[@alr6463]

@@Giggleslash I know that but isn't he saying to use flame caps if you've already used volcanic potion and don't have another for the encounter? They don't share a cooldown right?

[@jasonlucia6682]

To add on Blast wave should absolutely be used in aoe situations as well, it's your most deterministic way to force an impact proc. Aoe should be LB->BW->Pyro->flamestrike/DB if no impact proc. NEVER use combustion in aoe without an impact proc. Spreading a good ignite > spreading pyro/LB. If you don't incorporate aoe's to force impact procs you'll be horribly inconsistent.

[@usernameluis305]

Fire mage doesnt need spirit anymore

[@akkathor]

Flame cap is sharing CD with volcanic pots

[@thomasekspong5154]

Love your videos man! Keep it up

[@mikebaldini4668]

Hey there 2 questions, are we supposed to use fire blast on cd in single target situations? Also, before we combust do the durations of our dots matter? Like if living bomb duration is about to end would it be a dps increase to refresh it before combusting? Thanks for the guide mate 🙏

[@avalivs]

Honestly I would love to know this too -- anyone know?

[@alr6463]

Refreshing it does not increase the damage

[@100based9]

nope doesnt matter the timer left on youir living bomb or pyroblast DoT as long as they're both up. only thing youre looking for is how much ignite damage is on the boss. you want that to be high as possible but the ignite dot is only up for a short window of 4 seconds so you have to make the decision whether u want to combust or not quickly

[@Muffnman007]

If you have a warlock you dont need to worry about scorching for 5% crit debuff

[@Palumor]

thx bro, showing this my friend dopamine, hes a big fan and mage

[@andyl.9301]

Hello Javier, love your videos, I've used your giudes for multiple toons.... simple basic question i have, for pvp, should i go fire or frost mage???

[@SoliiD]

I always use frostfirebolt. So the fireball gives more critchance?

[@nolianpazac8440]

Does the reputation guide still exist? I cannot find it in the description or anywhere

[@evetdelarue8003]

Very helpful and clear ty

[@JaviHeals]

You're very welcome!

[@christraine6091]

Nice video bro helps a lot!

[@JaviHeals]

Glad to hear it!

[@Schmarless]

Like the guide overall but I felt like it was empty words on the REP guide, no link in desc and I even searched your channel for one but nothing.

[@steved9015]

Question. If I get 2 Pyros back to back, do the dots stack or does one overwrite the other? So for an AOE pull where I have an Impact ready to go, but I get a 2nd pyro, should I use the proc THEN FB?

[@chulksmack1]

On single target when you want to use Combustion it would go like this...If your first Pryo Crits there is a very high chance the second Hotstreak Pryo munches the first. It could be more or it could be less of an Ignite to use Combustion on But that's the risk of waiting. There are Weak Aura Combustion Helpers out there to atleast see what your Ignited Combustion will hit for to make your decision. If you're doing an AoE Combustion, run a Macro of: #showtooltip /cast Combustion /cast Fire Blast Wait for an Ignite, , hopefully a Hotstreak Proc for the Pyro dot (ideal but sometimes youll miss the window waiting for both Impact and the Hotstreak) make sure a Living Bomb is up or a refresh. You'll have 4 seconds after a big Ignite to hit the Macro to spread a LB, Pyro Dot, and Ignite to your poor AoE victims.

[@xbob1966]

great guide but are you sure its best to remove blast wave for aeo at 10:30 plz ?

[@avalivs]

I would say no because on my mage I usually get impact procs from using blast wave to AoE. Plus it does a lot of damage :D

[@CarmillaCarmine19]

what should my rotation be as a lv48 fire mage??

[@larspannekoek9193]

Hey dont see the rep guide/video

[@Schandri]

why are you u using spirit gem :D

[@JaviHeals]

Oopsy🙊

[@balelitas]

🙌

[@Muffnman007]

Don't need points in imp scorch. Shouldn't be going oom and an evo is better than casting scorch, even if its only 1-2 ticks of it. Should be put into Imp fire blase since its also cast on the move and 8% extra crit chance on a spell that can proc pyro is better than casting scorch.

[@jacobandersen8972]

Would say crit is more prio than haste

[@danmoore1427]

Everyone else is saying the exact opposite so if your gonna say that please show some proof

[@bcf_polarbear1833]

Crit is waaaaay better then Haste. It's the entire reason for our Pyro procs. This guide is kinda terrible.. dude has a spirit gem and telling people to stack it as well... lmao

[@shotgunammo]

You do want haste but only up till one of your softcaps, you calculate this along with raid buffs ud get (such as 5% spell haste, potential DI) etc everything else goes into crit after hitting your hit and haste soft cap, the haste soft cap is there for the extra combustion ticks which are at 15% and 25% respectively iirc. 25% is probably not very realistic atm unless ur a goblin and playinf in a 25 man but 15% only requires around 800 ish haste with a 5% spell haste buff assuming ur not a goblin, a lot easier to get with T11 atm.

[@deensama7718]

@@bcf_polarbear1833 Crit is better than haste after you hit soft caps, the most imporant one being 25% haste. Depending on race and your raid comp, that could mean that haste is waaaaaaay better than crit for a good long while. Haste directly impacts your actual damage, not just how fast you cast.

[@Muffnman007]

When you can achieve over about 20% haste you want haste just as much as crit. Not sure on the exact figure but 25% is the next break point for an extra combust tick. Haste is simming higher for firelands bis atm. One of the main reasons is because consecutive crits will hit the target BEFORE the first ignite tick, stacking 100% of both ignites instead of 50% of the first and 100% of the 2nd. If you are lucky and get 3-4 or even 5 crits in a row that extra haste is going to ensure your ignite climbs up close to 100k instead of leveling out at ~30k. There is no initial damage from ignite after a crit.

[@Asce69]

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[@Destrudo5359]

No