Flametongue Weapon

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For the Legion enhancement shaman ability, see [Flametongue].
Flametongue Weapon
Spell fire flametounge.png
Properties
Class Shaman
School Fire
Cooldown None/Global Cooldown
Talents
Talent required ElementalElemental:
[Molten Wrath]/ [Master of the Elements]

EnhancementEnhancement:
[Maelstrom Weapon]
Other information
Improvements [Hot Hand], [Imbuement Mastery], [Storm Unleashed], [Supportive Imbuements]
Related buffs
  • Flametongue Weapon
  • Fire spells deal 5% increased damage.
  • Duration: 1 hour

  • Flametongue Weapon
  • Each of your weapon attacks causes up to (3.96% of Attack Power) additional Fire damage.
  • Duration: 1 hour
Flametongue Weapon in the TCG.
The flames licked the edges of the weapon as though only blood would slake its thirst.[1]

Flametongue Weapon is a shaman temporary weapon imbue that causes melee attacks to deal additional fire damage, available as a talent to Elemental and Enhancement.

Notes

  • Flametongue Weapon is one of the two shaman weapon imbues available (the other being [Windfury Weapon]), and the only shaman imbue available for elemental and restoration.
  • Unlike rogue poisons, Flametongue Weapon is applied as a temporary weapon enchant. Therefore it cannot be used with a weapon stone or oil on the same weapon (they will overwrite each other).

Tips and tactics

  • Enhancement shamans should always have Flametongue Weapon imbued due to the buff it gives to [Lava Lash].
    • Consumable imbues (ex.  [Shaded Weightstone]) do not compare for enhancement, and should never be considered over Flametongue Weapon.
  • In contrast, elemental and restoration shamans gain no real value from Flametongue Weapon, and should use  [Shadowcore Oil] or  [Embalmer's Oil] on their weapons instead.

Patch changes

  • Midnight Patch 12.0.0 (2026-01-20):
    • Now a row 4 Elemental and row 2 Enhancement talent (was a level 7 ability for all shaman).
    • Now has a new effect for Elemental: increases the damage of your Fire spells by 5.0%.
  • The War Within Patch 11.0.5 (2024-10-22): Damage increased by 20%.
  • Shadowlands Patch 9.1.0 (2021-06-29): Can now trigger from all damage for Enhancement (was off-hand attacks only).
  • Shadowlands Patch 9.0.1 (2020-10-13): Re-added at level 7 (was 10), replacing [Flametongue]. No longer increases magic damage, and slower weapons no longer deal more fire damage. Mana cost removed. Icon changed from Spell shaman unleashweapon flame.png
  • Warlords of Draenor Patch 6.0.2 (2014-10-14): Removed. Replaced with Flametongue.
  • Mists of Pandaria Hotfix (2013-09-23): Flametongue Weapon's Flametongue Attack effect now deals 50% more damage.
  • Mists of Pandaria Patch 5.0.4 (2012-08-28): Additional magic damage done increased from 5% to 7%. Duration increased from 30 to 60 min.
  • Cataclysm Patch 4.3.0 (2011-11-29): No longer increases spell damage. It now increases all non-physical damage done by the wielder by 5%.
  • Cataclysm Patch 4.0.6 (2011-02-08): Procs now deal roughly 20% less damage.
  • Cataclysm Patch 4.0.1 (2010-10-12): No longer causes melee attacks to cause additional fire damage. Icon changed from Spell fire flametounge.png.
  • Wrath of the Lich King Patch 3.2.0 (2009-08-04): Fixed tooltip error.
  • Wrath of the Lich King Patch 3.1.0 (2009-04-14): Bonus damage from spell power now based on weapon speed. Slower weapons will benefit more from spell power.
    Note this bonus damage refers to the additional melee Fire damage per hit, not the increased spell damage, which is a flat amount.
  • Wrath of the Lich King Patch 3.0.2 (2008-10-14): Flametongue Weapon now also increases the shaman's spell damage.
  • Burning Crusade Patch 2.4.0 (2008-03-25): Having different ranks of this enchantment cast on two different weapons will no longer cause the enchantments to trigger multiple times per swing.
  • Burning Crusade Patch 2.2.0 (2007-09-25): Damage lowered slightly on rank 6 so that it is never better than rank 7.
  • Burning Crusade Patch 2.1.0 (2007-05-22): This effect will no longer trigger while you are disarmed.
  • Burning Crusade Patch 2.0.1 (2006-12-05): Self-weapon buffs such as Flametongue Weapon can now be applied to both main and off-hand weapons.
  • World of Warcraft Patch 1.11.0 (2006-06-19):
    • Duration has been increased.
    • Mana cost has been reduced.
    • Now benefited by +spell damage.

See also

References

 
  1. ^ Through the Dark Portal, Flametongue Weapon

Other versions

  • Classic

    Flametongue Weapon
    Spell fire flametounge.png
    • Flametongue Weapon (6 ranks)
    • Level 10 shaman ability
    • 30 Mana
    • Instant
    • Requires Melee Weapon
    • Imbue the Shaman's weapon with fire. Each hit causes 6 to 18 additional Fire damage, based on the speed of the weapon. Slower weapons cause more fire damage per swing. Lasts for 5 minutes.
    Properties
    Class Shaman
    School Fire
    Cooldown None/Global Cooldown
    Other information
    Level learned 10
    Improvements [Elemental Weapons]

  • BC Classic

    Flametongue Weapon
    Spell fire flametounge.png
    • Flametongue Weapon (7 ranks)
    • Level 10 shaman ability
    • 30 Mana
    • Instant
    • Requires Melee Weapon
    • Imbue the Shaman's weapon with fire. Each hit causes 6 to 18 additional Fire damage, based on the speed of the weapon. Slower weapons cause more fire damage per swing. Lasts for 30 minutes.
    Properties
    Class Shaman
    School Fire
    Cooldown None/Global Cooldown
    Other information
    Level learned 10
    Improvements [Elemental Weapons]

  • Wrath Classic

    Flametongue Weapon
    Spell fire flametounge.png
    • Flametongue Weapon (10 ranks)
    • Level 10 shaman ability
    • 6% of base Mana
    • Instant
    • Requires Melee Weapon
    • Imbue the Shaman's weapon with fire, increasing total spell damage by 7. Each hit causes 6 to 18 additional Fire damage, based on the speed of the weapon. Slower weapons cause more fire damage per swing. Lasts 30 minutes.
    Properties
    Class Shaman
    School Fire
    Cooldown None/Global Cooldown
    Other information
    Level learned 10
    Improvements [Elemental Weapons]
    Glyphs  [Glyph of Flametongue Weapon]

  • Cataclysm Classic

    Flametongue Weapon
    Spell shaman unleashweapon flame.png
    • Flametongue Weapon
    • Level 10 shaman ability
    • 6% of base Mana
    • Instant
    • Requires Melee Weapon
    • Imbue the Shaman's weapon with fire, increasing magical damage done by 5%. Each hit causes 7644 to 7644 additional Fire damage, based on the speed of the weapon. Slower weapons cause more fire damage per swing. Lasts 30 minutes.

      Unleashing this enchantment deals 1118 Fire damage to an enemy target and increases the damage dealt by the Shaman's next Fire spell by 20%.
    Properties
    Class Shaman
    School Fire
    Cooldown None/Global Cooldown
    Other information
    Level learned 10
    Improvements [Elemental Weapons]
    Glyphs  [Glyph of Flametongue Weapon]
    Related buff
    • Unleash Flame
    • Damage dealt by the next Fire spell increased by 20%.
    • Duration: 8 seconds

  • MoP Classic

    Flametongue Weapon
    Spell shaman unleashweapon flame.png
    • Flametongue Weapon
    • Level 10 shaman ability
    • 7% of base Mana
    • Instant
    • Requires Melee Weapon
    • Imbue the Shaman's weapon with fire, increasing magical damage done by 7%. Each hit causes 3 to 9 additional Fire damage, based on the speed of the weapon. Slower weapons cause more fire damage per swing. Lasts 60 minutes.

      Unleashing this enchantment deals 1241 Fire damage to an enemy target and increases the damage dealt by the Shaman's next Fire spell by 30%.
    Properties
    Class Shaman
    School Fire
    Cooldown None/Global Cooldown
    Other information
    Level learned 10
    Related buff
    • Unleash Flame
    • Damage dealt by the next Fire spell increased by 30%.
    • Duration: 8 seconds

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