Fire Mage PvP
Mage · dps
Combustion burst mage with db-into-pyro setups and alter time.
Experts
DLadder
BConsensus
Ladder
Score
Agreement
Trend
Best-performing bracket in shuffle: 1600+ · B · rank 17 · 0 expert rankings
Meta overview
Expert consensus and ladder performance are not the same number. Fire Mage is currently D among tracked creators and B on the 1800+ ladder. Agreement is 0% — creators do not agree.
Creator rankings
Highest D · Lowest D · Avg placement 0
Ladder performance
1800+ · all
B
Rank 18 · 6.5% rep · 50.4% wr
all+ · all
B
Rank 18 · 6.5% rep · 50.4% wr
1600+ · all
B
Rank 17 · 6.7% rep · 50.9% wr
2100+ · all
B
Rank 18 · 6.5% rep · 50.4% wr
2400+ · all
B
Rank 18 · 6.5% rep · 50.4% wr
Counterplay
Open cheat sheetCombustion overlapping Dragon's Breath into queued Pyroblasts. Weaker this patch after the Combustion nerf, but still lethal if you kick the wrong spell. Alter Time rewinds the first dump; Cauterize makes the first kill fake — keep hitting.
Kick
Kick Polymorph first. If poly is down, kick a hard-cast Pyroblast during Combustion. Do not spend the kick on Scorch.
Watch for
Combustion with Dragon's Breath into a Pyroblast queue is the kill. Alter Time at low health is a fake death — do not dump cooldowns. Cauterize is a cheat death — keep hitting.
Biggest mistake
Stopping your go after Cauterize, or kicking Scorch instead of Polymorph during Combustion.
Important abilities
Polymorph cc
Primary mage CC. First kick almost always.
Glacial Spike offensive
Hard-hitting cast. Second kick. Shatter setups make it lethal.
Icy Veins offensive
Major offensive window. Look for spike + orb during it.
Ice Block defensive
Full immunity. Don't blow CDs into it; sit and reset.
Alter Time defensive
Rewinds health and position. Force it before committing a go.
Ice Cold defensive
Ice Block-style DR without immunity. Still a stop-damage button.
Counterspell interrupt
Long lockout. Respect it on your healer.
Ring of Frost cc
AoE root/invis setup. Don't walk into the circle during a go.
Combustion offensive
Fire's kill window. Kick pyro, line, or force defensives first.