Fire Mage PvP Best Arena Compositions — The War Within (11.2)
Team composition in 2v2 or 3v3 Arena is very important, because not all classes work well together. Here, we give you the best compositions you can have for your Fire Mage (i.e., the best classes to pair with it).
This page is part of our Fire Mage PvP Guide.
2v2 Arena
In 2v2 Arena, you do not have many options. It can be quite difficult to kill
a healer in 2v2 by yourself, so you will likely be focusing an enemy DPS. Before
you use your burst rotation, make sure the enemy healer is in crowd control.
Ideally, you will be playing with a healer that can stun. After the stun, cast
Polymorph and use your burst rotation. If you get interrupted while
casting
Polymorph, you can still cast Fire spells. Fire Mages have
a lot of instant damage and will not struggle against melee DPS like the other
Mage specializations. It is important to note that Mages have
Spellsteal and can use it to steal HoTs to heal themselves. This is a
great spell versus Restoration Druid and Discipline Priest that have multiple spells that you can steal, like
Power Infusion.
Here is a list of the best team compositions for 2v2:
- Fire Mage + Subtlety Rogue
- Fire Mage + Discipline Priest
- Fire Mage + Shadow Priest
- Fire Mage + Holy Paladin
- Fire Mage + Restoration Druid
3v3 Arena
Your role in 3v3 is similar to 2v2 Arena. As a Fire Mage, you will be
focusing on controlling the enemy team with slows and using Polymorph.
Before your team uses burst cooldowns, make sure there is crowd control on the
enemy healer. If you are playing with a Subtlety Rogue, remember that
Polymorph shares a diminishing return with
Sap and your
Polymorph will be half duration in the opener. Remember, Fire Mage damage is mostly instant, and you need to balance damage with crowd control.
While you are using crowd control, weave in instant
Pyroblasts or
make sure you have
Hot Streak procs so you can start dealing damage
as soon as the enemy healer is in crowd control. It is important to note that
you are not limited to using
Polymorph on the enemy healer. If an
enemy DPS using their burst cooldowns, you can slow/root and
Polymorph them. This will help your healer significantly.
Here is a list of the best team compositions for 3v3:
- MLP/MLD (Fire Mage + Demonology Warlock + Holy Paladin/Restoration Druid)
- RMP (Fire Mage + Subtlety Rogue + Discipline Priest/Holy Paladin)
- WMP (Fire Mage + Fury Warrior + Restoration Druid/Holy Paladin)
- FMP (Fire Mage + Feral Druid + Discipline Priest/Holy Paladin)
- Boomy/Mage (Fire Mage + Balance Druid + Restoration Druid/Holy Paladin)
Changelog
- 04 Aug. 2025: Updated for Patch 11.2.
- Updated best 2v2 team compositions.
- Updated best 3v3 team compositions.
- 15 Jun. 2025: Reviewed for Patch 11.1.7.
- 21 Apr. 2025: Reviewed for Patch 11.1.5.
- 24 Feb. 2025: Reviewed for Patch 11.1.
- 15 Dec. 2024: Reviewed for Patch 11.0.7.
- 30 Nov. 2024: Updated recommended team compositions.
- Updated recommended 2v2 team compositions.
- Updated recommended 3v3 team compositions.
- 09 Sep. 2024: Reviewed for The War Within Season 1.
- 21 Aug. 2024: Reviewed for The War Within.
- 23 Jul. 2024: Reviewed for The War Within Pre-Patch.
- 07 May 2024: Reviewed for 10.2.7.
- 22 Apr. 2024: Reviewed for Season 4.
- 18 Mar. 2024: Reviewed for Patch 10.2.6.
- 15 Jan. 2024: Reviewed for Patch 10.2.5.
- 06 Nov. 2023: Updated for Patch 10.2
- 04 Sep. 2023: Reviewed for Patch 10.1.7
- 10 Jul. 2023: Reviewed for Patch 10.1.5
- 09 May 2023: Updated for Dragonflight Patch 10.1.
- 21 Mar. 2023: Reviewed for Patch 10.0.7.
- 30 Jan. 2023: Reviewed for Patch 10.0.5.
- 11 Dec. 2022: Reviewed for Dragonflight Season 1.
- 22 Nov. 2022: Updated for Dragonflight Pre-patch.
- 31 Jul. 2022: Updated for Shadowlands Season 4.
- 31 May 2022: Reviewed for Patch 9.2.5.
- 28 Feb. 2022: Page updated for Patch 9.2.
- 17 Nov. 2021: Page reviewed for Patch 9.1.5.
- 04 Jul. 2021: Reviewed and approved for Patch 9.1.
- 10 Dec. 2020: Updated for Shadowlands Season 1.
- 14 Oct. 2020: Updated for Shadowlands pre-patch.
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