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Cauterize

Cauterize1 point

Fatal damage instead brings you to 35% health and then burns you for 28% of your maximum health over 6 sec. While burning, movement slowing effects are suppressed and your movement speed is increased by 150%. This effect cannot occur more than once every 6 min.

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TypeTalent
Ranks1 point
ClassMage
Specializations3
Tree sectionFire specialization talents
Row4 of 11
Game build12.1.5
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Tree position

In the Fire Mage talent tree, Cauterize sits in the Fire specialization talents, row 4 of 11. It is a single-point node.

Connected above

The tree draws a line into Cauterize from Combustion.

  • Combustion

    Additionally, increases your Mastery by 75% of your critical strike chance.]?a1254512[ Additionally, increases your spell damage plus an additional 20% of your critical strike chance.]?449382[ Additionally, increases your spell damage.][] Castable while casting other spells.

Connected below

Cauterize leads on to Flame On, Kindling and Critical Mass.

  • Flame On

    Fire Blast gains 1 additional charge and its cooldown is reduced by 2.1 sec.

  • Kindling

    Combustion's cooldown is reduced by 60 sec.

  • Critical Mass2 ranks

    Your spells have a 4% increased chance to deal a critical strike. You gain 10% more of the Critical Strike stat from all sources.

Same row

Also on this row: Fervent Flickering and Meteor.

  • Fervent Flickering

    Fire Blast gains 1 additional charge and its damage is increased by 25%.

  • Meteor

    Calls down a meteor which lands at the target location after 3 sec, dealing (900% of Spell Power) Fire damage to all enemies, and burns the ground, dealing Fire damage over 4 sec to all enemies in the area. The enemy closest to the center of the Meteor's impact takes 75% increased damage. Damage reduced beyond 8 targets.

Talent trees

Cauterize is in the talent tree of 3 specializations. Mage: Arcane (DPS), Fire (DPS), Frost (DPS).

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Cauterize Changes by patch

Tracked changes to this talent between game data builds, newest first.

  • First tracked in the game data (patch 12.1.0)
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