Cataclysm Fire 85 Mage Leveling Build Guide

Welcome to the Fire Mages 1 through 85 leveling build guide updated for WoW Cataclysm patch 4.0.6. This guide focuses on speed leveling talent specs to get you from level 1-85 along with suggested glyphs. 

Fire spec leveling can be the fastest, depending on your play style.  Another popular choice is a frost leveling build.

This guide provides the best talents for leveling your fire mage from 1-85 to go along with the best leveling route guide: Zygor’s Leveling Guide

Level 85 Mage (3/35/3) (Link)

Arcane (3 Points)

Netherwind Presence – Rank 3/3
Increases your spell haste by 3%.

Fire (35 Points)

Master of Elements – Rank 2/2
Your spell criticals will refund 30% of their base mana cost.

Burning Soul – Rank 3/3
Reduces the casting time lost from taking damaging attacks by 70%.

Ignite – Rank 3/3
Your critical strikes from Fire damage spells cause the target to burn for an additional 40% of your spell’s damage over 4 sec.

Fire Power – Rank 3/3
Increases the damage of your Fire spells by 3% and gives your Flame Orb a 100% chance to explode for 1134 to 1336 damage at the end of its duration.

Impact – Rank 2/2
Gives your damaging spells a 10% chance to reset the cooldown on Fire Blast and to cause the next Fire Blast you cast to stun the target for 2 sec and spread any Fire damage over time effects to nearby enemy targets within 12 yards.

Cauterize – Rank 2/2
You have a 100% chance that an attack which would otherwise kill you will instead bring you to 40% of your maximum health. However, you will burn for 12% of your maximum health every 1.5 sec for the next 6 sec. This effect cannot occur more than once per minute.

Blast Wave – Rank 1/1
A wave of flame radiates outward from the target location, damaging all enemies caught within the blast for 851 to 1003 Fire damage and are slowed by 70% for 3 sec.

Hot Streak – Rank 1/1
Your spells no longer trigger Arcane Missiles. Instead, your critical strikes with Fireball, Frostfire Bolt, Scorch, Pyroblast, or Fire Blast have a chance to cause your next Pyroblast spell cast within 15 sec to be instant cast and cost no mana.

Improved Scorch – Rank 2/2
Reduces the mana cost of your Scorch spell by 100%.

Combustion – Rank 1/1
Combines your damaging periodic Fire effects on an enemy target but does not consume them, instantly dealing 955 to 1131 Fire damage and creating a new periodic effect that lasts 10 sec and deals damage per time equal to the sum of the combined effects.

Improved Hot Streak – Rank 2/2
Any time you score 2 non-periodic critical strikes in a row with your Fireball, Frostfire Bolt, Scorch, Pyroblast, or Fire Blast spells, you have a 100% chance to trigger your Hot Streak effect.

Firestarter – Rank 1/1
Your Molten Armor allows you to cast the Scorch spell while moving instead of reducing the chance you are critically hit.

Improved Flamestrike – Rank 2/2
Reduces the casting time of your Flamestrike spell by 100% and gives you a 100% chance that your Blast Wave spell will also automatically Flamestrike the same location if two or more targets are affected by the Blast Wave.

Dragon’s Breath – Rank 1/1
Targets in a cone in front of the caster take 1195 to 1387 Fire damage and are Disoriented for 5 sec. Any direct damaging attack will revive targets.

Molten Fury – Rank 3/3
Increases damage of all spells against targets with less than 35% health by 12%.

Pyromaniac – Rank 2/2
Increases spell haste by 10% if 3 or more targets are taking Fire damage over time from your spells.

Critical Mass – Rank 3/3
Your Living Bomb and Flame Orb spells deal 15% more damage, and your Pyroblast and Scorch spells have a 100% chance to cause your target to be vulnerable to spell damage, increasing spell critical strike chance against that target by 5% and lasts 30 sec.

Living Bomb – Rank 1/1
The target becomes a Living Bomb, taking 1600 Fire damage over 12 sec. After 12 sec, the target explodes dealing 400 Fire damage to up to 3 enemies within 10 yards. Limit 3 targets.

Frost (3 Points)

Piercing Ice – Rank 3/3
Increases the critical strike chance of your spells by 3%.

Glyphs

Glyph of Molten Armor (Prime Glyph)
Your Molten Armor grants an additional 2% spell critical strike chance.

Glyph of Pyroblast (Prime Glyph)
Increases the critical strike chance of your Pyroblast spell by 5%.

Glyph of Fireball (Prime Glyph)
Increases the critical strike chance of your Fireball spell by 5%.

Glyph of Slow (Major Glyph)
Increases the range of your Slow spell by 5 yards.

Glyph of Evocation (Major Glyph)
Your Evocation ability also causes you to regain 40% of your health over its duration.

Glyph of Dragon’s Breath (Major Glyph)
Reduces the cooldown of your Dragon’s Breath by 3 sec.

Glyph of Slow Fall (Minor Glyph)
Your Slow Fall spell no longer requires a reagent.

Glyph of Arcane Brilliance (Minor Glyph)
Reduces the mana cost of your Arcane Brilliance spell by 50%.

Glyph of the Monkey (Minor Glyph)
Your Polymorph: Sheep spell polymorphs the target into a monkey instead.

Do You Want To Level Faster Like The Pros?

If you are having trouble leveling or need to level faster in WoW Cataclysm I highly suggest you check out Zygor’s Leveling Guide. It has the perfect leveling path that gets you to 85 faster and easier than any other way. No matter what level you are, you load the guide and it points with an arrow to the direction of each monster, quest giver, trainer etc. Its pretty crazy. It also has an in game box that tells you exactly what to do, like kill 5 boars, run west 10 miles, etc. If you dont have this in game add on guide, honestly, you are missing out. You can find out more here or check out the Zygor Cataclysm Leveling Guide Review.