Mage talent · row 1 of Fire, from level 10 (5 with Talented 5/5) · Physical
Wake of Fire
Wake of Fire
Reduces the cooldown of your Fire Blast spell by 1/2 sec. Killing a non-trivial target increases the critical strike chance of your next Fire Blast cast within 30 sec by 25/50%.
Compared with Classic
Reduces the cooldown of your Fire Blast spell by 0.5 sec.
| Data | Classic | Forever |
|---|---|---|
| effect 2 | none | added |
| effect 1 value | -500 | -2000 |
In Blizzard's notes
What Blizzard said about Wake of Fire, each line checked against the files.
- Matches the files
Wake of Fire buff duration has been increased to 30 seconds (was 20 seconds).
Developers' note: Wake of Fire was difficult to make proper use of while leveling, due to the Mage needing to restore mana between combat. The increased duration should help smooth out the experience.
The files The Wake of Fire buff (1312934) went from 20 to 30 sec in build 70009. The talent tooltip (11078) says 'within 30 sec'.
History
- 69876 Sep 16First beta build we archived. No changes in the client files since.