Fire Mage DPS Vault of the Incarnates Raid Guide — Dragonflight 10.1
On this page, you will find tips, tricks, and strategies tailored to your Fire Mage for each boss of the following raid: Vault of the Incarnates. All our content is updated for World of Warcraft — Dragonflight 10.1.
Introduction
In this section, you will find information and guidance for each boss individually in Vault of the Incarnates as a Fire Mage. These are not complete encounter guides but provide specific tips for any Fire Mage on each boss.
Fire Mage Talents in Vault of the Incarnates
Below, we list most bosses' "base" talent setup. However, we will also list a boss-specific talent tree for each boss if it differs from the base tree below.
Keep in mind that many of the Mage tree talents are personal preference, so we highly suggest you read the talent page for a more detailed overview of the different choices available to you.
You can easily import the talent tree below into the game with the "Copy Export String" button.
Eranog
We suggest using Shimmer instead of
Ice Floes on this fight.
Other than that, we suggest the standard talents.
Tips
Use Shimmer to quickly get out of
Molten Cleave without
interrupting any casts.
Keep an eye on your boss mod timer for Flamerift. When Flamerift
is about to come up, ensure you have a couple of
Phoenix Flames charges
ready to burst down the adds quickly.
If your tactic has the adds running through the boss, you should
use Combustion closely before the adds spawn to build a big
Mastery: Ignite on the boss, and then spread it to the adds as they walk
over the boss.
When adds are low, make sure to target them with Scorch instead of
DPSing the boss, for
Searing Touch.
You can use Shimmer (or
Blink) to quickly get
through the flame walls from Primal Flame and continue
DPSing without having to move through when an add has been killed.
Mythic Tips
We currently have no Mythic specific tips for Eranog.
For more information, please refer to our Eranog guide.
Terros
We suggest using the standard talents listed at the top of this page.
Tips
Use Ice Block to solo soak
Rock Blast when available.
Keep an eye on your boss mod timer for Resonating Annihilation,
to ensure you do not use all your DPS cooldowns right before it goes out
as you are very likely to have to move when it goes out.
If it does spawn in the area, you are in, use
Shimmer/
Blink
or cast while moving via
Ice Floes to get out
of the zone. You have quite a lot of time, so make sure you do this without
giving up DPS.
Mythic Tips
We currently have no Mythic specific tips for Terros.
For more information, please refer to our Terros guide.
The Primal Council
We suggest using the standard talents listed at the top of this page.
Tips
Use Ice Block to solo soak
Meteor Axes when available.
Ensure you use your cooldowns while all 4 bosses are stacked up so your
big Mastery: Ignite can spread to all of them.
Make sure you activate Ice Floes before moving into a pool of fire to
cleanse your
Primal Blizzard stacks to ensure you do not stop casting
while moving in and out of it, or time your stack clears with instant
Pyroblasts.
Mythic Tips
We currently have no Mythic specific tips for Primal Council.
Sennarth, the Cold Breath
We suggest taking Shimmer here when learning the fight to avoid
being knocked off the platform due to the various knockback mechanics in this
fight while learning it, as you can quickly use it mid-air to save yourself.
However, when you are more experienced with the fight, you can use
Ice Floes
instead, as it will allow you to avoid the mechanics without losing DPS.
Tips
When the boss starts casting Gossamer Burst, you can activate
Alter Time, then let yourself get dragged close to the edge and then
re-activate Alter Time to be far away again, followed by immediately
Ice Floes into a web patch.
You can use Ice Block to soak
Glacial Plume if needed.
You can also use it to stop the pull-in from
Gossamer Burst
if needed.
Whenever adds walk through/near the boss, make sure to spread
Mastery: Ignite to them.
Mythic Tips
We currently have no Mythic specific tips for Sennarth.
Dathea, Ascended
We suggest the standard talents for this fight.
Tips
When you get Conductive Mark, activate
Alter Time
when at full health and re-active when the damage from the mark
brings you low. You can also
Ice Block to fully get rid of it if you are
in danger of dying or your group is struggling to heal it.
Right at the start of Cyclone you can activate
Alter Time
to snapshot your position and re-active it when you get close to the boss.
You can also use
Shimmer/
Ice Floes to keep DPS up while
moving against the pull.
Mythic Tips
We currently have no Mythic specific tips for Dathea.
For more information, please refer to our DatheaAscended guide.
Kurog Grimtotem
We suggest the standard talents for this fight.
Tips
When you get Biting Chill, activate
Alter Time
when at full health and re-activate when the damage from the debuff
brings you low. You can also
Ice Block to fully get rid of it if you are
in danger of dying or your group is struggling to heal it.
You can solo soak Absolute Zero with
Ice Block.
On small group sizes, you can also solo soak it with
Greater Invisibility,
but make sure to use
Prismatic Barrier to ensure you do not die.
Keep an eye on the energy bar of the boss, and when the boss is close to being
full energy, save your cooldowns for the intermission phase. You should channel
Evocation while the boss is flying to the middle and start your burn
rotation on the adds when they are grouped up.
Mythic Tips
We currently have no Mythic specific tips for Kurog Grimtotem.
For more information, please refer to our Kurog Grimtotem guide.
Broodkeeper Diurna
We suggest the standard talents for this fight.
Tips
A lot of groups assign a large group of players
to focus entirely on boss damage, while others entirely on add damage.
If you are assigned entirely to adds, make sure you focus down the high health
targets and let Mastery: Ignite do your AoE damage, instead of hitting
the smaller adds, as that will cause you to lose out on Ignite damage.
When the boss casts Icy Shroud, activate
Alter Time
when at full health and re-active it after the damage, or use other
defensives as you see fit. If needed, you can use
Ice Block to get rid of the debuff
after the explosion. Still, since others can dispel it, this is only
suggested if your group does not have
Mass Dispel available and your
healers are struggling.
Mythic Tips
We currently have no Mythic specific tips for Broodkeeper Diurna. These are expected to follow during the first few weeks of Mythic being out.
For more information, please refer to our Broodkeeper Diurna guide.
Raszageth the Storm-Eater
We suggest the standard talents for this boss.
Tips
If you get targeted with Static Charge, you should activate
Alter Time before
Shimmering away from the group, and then
re-activating Alter Time after putting down the debuff.
Your Rune of Power and cooldowns in general will line up with
Hurricane Wing quite often on this fight. When this happens, ensure
you are already close to a
Static Field, to ensure your Rune
drops close to the pool, so you can simply sidestep when the winds begin Into
the Static Field without losing uptime on Rune.
Depending on your group's damage, cooldowns will align differently with
the different phases. However, it is very important you align your cooldowns
at least with the huge bonus damage moments in phase 2. ( Focused Charge)
This effect happens shortly after the start of phase 2, so hold onto
your cooldowns at the start of phase 2 until you get the buff.
Mythic Tips
We currently have no Mythic specific tips for Raszageth the Storm-Eater.
For more information, please refer to our Raszageth the Storm-Eater guide.
Changelog
- 01 May 2023: Reviewed for Patch 10.1.
- 20 Mar. 2023: Reviewed for Patch 10.0.7.
- 24 Jan. 2023: Reviewed for Patch 10.0.5.
- 26 Dec. 2022: Removed disclaimer about tips as tips remained relevant on live servers.
- 17 Dec. 2022: Updated bosses with more tips due to changes from beta to live.
- 11 Dec. 2022: Page added.
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This guide has been written by Dutchmagoz. Dutchmagoz is a Mythic raider in one of the top raiding guilds, Turtles and the owner of the Mage Discord server, Altered Time, where he is involved in all things Mage, and you can reach out to him directly for feedback or questions about the guide.
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