Mage specializationDPS

Fire Mage

Fire is one of the three Mage talent trees in WoW Forever. Its tree has 17 talents: 1 new, 5 changed, 5 moved and 6 same as in Classic. Our best-in-slot (BiS) list treats it as a DPS spec.

Class: Mage
Talents: 17
New in Forever: 1
Abilities: 9

Fire talents

The 17 talents of the Fire tree in the beta, row by row. Each one opens its own page: what every rank does, its requirements and what changes from Classic.

Try Fire in the calculator

What changes in Forever

What is new and changed for Fire compared with Classic Era: our change list, its talent tree and its abilities.

In our change list

CHANGEDTalent

Wake of Fire

· Fire

Classic

Not in Classic. In the beta it lasted 20 sec.

Forever

Buff duration increased to 30 seconds.

Build 1.60.1.70009

CHANGEDTalent

Hot Streak

· Fire

Classic

Not in Classic. In the beta it lasted 15 sec.

Forever

Buff duration increased to 20 seconds.

Build 1.60.1.70009

CHANGEDTalent

Ignite

· Fire

Classic

Damage modifiers apply twice (to the crit and to the periodic effect).

Forever

No longer double dips on damage increase modifiers.

Build 1.60.1.70009

SCHANGEDSpell

Combustion

· Fire

Forever

Number of charges returned to 3 (was 4 in the beta).

Auto-updated from official notes on October 1, 2026Official note ↗

Build 1.60.1.70170

TCHANGEDTalent

Improved Scorch

· Fire

Forever

Its Fire Vulnerability no longer rolls a second time to see if it resists.

Auto-updated from official notes on October 1, 2026Official note ↗

Build 1.60.1.70170

Class-wide changes

They affect every Mage, whatever tree they play:

Arcane Missiles

New talents

Heating Up
Non-periodic critical strikes with Fireball, Frostfire Bolt, Fire Blast, and Scorch reduce the cast time of your next Pyroblast cast within 20 sec by 25%, stacking up to 3 times.

Changed or moved talents

Wake of FireChanges: position, ranks, text, numbers, name, icon.
IncinerationChanges: position, ranks, text, numbers, name.
Improved FireballChanges: position, text.
ImpactChanges: position, ranks, text, numbers.
Burning SoulChanges: position, ranks, text, numbers.
PyroblastChanges: text, numbers.
Improved ScorchChanges: text, numbers, icon.
Master of ElementsChanges: text.
Blast WaveChanges: text, numbers.
CombustionChanges: text.

New abilities

Frostfire Bolt

Changed abilities

FireballChanges: tooltip.
Fire BlastChanges: tooltip.
FlamestrikeChanges: tooltip.
Fire WardChanges: tooltip.
PyroblastChanges: tooltip.
ScorchChanges: tooltip.
Blast WaveChanges: tooltip.
CombustionChanges: tooltip.

Fire abilities

The 9 abilities the beta spellbook groups under Fire, by the level they are learned at. Each one opens its own page with its ranks, cost and changes.

FireballLv. 1
Fire BlastLv. 6
FlamestrikeLv. 16
Fire WardLv. 20
PyroblastTalentLv. 20
ScorchLv. 22
Blast WaveTalentLv. 30
CombustionTalentLv. 40
Frostfire BoltLv. 40

See Fire in the spellbook →

Fire best-in-slot (BiS) gear

The site’s suggestion, not an official list: we score the beta items with our stat weights for each level. The beta is capped at level 30.

Full list by levelLevel 20 Level 30beta Level 40 Level 50 Level 60

Top picks at level 60

Main hand
1. Wraith Bladeitem level 83 · Drops from Maexxna · Naxxramas (Classic data)
2. Brimstone Staffitem level 83 · Two-Hand · Drops from Loatheb · Naxxramas (Classic data)
Head
1. Frostfire Circletitem level 88 · Quest: Frostfire Circlet · Naxxramas (Classic data)
2. Enigma Circletitem level 81 · Quest: Enigma Circlet · Ahn'Qiraj (Classic data)
Chest
1. Frostfire Robeitem level 92 · Quest: Frostfire Robe · Naxxramas (Classic data)
2. Crystal Webbed Robeitem level 85 · Drops from Maexxna · Naxxramas (Classic data)

The two highest-scoring pieces in three slots. It is a forecast: until the beta reaches 60, items and their sources may change.

Full Fire list at level 60 →

Why these weights

Fire lives off Ignite (crits leave a 40% DoT) and Fire Power, so 1% crit ≈ 11 spell power, the highest weight among casters. Hit is worth a bit more because a miss also breaks the Ignite stack.