WoW Forever Fire Mage build, the talents Fire builds take

1,845 of the 5,854 Mage builds with 41 or more points planned here (31%) lead in Fire, since the Oct 20 hotfixes to build 70425. Frost has 40%. Every build below opens in the Mage calculator.

Counted on 25 Oct 2026, recounted a few times a day.

• Frost 40%
• Fire 31%
• Arcane 29%

The most popular Fire Mage builds Arcane / Fire / Frost points

1. 4

   Fire / Arcane Mage 21/28/2

   #4 of every Mage build by what people did with it since the Oct 20 hotfixes Arcane 21 / Fire 28 / Frost 2 2.3% of every Mage share, save and link open since 13 Sep · shared 7 · saved 6 · opened 1,698 · across 7 close builds Maxes Arcane Focus, Arcane Subtlety, Arcane Concentration, Arcane Resilience, Arcane Blast, Improved Counterspell and 11 more. Goes to Fire Power (row 6).
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   Fire Mage 16/32/3

   #5 of every Mage build by what people did with it since the Oct 20 hotfixes Arcane 16 / Fire 32 / Frost 3 0.1% of every Mage share, save and link open since 13 Sep · shared 4 · saved 10 · opened 65 · across 30 close builds Maxes Arcane Focus, Missile Barrage, Arcane Subtlety, Arcane Concentration, Arcane Blast, Improved Fire Blast and 11 more. Goes to Combustion (row 7).
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The talents Fire Mage builds take

Of the 1,845 Mage builds with 41 or more points that lead in Fire, the share with a point in each talent:

In nearly every Fire build, 90% or more: Ignite 99%, Critical Mass 99%, Pyroblast 97% and Heating Up 96%.

In most, 50 to 89%: Improved Fireball 82%, Improved Scorch 80%, Improved Fire Blast 71%, Incineration 71%, Master of Elements 69%, Fire Power 67%, Burning Soul 65%, Flame Throwing 58% and Blast Wave 56%.

In some, 20 to 49%: Combustion 39% and Impact 33%.

Almost never taken, under 5%: Improved Fire Ward 3%.

From the other trees, 20% or more: Elemental Precision 82%, Missile Barrage 49%, Ice Lance 48%, Ice Shards 47%, Shatter 46%, Ice Block 40%, Arcane Concentration 39%, Fingers of Frost 38%, Arcane Focus 36%, Frost Warding 35%, Frostbite 33% and Frost Channeling 31% and 4 more.

Leveling as Fire, and the level 30 cap

20.1% of the 75,995 Mage leveling orders recorded here between 18 Sep and 16 Oct 2026 lead in Fire (15,261). The Fire order starts with Improved Fireball and Ignite from level 10, and its first 21 points are Improved Fireball 5, Ignite 5, Flame Throwing 1, Burning Soul 3, Pyroblast 1, Improved Scorch 3, Heating Up 1 and Master of Elements 2. Open those 21 points at level 30. Every bracket to 60 is on the Mage leveling order.

Questions

What is the most popular Fire Mage build in WoW Forever?

Fire / Arcane Mage 21/28/2, #4 of every Mage build by what people did with it since the Oct 20 hotfixes. It holds 2.3% of every Mage share, save and link open counted here since 13 Sep (shared 7, saved 6, opened 1,698). It maxes Arcane Focus, Arcane Subtlety, Arcane Concentration, Arcane Resilience, Arcane Blast, Improved Counterspell and 11 more.

How many Mage builds are Fire?

1,845 of the 5,854 Mage builds with 41 or more points planned here since the Oct 20 hotfixes to build 70425 lead in Fire, 31%, behind Frost (40%).

Which talents do Fire Mage builds take?

Nearly all of them (90% or more) take Ignite (99%), Critical Mass (99%), Pyroblast (97%) and Heating Up (96%). Most (50 to 89%) take Improved Fireball (82%), Improved Scorch (80%), Improved Fire Blast (71%), Incineration (71%), Master of Elements (69%) and Fire Power (67%). Outside Fire the most taken are Elemental Precision (82%), Missile Barrage (49%) and Ice Lance (48%). Each build counted once.

What do Fire Mages take first while leveling?

The Fire leveling order, 20.1% of 75,995 recorded Mage orders, starts with Improved Fireball and Ignite from level 10.

Is this a Fire Mage tier list?

No. It counts what people plan on this site, not how strong a build is. The count starts again when a beta build changes the Mage trees.

The other Mage specs: Arcane Mage and Frost Mage. The rank (#) is among every Mage build on the most popular Mage builds; a share or a save weighs 5, a link open 3, making the build 2 and a view 1. Also for Mages: the leveling order, every talent in words, what changed since Classic, the abilities, new and changed, the races and their racials, questions answered from the data, and the Mage calculator.