Incinerate

Incinerate, a Warlock Destruction ability, was nerfed in WoW Forever: Rank 1 cast time increased from 2.25 sec to 2.5 sec. 3 of 3 ranks differ from Classic Era, 2 of them new. Rank 3: 325 Mana, 30 yd range, 2.5 sec cast, requires level 60. Pick any rank to compare its tooltip with Classic Era.

Spell · Fire · Rank 1 changed

Incinerate (Rank 1) tooltip: Classic Era vs WoW Forever

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

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Classic Era Sep 29, 2026

Incinerate

Fire school

14% of base mana · 30 yd range · 2.25 sec cast

Requires level 1

Burn your enemy for level-scaled damage and increase all Fire damage you deal by 40% for the next 15 sec.

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Increases all Fire damage you deal by 40%.

Forever Oct 22, 2026

Incinerate

Changed: Rank 1 · Fire school

Changed: 205 Mana · 30 yd range · Changed: 2.5 sec cast

Changed: Requires level 40

Changed: Deals 97 Fire damage to your target and an additional 25% damage if the target is afflicted by Immolate.

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Removed in Forever

Increases all Fire damage you deal by 40%.

changed value added in Forever removed in Forever

Also changed behind the tooltip: effects, maxLevel, spellLevel (not shown in a tooltip line). See the full field diff below for both values side by side.

Raw field diff every changed column

Field	Classic Era	Forever
auraDescription	Increases all Fire damage you deal by $s2%.	none
baseLevel	1	40
castTimeMs	2250	2500
castingTimeIndex	579	19
description	Burn your enemy for ${$m1/100*$<power>} to ${$M1/100*$<power>} damage and increase all Fire damage you deal by $s2% for the next $d.	Deals $s1 Fire damage to your target and an additional $m2% damage if the target is afflicted by Immolate.
durationIndex	8	0
effects	[ { "amplitude": 0, "aura": 0, "auraPeriod": 0, "basePoints": 221, "chainAmplitude": 1, "chainTargets": 0, "dieSides": 37, "effect": 2, "index": 0, "miscValue": [ 0, 0 ], "pointsPerResource": 0, "realPointsPerLevel": 0, "triggerSpell": 0, "variance": 0 }, { "amplitude": 0, "aura": 79, "auraPeriod": 0, "basePoints": 40, "chainAmplitude": 1, "chainTargets": 0, "dieSides": 0, "effect": 6, "index": 1, "miscValue": [ 4, 0 ], "pointsPerResource": 0, "realPointsPerLevel": 0, "triggerSpell": 0, "variance": 0 } ]	[ { "amplitude": 0, "aura": 0, "auraPeriod": 0, "basePoints": 97, "chainAmplitude": 1, "chainTargets": 0, "effect": 2, "index": 0, "miscValue": [ 0, 0 ], "pointsPerResource": 0, "realPointsPerLevel": 1.1, "triggerSpell": 0, "variance": 0.15 }, { "amplitude": 0, "aura": 0, "auraPeriod": 0, "basePoints": 25, "chainAmplitude": 1, "chainTargets": 0, "effect": 3, "index": 1, "miscValue": [ 0, 0 ], "pointsPerResource": 0, "realPointsPerLevel": 0, "triggerSpell": 0, "variance": 0 } ]
maxLevel	0	49
powerCost	0	205
powerCostPct	14	0
spellLevel	1	40
subtext	none	Rank 1
descriptionVariables	$power=${6.568597+0.672028*$PL+0.031721*$PL*$PL}	none

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Spell · Fire · Rank 2 added

Incinerate (Rank 2) tooltip in WoW Forever

New in Forever. There is no Classic Era record to compare.

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Forever Oct 22, 2026

Incinerate

Rank 2 · Fire school

265 Mana · 30 yd range · 2.5 sec cast

Deals 145 Fire damage to your target and an additional 25% damage if the target is afflicted by Immolate.

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Spell · Fire · Rank 3 added

Incinerate (Rank 3) tooltip in WoW Forever

New in Forever. There is no Classic Era record to compare.

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Forever Oct 22, 2026

Incinerate

Rank 3 · Fire school

325 Mana · 30 yd range · 2.5 sec cast

Deals 217 Fire damage to your target and an additional 25% damage if the target is afflicted by Immolate.

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What changed for Incinerate in WoW Forever

• Rank 1 changed cast time increased from 2.25 sec to 2.5 sec, required level increased from 1 to 40, cost changed from 14% of base mana to 205 Mana, not graded: effect values changed, tooltip now says "Deals 97 Fire damage to your target and an additional 25% damage if the target is afflicted by Immolate.", buff text removed: "Increases all Fire damage you deal by 40%.", duration changed, updated description variables, and 1 more change
• Rank 2 added new in WoW Forever
• Rank 3 added new in WoW Forever

Incinerate changes between Forever builds

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