Heating Up

Heating Up (Hot Streak in Classic Era) was changed in WoW Forever: tooltip text changed, icon changed. Requires level 1. Full tooltip comparison with Classic Era below.

Heating Up tooltip: Classic Era vs WoW Forever

The same tooltip players see in-game, side by side, with each changed line marked.

Classic Era Sep 29, 2026

Hot Streak

Fire school

Any time you score 2 non-periodic spell criticals in a row using Fireball, Frostfire Bolt, Balefire Bolt, Fire Blast, Scorch, or Living Bomb, your next Pyroblast spell cast within 10 sec will be instant cast and cost 100% less mana.

Forever Oct 22, 2026

Heating Up

Fire school

Requires level 1

Non-periodic critical strikes with Fireball, Frostfire Bolt, Fire Blast, and Scorch reduce the cast time of your next Pyroblast cast within 20 sec by 25%, stacking up to 3 times. Fire Blast grants an additional stack every time it deals damage.

changed value added in Forever removed in Forever

Also changed behind the tooltip: the displayed icon was reassigned.

Raw field diff every changed column

Field	Classic Era	Forever
baseLevel	0	1
description	Any time you score 2 non-periodic spell criticals in a row using Fireball, Frostfire Bolt, Balefire Bolt, Fire Blast, Scorch, or Living Bomb, your next Pyroblast spell cast within $400625d will be instant cast and cost $s1% less mana.	Non-periodic critical strikes with Fireball, Frostfire Bolt, Fire Blast, and Scorch reduce the cast time of your next Pyroblast cast within $400625d by $400625s1%, stacking up to $400625s2 times. Fire Blast grants an additional stack every time it deals damage.
iconFileId	236218	135809
name	Hot Streak	Heating Up

Heating Up changes between Forever builds

In the Oct 16, 2026 (70425) build (vs Oct 14, 2026): changed tooltip adds "Fire Blast grants an additional stack every time it deals damage."
In the Oct 2, 2026 build (vs Sep 30, 2026): changed tooltip text changed, renamed from Hot Streak, icon changed

Differs from Classic Era in every Forever build since Sep 16, 2026

Related to Heating Up

See every changed record in the Oct 22, 2026 build →

Questions about Heating Up

Was Heating Up nerfed in WoW Forever?

Heating Up is listed as changed, not nerfed or buffed: no cast time, cost, cooldown or range moved in WoW Forever compared with Classic Era. What changed: tooltip text changed, renamed from Hot Streak, icon changed.

What changed for Heating Up in WoW Forever?

Tooltip text changed, renamed from Hot Streak, icon changed. The Classic Era and WoW Forever tooltips are shown side by side on this page.

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