Introduction
Fire is a spec that revolves around critical strikes and burst damage, while possessing some unique mechanics such as casting while casting. In Shadowlands Fire remains a strong progression spec due to its execute, high mobility, cheat death and immunity. This guide should cover all you need to know to get started playing your Fire mage in Mythic+ or Raids.
To see the raw sim data driving the information in this guide, please check out my sim dump.
Contents
1 - Major Changes
2 - Overview
3 - Abilities
4 - Talents
5 - Rotation
5.1 - Priority outside Combustion
5.2 - Combustion
5.3 - Combustion Sequences and the opener
5.4 - Covenant Abilities
5.5 - AOE Rotation
5.6 - Trinket usage
5.7 - Legendary usage
6 - Gearing
7 - Covenants
8 - Racials5.2 - Combustion
5.3 - Combustion Sequences and the opener
5.4 - Covenant Abilities
5.5 - AOE Rotation
5.6 - Trinket usage
5.7 - Legendary usage
9 - Macros and Add-ons
10 - Advanced
11 - FAQ
12 - Sim Dump
13 - Castle Nathria as a Fire mage
1 - Major Changes
If you are returning to mage after one or more expansions, here's some important fundamental changes that you should be aware of since last time you played.
Battle for Azeroth
- Damage buffs such as https://www.wowhead.com/spell=116011/rune-of-power and https://www.wowhead.com/spell=1463/incanters-flow only affect spell damage. Other sources of damage, such as trinkets, are unaffected.
- Mages once again have https://www.wowhead.com/spell=475/remove-curse and https://www.wowhead.com/spell=1459/arcane-intellect.
- https://www.wowhead.com/spell=1459/arcane-intellect now only increases intellect by 5%, but can no longer be replaced by a scroll.
- https://www.wowhead.com/spell=116011/rune-of-power has been reworked.
- Mages once again have https://shadowlands.wowhead.com/spell=108978/alter-time and https://shadowlands.wowhead.com/spell=3 ... ocus-magic (the later being a talent).
- https://www.wowhead.com/spell=55342/mirror-image is now baseline, but as a defensive utility cooldown rather than a damage one.
- http://www.wowhead.com/spell=12846/mastery:-ignite no longer spreads automatically, and must be spread via https://www.wowhead.com/spell=257541/phoenix-flames.
2 - Overview
Fire as a spec involves maximising the number Http://www.wowhead.com/spell=195283/hot-streak, and maximising damage during our Http://www.wowhead.com/spell=190319/combustion window.
Http://www.wowhead.com/spell=195283/hot-streak is gained by achieving two direct critical strikes in a row. One critical strike gives us Http://www.wowhead.com/spell=48107/heating-up, and a critical strike while Http://www.wowhead.com/spell=48107/heating-up is active gives us Http://www.wowhead.com/spell=195283/hot-streak. Http://www.wowhead.com/spell=195283/hot-streak makes our next Http://www.wowhead.com/spell=11366/pyroblast or Http://www.wowhead.com/spell=2120/flamestrike instant cast and doubles its http://www.wowhead.com/spell=12654/ignite damage.
In order to assist us with this, Fire mage possesses the unique ability to cast Http://www.wowhead.com/spell=108853/fire-blast while casting, making it easier to convert Http://www.wowhead.com/spell=48107/heating-up into Http://www.wowhead.com/spell=195283/hot-streak.
Fire has several tools to maximise the number of critical strikes and Http://www.wowhead.com/spell=195283/hot-streaks:
- http://www.wowhead.com/spell=117216/critical-mass gives us a flat 15% critical strike chance, and increases the critical strike rating we gain from other sources such as gear by an additional 10%.
- Http://www.wowhead.com/spell=133/fireball gains an additional 10% critical strike chance each time it fails to crit.
- http://www.wowhead.com/spell=190319/combustion gives us 100% critical strike chance for the duration.
- http://www.wowhead.com/spell=205026/firestarter makes Http://www.wowhead.com/spell=133/fireball and Http://www.wowhead.com/spell=11366/pyroblast a guaranteed critical strike while the target is at or above 90% health.
- http://bfa.wowhead.com/spell=269644/searing-touch makes http://www.wowhead.com/spell=2948/scorch a guaranteed critical strike while the target is at or below 30% health.
- Http://www.wowhead.com/spell=108853/fire-blast is guaranteed to critically strike.
3 - Abilities
Damage abilities:
- Http://www.wowhead.com/spell=133/fireball is our filler ability, it does low damage and is used generate http://www.wowhead.com/spell=48107/heating-up. Each time Http://www.wowhead.com/spell=133/fireball fails to crit it gains an additional 10% critical strike chance, stacking until Http://www.wowhead.com/spell=133/fireball finally crits.
- Http://www.wowhead.com/spell=108853/fire-blast is a medium damage ability that always crits and is usable while casting. The primary use of Http://www.wowhead.com/spell=108853/fire-blast is to convert Http://www.wowhead.com/spell=48107/heating-ups gained from Http://www.wowhead.com/spell=133/fireball into Http://www.wowhead.com/spell=195283/hot-streaks so we can use our payoff spells.
- Http://www.wowhead.com/spell=11366/pyroblast is a high damage single target ability with a long cast time. It becomes an instant cast spell while Http://www.wowhead.com/spell=195283/hot-streak is active.
- Http://www.wowhead.com/spell=2120/flamestrike is an AOE ability with a long cast time. It becomes an instant cast spell while Http://www.wowhead.com/spell=195283/hot-streak is active.
- Http://www.wowhead.com/spell=2948/scorch is a very low damage, very short cast time ability that can be cast while moving.
- http://www.wowhead.com/spell=31661/dragons-breath is a frontal cone AOE that disorientates all targets hit. It does okay damage but has extremely short range. Mainly used as crowd control or a quick interrupt.
- http://bfa.wowhead.com/spell=257541/phoenix-flames is an instant cast, charge based spell with a slow travel time that spreads Ignite to 8 nearby targets.
- Http://www.wowhead.com/spell=190319/combustion is our primary DPS cooldown. It gives us 100% critical strike chance for 12 seconds, and converts 50% of our excess critical strike into mastery for the duration.
- http://www.wowhead.com/spell=1953/blink teleports us 20 yards forwards and is our main mobility tool.
- http://bfa.wowhead.com/spell=1459/arcane-intellect is a castable buff that increases your groups Intellect by 5% for 1 hour.
- http://www.wowhead.com/spell=235313/blazing-barrier gives us a small shield for 60 seconds; useful for periods of high damage.
- http://www.wowhead.com/spell=45438/ice-block is an immunity that prevents all damage, but we cannot move or cast spells for the duration. Can be cancelled by pressing http://www.wowhead.com/spell=45438/ice-block again.
- http://bfa.wowhead.com/spell=475/remove-curse dispels all curses from a friendly target.
- http://www.wowhead.com/spell=66/invisibility turns us invisible after a short delay. Can be used to fizzle several targeted boss abilities.
- http://www.wowhead.com/spell=30449/spellsteal steals 1 beneficial magic buff from the target. Note some incredibly powerful buffs cannot be stolen and will simply be purged.
- https://www.wowhead.com/spell=55342/mirror-image creates 3 copies of our character that cast https://www.wowhead.com/spell=116/frostbolt for 40 seconds. While an image is active your direct damage taken is reduced by 20%, and taking direct damage causes an image to dissipate. This is not a DPS cooldown.
- https://shadowlands.wowhead.com/spell=108978/alter-time snapshots our current location and health. The spell can be reactivated again within 10 seconds to return us to said location and health.
4 - Talents
Example build for a single target raid encounter:
- http://bfa.wowhead.com/spell=269644/searing-touch
- http://www.wowhead.com/spell=236645/shimmer
- http://www.wowhead.com/spell=116011/rune-of-power
- http://www.wowhead.com/spell=205029/flame-on
- http://www.wowhead.com/spell=236058/frenetic-speed
- http://www.wowhead.com/spell=205023/conflagration
- http://www.wowhead.com/spell=155148/kindling
Example build for a raid encounter with adds:
- http://bfa.wowhead.com/spell=269644/searing-touch
- http://www.wowhead.com/spell=236645/shimmer
- http://www.wowhead.com/spell=116011/rune-of-power
- http://www.wowhead.com/spell=205029/flame-on
- http://www.wowhead.com/spell=236058/frenetic-speed
- http://www.wowhead.com/spell=205023/conflagration or http://www.wowhead.com/spell=205037/flame-patch
- http://www.wowhead.com/spell=155148/kindling
Example build for heavy AOE, such as pure add fights or Mythic+:
- http://bfa.wowhead.com/spell=269644/searing-touch
- http://www.wowhead.com/spell=236645/shimmer
- http://www.wowhead.com/spell=116011/rune-of-power
- https://www.wowhead.com/spell=235870/alexstraszas-fury or http://www.wowhead.com/spell=205029/flame-on
- http://www.wowhead.com/spell=236058/frenetic-speed
- http://www.wowhead.com/spell=205037/flame-patch
- http://www.wowhead.com/spell=155148/kindling
Tier 1
- http://www.wowhead.com/spell=205026/firestarter makes Http://www.wowhead.com/spell=133/fireball and Http://www.wowhead.com/spell=11366/pyroblast a guaranteed critical strike while the target is at or above 90% health.
- http://www.wowhead.com/spell=205020/pyromaniac gives our Http://www.wowhead.com/spell=195283/hot-streak an 8% chance to instantly reactivate when consumed.
- http://bfa.wowhead.com/spell=269644/searing-touch makes Http://www.wowhead.com/spell=2948/scorch a guaranteed critical strike and gives it 150% additional damage on targets at or below 30% health.
http://bfa.wowhead.com/spell=269644/searing-touch gives us the ability to use almost our entire rotation while moving when the target is below 30% health. This is incredibly powerful for progression encounters as the execute phase is very often the most difficult phase of the encounter.
http://www.wowhead.com/spell=205026/firestarter currently gives the highest DPS in the opener. You should consider how valuable the first 10% of the fight is, as it may be more useful to talent into damage that helps early on if the fight has a difficult phase one.
Due to the execute phase of a fight generally being the toughest and dragging out due to mechanics and occasionally deaths, I recommend http://bfa.wowhead.com/spell=269644/searing-touch for almost every raid encounter.
In the rare scenario that you cannot take advantage of the other two talents, such as enemies that start or end at different health percentages, default to http://www.wowhead.com/spell=205020/pyromaniac.
Tier 2
- http://www.wowhead.com/spell=235365/blazing-soul causes http://www.wowhead.com/spell=1953/blink to automatically activate http://www.wowhead.com/spell=235313/blazing-barrier, this does not put http://www.wowhead.com/spell=235313/blazing-barrier on cooldown.
- http://www.wowhead.com/spell=236645/shimmer replaces http://www.wowhead.com/spell=1953/blink, http://www.wowhead.com/spell=236645/shimmer functions similar to http://www.wowhead.com/spell=1953/blink, but has an additional charge, can be cast while casting, and is not on the global cooldown.
- http://www.wowhead.com/spell=157981/blast-wave is an AOE ability around our character that deals a small amount of damage while knocking back and slowing all enemies hit.
http://www.wowhead.com/spell=235365/blazing-soul has niche uses when a 2nd http://www.wowhead.com/spell=1953/blink isn’t needed, but this is a rare scenario and http://www.wowhead.com/spell=236645/shimmer will likely still be better.
http://www.wowhead.com/spell=157981/blast-wave provides close to no value in current raid encounters.
Tier 3
- http://www.wowhead.com/spell=1463/incanters-flow is a passive damage buff that fluctuates between 4% and 20%
- https://shadowlands.wowhead.com/spell=3 ... ocus-magic is a buff that can be placed on a party or raid member increasing their critical strike by 5%, if that ally critically strikes with an ability our critical strike chance and intellect are increased by 5% for 10 seconds.
- http://www.wowhead.com/spell=116011/rune-of-power is an active ability that places a rune on the ground for 12 seconds. Standing near the rune increases our spell damage by 40%. http://www.wowhead.com/spell=116011/rune-of-power is automatically cast when using Http://www.wowhead.com/spell=190319/combustion.
Tier 4
- http://www.wowhead.com/spell=205029/flame-on reduces the cooldown of http://www.wowhead.com/spell=108853/fire-blast by 2 seconds and grants an additional charge.
- http://www.wowhead.com/spell=235870/alexstraszas-fury makes http://www.wowhead.com/spell=31661/dragons-breath a guaranteed critical strike with 50% bonus damage, and causes it to contribute to Http://www.wowhead.com/spell=195283/hot-streak. Also grants 35% increased damage to your next https://www.wowhead.com/spell=33975/pyroblast or https://www.wowhead.com/spell=217916/flamestrike.
- https://shadowlands.wowhead.com/spell=3 ... -the-ashes grants 2% mastery for each charge of https://www.wowhead.com/spell=257541/phoenix-flames off cooldown and causes your critical strikes to reduce its cooldown by 1 second.
http://www.wowhead.com/spell=235870/alexstraszas-fury provides the highest damage on AOE. However due to the short range on http://www.wowhead.com/spell=31661/dragons-breath taking advantage of this damage is not always possible. Only choose this talent if you can reliably be in melee range of multiple targets.
https://shadowlands.wowhead.com/spell=3 ... -the-ashes is currently not useful in any situation.
Tier 5
- http://www.wowhead.com/spell=236058/frenetic-speed increases our movement speed by 30% for 3 seconds after casting Http://www.wowhead.com/spell=2948/scorch.
- http://www.wowhead.com/spell=205036/ice-ward gives http://www.wowhead.com/spell=122/frost-nova 2 charges.
- http://www.wowhead.com/spell=113724/ring-of-frost creates a Ring that incapacitates up to 10 enemies that touch it for 10 seconds.
http://www.wowhead.com/spell=205036/ice-ward and http://www.wowhead.com/spell=113724/ring-of-frost provide very little value on most raid encounters. If an encounter requires you to control adds, consider which talent gives more benefit to your raid. http://www.wowhead.com/spell=122/frost-nova is faster and more forgiving, but http://www.wowhead.com/spell=113724/ring-of-frost can be used from range.
Tier 6
- http://www.wowhead.com/spell=205037/flame-patch causes Http://www.wowhead.com/spell=2120/flamestrike to leave behind a patch of fire for 8 seconds that deals damage over time.
- http://www.wowhead.com/spell=205023/conflagration is a passive that causes Http://www.wowhead.com/spell=133/fireball to apply a DOT to the target and occasionally causes enemies affected by http://www.wowhead.com/spell=205023/conflagration or http://www.wowhead.com/spell=12654/ignite to pulse AOE damage.
- http://www.wowhead.com/spell=44457/living-bomb places a DOT on the target that explodes at the end of the duration, dealing damage to nearby enemies and spreading http://www.wowhead.com/spell=44457/living-bomb to any enemy hit. This effect does not spread further.
I recommend http://www.wowhead.com/spell=205037/flame-patch in any situation where you want to spend https://www.wowhead.com/spell=195283/hot-streak on Http://www.wowhead.com/spell=2120/flamestrike.
Tier 7
- http://www.wowhead.com/spell=155148/kindling causes Http://www.wowhead.com/spell=133/fireball, Http://www.wowhead.com/spell=11366/pyroblast, Http://www.wowhead.com/spell=108853/fire-blast and http://bfa.wowhead.com/spell=257541/phoenix-flames critical strikes to reduce the cooldown of Http://www.wowhead.com/spell=190319/combustion by 1.5 seconds.
- http://bfa.wowhead.com/spell=269650/pyroclasm gives a 15% chance for our next hard cast Http://www.wowhead.com/spell=11366/pyroblast to deal 225% additional damage whenever we consume Http://www.wowhead.com/spell=195283/hot-streak.
- Http://www.wowhead.com/spell=153561/meteor is a ground targeted, hard hitting ability that leaves behind a patch of fire that deals damage for 8 seconds. The initial damage from the Http://www.wowhead.com/spell=153561/meteor is split between all targets hit.
If you find yourself in the situation where you need to use one of the other talents, keep in mind these 2 are character dependent - before making this decision I must insist that you sim yourself first. Http://www.wowhead.com/spell=153561/meteor usually sims the highest, and in addition provides higher mobility, more predictability, and lower risk. Therefore I would consider Http://www.wowhead.com/spell=153561/meteor the default pick. If you find that http://bfa.wowhead.com/spell=269650/pyroclasm is simming significantly higher for you or you're facing a low movement encounter and don't mind the RNG, consider the talent. However due to the risk and large amounts of RNG I don't recommend http://bfa.wowhead.com/spell=269650/pyroclasm on progress unless its simming significantly higher.
5 - Rotation
Rotation Overview
While outside Http://www.wowhead.com/spell=190319/combustion, follow this sequence:
1. Cast Http://www.wowhead.com/spell=133/fireball until one critically strikes and gives us http://www.wowhead.com/spell=48107/heating-up.
2. Use a Http://www.wowhead.com/spell=108853/fire-blast to convert the http://www.wowhead.com/spell=48107/heating-up into a Http://www.wowhead.com/spell=195283/hot-streak.
3. Consume the Http://www.wowhead.com/spell=195283/hot-streak using Http://www.wowhead.com/spell=11366/pyroblast.
4. Repeat the sequence, using any additional abilities such as Http://www.wowhead.com/spell=153561/meteor, http://bfa.wowhead.com/spell=257541/phoenix-flames and http://bfa.wowhead.com/spell=269650/pyroclasm procs in between.
Note that by the time a http://www.wowhead.com/spell=133/fireball reaches the target and critically strikes you will be already casting another Http://www.wowhead.com/spell=133/fireball - continue to cast, use Http://www.wowhead.com/spell=108853/fire-blast while casting, and use Http://www.wowhead.com/spell=11366/pyroblast at the end of the cast.
We always want to cast a Http://www.wowhead.com/spell=133/fireball before a Http://www.wowhead.com/spell=11366/pyroblast so that both spells hit the target at the same time. This is because there is a small grace window where if one spell crits and the other doesn’t, we don’t lose the Http://www.wowhead.com/spell=48107/heating-up gained from the spell that crit. Do note that this trick does not work with Scorch due to its faster travel time, so keep that in mind when moving or using http://bfa.wowhead.com/spell=269644/searing-touch.
Priority outside Combustion
1. Cast http://www.wowhead.com/spell=116011/rune-of-power
2. Hardcast a Http://www.wowhead.com/spell=11366/pyroblast with a http://bfa.wowhead.com/spell=269650/pyroclasm proc
3. Cast Http://www.wowhead.com/spell=153561/meteor (Attempt to sync http://www.wowhead.com/spell=153561/meteor with http://www.wowhead.com/spell=116011/rune-of-power or http://www.wowhead.com/spell=190319/combustion - but do not activate http://www.wowhead.com/spell=190319/combustion until after Http://www.wowhead.com/spell=153561/meteor)
4. Cast http://bfa.wowhead.com/spell=257541/phoenix-flames if you are about to cap on charges
5. Cast Http://www.wowhead.com/spell=108853/fire-blast if you are about to cap on charges
6. Cast Http://www.wowhead.com/spell=11366/pyroblast if you have Http://www.wowhead.com/spell=195283/hot-streak
7. Cast http://www.wowhead.com/spell=108853/fire-blast if you have Http://www.wowhead.com/spell=48107/heating-up
8. Cast Http://www.wowhead.com/spell=2948/scorch if the target is below 30% and you have http://bfa.wowhead.com/spell=269644/searing-touch talented
9. Cast Http://www.wowhead.com/spell=133/fireball
Combustion
Http://www.wowhead.com/spell=190319/combustion is our main DPS cooldown and requires a small amount of setup. In order to ensure we maximise our damage during Http://www.wowhead.com/spell=190319/combustion, we want to minimise the amount of hard casting we do and aim to chain instant casts. This means we want to enter Http://www.wowhead.com/spell=190319/combustion with 2+ charges of http://www.wowhead.com/spell=108853/fire-blast, and 2+ charges of http://bfa.wowhead.com/spell=257541/phoenix-flames. Http://www.wowhead.com/spell=190319/combustion should be used on cooldown as much as possible. It can be delayed slightly for things such as extra damage phases, or add spawns to take advantage of the additional http://www.wowhead.com/spell=12654/ignite damage as long as you do not lose a Http://www.wowhead.com/spell=190319/combustion cast during that encounter.
Combustion Priority:
1. Cast Http://www.wowhead.com/spell=153561/meteor
2. Cast Http://www.wowhead.com/spell=11366/pyroblast with a https://www.wowhead.com/spell=269650/pyroclasm
3. Cast Http://www.wowhead.com/spell=11366/pyroblast with a Http://www.wowhead.com/spell=195283/hot-streak
4. Cast http://www.wowhead.com/spell=108853/fire-blast with a Http://www.wowhead.com/spell=48107/heating-up
5. Cast http://bfa.wowhead.com/spell=257541/phoenix-flames with a Http://www.wowhead.com/spell=48107/heating-up
6. Cast Http://www.wowhead.com/spell=2948/scorch
An ideal Http://www.wowhead.com/spell=190319/combustion consists of chaining instant casts. We generally want to alternate between http://www.wowhead.com/spell=108853/fire-blast and http://bfa.wowhead.com/spell=257541/phoenix-flames in between Http://www.wowhead.com/spell=11366/pyroblast to maintain https://www.wowhead.com/spell=336821/infernal-cascade.
Our goal during Http://www.wowhead.com/spell=190319/combustion is to maximise the number of Http://www.wowhead.com/spell=11366/pyroblast we cast, however this is going to depend on your haste (which will vary per Http://www.wowhead.com/spell=190319/combustion due to haste buffs). There is no magic number or goal for how many Http://www.wowhead.com/spell=11366/pyroblast you should cast during Http://www.wowhead.com/spell=190319/combustion. The ideal number is "as many as you can".
As we are trying to maximise the number of Http://www.wowhead.com/spell=195283/hot-streaks during Http://www.wowhead.com/spell=190319/combustion, Http://www.wowhead.com/spell=2948/scorch should be used instead of Http://www.wowhead.com/spell=133/fireball due to the quick cast and instant travel time.
Please note that casting Http://www.wowhead.com/spell=11366/pyroblast with a https://www.wowhead.com/spell=269650/pyroclasm proc inside Http://www.wowhead.com/spell=190319/combustion is a very minor gain. If there is even the slightest chance that you may have to cancel the cast you should not take the risk.
Combustion Sequences and the opener
Mage has no special requirements or setup in the opener. After your pre-cast you simply go straight into Combustion and your normal rotation.
With infernal cascade, it can be a DPS increase during your first Fireball cast to use Combustion into one, or two (if your opening Fireball didn't crit) Fire Blasts. The idea is to already have at least one Infernal Cascade stack when you use your first Pyroblast.
Some players may find the timing on this tight, these 2 macros may help. Use the first macro to activate Combustion and cast Fire Blast to gain the first stack of Infernal Cascade. Press it again if necessary (i.e. Your opening Fireball didn't crit).
Code: Select all
#showtooltip Fire Blast
/cast Combustion
/cast Fire BlastThen spam the second macro as your Fireball is finishing.
Code: Select all
#showtooltip Pyroblast
/cast Combustion
/cast Pyroblast
/use 14
/cast Blood Fury(Racial)
/cast Berserking(Racial)
This will also ensure you activate trinkets/racials. Afterwards just press your keys as normal.
Fireball Opener
Scorch Opener
Scorch opener vs Fireball opener
From a DPS perspective the Fireball opener is strictly better than the Scorch opener, however you will still see some players perform the latter. This is because the Fireball opener is significantly more error prone, especially when lag is involved. It is very easy to accidently press Fire Blast one too many, or one too few times. The downside of the Scorch opener is that your first Pyroblast will only hit with 1 stack of IC instead of 2.
Opener with http://www.wowhead.com/spell=205026/firestarter:
Pre-cast Pyroblast, however Http://www.wowhead.com/spell=190319/combustion should not be activated until the boss reaches 90% health. Until then, spam Http://www.wowhead.com/spell=133/fireball -> Http://www.wowhead.com/spell=11366/pyroblast until the target reaches 90%, using Http://www.wowhead.com/spell=108853/fire-blast and http://bfa.wowhead.com/spell=257541/phoenix-flames if they are at maximum charges. Use http://www.wowhead.com/spell=116011/rune-of-power (if talented) at the beginning of your http://www.wowhead.com/spell=205026/firestarter window. Once the boss reaches 90% health move into the "normal" opener above.
Note that when using http://www.wowhead.com/spell=205026/firestarter the target health and critical strike chance of the spell are checked on cast, not on impact. This means that if you cast a Http://www.wowhead.com/spell=133/fireball or Http://www.wowhead.com/spell=11366/pyroblast while your target is above 90% health, but they drop below 90% health before the spell reaches them; the spell will still have 100% critical strike chance.
Covenant Abilities
Generally mage covenant abilities should be used on cooldown with some optimisations:
Kyrian:
- Cast https://shadowlands.wowhead.com/spell=3 ... iant-spark on cooldown, but attempt to sync it with https://www.wowhead.com/spell=190319/combustion.
- During https://shadowlands.wowhead.com/spell=3 ... of-torment be careful not to let your https://www.wowhead.com/spell=108853/fire-blast charges get too high to prevent overcapping.
- You should cast https://shadowlands.wowhead.com/spell=3 ... of-torment prior to your burst due to the additional https://www.wowhead.com/spell=108853/fire-blast charges charges and because https://shadowlands.wowhead.com/spell=3 ... of-torment benefits from https://www.wowhead.com/spell=190319/combustion and https://www.wowhead.com/spell=116011/rune-of-power.
- When https://shadowlands.wowhead.com/spell=3 ... of-torment comes off cooldown hold it until your next https://www.wowhead.com/spell=190319/combustion.
- Cast https://shadowlands.wowhead.com/spell=3 ... ting-power outside https://www.wowhead.com/spell=190319/combustion, when you are low on https://www.wowhead.com/spell=108853/fire-blast charges.
- On multiple targets you should hold https://shadowlands.wowhead.com/spell=3 ... ting-power to cast it during https://www.wowhead.com/spell=190319/combustion.
- Do not cast https://shadowlands.wowhead.com/spell=3 ... ting-power during https://www.wowhead.com/spell=116011/rune-of-power if it will not deal damage.
- Cast https://shadowlands.wowhead.com/spell=324220/deathborne on as close to cooldown as possible, but attempt to sync it with https://www.wowhead.com/spell=190319/combustion.
AOE Rotation
AOE rotation with http://www.wowhead.com/spell=205037/flame-patch:
- Begin casting http://www.wowhead.com/spell=31661/dragons-breath if 3 targets are within range.
- Replace Http://www.wowhead.com/spell=11366/pyroblast with Http://www.wowhead.com/spell=2120/flamestrike at 2 targets.
- Begin casting http://www.wowhead.com/spell=31661/dragons-breath if 3 targets are within range.
- Cast https://www.wowhead.com/spell=145451/arcane-explosion at 2 targets.
- Replace Http://www.wowhead.com/spell=11366/pyroblast with Http://www.wowhead.com/spell=2120/flamestrike at 3 targets if you've run out of mana.
- Cast http://www.wowhead.com/spell=44457/living-bomb at 3 targets.
- Replace Http://www.wowhead.com/spell=11366/pyroblast with Http://www.wowhead.com/spell=2120/flamestrike at 6 targets, or 3 targets with http://www.wowhead.com/spell=205037/flame-patch.
- As Http://www.wowhead.com/spell=2120/flamestrike will not give us https://www.wowhead.com/spell=48107/heating-up. We generally need to https://www.wowhead.com/spell=2948/scorch more often on AOE. If you are Night Fae, you should aggressively spend your http://www.wowhead.com/spell=108853/fire-blast charges early on in https://www.wowhead.com/spell=190319/combustion (even if this means generating a https://www.wowhead.com/spell=195283/hot-streak with x2 http://www.wowhead.com/spell=108853/fire-blast) and https://shadowlands.wowhead.com/spell=3 ... ting-power during https://www.wowhead.com/spell=190319/combustion to recharge.
Hard-Casting Flamestrike
On 2 targets it can be worth hard casting Http://www.wowhead.com/spell=2120/flamestrike if you have http://www.wowhead.com/spell=205037/flame-patch talented. The general idea is to be always hard casting Http://www.wowhead.com/spell=2120/flamestrike, while using all Http://www.wowhead.com/spell=108853/fire-blast charges to generate Hot Streaks while ignoring our filler spell Http://www.wowhead.com/spell=133/fireball. If you are talented into http://bfa.wowhead.com/spell=269644/searing-touch, begin using http://www.wowhead.com/spell=2948/scorch as normal once the boss reaches 30% health.
Do note that while this is a DPS gain if both targets are hit by the Http://www.wowhead.com/spell=2120/flamestrike and the full http://www.wowhead.com/spell=205037/flame-patch duration. You should consider how realistic this is in dungeon and raid encounters, as due to the long Http://www.wowhead.com/spell=2120/flamestrike cast time it may be worth just playing normally.
In addition with https://www.wowhead.com/spell=155148/kindling talented keep in mind that this playstyle will result in much longer https://www.wowhead.com/spell=190319/combustion cooldowns
Trinket Usage
Http://www.wowhead.com/spell=190319/combustion no longer buffs the damage of trinkets, however some trinkets will still benefit our Http://www.wowhead.com/spell=190319/combustion by giving us additional stats. You should always overlap these items with Http://www.wowhead.com/spell=190319/combustion. If you have multiple on use trinkets you should prioritise the one that benefits Http://www.wowhead.com/spell=190319/combustion the most during Http://www.wowhead.com/spell=190319/combustion. You must ensure you take into account the 20 second shared cooldown when activating your second trinket as you don't want to delay Http://www.wowhead.com/spell=190319/combustion to wait for your first trinket.
You should generally try to avoid using two on use trinkets that rely on Http://www.wowhead.com/spell=190319/combustion synergy.
Note that https://www.wowhead.com/spell=336821/infernal-cascade means that trinkets that deal fire damage synergize slightly better with Http://www.wowhead.com/spell=190319/combustion than those that don't.
- https://www.wowhead.com/item=184019/soul-igniter - Use before Combustion so that it activates at 2 stacks of Infernal Cascade
- https://www.wowhead.com/item=184021/gly ... similation - Use on cooldown. Don't obsess over trying to get the mastery buff; the DOT does a lot of damage.
- https://www.wowhead.com/item=175921/sin ... f-ferocity - Use with Combustion.
- https://www.wowhead.com/item=184030/dreadfire-vessel - Use on cooldown. When it lines up with Combustion use at 2 stacks of Infernal Cascade.
- https://www.wowhead.com/item=184024/macabre-sheet-music - Sync with Combustion. Use Combustion with 4 stacks.
Legendary Usage
Disciplinary Command:
https://www.wowhead.com/spell=327365/di ... ry-command should be activated on close to cooldown, but should be held for https://www.wowhead.com/spell=190319/combustion if https://www.wowhead.com/spell=190319/combustion is less than 30 seconds away. You always hold https://www.wowhead.com/spell=327365/di ... ry-command for https://www.wowhead.com/spell=190319/combustion and not the other way around.
- The Fire school will always be active as you will always be casting Fire spells.
- The Arcane school will be active fairly frequently as our utility spells are mostly arcane, in addition many passives and hidden abilities count (such as auto Rune of Power). If you need to activate Arcane manually use https://www.wowhead.com/spell=37470/counterspell or https://www.wowhead.com/spell=1449/arcane-explosion.
- Therefore casting a Frost spell will act as your https://www.wowhead.com/spell=327365/di ... ry-command "trigger". Generally activate the Frost school via https://www.wowhead.com/spell=116/frostbolt. You can however use https://www.wowhead.com/spell=65792/frost-nova if you want to activate the trigger while moving or ahead of time with nothing to hit (like pre-pull).
6 - Gearing
With all gearing related decisions you should trust your own sims over any generic lists or advice you see on the internet.
Stats
Fire has no stat breakpoints, no hard caps, and no specific stat percentages to aim for - that's not how stats work anymore.
- Critical Strike increases the critical strike rate of our abilities and therefore the rate at which we generate Http://www.wowhead.com/spell=195283/hot-streaks. It also increases our http://www.wowhead.com/spell=12846/mastery:-ignite during http://www.wowhead.com/spell=190319/combustion.
- Haste reduces the cast time of our spells, the global cooldown, and the recharge time of Http://www.wowhead.com/spell=108853/fire-blast.
- Versatility provides a flat damage increase and damage taken reduction.
- http://www.wowhead.com/spell=12846/mastery:-ignite causes our direct damage spells to deal additional damage over 9 seconds. Can be spread via https://www.wowhead.com/spell=257541/phoenix-flames
Generally prioritise stats like so:
1. Intellect
2. Haste
3. Mastery / Versatility
4. Critical Strike
2. Haste
3. Mastery / Versatility
4. Critical Strike
Some notes about how talents affect our stats:
- http://www.wowhead.com/spell=205026/firestarter drastically reduces the value of Critical Strike rating.
- http://bfa.wowhead.com/spell=269644/searing-touch slightly reduces the value of Critical Strike rating.
- http://www.wowhead.com/spell=155148/kindling slightly increases the value of Critical Strike rating.
- http://www.wowhead.com/spell=205037/flame-patch increases the value of Haste on multiple targets.
Trinkets
Generally you'll want only one on use trinket that benefits from https://www.wowhead.com/spell=190319/combustion (https://www.wowhead.com/item=184019/sou ... bonus=6805 being the exception). I recommend you try to get a https://www.wowhead.com/item=175921/sin ... f-ferocity or https://www.wowhead.com/item=175884/sin ... bonus=6786 as they are extremely powerful for how easy they are to obtain.
For full trinket data, please check out my sim dump
Legendaries
Legendaries should be crafted using https://www.wowhead.com/item=173160/missive-of-haste and https://www.wowhead.com/item=173163/mis ... ersatility. Whenever upgrading legendaries keep in mind that higher level legendaries do not have a stronger effect, only better stats. You should also aim to craft legendaries in the slots that have the most stats.
Prioritise slots as follows:
1. Head/Chest/Legs
2. Neck/Ring
3. Shoulders/Waist/Hands/Feet
4. Back/Wrists
S Tier:
- https://www.wowhead.com/spell=327365/di ... ry-command - Best legendary in almost all situations in Raids and Dungeons. It provides higher damage during https://www.wowhead.com/spell=190319/combustion which is insanely valuable considering you tend to play around https://www.wowhead.com/spell=190319/combustion already anyway.
- https://shadowlands.wowhead.com/spell=3 ... poral-warp - Has the potential to be very valuable by allowing you to focus all the damage provided by this legendary into a small window, such as a burst phase or an execute.
- https://shadowlands.wowhead.com/spell=3 ... ncantation - Provides almost the exact same advantages as https://www.wowhead.com/spell=327365/di ... ry-command, except its slightly worse. The main advantage of this legendary is that it is completely passive. You will however see many mages with this legendary as it was the best prior to 9.0.5.
Conduits
Remember that the level of your conduit can impact which conduit pulls ahead, as always I recommend you sim yourself; but assuming equal item levels you should be able to follow these rankings.
Single Target Conduit Ranking:
1. https://shadowlands.wowhead.com/spell=3 ... al-cascade
2. https://shadowlands.wowhead.com/spell=3 ... -the-grove
3. https://shadowlands.wowhead.com/spell=3 ... estruction
4. https://shadowlands.wowhead.com/spell=3 ... ned-malice / https://shadowlands.wowhead.com/spell=3 ... e-ascended
5. https://shadowlands.wowhead.com/spell=3 ... -accretion
6. https://shadowlands.wowhead.com/spell=3 ... f-the-lich
2. https://shadowlands.wowhead.com/spell=3 ... -the-grove
3. https://shadowlands.wowhead.com/spell=3 ... estruction
4. https://shadowlands.wowhead.com/spell=3 ... ned-malice / https://shadowlands.wowhead.com/spell=3 ... e-ascended
5. https://shadowlands.wowhead.com/spell=3 ... -accretion
6. https://shadowlands.wowhead.com/spell=3 ... f-the-lich
AOE Conduit Ranking:
1. https://shadowlands.wowhead.com/spell=3 ... al-cascade
2. https://shadowlands.wowhead.com/spell=3 ... -the-grove
3. https://shadowlands.wowhead.com/spell=3 ... ster-flame
4. https://shadowlands.wowhead.com/spell=3 ... ned-malice / https://shadowlands.wowhead.com/spell=3 ... f-the-lich / https://shadowlands.wowhead.com/spell=3 ... e-ascended
5. https://shadowlands.wowhead.com/spell=3 ... estruction
6. https://shadowlands.wowhead.com/spell=3 ... -accretion
2. https://shadowlands.wowhead.com/spell=3 ... -the-grove
3. https://shadowlands.wowhead.com/spell=3 ... ster-flame
4. https://shadowlands.wowhead.com/spell=3 ... ned-malice / https://shadowlands.wowhead.com/spell=3 ... f-the-lich / https://shadowlands.wowhead.com/spell=3 ... e-ascended
5. https://shadowlands.wowhead.com/spell=3 ... estruction
6. https://shadowlands.wowhead.com/spell=3 ... -accretion
Gems, Enchants, and Consumables
Gem and Enchants:
- Gems: https://shadowlands.wowhead.com/item=17 ... el-cluster
- Weapon Enchant: https://www.wowhead.com/item=172368/sinful-revelation
- Bracer Enchant: https://www.wowhead.com/item=172415/enc ... -intellect
- Chest Enchant: https://www.wowhead.com/item=183738/enc ... al-insight
- Ring Enchants: https://www.wowhead.com/item=172362/enc ... t-of-haste
- Cloak Enchant: https://www.wowhead.com/item=172411/enc ... -avoidance
- Oil: https://shadowlands.wowhead.com/item=17 ... owcore-oil
- Food: https://shadowlands.wowhead.com/item=17 ... s-hedonism or https://shadowlands.wowhead.com/item=17 ... oast-aspic
- Flask: https://shadowlands.wowhead.com/item=17 ... k-of-power
- Potion: https://www.wowhead.com/item=171273/pot ... -intellect
7 - Covenants
Covenant Ranking
Fire Covenant Ranking:
1. Night Fae
2. Necrolords
3. Venthyr
4. Kyrian
2. Necrolords
3. Venthyr
4. Kyrian
Fire definitely has one of the more balanced covenant setups for single target encounters, however outside of that some rather large gaps start to form. Personally I think your covenant has to do more for you than give you 2% sim DPS. Night Fae and Necrolords both provide incredibly serious strengths that in my book make the other 2 covenants not worth considering.
Night Fae
Night Fae provides the best covenant ability for Fire in http://wowhead.com/spell=314791/shifting-power. http://wowhead.com/spell=314791/shifting-power provides a fairly hefty boost to the amount of https://www.wowhead.com/spell=108853/fire-blast charges we generate over the course of an encounter, as well as providing some snap AOE which can be very valuable in Castle Nathria. This combined with very competitive soulbinds makes Night Fae the best choice for Fire in both raids and Mythic+.
Necrolords
Necrolords currently falls behind Night Fae for Fire. However you need to keep an eye on this covenant for 2 reasons:
- It's much better than Night Fae for the other 2 specs.
- Heavy cooldown based damage is often incredibly, incredibly powerful for progression encounters, especially when it scales well with targets.
Venthyr
While Venthyr is incredibly close due to its powerful soulbinds, it falls behind just slightly. Especially since https://www.wowhead.com/spell=314793/mirrors-of-torment does not scale well with multiple targets as it only affects one target. That said Venthyr is incredibly powerful for Frost. If you multispec or mainly focus on raids Venthyr's value increases.
Kyrian
Kyrian fields fairly versatile soulbinds combined with a decent ability in https://shadowlands.wowhead.com/spell=3 ... iant-spark. Kyrian is absolute king for single target, the main problem with Kyrian is that it falls off heavily on multiple targets.
To see the data driving these decisions, please check out my sim dump where I have provided the DPS of each ability and soulbind at various Renown levels on both single target and AOE.
When evaluating covenants it’s important not to tunnel vision on the signature ability. Covenants are a package deal of 2 abilities, a covenant specific conduit, and 3 soulbinds. Below I’ve outlined the major selling points of each Covenant and soulbind.
Note: Soulbind abilities that are denoted with an (x) require you to sacrifice a potency conduit.
Kyrian
Abilities:
- https://shadowlands.wowhead.com/spell=3 ... iant-spark: Damage over time ability that increases the damage of your next 5 spells against the target by 0/10/20/30/40%
- https://shadowlands.wowhead.com/spell=3 ... on-steward: Utility ability that provides you with 3 https://shadowlands.wowhead.com/item=17 ... f-serenity every 5 minutes.
- https://shadowlands.wowhead.com/spell=3 ... e-ascended: https://shadowlands.wowhead.com/spell=3 ... iant-spark increases the damage your target takes by an additional 5% - 12%
For Kyrian, you should always choose Pelagos.
Venthyr
Abilities:
- https://shadowlands.wowhead.com/spell=3 ... of-torment: Apply 3 mirrors to the target. Whenever the target casts a spell or attacks a mirror is consumed to deal damage, slow the target’s casting speed, reduce the cooldown of https://www.wowhead.com/spell=108853/fire-blast. The final mirror deals additional damage and silences the target. Mirrors can only be consumed once every 6 seconds.
- https://shadowlands.wowhead.com/spell=3 ... of-shadows: Utility ability that teleports you up to 35 yards away.
- https://www.wowhead.com/spell=337090/siphoned-malice: Each time a https://shadowlands.wowhead.com/spell=3 ... of-torment is consumed, your spell damage is increased by 2% - 4.8%. Stacking up to 3 times for 10 seconds.
For Venthyr Nadija and Theotar provide fairly similar DPS.
Night Fae
Abilities:
- https://shadowlands.wowhead.com/spell=3 ... ting-power: Channel for 4 seconds, dealing damage to enemies within 15 yards and reducing the cooldown of your mage abilities by 10 seconds over the duration.
- https://shadowlands.wowhead.com/spell=310143/soulshape: Teleports you 15 yards forward and increases movement speed by 50%. Can be reactivated to teleport again. Lasts 12 seconds.
- https://shadowlands.wowhead.com/spell=3 ... -the-grove: https://shadowlands.wowhead.com/spell=3 ... ting-power provides additional cooldown reduction.
For Night Fae Niya, Dreamweaver and Korayn are all competitive options. Something to keep in mind with Korayn is that https://shadowlands.wowhead.com/spell=3 ... nt-tactics will not be as powerful as it seems, as the first part of the encounter is often the fastest and the easiest.
Necrolords
Abilities:
- https://shadowlands.wowhead.com/spell=324220/deathborne: Increases spell damage by 15% and causes https://www.wowhead.com/spell=133/fireball to hit an additional 2 nearby targets for 25 seconds.
- https://shadowlands.wowhead.com/spell=324631/fleshcraft: Channel for 4 seconds, creating a shield up to 20% of your maximum health. Channeling near corpses increases the power of the shield up to 50% of your maximum health.
- https://shadowlands.wowhead.com/spell=3 ... f-the-lich: https://shadowlands.wowhead.com/spell=324220/deathborne duration is increased by 6 - 14.4 seconds.
For Necrolord Emeni and Heirmir are fairly close, though Emeni will edge out most of the time.
8 - Racials
Fire generally has more impactful DPS racials than some of the other specs in the game. However, still do not underestimate races with utility racials.
Horde
- Troll - https://www.wowhead.com/spell=26297/berserking is by far the best Horde DPS racial for both Fire and Arcane.
- Goblin - https://www.wowhead.com/spell=69070/rocket-jump is one of the few useful utility racials while https://www.wowhead.com/spell=69042/time-is-money keeps the race somewhat competitive for DPS, but still behind Troll.
- Dwarf - https://www.wowhead.com/spell=59224/mig ... e-mountain is an incredibly powerful DPS ability for both Frost and Fire.
- Void Elf - https://www.wowhead.com/spell=256948/spatial-rift is one of the few useful utility racials while https://www.wowhead.com/spell=255669/entropic-embrace keeps the race competitive for DPS.
9 - Macros and Add-ons
Raidbots combined with the Simulationcraft Add-on now make simming your character incredibly easy. There is no longer an excuse to not be simming if you want to find upgrades and accurate stat weights.
Weak Auras is the only add-on that I consider mandatory for World of Warcraft raiding. It is incredibly powerful and incredibly customisable. If you don't want to go through the effort of creating your own, there are a few I recommend:
- My own weak auras for tracking mage abilities.
- Clickable Arcane Intellect tracker
BigWigs or Deadly Boss Mods provide boss timers and notifications. Deadly Boss Mods is a bit more "in your face" with notifications and warnings whereas BigWigs is slightly quieter. Personal preference between the two.
Details! is by far the best damage meter out there. Makes it easier to analyse wipes and DPS while being easy on your CPU.
There are also some small optimizations that can be made through macros in order to master your fire mage.
Macro all cooldowns, racials, and items into one key.
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/cast Combustion
/cast Blood Fury
/cast Berserking
/use 11
/use 12
/use 13
/use 14
/use 2@cursor macros automatically cast ground targeted abilities wherever your mouse cursor is, saving you a click.
Example with http://www.wowhead.com/spell=2120/flamestrike, works for all other ground targeted spells, such as http://www.wowhead.com/spell=153561/meteor.
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/cast [@cursor] FlamestrikeCan be used to cancel http://www.wowhead.com/spell=45438/ice-block and immediately http://www.wowhead.com/spell=236645/shimmer. Useful when Ice Blocked in a void zone as you'll http://www.wowhead.com/spell=236645/shimmer out and take no damage.
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/cancelaura Ice Block
/cast BlinkThe macro below can be used to automatically cancel http://www.wowhead.com/spell=45438/ice-block if you try to cast a spell while blocked; and automatically targets something if you try to cast a spell with no target. [nochanneling] will also allow you to spam the key without cancelling https://www.wowhead.com/spell=314791/shifting-power.
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/cancelaura Ice Block
/cast [nochanneling] Fireball
/targetenemy [noexists][dead]Uses whatever you have in the tier 3 talent row. Defaults to http://www.wowhead.com/spell=2948/scorch with http://www.wowhead.com/spell=1463/incanters-flow or no talent.
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/use [talent:3/2]Focus Magic; [talent:3/3]Rune of Power; Scorchhttp://www.wowhead.com/spell=2139/counterspell macro. Prioritizes Mouseover > Focus > Target.
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#showtooltip Counterspell
/cast [@mouseover,harm][@Focus,harm][harm] CounterspellThe same macro but for http://www.wowhead.com/spell=30449/spellsteal
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/cast [@mouseover,harm][@Focus,harm][harm] SpellstealMouseover http://bfa.wowhead.com/spell=475/remove-curse
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/cast [@cursor]Remove Curse10 - Advanced
Canceling Alter Time
https://shadowlands.wowhead.com/spell=108978/alter-time snapshots our current location and health. The spell can then be reactivated within 10 seconds to return us to said location and health. However if the buff expires we will be returned regardless, which sometimes we may not want to do.
If we cancel the https://shadowlands.wowhead.com/spell=108978/alter-time buff, it will not automatically be activated at the end of the duration, allowing us to stay where we are.
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/cancelaura Alter TimeRune of Power Range
An often overlooked property of mage is how big the radius of https://www.wowhead.com/spell=116011/rune-of-power is. A lot of players express frustration with this talent but by properly tracking the buff you can frequently move quite far and still benefit from https://www.wowhead.com/spell=116011/rune-of-power. I recommend you have a weak aura to track the buff (Here is mine ).
Here is an example showing how far you can be while still benefiting from rune:
11 - FAQ
Q: What does the acronym IB stand for?
A: https://www.wowhead.com/spell=108853/fire-blast. The spell used to be called Inferno Blast and IB is used to prevent confusion with https://www.wowhead.com/spell=133/fireball.
Q: Does Fire scale more with stats or crit than other specs?
A: No it doesn't. This is incredibly outdated information and hasn't been true for 10 years at this point. Fire does not start expansions relatively weaker and become relatively stronger later, specs do not work like that anymore.
Q: How does Podtender interact with Cauterize?
A: They will not both activate on the same "death". If both are available, priority will be given to Cauterize.
Q: What Soulbind do I use?
A: Answer this with Raidbots top gear. Due to how Renown works the best Soulbind may change week to week, it's important to learn how to fish.
At max renown generally use Korayn on any fights where the reverse execute isn't useless, default to Niya otherwise.
Q: Why do your guides not have BIS lists?
A: A few reasons. First off BIS setups are only BIS once the entire set has been complete, which is likely long after your gear is actually relevant. Changing one item could mean that another item is no longer BIS. Second, with the current gearing system in World of Warcraft gear acquisition is incredibly random; it is far more productive to figure out how to sim and seek short term upgrades than it is to spend months chasing an ideal setup.
Q: Should I use Arcane Momentum?
A: Person preference. Generally I would advise against it as its more error prone and you should be able to do everything you need with proper camera control and default blink.
Q: How do I sim Focus Magic trade?
A: external_buffs.focus_magic=1
Q: How do I sim Shifting Power without the damage?
A: override.spell_data=effect.815217.sp_coefficient=0
Q: What stat percentages should I aim for?
A: Nothing, you don't aim for specific percentages of stats. The thought process behind this question is simply a misunderstanding of how stats work. There are very few stat breakpoints in the game that are of utmost importance, and stats generally complement each other. You equip the gear that gives you the most DPS with almost no thought on what stat percentages that leaves you at (hint: it doesn't matter).
Q: Should I use pawn?
A: No, it's an outdated addon, based on an outdated way of thinking about the game. It relies too heavily on stat weights being an accurate method of comparing gear, which they aren't.
Q: What professions should I use?
A: In Shadowlands professions don't really matter. Almost nothing requires you to actually have the profession to use except for a few niche items in Engineering.
Closing
Big thanks to Frosted and Dorovon for their work on the Fire APL.
Thanks to Norrinir, Frosted, Dorovon and many more for their work on simulationcraft.
Check out the Altered Time Mage Discord - https://discord.gg/8huqAW5. Please ask questions here instead of PMing me or any of the other contributors/staff members. (and check the pins/resources!)
Mage Sim Dump, contains all information you need to know about stats, racials, and talents - https://cteer458.github.io/mage-sims/
Toegrinder's Frost Mage Compendium - https://www.altered-time.com/forum/view ... f=5&t=7250
Changelog
- 17/7/18 - Created
- 13/8/18 - Updated for BFA release
- 27/10/20 - Squashed BFA Changes
- 12/11/20 - Updated for Shadowlands release
