PVP Fire Mage Guide (WotLK 3.3.5a)

Welcome to the Fire Mage PVP guide for World of Warcraft Wrath of the Lich King 3.3.5a. In this guide, you will learn about playing a Fire Mage in the arena or a battleground. The guide includes Talents, Glyphs, Gems, Enchantments, Add-ons, Gameplay & Skill rotation tips, Team setups.

Talent Tree

Glyphs

Major Glyphs

• Glyph of Evocation
• Glyph of Polymorph
• Glyph of Scorch or Glyph of Living Bomb

Glyph of Living Bomb is better if you are gemming into Critical Chance. It’s more useful in World PVP and Battleground. Glyph of Scorch is better for Arena and Duels where you will have less critical hits, due to enemy stats from PVP armor.

Minor Glyphs

• Glyph of Slow Fall
• Glyph of Fire Ward
• Glyph of Frost Ward

Gems

Gems are situational and depend on the build and equipment. They are used to reach the required stat caps.

• Meta: Chaotic Skyflare Diamond
• Red: Runed Cardinal Ruby
• Yellow: Potent Ametrine
• Blue: Mysterious Dreadstone

If you are going for the higher Critical Chance:

• Red: Mysterious Dreadstone
• Yellow: Smooth King’s Amber
• Blue: Radiant Eye of Zul

Enchants

• Head – Arcanum of Burning Mysteries
• Shoulder – Greater Inscription of the Storm
• Cloak – Scroll of Enchant Cloak – Spell Piercing
• Chest – Scroll of Enchant Chest – Exceptional Resilience
• Bracers – Scroll of Enchant Bracer – Superior Spellpower
• Gloves – Scroll of Enchant Gloves – Exceptional Spellpower
• Waist – Eternal Belt Buckle
• Legs – Sapphire Spellthread
• Boots – Scroll of Enchant Boots – Tuskarr’s Vitality

Weapons

• One-handed – Scroll of Enchant Weapon – Mighty Spellpower
• Two-handed – Scroll of Enchant Staff – Greater Spellpower

Gameplay & Rotations

Spell Priority

Hit > Spellpower > Crit > Resilience > Spell Penetration >Stamina > Intellect

• Hit – 4%
• SpellPower – 3000 – 3100
• Critical Chance – 40%
• Resilience – 1000 – 1100 is optimal
• Spell Penetration – 110 – 130

Tips

Covering buffs and debuffs is a useful tactic. Use Slow Fall to cover your buffs from classes who are trying to dispell/purge. Also, you can cover a Polymorph on the enemy with a debuff to make it harder to get rid of it. Polymorph can be used to heal yourself when casting against a Warrior with spell reflect.

Positioning yourself near pillars will help you to survive due to loss of sight. Fake casting may be good to lure out some CC, but a skilled opponent won’t buy it, so be careful with it. If they block your school of magic – use instant spells from another one. Ice Block can be used to get rid of CC, but be sure to pay attention and timely cancel it to receive a heal.

Use Fire ward right before being hit by a fire spell to reduce the chance of it getting dispelled.

Team Setups

Here is a list of preferable partners in the 2v2 and 3v3 arena.

2v2 Arena

• Shadow Priest
• Destruction Warlock
• Elemental Shaman

3v3 Arena

• Destruction Warlock + Restoration Druid
• Elemental Shaman + Discipline Priest
• Elemental Shaman + Holy Paladin