Hearthjacks's PvE Build

Mage class icon Fire Mage specialization icon
Fire Mage
Dwarf race icon
Dwarf
421 ilvl
Season 1
3425 Mythic+

Hearthjacks (Burning Legion EU) is a Top Mythic+ Fire Mage in World of Warcraft Dragonflight Season 1, achieving a rating of 3425 with 420 ilvl equipment.

Here is the breakdown of his 10.2.6 PvE character build from , featuring stats, talents, gear, embellishments, enchantments, and gems. Use this as a reference to enhance and inspire your own Fire Mage build.

Stat Priority

Stats are crucial attributes that directly influence a character's power in World of Warcraft. They not only determine the character's strength but also define the overall feel and playstyle. Stat bonuses can be found on various pieces of equipment, in consumables created by the Alchemy profession, certain foods, some enchantments , and gems .

It's important to note that each stat experiences diminishing returns once its equipped bonus reaches +20%. This means that optimizing a character's performance involves more than just maximizing each stat; it's about finding a balanced distribution. Here is how Hearthjacks's Secondary and Minor stats are distributed.

Secondary Stats
+504
10% Critical Strike
+4744
30% Haste
+4912
29% Mastery
+1634
8% Versatility
  1. Mastery
  2. Haste
  3. Versatility
  4. Critical Strike
Minor Stats
+325
5% Avoidance
+0
0% Leech
+586
11% Speed
  1. Speed
  2. Avoidance
  3. Leech

Class Talents

Talents are the main element defining a character's build, significantly influencing the playstyle by adding, modifying, and enhancing character abilities and behaviors. They are crucial in shaping how a character functions in battle.

Class talents represent a common tree shared across all Mage specializations. These talents provide foundational skills and enhancements that are essential and universal to the Mage class. They offer a range of abilities that lay the groundwork for a Mage's overall capabilities, regardless of the chosen specialization.

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Take a peek at Hearthjacks's selected Class Talents below:

Blazing Barrier
1
Ice Block
1
Overflowing Energy
1
Incanter's Flow
Winter's Protection
Spellsteal
1
Tempest Barrier
2
Incantation of Swiftness
2
Remove Curse
Arcane Warding
2
Mirror Image
1
Shifting Power
Alter Time
1
Cryo-Freeze
Reduplication
Quick Witted
1
Mass Polymorph
Slow
Master of Time
1
Diverted Energy
Ring of Frost
Ice Nova
1
Shimmer
1
Mass Slow
Blast Wave
1
Improved Frost Nova
Rigid Ice
Tome of Rhonin
1
Tome of Antonidas
1
Volatile Detonation
Energized Barriers
Frigid Winds
2
Flow of Time
2
Temporal Velocity
2
Ice Ward
1
Freezing Cold
Time Manipulation
Displacement
Accumulative Shielding
Greater Invisibility
Dragon's Breath
1
Ice Cold
Temporal Warp
1
Mass Barrier

Specialization Talents

Specialization talents constitute a specialized tree, providing Fire Mages with unique abilities and enhancements tailored to their combat style.

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Take a peek at Hearthjacks's selected Specialization Talents below:

Pyroblast
1
Fire Blast
1
Pyrotechnics
Scorch
1
Phoenix Flames
1
Surging Blaze
Searing Touch
1
Firestarter
1
Fervent Flickering
Fuel the Fire
Improved Scorch
Critical Mass
2
Intensifying Flame
Flame On
2
Flame Patch
From the Ashes
1
Combustion
1
Living Bomb
Incendiary Eruptions
Call of the Sun King
Firemind
2
Improved Combustion
1
Feel the Burn
2
Convection
Phoenix Reborn
Fevered Incantation
Master of Flame
Kindling
1
Pyromaniac
Conflagration
Firefall
Controlled Destruction
2
Flame Accelerant
Fiery Rush
1
Wildfire
2
Meteor
Hyperthermia
Sun King's Blessing
1
Deep Impact

PvP Talents

PvP talents are specifically tailored for player-versus-player combat scenarios. Activated in arenas, battlegrounds, and the open world with war mode enabled, these talents are designed to optimize a Fire Mage's performance in PvP encounters. They provide specialized enhancements and strategies that give players an edge in combat against other players, reflecting the unique demands of PvP gameplay.

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Take a peek at Hearthjacks's selected PvP Talents below:

World in Flames
Flamecannon
1
Greater Pyroblast
Ring of Fire
Ice Wall
Glass Cannon
Master Shepherd
Ethereal Blink
Improved Mass Invisibility

Best In Slot And Gear

Gear consists of items that directly determine a character's power level. It can be acquired from diverse sources: dungeon, raid, world drops, crafted through various professions, obtained from PvP vendors, or chosen as rewards from the Great Vault.

Each piece of gear significantly boosts a character's overall strength and capabilities. Here are the items currently equipped by Hearthjacks.

Head

  1. Crystal Scholar's Cowl item set icon
    set
    Crystal Scholar's Cowl

Neck

  1. Elemental Lariat item icon
    Elemental Lariat

Shoulders

  1. Amice of the Blue item icon
    Amice of the Blue

Back

  1. Fireproof Drape item icon
    Fireproof Drape

Chest

  1. Crystal Scholar's Tunic item set icon
    set
    Crystal Scholar's Tunic

Wrist

  1. Overengineered Sleeve Extenders item icon
    Overengineered Sleeve Extenders

Hands

  1. Crystal Scholar's Pageturners item set icon
    set
    Crystal Scholar's Pageturners

Waist

  1. Crystal Scholar's Cinch item icon
    Crystal Scholar's Cinch

Legs

  1. Crystal Scholar's Britches item set icon
    set
    Crystal Scholar's Britches

Feet

  1. Sandals of the Wild Sovereign item icon
    Sandals of the Wild Sovereign

Ring 1

  1. Ring-Bound Hourglass item icon
    Ring-Bound Hourglass

Ring 2

  1. Seal of Filial Duty item icon
    Seal of Filial Duty

Trinket 1

  1. Horn of Valor item icon
    Horn of Valor

Trinket 2

  1. Whispering Incarnate Icon item icon
    Whispering Incarnate Icon

Main Hand

  1. Primal Molten Spellblade item icon
    Primal Molten Spellblade

Off Hand

  1. Scripture of Primal Devotion item icon
    Scripture of Primal Devotion

Embellishments

Embellishments are unique effects that can be added to crafted items, either as predefined elements in recipes or through an optional embellishment reagent, creating embellished gear. These enhancements diversify and amplify characters' capabilities.

Here are the embellishments equipped by Hearthjacks for the Fire Mage specialization.

  1. Amice of the Blue embellishment item icon
    Amice Of The Blue
  2. Elemental Lariat embellishment item icon
    Elemental Lariat

Enchantments

Enchantments provide minor yet valuable enhancements to various items, including Head, Back, Chest, Wrist, Waist, Legs, Rings, Feet, Main Hand, and Off Hand.

Most enchantments are crafted via the Enchanting profession. However, Waist enchantments specifically require Blacksmithing, Legs enhancements are crafted by Leatherworkers, and Head enchantments come from the Incandescent Essence , a reward obtained through a quest in the Amirdrassil raid.

Enchantments are usually available at the auction house, making them accessible for upgrades. Here are the specific enchantments chosen by Hearthjacks for each equipment slot.

Back

  1. Graceful Avoidance enchantment icon
    Graceful Avoidance

Chest

  1. Waking Stats enchantment icon
    Waking Stats

Wrist

  1. +200 Avoidance enchantment icon
    +200 Avoidance

Legs

  1. Frozen Spellthread enchantment icon
    Frozen Spellthread

Feet

  1. Watcher's Loam enchantment icon
    Watcher's Loam

Ring 1

  1. +82 Haste enchantment icon
    +82 Haste

Ring 2

  1. +82 Haste enchantment icon
    +82 Haste

Main Hand

  1. Sophic Devotion enchantment icon
    Sophic Devotion

Gems

Gems are crafted stones from the Jewelcrafting profession, typically offering stat bonuses to enhance your gear. These gems can be socketed into specific items such as Head, Neck, Wrist, Waist, and Rings. The presence of sockets on items is usually random upon their drop.

Notably, Neck items can be uniquely modified to have up to three sockets by using 3 Tiered Medallion Setting . Additionally, a single socket can be added to other eligible items with a Nature's Cradle , which requires 6 Aspects' Tokens of Merit obtained from the Great Vault.

Available through both the auction house and the crafting order system, here are the gems currently socketed by Hearthjacks.

  1. Keen Ysemerald gem icon
    Keen Ysemerald
    7
  2. Skillful Illimited Diamond gem icon
    Skillful Illimited Diamond
    1