Noobish Questions (updated frequently)

[Bob the Beholder]

Well, the idea was kind of to make a fire mage and play with impact and a 1.5s spell timer. You really think 40% more critical damage is better than a +15% chance to critical on flamestrike?

If my build winds up being terrible, I can always respec.
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Definitely. Flamestrike is situational, and hard to use. Ignite is useful to every fire spell, pretty much all the time. It stacks--if you crit twice or more it turns into quite a hefty DoT. If your intention is using Scorch, and you have Incinerate, then you will be making pretty heavy use out of it. Scorch's fast cast lends itself to critting more than slow big-damage spells.