Fire Mage talents
Every Fire talent, row by row, with what each rank does.
About the Fire tree
16-point milestone: Hot Streak. Your non-periodic critical strikes with Fireball, Frostfire Bolt, Fire Blast, and Scorch grant Hot Streak for 15 sec. Hot Streak reduces the cast time of Pyroblast by 25%, stacking up to 3 times.
Recommended leveling build
Our pickOpinion, not confirmed by Blizzard0/39/12 at level 60, with Hot Streak at level 25. More damage, less control. Pick this if you like big critical strikes and accept more risk.
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Another legal route to Hot Streak · not our pick
One order that reaches Hot Streak within the tree's rules: 16 points, which is level 25. Swap the early points for the talents you want.
- 1Wake of Fire2 of 2Row 1
- 2Incineration3 of 3Row 1
- 3Improved Fireball5 of 5Row 1
- 4Ignite4 of 5Row 2
- 5Pyroblast1 of 1Row 3
- 6Hot Streak1 of 1Row 4
All Fire Mage talents
A value like 1/2/3 is what rank 1, 2 and 3 give.
Fire
16 · Hot Streak (milestone taken)
39points
Shown with our leveling pick's points at 60. Try your own in the calculator
Row 1open from level 10
3 talents
Wake of Fire
Unconfirmed
Max rank 2
Rank 1: Reduces the cooldown of your Fire Blast spell by 1 sec. Killing a non-trivial target increases the critical strike chance of your next Fire Blast cast within 20 sec by 25%. All 2 ranksHide ranks
- Rank 1: Reduces the cooldown of your Fire Blast spell by 1 sec. Killing a non-trivial target increases the critical strike chance of your next Fire Blast cast within 20 sec by 25%.
- Rank 2: Reduces the cooldown of your Fire Blast spell by 1 sec. Killing a non-trivial target increases the critical strike chance of your next Fire Blast cast within 20 sec by 25%.
Max rank 3
Increases the critical strike chance of your Fire Blast, Ice Lance, Arcane Blast, and Scorch spells by 2/4/6%.
Max rank 5
Reduces the casting time of your Fireball spell by 0.1/0.2/0.3/0.4/0.5 sec.
Row 2needs 5 points in Fire
3 talents
Max rank 5
Your critical strikes from Fire damage spells cause the target to burn for an additional 8/16/24/32/40% of your spell's damage over 4 sec.
Max rank 2
Increases the range of your Fire spells by 3/6 yards.
Max rank 3
Gives your Fire spells a 3/6/9% chance to stun the target for 2 sec.
Row 3needs 10 points in Fire
3 talents
Max rank 3
Gives your Fire spells a 23/46/70% chance to not lose casting time when you take damage and reduces the threat caused by your Fire spells by 10/20/30%.
Max rank 3
Increases the critical strike chance of your Flamestrike spell by 5/10/15%.
Max rank 1
Hurls an immense fiery boulder that causes 155 to 185 Fire damage and an additional 76 Fire damage over 12 sec.
Row 4needs 15 points in Fire
4 talents
Max rank 3
Rank 1: Your Scorch spell has a 33% chance to cause your target to be vulnerable to Fire damage. This vulnerability increases all Fire damage you deal to your target by 3% and lasts 30 sec, stacking up to 5 times. All 3 ranksHide ranks
- Rank 1: Your Scorch spell has a 33% chance to cause your target to be vulnerable to Fire damage. This vulnerability increases all Fire damage you deal to your target by 3% and lasts 30 sec, stacking up to 5 times.
- Rank 2: Your Scorch spells have a 66% chance to cause your target to be vulnerable to Fire damage. This vulnerability increases the Fire damage dealt to your target by 3% and lasts 30 sec. Stacks up to 5 times.
- Rank 3: Your Scorch spells have a 100% chance to cause your target to be vulnerable to Fire damage. This vulnerability increases the Fire damage dealt to your target by 3% and lasts 30 sec. Stacks up to 5 times.
Max rank 2
Causes your Fire Ward to have a 10/20% chance to reflect Fire spells while active.
Hot Streak
16-point milestone
Max rank 1
Requires 1 in Pyroblast
Your non-periodic critical strikes with Fireball, Frostfire Bolt, Fire Blast, and Scorch grant Hot Streak for 15 sec. Hot Streak reduces the cast time of Pyroblast by 25%, stacking up to 3 times.
Max rank 3
Rank 1: Your Fire and Frost critical strikes will refund 10% of their base mana cost. All 3 ranksHide ranks
- Rank 1: Your Fire and Frost critical strikes will refund 10% of their base mana cost.
- Rank 2: Your Fire and Frost spell criticals will refund 20% of their base mana cost.
- Rank 3: Your Fire and Frost spell criticals will refund 30% of their base mana cost.
Row 5needs 20 points in Fire
2 talents
Max rank 3
Increases the critical strike chance of your Fire spells by 2/4/6%.
Max rank 1
A wave of flame radiates outward from the caster, damaging all enemies caught within the blast for 160 to 191 Fire damage, and Dazing them for 50% reduced movement speed for 6 sec.
Row 6needs 25 points in Fire
1 talent
Max rank 5
Increases the damage done by your Fire spells by 2/4/6/8/10%.
Row 7needs 30 points in Fire
1 talent
Max rank 1
Requires 3 in Critical Mass
When activated, this spell causes each of your Fire damage spell hits to increase your critical strike chance with Fire damage spells by 10%. This effect lasts until you have caused 4 non-periodic critical strikes with Fire spells.
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Races that can be a Mage: Human, Gnome, Orc, Undead, Troll, Skyborne (High Order).
Talent data: public community datasets, Forever beta build 1.60.1.69893. Numbers can change in any later build or patch. Icon credits