Mages Pt 2: Spell Rotation for Fire Mage
Easy breezy! I can’t speak for all mages, but here’s how I work my fiery goodness.
On trash mobs:
Scorch/Scorch/fireball/fireball/fireball/dead
If the mob is at 2 or 3%, I might skip the last fireball and throw off a fireblast or one last scorch if they’re really close to death. Fireball is a 3 second cast, so trying to get one last one off with so little health left is a waste of dps time. Also, you'll notice I don't stack 5 scorches on trash. Alot of the time, I'll only throw one on him. Trash tends to go down really fast, and my fireballs will help do that alot better than the scorches.
On bosses:
Stack scorch 5x/ fireball/fireball/fireball/fireball/scorch renew/ fireball (repeat)
You don’t want the scorch to fade. Make sure the 5 stack stays renewed every few fireballs. Scorch increases the damage done by all fire spells drastically, but doesn’t do great damage on its own so try not to use it for pure damage. Your damage should be coming from the fireballs which will hurt the mobs A LOT when paired with your scorch stacks. Yes, it’s tempting to scorch away. It’s a fast spell and sometimes crits. But your dps will suffer if you use it as your main spell for downing a mob. If you have another fire mage in the group, so much the better! Let her cast scorch, then you, then her, till 5 are stacked, then both of you can open up a world of hurt and take turns refreshing that debuff.
Also, I want to add here that I am an Icy Veins spec’d fire mage, so on bosses especially, I like to click on my veins at the start in order to throw those 5 scorches on really fast and get to burning him down with fireballs.