Class Guide

Fire Mage

How this spec actually plays, read from real archived arena matches: the talents top-rated players converge on, which of them earn their slot in-game, and the burst window.

10 matches · rated 2957–2330

Death Knight

Blood• Frost• Unholy•

Demon Hunter

Devourer• Havoc• Vengeance

Druid

Balance• Feral• Guardian• Restoration•

Evoker

Augmentation• Devastation• Preservation•

Hunter

Beast Mastery• Marksmanship• Survival•

Mage

Arcane• Fire Frost•

Monk

Brewmaster• Mistweaver• Windwalker•

Paladin

Holy• Protection• Retribution•

Priest

Discipline• Holy• Shadow•

Rogue

Assassination• Outlaw• Subtlety•

Shaman

Elemental• Enhancement• Restoration•

Warlock

Affliction• Demonology• Destruction•

Warrior

Arms• Fury• Protection•

• = match sample analysed

The core kit

Taken by nearly every sampled player, and put to work in nearly every game.

Flow of Time

used in 10/10

Fire Blast

used in 10/10

Combustion

used in 10/10

Pyroblast

used in 10/10

Fire's Ire

used in 10/10

Flame On

used in 10/10

Fevered Incantation

used in 10/10

Kindling

used in 10/10

Fervent Flickering

used in 10/10

Improved Blazing Barrier

used in 10/10

From the Ashes

used in 10/10

Fiery Rush

used in 10/10

Brainstorm

used in 10/10

Scorch

used in 10/10

Fired Up

used in 10/10

Blazing Barrier

used in 10/10

Spatial Manipulation

used in 10/10

Burn It All

used in 10/10

Mass Invisibility

used in 9/10

Heat Shimmer

used in 9/10

Dragon's Breath

used in 9/10

Improved Mass Invisibility

used in 9/10 PvP

Improved Blink

used in 9/10

Alter Time

used in 8/10

Greater Invisibility

used in 8/10

Master of Escape

used in 8/10

Improved Counterspell

used in 8/10

Flash Freezeburn

used in 8/10

Blast Radius

used in 8/10

Heat Sink

used in 8/10

Frostfire Empowerment

used in 8/10

Meteor

used in 8/10

Frostfire Bolt

used in 8/10

Burst window

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The single highest-damage real 12s window in the sample

Fire Blast
→
Counterspell
→
Pyroblast
→
Fire Blast
→
Pyroblast
→
Fire Blast
→
Pyroblast
→
Fire Blast
→
Pyroblast
→
Fire Blast
→
Pyroblast
→
Shimmer
→
Fire Blast
→
Pyroblast
→
Pyroblast
→
Ice Nova
→
Pyroblast

Also commonly taken

Spellsteal 10/10 Ring of Frost 10/10 Overpowered Barrier 10/10 Cauterize 10/10 Barrier Diffusion 10/10 Tome of Antonidas 10/10 Quick Witted 10/10 Arcane Warding 10/10 Tome of Rhonin 10/10 Time Manipulation 10/10 Charm of Medivh 10/10 Charm of Aegwynn 10/10 Inspired Intellect 10/10 Molten Fury 10/10 Mote of Flame 10/10 Scald 10/10 Spontaneous Combustion 10/10 Time Walk 10/10 Energized Barriers 9/10 Fuel the Fire 9/10 Dualcasting Adept 8/10 Isothermic Core 8/10 Frostfire Infusion 8/10 Deep Impact 8/10 Elemental Conduit 8/10 Molten Chill 8/10 Duality 8/10 Firestarter 8/10 Elemental Affinity 8/10 Imbued Warding 8/10 Severe Temperatures 7/10 Improved Spellsteal 7/10 Critical Mass 7/10 Blast Zone 6/10 Cinderstorm 6/10 Pyromaniac 6/10 Overflowing Energy 5/10 Ice Ward 5/10 Master Shepherd 5/10 Ice Wall 5/10

▶ The sample — 10 matches

Match	Rating	Length	Flagged talents
Match 1	2957	232s	4
Match 2·i18n	2757	111s	9
Match 3·i18n	2744	127s	12
Match 4	2669	101s	6
Match 5	2621	107s	6
Match 6	2576	198s	5
Match 7·i18n	2472	201s	8
Match 8·i18n	2404	56s	12
Match 9	2382	52s	15
Match 10·i18n	2330	205s	10