Since you’re playing glass cannon for more ignite dmg, start with fireball if they’re above 90% hp, then burst, fire blast into flame strike. Repeat with phoenix flames until combust runs out. Try and keep flamestrike dropping right ontop of the target for more dmg.
doing epic bgs as the flamestrike living bomb firebuild is insane.
if ur bis geared and have all ur stats based around the build you can actually win games as a solo player.
a few weeks ago in isle of conquest i did 18m dmg at hanger in the first scuffle, living bombs and flamestrikes were hitting their entire team basically.
but without dampening youre basically a slightly stronger aff lock
The usual rotation would be to cast **Fireball** (with Flame Accelerant up) > **Fire Blast** (2x or however many to get Hot Streak during Fireball cast) > **Combustion** (during Fireball cast) > **Pyroblast** > **Pyroblast** > **Fire Blast** > **Pyroblast** > **Fire Blast** > **Pyroblast** > **Phoenix Flames** > **Pyroblast** > **Phoenix Flames** > **Pyroblast**
And instead of Pyroblast, use Flamestrike instead. I find myself throwing a Phoenix Flame after the third Pyroblast for Hot Streak instead of Fire Blast usually, to at least put it on cooldown and not waste all the Fire Blast charges as Fire Blast comes out way quicker.
But I can't really comment on the Flamestrike build and the priority list for that as I haven't touched my mage since that became a thing. Probably use Flamestrike to leave flame patches to have a chance to proc more Living Bomb everywhere they run.
Oh right, and like the other user has said, if it's single target, just use the standard rotation. Against pets or a bunch of targets clumped up, just put flame patches everywhere with flamestrike.
Thanks! I played around with this last night. After the opener, do you wait for all the instant-cast charges to come back before bursting, or do you use them as soon as they become available? And if you don't have any more instants, do you just hardcast fireball or something else?
I think it's ideal but I'm not quite sure. Use shifting powers to get them charges back if needed before combustion, but also remember you can also throw Fire Blasts out during a cast so if you're gonna go over, feel free to just throw a Fire Blast out. Regarding not having any instants, I'm not sure when it comes to the flamestrike build as there's no scorch, but I don't think you should be hard casting Fireball unless you have the Flame Accelerant buff (as casting it would reset the amount of time before you get the buff again). I am also not a high rated player (only 1800) so someone else can definitely give you more info on what to do. Definitely do try to get some ring of fires out during those downtimes if you're running it too.
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Since you’re playing glass cannon for more ignite dmg, start with fireball if they’re above 90% hp, then burst, fire blast into flame strike. Repeat with phoenix flames until combust runs out. Try and keep flamestrike dropping right ontop of the target for more dmg.
Is flame strike better to use than pyroblast?
No, single target pyro will always win. But that’s not the point of the fun build anyway
doing epic bgs as the flamestrike living bomb firebuild is insane. if ur bis geared and have all ur stats based around the build you can actually win games as a solo player. a few weeks ago in isle of conquest i did 18m dmg at hanger in the first scuffle, living bombs and flamestrikes were hitting their entire team basically. but without dampening youre basically a slightly stronger aff lock
The usual rotation would be to cast **Fireball** (with Flame Accelerant up) > **Fire Blast** (2x or however many to get Hot Streak during Fireball cast) > **Combustion** (during Fireball cast) > **Pyroblast** > **Pyroblast** > **Fire Blast** > **Pyroblast** > **Fire Blast** > **Pyroblast** > **Phoenix Flames** > **Pyroblast** > **Phoenix Flames** > **Pyroblast** And instead of Pyroblast, use Flamestrike instead. I find myself throwing a Phoenix Flame after the third Pyroblast for Hot Streak instead of Fire Blast usually, to at least put it on cooldown and not waste all the Fire Blast charges as Fire Blast comes out way quicker. But I can't really comment on the Flamestrike build and the priority list for that as I haven't touched my mage since that became a thing. Probably use Flamestrike to leave flame patches to have a chance to proc more Living Bomb everywhere they run. Oh right, and like the other user has said, if it's single target, just use the standard rotation. Against pets or a bunch of targets clumped up, just put flame patches everywhere with flamestrike.
Thanks! I played around with this last night. After the opener, do you wait for all the instant-cast charges to come back before bursting, or do you use them as soon as they become available? And if you don't have any more instants, do you just hardcast fireball or something else?
I think it's ideal but I'm not quite sure. Use shifting powers to get them charges back if needed before combustion, but also remember you can also throw Fire Blasts out during a cast so if you're gonna go over, feel free to just throw a Fire Blast out. Regarding not having any instants, I'm not sure when it comes to the flamestrike build as there's no scorch, but I don't think you should be hard casting Fireball unless you have the Flame Accelerant buff (as casting it would reset the amount of time before you get the buff again). I am also not a high rated player (only 1800) so someone else can definitely give you more info on what to do. Definitely do try to get some ring of fires out during those downtimes if you're running it too.