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Scorch

Spell

Scorch

Fire

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Mage

1.5 secLong Range

Scorches an enemy for (100% of Spell Power) Fire damage.

Scorch

Tooltip

Scorches an enemy for (100% of Spell Power) Fire damage.

When cast on a target below 30% health, Scorch is a guaranteed critical strike.

Castable while moving.

How it works

Casting it triggers a 1.5 sec global cooldown.

Scorch is built from 2 client effects, applied in this order:

  1. Effect 1 is School Damage (effect type 2). It scales with 1 times spell power.
  2. Effect 2 is Dummy (effect type 3). Its base value is 30.

What it does

Scorch is a Fire spell with a 1.5 sec cast and a range of 40 yards. When cast it deals Fire damage.

Generated from the SpellEffect, SpellMisc, SpellCooldowns and SpellRange records in the current retail game build. Effects the client marks as internal hooks are left out.

Spell Details

SchoolFire
Range40 yards (Long Range)
Cast time1.5 sec
Global cooldown1.5 sec
GCD categoryCategory id 133
Effect #1School Damage (2)
Spell power coefficient: 1
Effect #2Dummy (3)
Value: 30

Raw client values from the current retail game build. Where the game data carries no name for an id, the id is shown as is.

Used by

Where is this spell used?

Scorch appears in: 2 talents.

Talents

  • Scorch for Mage (Arcane, Fire, Frost)Talent
  • Scorch (2 talent definitions no current talent tree places)Talent

From the client's JournalEncounterSection, SpecializationSpells, TraitDefinition, PvpTalent, SkillLineAbility, SpellLearnSpell and SpellEffect tables.

Related

Multiple client spell records exist

The game client stores 45 separate Spell records named "Scorch". This page is record #2948. They are not merged: each record can belong to a different difficulty, caster, rank or tuning, so each keeps its own page. The 12 records closest by id are compared here.

Record What differs from this record Likely reason
#13878effect types: School Damage; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#15037cast time: 2 sec; effect types: School Damage; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#15241effect types: School Damage; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#17195effect types: School Damage; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#32969cast time: 2 sec; effect types: School Damage; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#35377effect types: School Damage; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#36807effect types: School Damage; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#38296cast time: 2.2 sec; effect types: School Damage; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#38391effect types: School Damage; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#38636cast time: instant; effect types: School Damage; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#47723cast time: 1 sec; effect types: School Damage; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#50183effect types: School Damage; different tooltip textA different effect setup

Compared fields: SpellMisc difficulty rows, school, cast time and duration; Spell subtext and tooltip text; SpellEffect types and base values; journal and class usage. The reason column names the first difference found.

WoW Forever

WoW Forever: what our data shows

Sighted in the WoW Forever beta clientBuild 1.60.1.70532, read from the beta game data we hold
Also in the Classic Era clientYes - this spell is in the Classic Era client's data too
Effect rows sighted1 effect rows in the beta client's data
Level data sightedBase level 22 in the beta client's data

A sighting in the beta client is a fact from our own database; the launch roster is Blizzard’s to finalize. World of Warcraft: Forever launches November 4, 2026. World of Warcraft: Forever is Classic+, launching November 4

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