Best Fire Staff DPS Build

Maximize your Fire Staff DPS in new world with this Intelligence-focused build. Learn the best spells, perks, and attribute distribution.

Attributes:

Allocate 150 points into Intelligence to significantly increase your damage. At every 50 points, you unlock a perk:

• 50 Points: +10% to light and heavy damage attacks. +10% harvesting speed.
• 100 Points: +10% critical hit damage. +5% chance to gain 1 Azoth when harvesting.
• 150 Points: +15% to elemental damage. -10% decrease in weight of harvested items.
• 200 Points: +10 mana after a dodge. +10% harvest speed.
• 250 Points: +30% duration to damage of time spells. +10% yield increase when harvesting.
• 300 Points: +30% damage on first hit on full health target. -10% reduction in Azoth travel cost.

Aim for 300 Intelligence by level 60, with the remaining 150 points sourced from equipment. This is a pure glass cannon build, so only invest 50 points into Focus for +10% mana regeneration rate. If mana regeneration is not needed, these 50 points can be invested into Constitution for survivability, though playing on the back lines should mitigate the need for this.

Spells:

• Pillar of Fire: A targeted spell that deals 134% weapon damage.
• Fireball: Fire off a heavy fireball that deals 140% weapon damage on impact and leaves a 3m burning field that lasts 6s. The burning field deals 10% weapon damage each second.
• Incinerate: Causes a fiery explosion dealing 130% weapon damage and pushes back all enemies 3 meters. Catches enemies on fire, dealing 3% weapon damage each second for 6 seconds.

The primary DPS skills are Pillar of Fire and Fireball due to their short cooldowns and high damage. Incinerate offers additional damage over time, a knockback effect, and with the Cauterize Wounds perk, can heal you for 20% of your health. Meteor Storm provides area of effect damage but requires channeling, leaving you vulnerable.

Start encounters by placing a Fireball near the tank's feet after they've engaged enemies, creating a burning puddle. Follow up with Pillar of Fire, aiming for the center of the enemy group. While these spells are on cooldown, use Incinerate for more damage over time or switch to the Ice Gauntlet for control. With the Runes of Helios perk, casting a fire spell creates a rune on the ground that increases your spell damage by 30% while standing within it for 7 seconds (30s cooldown). Ensure good positioning to stay within the rune.

Fire Mage Tree Perks:

• First Strike: Pillar of Fire deals 40% more damage to foes at full health.
• Arson’s Advantage: Gain 10% of your max mana per enemy hit by Pillar of Fire.
• Scorched Earth: Fireball’s burning field persists for 9s.
• Catch: Direct hits with Fireball give you 10% of your max mana and reduces your Fire Staff cooldowns by 7%.
• Spell Focus: Heavy Attacks restore 5% of your max mana on hit.
• Fiery Restoration: Heavy Attacks reduce Fire Staff Cooldowns by -10% on hit.
• Clear Casting: If you haven’t taken damage in the last 3s, deal 10% more damage.
• Clear Mind: While above 50% mana: you gain 10% Empower (Empower increases damage).
• Prophet of a Fire God: While holding a Fire Staff, your critical strike damage is increased by 20%.
• Flare: Heavy Attacks no longer consume mana.
• Spellslinger: Your abilities gain an extra 15% chance to critical strike.
• Runes of Helios: Casting a fire spell places a 2m rune on the ground increasing your spell damage by 30% while standing in the rune. The rune lasts for 7s. (Cooldown 30s).

These perks primarily enhance damage, critical hits, and mana management.

Pyromancer Tree Perks:

• Pyromania: While holding a Fire Staff and below 50% max health: damage is increased by 20%.
• Scorched: Each hit of Incinerate causes an additional stack of burning.
• Cauterize Wounds: Restore 20% of Incinerate damage dealt as health.
• Flame Out!: Incinerate hits twice.

These perks boost Incinerate's damage and healing. If Meteor Storm is chosen over Incinerate, select its associated perks instead.

Ice Gauntlet - Secondary Weapon:

The Ice Gauntlet offers control by slowing enemies and reducing their defense by 10% with Ice Shower. The Entombed ability encases you in a crystallized shield, making you impervious to damage while regenerating mana, useful for mitigating threat.

Recommended Ice Gauntlet Spells:

• Ice Storm: Slows enemies by 25% for 5 seconds, reducing pressure on the healer and tank in large encounters.
• Ice Shower: Roots enemies for one second, applies a 50% slow, and with the Frigid Showers perk, reduces enemy defense by 10%. Best used against shielded enemies, bosses, or mini-bosses.
• Entombed: Makes you impervious to damage for 10 seconds while regenerating mana.