Heat Shimmer

Heat Shimmer1 point

While Combustion is not active, damage from Ignite has a small chance to make your next Scorch instant, deal 100% increased damage, and deal damage as though your target was below 30% health.

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TypeTalent

Ranks1 point

ClassMage

Specializations3

Tree sectionFire specialization talents

Row6 of 11

Opens at8 points spent

Game build12.1.5

Tree position

In the Fire Mage talent tree, Heat Shimmer sits in the Fire specialization talents, row 6 of 11. It is a single-point node. Its row opens once 8 points are spent in Fire Talents.

Connected above

The tree draws a line into Heat Shimmer from Scorch.

Scorch
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.

Connected below

Heat Shimmer leads on to Conflagration.

Conflagration
Fire Blast deals (40% of Spell Power) additional Fire damage to up to nearby enemies.

Same row

Also on this row: Scald, Controlled Destruction, Mote of Flame and Blast Zone.

Scald
Fireball always critically strikes enemies below 30% health. When Fireball or Scorch damage an enemy below 30% health, Fireball deals 25% increased damage and Scorch deals 250% increased damage.
Controlled Destruction
Mote of Flame
All Fire damage dealt increased by 3%.
Blast Zone
Meteor's cooldown is reduced by 15 sec.