Ignite (Classic)

For the mastery, see [Mastery: Ignite].

Ignite
Ignite (5 ranks) Tier 2 Fire mage talent Passive Your critical strikes from Fire damage spells cause the target to burn for an additional 8/16/24/32/40% of your spell's damage over 4 sec.
Properties
Class	Mage
Related debuff
Magic Ignite Deals fire damage every 2 sec. Duration: 4 seconds

Ignite is a Fire Mage talent.

Patch changes

Classic

• Hotfix (2023-07-12): Fixed an issue with [Deep Wounds], Ignite, and [Piercing Shots] and their interactions when on a target that has been Cycloned.
  
• Hotfix (2020-07-24): Fixed a bug that could allow stacked periodic auras such as Ignite to persist past their final tick.
  

Retail

• Patch 5.0.4 (2012-08-28): Redesigned into Fire specialization mastery.
  
• Patch 4.1.0 (2011-04-26): Ignite is no longer triggered from periodic critical effects.
  
• Patch 4.0.1 (2010-10-12): Ignite is now a 3-point talent (was 5).
  
• Patch 3.3.0 (2009-12-08): Now correctly benefits from the dispel resistance granted by the [Arcane Subtlety] talent. In addition, this talent will now properly include in its damage calculation any damage of the initial fire critical strike that was absorbed.
  
• Patch 3.1.0 (2009-04-14):
  • The effect of this talent will now still be placed on the victim if the caster is killed before their spell reaches the target.
  • The damage done by this talent no longer receives modifications from effects that increase or decrease damage done by a percentage.
    
• Patch 2.3.0 (2007-11-13): This talent is no longer triggered by damage dealt by [Molten Armor].
  
• Patch 2.0.1 (2006-12-05):
  • No longer limited to one Ignite per target. All mages now get their own Ignite debuff.
  • Ignite no longer gains stacks from subsequent critical strikes.
  • Ignite will now reset the DoT duration when reapplied.
    
• Patch 1.12.0 (2006-08-22): The effect of this talent will now still be placed on the victim if the caster is killed before their spell reaches the target.
  
• Patch 1.10.2 (2006-05-03): Bug fix: Should now proc correctly when landing a critical strike with a fire spell.
  
• Patch 1.10.0 (2006-03-28): This talent will now only trigger off fire damage generated by mage spells. In addition, when a fire spell is reflected back at the caster, the caster will now correctly receive the Ignite damage.
  
• Patch 1.6.0 (2005-07-12): Can now be dispelled by any effect that dispels magic effects.
  

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