Main Spec
18/53/0
-- This is the basic build for the fireball spec.
Note: Combustion is picked up -- Combustion has been fixed and created as a worthwhile DPS increase. Spec into it.
Rotation Info
The rotation is pretty simple overall. You basically have a priority system for your dps.
Instant Pyro > Living Bomb > Scorch [if necessary] > Fireball > Fireblast
Which means use your pyro if it is up. Next refresh living bomb if it goes down. If you have to scorch (aka don't have another mage doing it, or have a warlock putting up crit debuff). Then Fireball spam. End of fight or movement when first two are not available use Fireblast.
Glyph Choices
The main glyphs that should be chosen are:
Living Bomb (*****)
Molten Armor (***-4)
Fireball (***)
Improved Scorch (*)
-- Reasoning for Glyph choices in post below.
Gearing
FB/TTW Discussion Thread on EJ
By putting in various levels of gear into Rawr (linked in sig) they determined what is essentially best in slot from different levels of raiding (w/ and w/o hard modes, etc).
It is important to note that you will not have any fire hit talents, so you will need better than average gear to makeup for the lack of hit (and I would hope you would have a boomkin or shadowpriest putting up the hit debuff, and for those lucky alliance you get the draenei buff as well).
Stat Priorities
These can really only be defined through a proper theorycrafting program (I recommend Rawr, as it is updated quite often and takes a ton of variables into account).
From what I understand the priority (generally) is:
Spellpower > Crit > Haste > Hit > Spirit
Granted those numbers can change between gear levels and such, but assuming you have the hit gear to be doing this in the first place it is a fair assumption. You shouldn't need to be gemming/enchanting for hit overall (maybe one or two veiled, but shouldn't be using +20 hit gems).
Any questions feel free to ask.
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