Combustion

Combustion was changed in WoW Forever: rank 1 reworked: "When activated, this spell causes each of your Fire damage spell hits to increase your critical strike chance with Fire damage spells by 10%. This effect lasts until you have caused 3 non-periodic critical strikes with Fire spells." Mage Fire talent, 1 rank. Full tooltip comparison with Classic Era below.

Combustion details: Classic Era vs WoW Forever

The ability this talent grants, the tooltip players see in-game, side by side with each changed line marked.

Classic Era Oct 27, 2026

Combustion

Fire school

Instant · 180 sec cooldown

Requires level 40

When activated, this spell causes each of your Fire damage spell hits to increase your critical strike chance with Fire damage spells by 10%. This effect lasts until you have caused 3 critical strikes with Fire spells.

Forever Oct 22, 2026

Combustion

Fire school

Instant · 180 sec cooldown

Requires level 40

changed value added in Forever removed in Forever

Ability field diff every changed column on the granted spell

Field	Classic Era	Forever
description	When activated, this spell causes each of your Fire damage spell hits to increase your critical strike chance with Fire damage spells by $28682s1%. This effect lasts until you have caused $n critical strikes with Fire spells.	When activated, this spell causes each of your Fire damage spell hits to increase your critical strike chance with Fire damage spells by $28682s1%. This effect lasts until you have caused $n non-periodic critical strikes with Fire spells.

Talent field diff the talent row itself (name, class slot, ranks)

Field	Classic Era	Forever
rankTexts	[ "When activated, this spell causes each of your Fire damage spell hits to increase your critical strike chance with Fire damage spells by 10%. This effect lasts until you have caused 3 critical strikes with Fire spells." ]	[ "When activated, this spell causes each of your Fire damage spell hits to increase your critical strike chance with Fire damage spells by 10%. This effect lasts until you have caused 3 non-periodic critical strikes with Fire spells." ]

Combustion changes between Forever builds

In the Oct 2, 2026 build (vs Sep 30, 2026): nerfed rank 1 non-periodic critical strikes 4 to 3

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

Related to Combustion

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

Questions about Combustion

Was Combustion nerfed in WoW Forever?

Combustion is listed as changed, not nerfed or buffed: no rank value moved one way in WoW Forever compared with Classic Era. What changed: rank 1 reworked: "When activated, this spell causes each of your Fire damage spell hits to increase your critical strike chance with Fire damage spells by 10%. This effect lasts until you have caused 3 non-periodic critical strikes with Fire spells."

What changed for Combustion in WoW Forever?

Rank 1 reworked: "When activated, this spell causes each of your Fire damage spell hits to increase your critical strike chance with Fire damage spells by 10%. This effect lasts until you have caused 3 non-periodic critical strikes with Fire spells." The Classic Era and WoW Forever tooltips are shown side by side on this page.

Read from the Oct 22, 2026 build (1.60.1.70532), compared against Classic Era Oct 27, 2026 (1.15.9.70576) ·synced Oct 27, 2026 · how we read this → · report a wrong value