Fire Mage PvP Guide — The War Within (11.2)

Fire Mages are one of the most unique caster specializations. The damage profile for Fire heavily relies on the hit-and-run playstyle. Utilizing heavy Crowd Control setups with Combustion on an isolated target makes Fire Mage is a force to be reckoned with. The main class a Mage should be looking to pair with is a Rogue, Shadow Priest, or Warrior. With coordinated stuns into Polymorphs and a strong healer (Holy Priest, Holy Paladin or Restoration Druid), Fire Mage compositions typically have very large on-demand damage, with high consistent damage as well as long crowd control chains on enemies.

Strengths

• Strong crowd control
• High burst damage
• Multiple casting schools
• Significant instant cast damage

Weaknesses

• Low consistent damage
• Predictable burst damage
• Will struggle versus teams with high mobility
• Classes that can Purge Alter Time are difficult to deal with

• New talents/spells: Improved Conjuration, Time Walk, Spatial Manipulation, Temporal Realignment, and Improved Blazing Barrier. All of these talents will greatly improve your survivability, especially Temporal Realignment.
• Removed talents/spells: Phoenix Flames, Shifting Power, Unleashed Inferno, Hyperthermia, Lit Fuse, Mass Barrier, Slow, and Blast Wave. Shifting Power and Mass Barrier have been crucial to the Fire Mage toolkit for many PvP seasons. The loss of these spells will be noticeable.
• Changed talent/spells:
  • Shimmer cooldown increased to 30 seconds and no longer has 2 charges baseline.
  • Blink cooldown increased to 15 seconds baseline.
  • Greater Invisibility no longer reduces damage you take by 60%.
  • Mastery: Ignite reduced by 25% and no longer causes Fire Blast to spread Ignite baseline.
  • Fireball now replaces Frostbolt.
• PvP talent changes: Ignition Burst has been removed. This has been a core part of the rotation and the removal of it will have Fire Mages focusing on getting Ice Wall instead.