Combustion, a Fire Mage talent in WoW Forever
Combustion is an active talent in row 7 of the Fire tree. It needs 30 points in Fire, so the earliest you can take it is level 40 (up to 5 levels sooner with the Legacy perk Talented). It has 1 rank. It has changed since Classic Era.
Combustion
1 rank
- Instant
- 3 min cooldown
- Requires 30 points in Fire
- Requires Critical Mass at 3/3
When activated, this spell causes each of your Fire damage spell hits to increase your critical strike chance with Fire damage spells by 10%. This effect lasts until you have caused 3 non-periodic critical strikes with Fire spells.
Every rank of Combustion
| Rank | Text |
|---|---|
| Rank 1 | When activated, this spell causes each of your Fire damage spell hits to increase your critical strike chance with Fire damage spells by 10%. This effect lasts until you have caused 3 non-periodic critical strikes with Fire spells. |
Where it sits in the Fire tree
- Needs
Critical Mass at 3/3
- Unlocks
- No talent needs it
- Same row
- None
- Row above (row 6)
- Row below
- None: this is the last row
Row numbers are on the left and the number in a corner is a talent's rank count. Gold marks Combustion.
Compared with Classic Era
What differs from Classic Era: its rank 1 text.
Rank 1 text
When activated, this spell causes each of your Fire damage spell hits to increase your critical strike chance with Fire damage spells by 10%. This effect lasts until you have caused 3 critical strikes with Fire spells.
When activated, this spell causes each of your Fire damage spell hits to increase your critical strike chance with Fire damage spells by 10%. This effect lasts until you have caused 3 non-periodic critical strikes with Fire spells.
Open the Mage talent calculator
All Fire talents
- Wake of Fire
- Incineration
- Improved Fireball
- Ignite
- Flame Throwing
- Impact
- Burning Soul
- Improved Flamestrike
- Pyroblast
- Improved Scorch
- Improved Fire Ward
- Heating Up
- Master of Elements
- Critical Mass
- Blast Wave
- Fire Power
- Combustion
The other Mage trees: Arcane and Frost. Everything that changed for the Mage since Classic is on the changes page.
Game data from the WoW Forever beta client, build 1.60.1.70291, as published by talentsforever.com (CC BY 4.0) on 2026-10-08 and reformatted by us. Numbers can still change before launch.