• 2/2 Master of Elements: even if mana management is no longer important to Fire Mages, this talent is still helpful.
• 3/3 Burning Soul: it is necessary to take this talent in order to gain access to the next tier of talents. The other possible talent is Improved Fire Blast, but it is very situational (see below).
• 3/3 Ignite: that particular talent is one of the most important in the tree. It enables you to deal additional damage over time for every critical strike you score. This damage over time component is one of your main source of damage.
• 3/3 Fire Power: this talent is really worth taking for the additional damage it gives on Fire spells. The Flame Orb improvement is also nice.
• 2/2 Impact: this talent unlocks a very powerful AoE ability which, when used properly, is currently one of the strongest in the game.
• 1/1 Blast Wave: this ability is best used for dealing with ads in a fight, when they need to be slowed down.
• 2/2 Cauterize: this basically enables you to cheat death every minute. It is vitally important.
• 1/1 Hot Streak: this talents gives a (small) chance to proc the Hot Streak effect every time you do a critical hit with Fireball, Frostfire Bolt, Scorch, Pyroblast!, and Fire Blast. While the Hot Streak effect is up, your next cast of Pyroblast will be instant and have no mana cost. Note that a critical hit with a free Pyroblast will not trigger the Hot Streak effect.
• 2/2 Improved Scorch: this is one of our most important talents. By removing the mana cost of Scorch, we can still continue casting, even if we are totally out of mana (after a combat resurrection or when Evocation is interrupted).
• 1/1 Combustion: this is an instant cast spell that can deal quite a lot of damage if cast when high damage Dots are ticking on the target. In multiple target situations, Combustion can have tremendous effects when spread by Impact.
• 2/2 Improved Hot Streak: this talent improves Hot Streak so that the Hot Streak effect will also trigger whenever you score two critical hits in a row with Fireball, Frostfire Bolt, Scorch, Pyroblast!, and Fire Blast. Note that a critical hit with a free Pyroblast will not count.
• 1/1 Firestarter: this talent will let you sustain a large portion of your DPS while moving.
• 2/2 Improved Flamestrike: this transforms your Blast Wave into a very powerful AoE ability. From now on, casting it on a group of two or more targets will also cast a free Flamestrike on that group (for no additional cooldown).
• 1/1 Dragon's Breath: this talent could be skipped, but it is necessary to unlock our finishing talent.
• 3/3 Molten Fury: the increased end-of-fight damage that this talent gives cannot be overlooked.
• 2/2 Pyromaniac: it has its uses but they are mostly situational, for instance, when a boss spawns adds on which you can cast Living Bomb or spread your DoTs with Impact.
• 3/3 Critical Mass: this talent is mandatory because of the increased damage on Living Bomb and Flame Orb, two of our main spells. The debuff it leaves on the target does not stack with Shadow and Flame from Warlocks.
• 1/1 Living Bomb: our last tier talent gives us access to an ability that will, in most fights, be our second most important source of damage.
• 3/3 Piercing Ice: this talent from the Frost tree gives an additional 3% critical strike chance with all spells.
• 3/3 Netherwind Presence: this talent from the Arcane tree increases our spell haste, with every spell, by 3%.

2.1.1. Improved Fire Blast

Improved Fire Blast is a highly situational talent. In fights with a lot of movement and little to no AoE damage, you can trade a talent like Improved Flamestrike or Impactfor Improved Fire Blast. This enables you to use Fire Blast to fish for free Pyroblast! (through Hot Streak and Improved Hot Streak) while on the move.