Blast Wave

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Blast Wave
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  • Blast Wave
  • Row 6 mage talent
  • 30 sec cooldown
  • Instant
  • Causes an explosion around yourself, dealing (54.3375% of Spell power) Fire damage to all enemies within 8 yds, knocking them back, and reducing movement speed by 70% for 6 sec.
Properties
Class Mage
School Fire
Cooldown 30 seconds
Talents
Talent required [Slow] or [Master of Time] or [Diverted Energy]
Improvements [Volatile Detonation]
Related debuff
  • Blast Wave
  • Movement speed reduced by 70%.
  • Duration: 6 seconds

Blast Wave is a row 6 mage talent.

Trivia

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Patch changes

  • Dragonflight Hotfix (2023-11-21): Now snares by 50% for 6 seconds (was 70%) in PvP combat.
  • Dragonflight Patch 10.0.0 (2022-10-25): Now a row 6 class talent (was a level 25 Fire talent).
  • Shadowlands Patch 9.0.1 (2020-10-13): Damage increased by 5% and duration increased to 6 seconds (was 4 seconds). Now available at level 25 (was 30).
  • Battle for Azeroth Patch 8.0.1 (2018-07-17): Now knocks back all nearby enemies.
  • Legion Patch 7.2.0 (2017-03-28): Damage increased by 18%.
  • Legion Hotfix (2017-01-23): Increased the damage of Blast Wave by 3%.
  • Legion Patch 7.1.5 (2017-01-10): Now always radiates outward from the caster, and no longer deals additional damage to the primary target. Damage reduced by 50%. Now available at level 30 (was level 60).
  • Legion Patch 7.0.3 (2016-07-19): No longer has 2 charges and no longer replaces [Frost Nova]. Now available at level 60 (was level 75).
  • Warlords of Draenor Patch 6.0.2 (2014-10-14): Re-added as a level 75 Fire mage talent (was a tier 3 Fire talent), and now replaces Frost Nova. Now radiates outward from the targeted enemy, dealing additional damage to the primary target, or outward from the caster if no target is selected.
  • Mists of Pandaria Patch 5.0.4 (2012-08-28): Removed.
  • Cataclysm Patch 4.0.1 (2010-10-12): Moved to tier 3 (was tier 5) and redesigned. A wave of flame radiates outward from the target location, damaging all enemies caught within the blast for X Fire damage and are slowed by 70% for 3 sec. No longer requires [Pyroblast].
    Old: A wave of flame radiates outward from the caster, damaging all enemies caught within the blast for X Fire damage, knocking them back and dazing them for 6 sec.
  • Wrath-Logo-Small.png Patch 3.3.0 (2009-12-08): The mana cost of this talent has been significantly reduced.
  • Wrath-Logo-Small.png Patch 3.0.3 (2008-11-04): No longer receives double the intended critical strike bonus from Combustion.
  • Wrath-Logo-Small.png Patch 3.0.2 (2008-10-14): Added a knockback effect to the spell. Targets are now thrown between 10 and 15 yards away from the caster.
  • Bc icon.gif Patch 2.0.1 (2006-12-05): Cooldown reduced from 45 seconds to 30 seconds.
  • WoW Icon update.png Patch 1.11.0 (2006-06-19): The bonus this spell receives from effects that increase spell damage has been increased.
  • WoW Icon update.png Patch 1.9.0 (2006-01-03): Will now show spell data in the talent page.
  • WoW Icon update.png Patch 1.6.0 (2005-07-12): Will now cause damage to targets immune to immobilizing effects.
  • WoW Icon update.png Patch 1.3.0 (2005-03-07): Damage radius fixed so damage properly extends to 10 yd.
  • Test-inline.png Patch 0.9 (2004-08-17): Training costs added to ranks.

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