Incinerate

Incinerate
	Incinerate; Level 10 Destruction warlock ability; Replaces [Shadow Bolt]; 40 yd range; 1.5% of base mana; 2 sec cast; Draws fire toward the enemy, dealing (157.99% of Spell power) Fire damage.; ; Generates 2 Soul Shard Fragments and an additional 1 on critical strikes.;
Properties
Class	Warlock
School	Fire
Cooldown	None/Global Cooldown
Other information
Level learned	10
Improvements	[Ashen Remains], [Backlash], [Decimation], [Diabolic Embers], [Sargerei Technique]

For the Season of Discovery run, see [Incinerate]. For the Classic mage talent, see [Incinerate].

If at first you don't succeed, fry and fry again.^[1]

Incinerate is a Fire-based direct damage Destruction warlock spell.

Patch changes

Hotfix (2024-05-07): Damage increased by 5%.
Hotfix (2023-05-15): Damage reduced by 10% in PvP Combat.
Patch 10.0.7 (2023-03-21): No longer deals increased damage in PvP combat (was increased by 13%).
Hotfix (2023-02-06): Damage increased 5%.
Hotfix (2023-01-09): Damage increased by 15%. Does not apply to PvP.
Hotfix (2022-12-19): Damage increased by 30% in PvP Combat.
Hotfix (2022-10-31): Fixed an issue where Incinerate was registering as [Shadow Bolt].
Patch 9.2.5a (2022-08-02): Damage increased by 20%.
Patch 9.1.5 (2021-11-02): Mana cost reduced by 25%.
Patch 9.1.0 (2021-06-29): Mana cost reduced to 1.5% base mana (was 2%).
Patch 9.0.1 (2020-10-13): Now learned at level 10 (was 14).
Patch 8.1.0 (2018-12-11): Damage increased to (64.1% of spell power).
Hotfix (2018-09-24): Damage increased by 10%.
Patch 8.0.1 (2018-07-17): Now deals (58.225% of Spell power). Mana cost reduced by 60%.
Patch 7.2.5 (2017-06-13):
- Incinerate now generates 1 Soul Shard Fragment, and now generates 2 Soul Shard Fragments on a critical strike.
- Incinerate's mana cost reduced by 16%.
Patch 7.1.0 (2016-10-25): Now learned at level 14 (was 10).
Hotfix (2016-09-23): Incinerate damage increased by 11%.
Hotfix (2016-08-26): Incinerate damage increased to 210% of Spell Power (was 190%).
Hotfix (2016-08-16): Incinerate damage increased to 190% of Spell Power (was 170%).
Patch 7.0.3 (2016-07-19): Damage reduced by 18.46%.
Hotfix (2015-07-20): Damage increased by 5%.
Hotfix (2014-12-15): Incinerate's damage has been increased by 8%.
Patch 6.0.2 (2014-10-14): A new spell effect.
Hotfix (2013-09-13): Incinerate now has a 15% chance to generate an additional Burning Ember.
Hotfix (2013-09-12): Incinerate's damage has been increased by 5%.
Patch 5.4.0 (2013-09-10): Damage has been increased by 10%.
Hotfix (2013-03-05): Fire and Brimstone version of Incinerate now deals the correct amount of damage.
Patch 5.2.0 (2013-03-05): Now deals 10% more damage.
Hotfix (2012-10-04): The instant cast Incinerates generated by Backlash will now correctly consume Backlash.
Patch 5.0.4 (2012-08-28): Now a level 10 specialization ability for Destruction (was a level 64 ability for all warlocks) and replaces [Shadow Bolt]. No longer causes additional damage if the target is afflicted by Immolate.
Patch 4.0.3a (2010-11-23): Damage has been reduced by approximately 12%.
Patch 4.0.1 (2010-10-12): now has a 40 yards range, up from 30 yards. Now deals 483 to 562 (down from 582 to 676) Fire damage and an additional 121 to 141 (down from 145 to 169) if the target is affected by Immolate.
Patch 3.2.2 (2009-09-22): When using Incinerate while having [Backlash] and [Backdraft] active, only Backlash will now be properly consumed.
Patch 2.1.3 (2007-07-10): Incinerate has had the performance of its graphical spell effect improved.
Patch 2.0.3 (2007-01-09): Crit chance is now being affected by the 2nd rank of the Warlock Destruction talent [Devastation].
Patch 2.0.1 (2006-12-05): Added.