Fire Mage Talents

Fire Mage
Midnight Pre-Patch

Talents in World of Warcraft define your character's gameplay. They offer active abilities for offense and defense, major cooldowns, or passive enhancements to your stats and spells. Here are the current Fire Mage talents for Midnight Pre-Patch.

Where to Find Talents

Talents can be found in the talent menu, which is accessible by pressing the N key (default) or by clicking the target icon in the micro menu:

Screenshot of the talents button in the micro menu

Class Talents

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

Name	Cast	Effect
Blazing Barrier	Instant - 30 Sec Cooldown	Shields you in flame, absorbing 7,637 damage for 1 min. Melee attacks against you cause the attacker to take 55 Fire damage.
Alter Time	Instant - 1 Min Cooldown	Alters the fabric of time, returning you to your current location and health when cast a second time, or after 10 sec. Effect negated by long distance or death.
Ice Block	Instant - 4 Min Cooldown	Encases you in a block of ice, protecting you from all attacks and damage for 10 sec, but during that time you cannot attack, move, or cast spells. Causes Hypothermia, preventing you from recasting Ice Block for 30 sec.
Time Walk	Passive	Alter Time resets the cooldown of Blink and Shimmer when you return to your original location.
Temporal Realignment	Passive	Upon dropping below 25% health, your past self corrects your timeline, casting Alter Time and instantly returning 50% of your maximum health.
Master of Time	Passive	Reduces the cooldown of Alter Time by 10 sec.
Winter's Protection	Passive	The cooldown of Ice Block is reduced by 60 sec.
Frost Conditioning	Passive	Hypothermia's duration is reduced by 10 sec.
Arcane Warding	Passive	Reduces magic damage taken by 4%.
Inspired Intellect	Passive	Arcane Intellect grants you an additional 2% Intellect.
Mirror Image	Instant - 2 Min Cooldown	Creates 3 copies of you nearby for 15 sec, which cast spells and attack your enemies. While active, you generate significantly reduced threat. Taking direct damage will cause one of your images to dissipate
Spellsteal	Instant - 40 Yd Range	Steals a beneficial magic effect from the target. This effect lasts a maximum of 2 min.
Quick Witted	Passive	Counterspell's cooldown is reduced by 5 sec.
Dragon's Breath	Instant - 45 Sec Cooldown	Enemies in a 12 yd cone in front of you take 254 Fire damage and are disoriented for 4 sec. Damage will cancel the effect.
Supernova	Instant - 40 Yd Range - 45 Sec Cooldown	Pulses arcane energy around the target enemy or ally, dealing 161 Arcane damage to all enemies within 8 yds, and knocking them upward. A primary enemy target will take 100% increased damage.
Remove Curse	Instant - 40 Yd Range - 8 Sec Cooldown	Removes all Curses from a friendly target.
Improved Conjuration	Passive	Mirror Image's cooldown is reduced by 60 sec.
Improved Spellsteal	Passive	Spellsteal repeats its effect after 4 sec, but it now has a cooldown of 4.0 sec.
Shimmer	Instant - 0.5 Sec Cooldown	Teleports you 20 yds forward, unless something is in the way. Unaffected by the global cooldown and castable while casting.
Improved Blink	Passive	Blink's cooldown is reduced by 2 sec.
Improved Counterspell	Passive	Counterspell prevents casting for an additional 1.0 sec.
Overflowing Energy	Passive	Each time your Arcane Barrage fails to critically strike, it gains 10% increased critical strike chance. Critical strike bonus is removed when the affected spell critically strikes.
Improved Remove Curse	Passive	Casting Remove Curse on a friendly target also casts it on yourself, but its cooldown is increased by 20 sec.
Greater Invisibility	Instant - 2 Min Cooldown	Makes you invisible and untargetable for 20 sec, removing all threat. Any action taken cancels this effect.
Improved Frost Nova	Passive	Frost Nova duration is increased by 2 sec.
Ice Ward	Passive	Frost Nova now has 2 charges.
Captured Thoughts	Passive	The duration of Clearcasting is increased by 10 sec.
Tome of Rhonin	Passive	Increases Critical Strike chance by 2%.
Tome of Antonidas	Passive	Increases Haste by 2%.
Incantation of Swiftness	Passive	Invisibility increases your movement speed by 40% for 6 sec.
Master of Escape	Passive	Reduces the cooldown of Invisibility by 60 sec.
Charm of Aegwynn	Passive	The critical strike damage of your spells is increased by 5%.
Brainstorm	Passive	Gaining Clearcasting increases your Intellect by 1% for 8 sec. Multiple instances may overlap.
Flow of Time	Passive	The cooldowns of Blink and Shimmer are reduced by 3 sec.
Mana Confluence	Passive	Your mana costs are reduced by 5%.
Charm of Medivh	Passive	Your Mastery is increased by 3%.
Permafrost Bauble	Passive	The cooldown of Ice Block and Ice Cold are reduced by 30 sec.
Freezing Cold	Passive	Enemies hit by Cone of Cold are frozen in place for 5 sec instead of snared. When your roots expire or are dispelled, your target is snared by 80%, decaying over 3 sec.
Ice Nova	Instant - 40 Yd Range - 25 Sec Cooldown	Causes a whirl of icy wind around the enemy, dealing 518 Frost damage to the target and all other enemies within 8 yds, freezing them in place for 2 sec. Damage reduced beyond 8 targets.
Time Manipulation	Passive	The cooldown of your loss of control spells are reduced by 5 sec.
Ring of Frost	2 Sec Cast - 30 Yd Range - 45 Sec Cooldown	Summons a Ring of Frost for 10 sec at the target location. Enemies entering the ring are incapacitated for 10 sec. Limit 10 targets. When the incapacitate expires, enemies are slowed by 65% for 4 sec.
Mass Polymorph	1.7 Sec Cast - 1 Min Cooldown	Transforms all enemies within 10 yards into sheep, wandering around incapacitated for 15 sec. While affected, the victims cannot take actions but will regenerate health very quickly. Damage will cancel the effect. Only works on Beasts, Humanoids and Critters.
Energized Barriers	Passive	Casting your barrier removes all snare effects.
Mass Invisibility	Instant - 5 Min Cooldown	You and your allies within 40 yards instantly become invisible for 12 sec. Taking any action will cancel the effect. Does not affect allies in combat.
Barrier Diffusion	Passive - 100 Yd Range	When your Barrier is removed, reduce its cooldown by 5 sec.
Ice Cold	Passive	Ice Block now reduces all damage taken by 70% for 6 sec but no longer grants Immunity, prevents movement, attacks, or casting spells. Does not incur the Global Cooldown.
Spatial Manipulation	Passive	Blink gains an additional charge.
Reflection	Passive	After casting Blink, it is replaced with Reflection for 8 sec. Reflection Teleports you back to where you last Blinked. Castable while casting and unaffected by the global cooldown.
Improved Blazing Barrier	Passive	Blazing Barrier's damage is increased by 200% and it now cauterizes your wounds, healing you for 15% of the damage it absorbs.

Specialization Talents

Specialization talents provide Fire Mages with unique abilities and enhancements tailored to their combat style. These talents differentiate Fire Mages from other Mage specializations, maximizing effectiveness in combat.

Name	Cast	Effect
Pyroblast	4 Sec Cast - 40 Yd Range	Hurls an immense fiery boulder that causes 1,828 Fire damage.
Fire Blast	Instant - 40 Yd Range - 0.5 Sec Cooldown	Blasts the enemy, critically striking for 1,014 Fire damage. Castable while casting other spells.
Firestarter	Passive	Your Fireball and Pyroblast spells always deal a critical strike when the target is above 90% health.
Flamestrike	3.5 Sec Cast - 40 Yd Range	Calls down a pillar of fire, burning all enemies within the area for 1,139 Fire damage. Deals reduced damage beyond 8 targets. This spell is cast at a selected location.
Flamestrike	3.5 Sec Cast - 40 Yd Range	Calls down a pillar of fire on your target, burning all enemies within the area for 1,141 Fire damage. Deals reduced damage beyond 8 targets. This spell is cast at your target.
Ignition	Passive	Fire Blast now spreads 50% of your target's Ignite to 1 enemy. Flamestrike applies 50% more Ignite.
Combustion	Instant - 2 Min Cooldown	Engulfs you in flames for 10 sec, increasing your spells' critical strike chance by 100%. Castable while casting other spells.
Fuel the Fire	Passive	Flamestrike has a chance equal to 100% of your spell critical strike chance to build up to a Hot Streak. Flamestrike deals 5% increased damage for each enemy it damages, up to 25%.
Fervent Flickering	Passive	Fire Blast gains 1 additional charge and its damage is increased by 25%.
Cauterize	Passive	Fatal damage instead brings you to 35% health and then burns you for 28% of your maximum health over 6 sec. While burning, movement slowing effects are suppressed and your movement speed is increased by 150%. This effect cannot occur more than once every 6 min.
Meteor	Instant - 40 Yd Range - 45 Sec Cooldown	Calls down a meteor which lands at the target location after 3 sec, dealing 3,448 Fire damage to all enemies, and burns the ground, dealing 1,580 Fire damage over 4 sec to all enemies in the area. Damage reduced beyond 8 targets.
Scorch	1.5 Sec Cast - 40 Yd Range	Scorches an enemy for 386 Fire damage. When cast on a target below 30% health, Scorch is a guaranteed critical strike. Castable while moving.
Flame On	Passive	Fire Blast gains 1 additional charge and its cooldown is reduced by 2.0 sec.
Kindling	Passive	Combustion's cooldown is reduced by 60 sec.
Critical Mass	Passive	Your spells have a 8% increased chance to deal a critical strike. You gain 20% more of the Critical Strike stat from all sources.
Deep Impact	Passive	The enemy closest to the center of Meteor's impact takes 75% increased damage.
Heat Shimmer	Passive	While Combustion is not active, damage from Ignite has a small chance to make your next Scorch instant, deal 100% increased damage, and deal damage as though your target was below 30% health.
Scald	Passive	Fireball always critically strikes enemies below 30% health. When Fireball or Scorch damage an enemy below 30% health, Fireball deals 50% increased damage and Scorch deals 250% increased damage.
Controlled Destruction	Passive	Damaging an enemy with Fireball, Pyroblast, or Flamestrike increases the damage it receives from Ignite by 0.2%. Stacks up to 50 times.
Mote of Flame	Passive	All Fire damage dealt increased by 3%.
Blast Zone	Passive	Meteor's cooldown is reduced by 15 sec.
Conflagration	Passive	Fire Blast deals 152 additional Fire damage to up to 8 nearby enemies.
Intensifying Flame	Passive	While Ignite is on 3 or fewer enemies it flares up dealing an additional 30% of its damage to affected targets.
Spontaneous Combustion	Passive	Casting Combustion refreshes up to 2 charges of Fire Blast.
Molten Fury	Passive	Damage dealt to targets below 30% health is increased by 15%.
Inflame	Passive	Hot Streak increases the amount of Ignite damage from Pyroblast or Flamestrike by an additional 25%.
Wildfire	Passive	Fire Blast damage increased by 20% and it now spreads Ignite to 2 additional targets.
Fevered Incantation	Passive	Each consecutive critical strike you deal increases critical strike damage you deal by 2%, up to 8% for 6 sec.
Fire's Ire	Passive	Your spell critical strike chance is increased by 5.0%. Combustion increases your critical strike damage by 5.0%.
Master of Flame	Passive	Ignite deals 15% more damage when Combustion is not active. Fire Blast now spreads an additional 50% of your Ignite.
From the Ashes	Passive	Fire Blast damage increased by 15%. Your direct damage spells reduce the cooldown of Fire Blast by 0.50 sec.
Fiery Rush	Passive	While Combustion is active, Fire Blast recharges 50% faster.
Flame Accelerant	Passive	The cast time of Pyroblast and Flamestrike is reduced by 20%.
Pyromaniac	Passive	Casting Pyroblast or Flamestrike while Hot Streak is active has a 6% chance to repeat the spell cast at 50% effectiveness. This effect counts as consuming Hot Streak.
Burnout	Passive	When Combustion expires, all of your active Ignites explode, dealing 75% of their remaining damage.
Feel the Burn	Passive	Fire Blast increases your mastery by 2% for 4 sec. Multiple applications may overlap.
Slow Burn	Passive	Combustion grants mastery equal to 75% of your Critical Strike stat. Combustion causes your spells to apply Ignite at 15% increased effectiveness.
Burn It All	Passive	Combustion grants you 10% increased spell damage plus an additional 20% of your critical strike chance as spell damage.
Pyroclasm	Passive	Consuming Hot Streak has a 15% chance to make your next non-instant Pyroblast or Flamestrike cast within 15 sec deal 230% additional damage. Maximum 2 stacks.
Cinderstorm	Passive - 40 Yd Range	Casting Pyroblast or Flamestrike has a 8% chance to summon a storm of 5 cinders that pursue your target. Upon reaching your target, each cinder deals 632 Fire damage, applies Ignite at 100% effectiveness, and spreads 50% of your Ignite to up to 1 nearby target.

Hero Talents

Hero talents allow for deeper customization of the Fire Mage class fantasy, further enhancing its combat effectiveness.

Sunfury

Name	Cast	Effect
Spellfire Spheres	Passive	Casting a damaging spell has a 12% chance to conjure a Spellfire Sphere. While you're out of combat, you will slowly conjure Spellfire Spheres over time. Spellfire Sphere Increases your spell damage by 1.0%. Stacks up to 3 times.
Mana Cascade	Passive	Casting Arcane Blast or Arcane Barrage grants you 0.5% Haste for 10 sec. Stacks up to 10 times. Multiple instances may overlap.
Invocation: Arcane Phoenix	Passive	When you cast Arcane Surge, summon an Arcane Phoenix to aid you in battle. Arcane Phoenix Your Arcane Phoenix aids you for the duration of your Arcane Surge, casting random Arcane and Fire spells.
Burden of Power	Passive	Arcane Blast damage increased by 15%. Arcane Pulse damage increased by 15%.
Glorious Incandescence	Passive	Arcane Barrage summons 1 Meteor for every 5 Arcane Salvo stacks consumed. Meteorite Calls down a meteorite which lands at the target location after 3 sec, dealing 380 Fire damage to all enemies hit, reduced beyond 8 targets.
Merely a Setback	Passive	The bonuses provided by your Barrier spells persist an additional 8 sec after your Barrier is removed.
Time Twist	Passive	The cooldown of Alter Time is reduced by 10 sec.
Codex of the Sunstriders	Passive	When your Arcane Phoenix is summoned, it consumes all your Spellfire Spheres. Each Sphere consumed increases your spell damage during Arcane Surge by 2% and causes your Arcane Phoenix to cast an exceptional Arcane or Fire spell over its duration.
Lessons in Debilitation	Passive	Your Arcane Phoenix has picked up a few tricks, and will Spellsteal when it is summoned and when it expires.
Explosive Potential	Passive	After casting Arcane Surge, your next Blink will cause a Blast Wave at your previous location, dealing 207 Fire damage, knocking enemies back 8 yds, and slowing them by 70% for 6 sec.
Pyrocosm	Passive	Each wave of Arcane Missiles has a 10% chance to summon a Meteorite. When a Meteorite lands, you have a 5% chance to gain Clearcasting.
Savor the Moment	Passive	When you cast Arcane Surge, its duration is extended by 0.4 sec for each Spellfire Sphere you have, up to 2.0 sec.
Sunfury Execution	Passive	Arcane Barrage deals 15% increased damage to enemies affected by your Touch of the Magi.
Ashes of Inspiration	Passive	When your Arcane Phoenix expires, it grants you Lesser Time Warp for 10 sec. Lesser Time Warp Warp the flow of time, increasing your haste by 20%.
Rondurmancy	Passive	Spellfire Spheres can now stack up to 5 times.
Spellfire Salvo	Passive	Arcane Salvo can stack 5 additional times. Meteorite damage increased by 15%.
Memory of Al'ar	Passive	During Arcane Surge, you gain twice as many stacks of Mana Cascade. When your Arcane Phoenix expires, it empowers you, granting Arcane Soul for 6.0 sec. Arcane Soul: Arcane Barrage grants Clearcasting and generates 4 Arcane Charges. Each cast of Arcane Barrage grants 5 stacks of Arcane Salvo and casting Arcane Barrage does not consume Arcane Salvo.

Frostfire

Name	Cast	Effect
Frostfire Bolt		Launches a bolt of frostfire at the enemy, causing 921 Frostfire damage, slowing movement speed by 50%, and causing an additional 87 Frostfire damage over 8 sec.
Frostfire Bolt	1.8 Sec Cast - 40 Yd Range	Launches a bolt of frostfire at the enemy, causing 954 Frostfire damage, slowing movement speed by 50%, and causing an additional 87 Frostfire damage over 8 sec.
Imbued Warding	Passive
Meltdown	Passive	You melt slightly out of your Ice Block and Ice Cold, allowing you to move slowly during Ice Block and increasing your movement speed over time. Ice Block and Ice Cold trigger a Blazing Barrier when they end.
Frostfire Empowerment	Passive	Casting Frostfire spells has a 10% chance to activate Frostfire Empowerment, causing your next Frostfire Bolt to be instant cast, deal 60% increased damage, explode for 80% of its damage to nearby enemies. Damage reduced beyond 5 targets. Damage from Frostfire Empowerment applies 1 stack of Freezing.
Elemental Affinity	Passive
Flame and Frost	Passive	Ice Block and Ice Cold reset the cooldowns of your Fire spells. Cauterize resets the cooldown of your Frost spells with a base cooldown shorter than 4 minutes when it activates.
Duality	Passive	Casting Glacial Spike also casts a Pyroblast, dealing 1,328 Fire damage.
Heat Sink	Passive	Flurry and Fire Blast now deal Frostfire damage and their damage is increased by 30%.
Thermal Conditioning	Passive	Frostfire Bolt's cast time is reduced by 10%.
Severe Temperatures	Passive	Frostfire Empowerment stacks 1 additional time and it causes Frostfire Bolt to explode for an additional 20% of its damage.
Dualcasting Adept	Passive	Your Frost and Fire spells deal 20% increased critical strike damage. Ice Lance and Pyroblast have their damage increased by 10%.
Molten Chill	Passive	Your Frostfire spells apply Ignite at 10% increased effectiveness.
Frostfire Infusion	Passive	Frostfire Bolt has and additional 5% chance to grant Brain Freeze and its critical strike chance is increased by 15%. The damage of your Frost spells and Fire spells are increased by 4%.
Flash Freezeburn	Passive	Meteor's damage is increased by 25%. Meteor now grants Frostfire Empowerment.
Blast Radius	Passive	The damage of Meteor and Comet Storm is increased.
Elemental Conduit	Passive	Meteor and Pyroblast now apply Ignite. Your Haste is increased by 2%.
Isothermic Core	Passive	Meteor now also calls down a Comet Storm, dealing 2,431 Frost damage to nearby enemies. Comet Storm now also calls down a Meteor, dealing 3,400 Fire damage to nearby enemies.

PvP Talents

PvP talents are tailored for player-versus-player combat scenarios. Activated in arenas, battlegrounds, and the open world with War Mode enabled, these talents optimize a Fire Mage 's performance in PvP encounters. They provide specialized enhancements that give players an edge in combat against other players.

Name	Cast	Effect
World in Flames		Empower Flamestrike, dealing up to 50% more damage based on enemies' distance to the center of Flamestrike.
Greater Pyroblast		Hurls an immense fiery boulder that deals up to 30% of the target's total health in Fire damage.
Ring of Fire		Summons a Ring of Fire for 8 sec at the target location. Enemies entering the ring are disoriented and burn for 3% of their total health over 3 sec.
Ice Wall		Conjures an Ice Wall 30 yards long that obstructs line of sight. The wall has 30% of your maximum health and lasts up to 15 sec.
Glass Cannon		Increases damage of Fireball, Scorch, and Ignite by 20% but decreases your maximum health by 30%.
Master Shepherd		While an enemy player is affected by your Polymorph or Mass Polymorph, your movement speed is increased by 25% and your Versatility is increased by 12%. Additionally, Polymorph and Mass Polymorph no longer heal enemies.
Ethereal Blink		Blink and Shimmer apply Slow at 100% effectiveness to all enemies you Blink through. For each enemy you Blink through, the cooldown of Blink and Shimmer are reduced by 1 sec, up to 5 sec.
Improved Mass Invisibility		The cooldown of Mass Invisibility is reduced by 4 min and can affect allies in combat.
Overpowered Barrier		Your barriers absorb 100% more damage and have an additional effect, but last 4 sec. Prismatic Barrier If the barrier is fully absorbed, your next Blink or Shimmer within 15 sec grants Invisibility and immunity to damage for 3 sec. The damage reduction is lost if Invisibility ends.