[InsainArcaneBirdbrain]

As someone who uses explosion as a big part of my character, yes.

It's a spell that has it all: range, aoe, high damage, burn, evasion ignoring. However, keep in mind it's on a 2-round cooldown as a drawback.

I think that fire mages as a whole are fine, explosion is part of their overall kit and identity as a power tool and cements them as the "big aoe" boys

I think the part about explosion that basically asks you to go last in turn order is kind of an interesting part of the spell, honestly.

That being said, explosion could use some nerf. Personally I'd just say to either remove the evasion ignoring or reduce the max aoe a bit. I think making it like setting sun would really kill the spell. After all, setting sun is really bad. But of course, I'm pretty biased as explosion is a spell I like and I have multiple fire mages

Making explosion evasion ignoring no matter how much sense it makes in a realistic sense was a huge balancing mistake in my eyes. Considering that it achieves even higher damage than another really notable evasion ignoring attack falcon strike, and has burn, kb, and ridiculous aoe on top while having the same cd as the aforementioned skill on a base class is quite honestly baffling. If evasion ignoring is staying, it needs a longer cd, less range, or less scaling, or some combination of that.