Incineration

Mage · Fire · available from the first tier · 3 ranks

Incineration works differently in World of Warcraft: Forever than it does in Classic Era.

Incineration ranks in Forever

  1. Rank 1 Increases the critical strike chance of your Fire Blast and Scorch spells by 2%.
  2. Rank 2 Increases the critical strike chance of your Fire Blast and Scorch spells by 4%.
  3. Rank 3 Increases the critical strike chance of your Fire Blast and Scorch spells by 4%.

Slot corrected from a secondary source; not yet verified in footage.

Where Incineration sits in the Fire tree

Incineration is a Fire talent for Mage. It sits on the first row, so it can be taken straight away.

How often people take Incineration

34 of the 114 public Mage builds saved here — 30% — put at least one point in Incineration. Counted across the 1500 most viewed and voted public builds on this site. These are builds players made for themselves before the game is playable, so read them as what people are trying, not as advice.

Where this came from

Changed in Forever.

  • BlizzCon 2026 show-floor footage