Scorch

Scorch
	Scorch; Row 3 Fire mage talent; 40 yd range; 1% of base mana; 1.5 sec cast; Scorches an enemy for (24.4% of Spell power) Fire damage. Castable while moving.;
Properties
Class	Mage
School	Fire
Cooldown	None/Global Cooldown
Talents
Talent required	[Fire Blast]
Improvements	[Improved Scorch], [Searing Touch]

Scorch is a Fire mage talent. It deals light damage to an enemy and is castable while moving.

This ability directly blasts the target rather than throwing a projectile. This means it doesn't have a travel time and, in PvP, doesn't give enemy players any hint what direction it came from.

Trivia

Scorch is an uncommon mage ability in the Trading Card Game. Its flavor text reads: "All mages are pyromaniacs...at least a little bit."

Gallery

In the Through the Dark Portal TCG set.
In the Icecrown TCG set.

Fan art

Scorch by Joe Jusko.

Patch changes

Hotfix (2024-03-12): Damage increased by 300% (was 200%) in PvP combat.
Hotfix (2023-11-21): Damage increased by 100% (was 45%) in PvP combat.
Patch 10.1.5 (2023-07-11): Damage reduced by 10%.
Hotfix (2023-06-05): Damage increased by 10%.
Patch 10.1.0 (2023-05-02):
- Damage increased by 15%.
- Damage increased by 45% in PvP combat (was 25%).
Hotfix (2022-12-19): Damage increased by 12%.
Hotfix (2022-12-05): Damage increased by 10%.
Patch 10.0.0 (2022-10-25): Now a row 3 Fire talent (was a level 13 Fire ability).
Patch 9.0.1 (2020-10-13): Now learned at level 13 (was 14).
Patch 8.0.1 (2018-07-17): Now learned at level 14 (was 18). Damage reduced by 75%.
Patch 7.2.0 (2017-03-28): Damage increased by 18%.
Hotfix (2017-01-23): Increased the damage of Scorch by 3%.
Patch 7.1.5 (2017-01-10): Damage increased by 27%.
Patch 7.1.0 (2016-10-25): Now learned at level 18 (was 40).
Patch 7.0.3 (2016-07-19): Now learned at level 40 (was 22). Damage increased by 100%. Base mana cost reduced to 1%.
Patch 6.0.2 (2014-10-14): Now learned at level 22 (was 48). Damage reduced to 25% of spell power.
Patch 5.2.0 (2013-03-05): No longer a talent and is now available to Fire Mages at level 48. Base mana cost increased from 0.1% to 2%.
Patch 5.0.4 (2012-08-28): Now a level 15 talent (was a level 26 ability) and can be cast while moving.
Hotfix (2010-11-23): When Scorch is cast by a mage who has [Improved Scorch] Rank 2, it will no longer consume [Clearcasting].
Patch 4.0.1 (2010-10-12): Range increased to 40 yd (was 30). now learned at level 26 (was 22).
Patch 0.7 (2004-06-15): Damage increased.