Blistering Scales
Protect an ally with explosive dragonscales, increasing their Armor of your own. Melee attacks against the target cause 1 scale to explode, dealing Volcanic damage to enemies near them. This damage can only occur every few sec. Blistering Scales can only be placed on one target at a time. Casts on your enemy's target if they have one.
Tree position
In the Augmentation Evoker talent tree, Blistering Scales sits in the Augmentation specialization talents, row 6 of 11. It is a single-point node. Its row opens once 8 points are spent in Augmentation Talents.
Connected above
The tree draws a line into Blistering Scales from Ignition Rush, Volcanism and Power Nexus.
Ignition RushEssence Burst reduces the cast time of Eruption by 40% and increases its damage by 20%.
VolcanismEruption's Essence cost is reduced by 1.
Power NexusIncreases your maximum Essence to.
Connected below
Blistering Scales leads on to Unyielding Domain or Tectonic Locus, Regenerative Chitin or Molten Blood and Momentum Shift.
Unyielding DomainUpheaval cannot be interrupted, and has an additional 10% chance to critically strike.
Tectonic LocusUpheaval deals 50% increased damage to the primary target, and launches them higher.
Regenerative ChitinBlistering Scales no longer loses charges and deals 20% more damage.
Molten BloodWhen cast, Blistering Scales grants the target a shield that absorbs up to damage for 30 sec based on their missing health. Lower health targets gain a larger shield.
Momentum ShiftConsuming Essence Burst grants you 5% Intellect for 6 sec.
Same row
Also on this row: Draconic Attunements and Prescience.
Draconic AttunementsLearn to attune yourself to the essence of the Black or Bronze Dragonflights: : You and your 4 nearest allies have 2% increased maximum health. :You and your 4 nearest allies have 10% increased movement speed.
PrescienceGrant an ally the gift of foresight, increasing their critical strike chance by 3% and occasionally copying their damage and healing spells at 15% power for 18 sec. Affects the nearest ally within 25 yds, preferring damage dealers with their cooldowns active, if you do not have an ally targeted.
Talent trees
Blistering Scales is in the talent tree of 3 specializations. Evoker: Augmentation (DPS), Devastation (DPS), Preservation (Healer).
Blistering Scales Changes by patch
Tracked changes to this talent between game data builds, newest first.
- First tracked in the game data (patch 12.1.0)