WoW Wrath Classic: Fire Mage PvE Guide (WotLK)

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Fire Mages are some of the highest damage-dealing spell-casting classes in Wrath of the Lich King Classic. While their performance in Player vs Environment encounters is not the greatest starting out, once they obtain better gear their damage starts to skyrocket. The play style is fairly simple, casting only a few abilities in both Single and Multi-Target encounters. They only need to react to one prompt for increased damage and managing mana and cooldown usage is very straightforward. This specialization is great for players who enjoy watching the screen light up with fire and will enjoy focusing on the game and not overly complicated class mechanics.

This guide is specifically intended for level 80 players focusing on PvE end-game content in WoW WotLK: Classic.

For Horde, the only race that provides any significant advantage is Trolls for their Haste buff: Berserking. While Haste is not the greatest priority for Fire Mages none of the other races provide any benefit.

For the Alliance, Humans are typically the go-to race for Fire Mages due to the slight improvement to the Spirit stat with The Human Spirit. This combined with Molten Armor and Glyph of Molten Armor improves Critical chances. They also have Will to Survive, and while very strong in PvP has limited uses in PvE. Draenei are the second most common pick due to a 1% increased Hit Chance from Heroic Presence. However, this only applies party-wide and doesn't stack when there are more Draenei in the party. Gnomes have Expansive Mind for an increase in Intellect and Escape Artist, which is less useful than the Human Racial.

The top professions for Fire Mages to have are Engineering and Tailoring. Engineeringprovides many useful tools and buffs that increase damage.