Fire Blast: which rank to use

Mage · Fire · 7 ranks, 4 learned by level 30.

At level 30 with 45 spell power, Fire Blast rank 1 gets the most damage per mana; rank 4 does the most damage per second.

Most mana-efficient rank by gear: rank 4 up to 26, rank 1 from 27 spell power.

Every rank at level 30 with 45 spell power

Rank	Damage per cast	Mana	Damage per mana	DPS	Mana lasts
Rank 1 (level 6)	50 (46–55)	40	1.26	33.5	5 min
Rank 2 (level 14)	82 (75–89)	75	1.10	54.9	2 min 40 s
Rank 3 (level 22)	126 (115–137)	115	1.10	84.2	1 min 44 s
Rank 4 (level 30)	182 (167–197)	165	1.10	121.5	1 min 13 s

DPS counts the global cooldown. Mana lasts: casting only that rank from 1,500 mana.

Rank 1: 50 damage for 40 mana in Forever instead of 40 for 40 in Classic Era (spell power share 0.429 instead of 0.204).
Rank 2: 82 damage for 75 mana in Forever instead of 84 for 75 in Classic Era (spell power share 0.429 instead of 0.332).
Rank 3: 126 damage for 115 mana in Forever instead of 141 for 115 in Classic Era (spell power share 0.429 instead of 0.429).
Rank 4: 182 damage for 165 mana in Forever instead of 204 for 165 in Classic Era (spell power share 0.429 instead of 0.429).

From the client, for each rank: base damage or healing and its range (SpellEffect base points and variance), the extra per level up to the rank's max level, the spell power share (coefficient), mana cost, cast time, duration, global cooldown and cooldown.
No downrank penalty in the Forever client. Classic Era's client puts a penalty for spells learned before level 20 inside the coefficient (Shadow Bolt rank 1: 0.14); Forever's client gives the full share (0.486), for 80 low-level ranks across the classes. Anything else would be on Blizzard's servers, so the calculator shows Classic's rules only as Speculation.
Speculation: crits count only on direct hits, at 150%, as in Classic; the example gear (1.5 spell power per level) is not client data.