Cataclysm Classic Fire Mage Talent Builds

The Fire talent tree emphasizes high damage potential, both in AoE and single-target fights. Particularly with spells like Pyroblast!, Ignite, and Combustion, making it ideal for dealing massive damage during critical moments in raid encounters. Additionally, Fires bring valuable AoE for raids through abilities like Impact, which spreads damage over time effects from one target to nearby enemies around your primary target, making their AoE extremely potent. This high overall raid DPS solidifies their role in group compositions.

This is the basic Fire raiding build. There are not really any flexible points, as each talent is important.

• Blast Wave — Strong AoE ability, particularly effective for slowing enemies down.
• Burning Soul — Taking this talent is essential for accessing the next tier of abilities and gives pushback protection while casting.
• Cauterize — Offers a lifesaving ability, enabling you to cheat death once every minute.
• Combustion — An instant-cast spell dealing significant damage, particularly effective when high damage over time effects are active. Adds up the damage of all your Fire DoTs and creates a new DoT effect.
• Critical Mass — A mandatory talent for increased damage on core spells, synergizing well with other abilities.
• Dragon's Breath — Necessary to unlock our Living Bomb talent and does a high-damage frontal AoE attack.
• Fire Power — Highly recommended for its extra damage on Fire spells, with the added benefit of improving the Flame Orb.
• Firestarter — Allows sustained DPS while moving, crucial for maintaining damage output in dynamic encounters.
• Hot Streak — Grants a chance to trigger the Hot Streak effect with critical hits, allowing instant and mana-free Pyroblast casts while active.
• Ignite — This talent holds significant importance, allowing you to deal additional damage over time with every critical strike, serving as a primary source of damage.
• Impact — Unlocks the strongest AoE ability, when utilized effectively. When it procs, use a Fire Blast to spread your damage over time effects to enemies surrounding your current target.
• Improved Flamestrike — Transforms Blast Wave into a even more potent AoE ability, casting a free Flamestrike at it's position. Also makes Flamestrike an instant spell.
• Improved Hot Streak — Enhances the Hot Streak effect to trigger with two consecutive critical hits, optimizing Pyroblast casts.
• Improved Scorch — One of our most important talents, removing the mana cost of Scorch, enabling continuous casting even when out of mana.
• Living Bomb — Provides access to a potent damage-dealing ability, often a significant contributor to overall damage output.
• Master of Elements — Although Fire Mages may find mana management less critical, this talent remains beneficial.
• Molten Fury — Significantly enhances end-of-fight damage, it will make a fine addition to your spell collection.
• Netherwind Presence — Found in the Arcane tree, increases Spell Haste by 3%.
• Piercing Ice — From the Frost tree, this talent boosts critical strike chance with all spells by an additional 3%.

The best Prime Glyphs are Glyph of Fireball, Glyph of Pyroblast and Glyph of Molten Armor.

Great Major Glyphs for Fire are Glyph of Evocation, Glyph of Dragon's Breath and Glyph of Blink

For Minor Glyphs you would want to choose Glyph of Arcane Brilliance, Glyph of Conjuring and Glyph of Slow Fall.