Fire Mage Raid Guide

Flamestrike

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/use [@cursor] Flamestrike

Remove Curse

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/cast [@mouseover] Remove Curse

Polymorph

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/cast [@mouseover] Polymorph

Alter Time cancel - must have macro for whenever your Alter is putting you back to lower hp than you currently have.

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/cancelaura Alter Time

• MRT -- Notes, Raid cooldowns, and more
  • Helpful addon for Raiders, especially for Raid leaders and officers.
• ElvUI -- Full User Interface replacement
  • A user interface designed around user-friendliness with extra features that are not included in the standard UI.
  • Alternatively, you can also use Shadowed Unit Frames (SUF) and an action bar addon of your choice or of course the stock UI.
• BigWigs -- Generic Boss Mod
  • BigWigs is a boss encounter add-on. It consists of many individual encounter scripts, or boss modules; mini add-ons that are designed to trigger alert messages, timer bars, sounds, and so forth, for one specific Raid encounter.
• WeakAuras -- Jack of all trades
  • WeakAuras is a powerful and flexible framework that allows the display of highly customizable graphics on World of Warcraft's user interface to indicate buffs, debuffs, and other relevant information. This addon was created to be a lightweight replacement for Power Auras but has since introduced more functionalities while remaining efficient and easy to use.
• Plater -- Advanced Nameplates
  • Plater is a nameplate addon with an extraordinary amount of settings, out of the box debuff tracking, threat coloring, and support for scripting similar to WeakAuras and wago.io + the WeakAuras-Companion for Mod/Script/Profile updates.
• Details -- In-depth Damage Meter
  • Most powerful, reliable, handsome, damage meter.

• Mage
  • Mass Barrier mana cost reduced to 8% base mana (was 12%).
  • Polymorph health regeneration reduced by 50%.
  • Polymorph now breaks based on a small damage threshold instead of any damage.
  • Time Anomaly procs now ignore mana costs.
  • Mirror Images now have their Frostbolt missiles hidden for allies in raids and dungeons.
  • Hero Talents
    • Frostfire
      • Developers' notes: Our updates for Frostfire Mage are focused on reducing the incentive to track auras and to make the talents more connected and conducive with each other.
      • Excess Fire now triggers when you cast Meteor or Comet Storm (was reach max stacks of Fire Mastery).
      • Excess Fire may now stack up to 2 times.
      • Frostfire Burst damage increased by 70%.
      • Excess Frost now triggers when you consume Excess Fire (was reach max stacks of Frost Mastery) and may stack up to twice. Excess Frost now casts Ice Nova at 200% effectiveness (was 125%).
      • The cooldown reduction of Excess Frost has been reduced to 3 seconds (was 5 seconds).
      • The talent locations of Excess Frost, Excess Fire, Isothermic Core, Imbued Warding, and Meltdown have changed.
      • Frostfire Bolt will now appropriately consume Overflowing Energy when it critically strikes.
      • Frostfire Empowerment is now tracked on the personal resource display.
    • Sunfury
      • Consuming Glorious Incandescence while at or around max range will now appropriately summon Meteorites.
  • Fire
    • Developers' notes: Fire’s resource economy post-The War Within has been too generous, which has made certain spells like Fireball and Scorch feel unnecessary while also impacting how we can tune Pyroblast and Flamestrike. Our goal here is to reduce access to Phoenix Flames and less-so Fire Blast while amping up your spenders to help increase skill expression, increase your reliance on casting, and make exciting spells hit a bit harder.
    • Heat Shimmer has been updated – No longer makes Scorch instant-cast. Now increases Scorch damage by 10%.
    • Pyrotechnics has been updated – Critical chance increased to 20% (was 10%).
    • Controlled Destruction has been updated – Now also triggers from Fireball.
    • Master of Flame has been updated – Now increases Ignite and Fireball’s damage by 15% when Combustion is not active.
    • Call of the Sun King has been updated – No longer grants an additional charge of Phoenix Flames and now grants 15% increased Phoenix Flames damage.
    • Fire Blast cooldown increased to 14 seconds (was 12 seconds).
    • Hyperthermia duration reduced to 5 seconds (was 6 seconds).
    • Hyperthermia’s chance to trigger has been reduced.
    • Pyroblast damage increased by 10%.
    • Pyroblast mana cost reduced to 1.5% base mana (was 2.5%).
    • Flamestrike damage increased by 10%.
    • Flamestrike mana cost reduced to 1.5% base mana (was 2.5%).
    • Unleashed Inferno damage bonus increased to 70% (was 60%).
    • Phoenix Reborn now refunds 1 Phoenix Flame charge on use (was 2).
    • Phoenix Reborn's Phoenix Flames damage bonus increased to 200% (was 100%).
    • Phoenix Reborn’s description, auras, and tooltips have been updated to better communicate their effects.
    • Fixed an issue that caused Pyromaniac to grant Hyperthermia more often than it should.
    • You can no longer trigger Hyperthermia when you already have it and it’s chance to trigger has been reduced.
    • Frostfire
      • Frostfire Infusion damage reduced by 10%.
      • Excess Fire Phoenix Flames cooldown reduction reduced to 5 seconds (was 10 seconds).
      • Excess Frost cooldown reduction reduced to 5 seconds (was 10 seconds).
      • Excess Frost Ice Nova effectiveness decreased to 150% (was 200%).
      • Excess Frost now reduces the cooldown of Meteor by 5 seconds when consumed (was 3 seconds).
      • Isothermic Core now causes Comet Storm at 250% effectiveness (was 200%).
      • Flash Freezeburn can no longer trigger from Combustions granted from Sun King's Blessing or Time Anomaly.
        • Developers' notes: Flash Freezeburn combined with Sun King's Blessing was a large contributor to the resource and proc overflow Fire Mages can experience while using this Hero Talent tree. To remain consistent, we've also adjusted the effect for Frost Mages as well.
    • Sunfury
      • Glorious Incandescence Fire Blast cooldown reduction increased to 2 seconds when a meteorite strikes (was 1 second).
      • Memory of Al’ar will now extend an existing Hyperthermia instead of replacing it.
      • Fixed an issue causing Ignite the Future to not increase Mana Cascade stacks.
      • Fixed an issue that caused the Arcane Phoenix to occasionally cast the player’s version of Meteorite.

• Mage
  • Arcane Intellect now costs 1% base mana (was 4%).
  • Alter Time’s visuals have been updated.
  • Shifting Power's icon has been updated. 
  • Ice Floes now allows you to cast Portal and Teleport spells while moving.
  • Frostfire
    • Excess Fire has been updated – No longer generates Living Bomb. Instead generates a Frostfire Burst, dealing moderate Frostfire damage in an 8 yard radius. Damage reduced beyond 8 targets.
    • Frostfire Burst damage increased by 25%.
    • Frostfire Burst’s visuals have been updated.
    • Frostfire Infusion damage increased by 50%.
    • Isothermic Core Meteor damage increased by 15%.
    • Isothermic Core Comet Storm damage increased by 25%.
  • Sunfury
    • Gravity Lapse target cap increased to 8 targets (was 5) and Gravity Lapse now stuns instead of rooting.
    • Gravity Lapse now roots instead of stunning in PvP only.
    • Gravity Lapse’s visual effects have been updated.
    • Meteorites are now summoned instantly.
    • Spellfire Spheres are now anchored relative to your chest’s position.
• Fire
  • Majesty of the Phoenix has been updated – Casting Phoenix Flames causes your next Flamestrike to have its critical strike chance increased by 20% and critical strike damage increased by 20%. Stacks up to 3 times.
  • All ability damage reduced by 3%. 
  • Lit Fuse now has a 6% chance to trigger (was 4%).
  • Explosive Ingenuity now increases Lit Fuse’s chance to trigger by 4% (was 3%).
  • Explosive Ingenuity now increases Living Bomb’s damage by 50% (was 25%).
  • Explosivo's Living Bomb damage increase while in Combustion reduced to 30% (was 40%).
  • Sparking Cinders now triggers 3 times per minute (was 2).
  • Sparking Cinders damage bonus increased to 15% for Pyroblast and Flamestrike (was 10% for Pyroblast and 20% for Flamestrike).
  • Heat Shimmer can once again trigger while casting Scorch.
  • Heat Shimmer is no longer consumed when it triggers during a Scorch cast.
  • Fixed an issue that prevented Pyromaniac from being able to trigger Hyperthermia.
  • Fixed an issue that caused Controlled Destruction to increase Ignite damage by an additional 0.5% per stack.
  • Hyperthermia’s overlay has been updated.
  • Lit Fuse no longer highlights Fire Blast.
  • Lit Fuse is now displayed on the Personal Resource Display.
  • Fuel the Fire is now shown in the spellbook.
  • Sunfury
    • Glorious Incandescence has been updated – Now causes Fire Blast to hit up to 2 nearby targets in addition to its previous effects.
    • Burden of Power now increases Pyroblast damage by 20% (was 15%).
    • Burden of Power now increases Flamestrike damage by 30% (was 60%).
    • Memory of Al’ar's Hyperthermia extension amount increased to 1 second (was 0.5 seconds).
    • Glorious Incandescence now highlights Fire Blast.

• Mage
  • Reabsorption now heals for 3% maximum health (was 5%).
  • Cryo-Freeze now causes Ice Block to heal for 25/50% of maximum health over its duration (was 40/80%).
  • Mass Barrier now has a cooldown of 3 minutes (was 2 minutes).
• Fire
  • Pyroblast damage increased by 5%.
  • Phoenix Flames damage increased by 10%.
  • Fireball damage increased by 20%.
  • Scorch damage increased by 25%.
  • Improved Scorch now increases damage taken by 7% (was 6%).
  • Flamestrike damage increased by 10%.
  • Quickflame Flamestrike damage bonus increased to 25% (was 20%).
  • Flame Patch damage increased by 30%.
  • Living Bomb damage decreased by 63%.
  • Living Bomb is now target-capped at 8 targets and no longer splashes.
  • Living Bomb visual effects now have reduced visual fidelity in raid groups.
  • Lit Fuse chance to trigger reduced to 4% (was 15%).
  • Explosive Ingenuity chance to trigger reduced to 3% (was 10%).
  • Explosivo's Living Bomb trigger chance during Combustion is reduced to 15% (was 30%).
  • Explosivo's Living Bomb damage increase during Combustion reduced to 40% (was 50%).
  • Deep Impact's cooldown reduction reduced 10 seconds (was 15 seconds).

• Mage
  • All talent trees have had many talents move locations or have had their pathing updated.
  • New Talent: Barrier Diffusion – Whenever one of your Barriers is removed, reduce its cooldown by 4 seconds. Located in Dragon's Breath previous location.
  • New Talent: Inspired Intellect – Arcane Intellect grants you an additional 3% Intellect. Choice node with Time Anomaly.
  • Time Anomaly has been updated – Now grants Brain Freeze instead of Fingers of Frost.
  • Supernova added to Mage class tree (was Arcane tree) and now has a 45 second cooldown (was 25 seconds).
  • Mass Polymorph now polymorphs targets for 15 seconds (was 60 seconds).
  • Mass Slow has been removed.
• Fire
  • New Talent: Lit Fuse – Consuming Hot Streak has a 15% chance to grant you Lit Fuse. Lit Fuse: Your next Fire Blast turns up to 1 nearby target into a Living Bomb that explodes after 2 seconds, dealing Fire damage to the target and reduced damage to all other enemies within 10 yards. Up to 3 enemies hit by this explosion also become a Living Bomb, but this effect cannot spread further.
  • New Talent: Explosive Ingenuity – Your chance of gaining Lit Fuse when consuming Hot Streak is increased to 20%. Living Bomb damage increased by 25%.
  • New Talent: Down in Flames – Scorch deals 300% damage to targets below 30% health.
  • New Talent: Quickflame – Flamestrike damage increased by 20%.
  • New Talent: Focused Fury – Living Bomb deals more damage the fewer targets it hits, up to 300% at 1 target.
  • New Talent: Mark of the Fire Lord – Flamestrike and Living Bomb apply Mastery: Ignite at 100% increased effectiveness.
  • New Talent: Spontaneous Combustion – Casting Combustion refreshes up to 3 charges of Fire Blast and up to 3 charges of Phoenix Flames.
  • New Talent: Fire's Ire – When you're not under the effect of Combustion, your critical strike chance is increased by 2.5%. When you're under the effects of Combustion, your critical strike damage is increased by 2.5%. 2-point talent. 
  • New Talent: Explosivo – Casting Combustion grants Lit Fuse and Living Bomb's damage is increased by 50% while under the effects of Combustion. Your chance of gaining Lit Fuse is increased by 30% while under the effects of Combustion.
  • New Talent: Blast Zone – Lit Fuse now turns up to 3 targets into Living Bombs. Living Bombs can now spread to 5 enemies.
  • New Talent: Ashen Feather – If Phoenix Flames hits only one target, it deals 25% increased damage and applies Ignite at 150% effectiveness. 
  • New Talent: Majesty of the Phoenix – When Phoenix Flames damages 3 or more targets, your next 2 Flamestrikes have their cast time reduced by 1.5 seconds and their damage is increased by 20%.
  • New Talent: Molten Fury – Damage dealt to targets below 35% health is increased by 7%.
  • New Talent: Heat Shimmer – Damage from Ignite has a 5% chance to make your next Scorch instant cast and deal damage as though your target was below 30% health.
  • New Talent: Sparking Cinders – Living Bomb explosions have a small chance to increase the damage of your next Pyroblast by 10% or Flamestrike by 20%.
  • Fervent Flickering has been redesigned – Now reduces the cooldown of Fire Blast by 2 seconds.
  • Controlled Destruction has been redesigned – Damaging a target with Pyroblast increases the damage it receives from Ignite by 0.5%. This effect stacks up to 50 times. 
  • Improved Scorch has been redesigned – Casting Scorch on targets below 30% health increases the damage the target takes from you by 6% for 12 seconds. This effect stacks up to 2 times. 
  • Flame Accelerant has been redesigned – Every 12 seconds, your next Fireball, Flamestrike, or Pyroblast has a 40% reduced cast time.
  • Unleashed Inferno has been redesigned – While Combustion is active your Fireball, Pyroblast, Fire Blast, Scorch, and Phoenix Flames deal 50% increased damage and reduce the cooldown of Combustion by 1.25 seconds. While Combustion is active, Flamestrike deals 25% increased damage and reduces the cooldown of Combustion by 0.25 seconds for each critical strike, up to 1.25 seconds.
  • Convection has been redesigned – When a Living Bomb expires, if it did not spread to another target, it refreshes its duration. A Living Bomb can only benefit from this effect once.
  • Pyromaniac has been redesigned – Casting Pyroblast or Flamestrike while Hot Streak is active has an 6% chance to repeat the spell cast at 50% effectiveness. This effect counts as consuming Hot Streak.
  • Phoenix Reborn has been redesigned – When your direct damage spells hit an enemy 25 times the damage of your next 2 Phoenix Flames is increased by 100% and they refund a charge on use.
  • From the Ashes has been redesigned – Phoenix Flames damage increased by 15% and your direct-damage spells reduce the cooldown of Phoenix Flames by 1 second.
  • Deep Impact has been redesigned – Meteor now turns one target hit into a Living Bomb. Additionally, its cooldown is reduced by 15 seconds.
  • Kindling now benefits from Flamestrike – Flamestrike critical strikes reduce the remaining cooldown of Combustion by 0.2 seconds for each critical strike, up to 1 second.
  • Fuel the Fire is now learned automatically when specializing Fire. 
  • Searing Touch's critical strike threshold functionality is now baseline to Scorch.
  • Improved Scorch's movement speed increase is now baseline to Scorch.
  • Living Bomb damage increased by 70%.
  • Living Bomb now applies Ignite.
  • Living Bomb now spreads to 3 targets (was 5).
  • Living Bomb applications are slightly desynced to minimize overlapping.
  • Phoenix Flames damage reduced by 10%.
  • Pyroblast damage reduced by 5%.
  • Intensifying Flames Ignite damage bonus reduced to 20% (was 25%).
  • Sun King's Blessing now grants Sun King's Fury after consuming 10 Hot Streaks.
  • Flame On no longer reduces the cooldown of Fire Blast.
  • Unleashed Inferno's non-Flamestrike damage bonus increased to 60%. Flamestrike damage bonus increased to 35%.
  • Fevered Incantation now grants 1% increased critical strike damage per point (was 2%).
  • Call of the Sun King no longer grants 15% increased Phoenix Flames damage and instead makes Phoenix Flames always critically strike.
  • Alexstrasza's Fury no longer makes Phoenix Flames always critically strike.
  • Hyperthermia now has an activation overlay.
  • Dragonflight Season 4 class set bonuses have been updated to the Dragonflight Season 1 class set bonuses:
    • 2 Set Bonus – Pyroblasts and Flamestrikes cast with Hot Streak deal 10% increased damage.
    • 4 Set Bonus – Fire Blast, Phoenix Flames, and Fireball deal 10% increased damage and their chance to critically strike is increased by 10%.
  • Developer's note: In The War Within pre-patch we had several season 4 class sets that were made into spec talents. In order to prevent any oddities we are updating those select few class sets with earlier tier sets from Dragonflight to prevent any overlap or potential bugs.
  • The following talents are now 1 point:
    • Critical Mass
    • Wildfire
    • Flame On
    • Fevered Incantation is now 2 points.
  • The following talents have been removed: 
    • Incendiary Eruptions
    • Firemind
    • Tempered Flames
    • Conflagration
    • Searing Touch

A: If you have too much haste this is no longer possible. This problem only occurs during Time Warp. To remedy this issue, simply replace Scorch with Fireball.