During combustion what is priority

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While combustion is up and other spells proc, what should you cast ? Sun King’s Blessing towards the end of the normal window or if you have Pyroclasm proc? What’s the correct rotation ?

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The fire mage rotation revolves around 2 main concepts:

4.2 Hot Streak

Fire is based around maximising Hot Streak. Hot Streak is gained by achieving two direct critical strikes in a row. One critical strike gives us Heating Up, and a critical strike while Heating Up is active gives us Hot Streak. Hot Streak makes our next Pyroblast or Flamestrike instant cast and doubles its [Ignite](javascript::wink: damage. In order to assist us with this, Fire mage possesses the unique ability to cast Fire Blast while casting, making it easier to convert Heating Up into Hot Streak.

Fire mage filler follows this cycle:

  1. Cast Fireball until one critically strikes and gives us Heating Up.
  2. Use Fire Blast to convert the Heating Up into a Hot Streak.
  3. Consume the Hot Streak using Pyroblast.
  4. Repeat the sequence, using any additional abilities such as [Meteor](javascript:;), Phoenix Flames and [Pyroclasm](javascript:;)/Sun King’s Blessing procs in between.

Note that by the time a Fireball reaches the target and critically strikes you will be already casting another Fireball - continue to cast, cast Fire Blast while casting, and consume the Hot Streak with Pyroblast at the end of the cast.

We always want to cast a non-instant spell before an instant Pyroblast (usually Fireball, but sometimes Pyroblast) so that both spells hit the target at the same time. This is because there is a small grace window where if one spell crits and the other doesn’t, we don’t lose the Heating Up gained from the spell that crit. Do note that this trick does not work with Scorch due to its faster travel time, so keep that in mind when moving or using [Searing Touch](javascript:;).

Other spells we have that do not interact with this Hot Streak build/spend flow such as [Meteor](javascript::wink: and [Shifting Power](javascript:;), can be used at any time after a Pyroblast.

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There are a lot of variables here. Technically hardcasting pyro, during combustion, while pyroclasm is up (and if you can finish the cast before combustion ends) is a small dps gain. Those guaranteed crits are fat.

However, if you do not have enough time to finish the cast, then maintaining your pyro->fb->pyro->pf is the correct way…unless your skb is going to fall off. Keeping that combustion rolling is definitely going to be more impactful than getting another 1-2 pyros off at the end of a combust.

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