Searing Pain, a Warlock ability in WoW Forever

Searing Pain is a Warlock ability in the Destruction tab of the WoW Forever spellbook. It has 6 ranks. Its first rank is learned at level 18 and its last at level 58. Its spell school is Fire.

Against Classic: Changed

Ranks and levels of Searing Pain

Ranks of Searing Pain
Level	Rank	Tooltip	Text
18	Rank 1	45 Mana30 yd range 1.5 sec cast	Inflict searing pain on the enemy target, causing 24 to 28 Fire damage. Causes a high amount of threat.
26	Rank 2	68 Mana30 yd range 1.5 sec cast	Inflict searing pain on the enemy target, causing 34 to 40 Fire damage. Causes a high amount of threat.
34	Rank 3	91 Mana30 yd range 1.5 sec cast	Inflict searing pain on the enemy target, causing 44 to 52 Fire damage. Causes a high amount of threat.
42	Rank 4	118 Mana30 yd range 1.5 sec cast	Inflict searing pain on the enemy target, causing 61 to 73 Fire damage. Causes a high amount of threat.
50	Rank 5	141 Mana30 yd range 1.5 sec cast	Inflict searing pain on the enemy target, causing 84 to 98 Fire damage. Causes a high amount of threat.
58	Rank 6	168 Mana30 yd range 1.5 sec cast	Inflict searing pain on the enemy target, causing 107 to 125 Fire damage. Causes a high amount of threat.

Text and numbers are the beta client's tooltip at level 60 with no gear, unless a rank says otherwise.

Searing Pain compared with Classic

All 6 ranks changed since Classic.

How each rank of Searing Pain compares with Classic
Rank	Change	Classic tooltip	Classic text
Rank 1	Changed	scales with 39.6% of spell power (direct)	Inflict searing pain on the enemy target, causing 38 to 46 Fire damage. Causes a high amount of threat.
Rank 2	Changed	—	Inflict searing pain on the enemy target, causing 65 to 77 Fire damage. Causes a high amount of threat.
Rank 3	Changed	—	Inflict searing pain on the enemy target, causing 93 to 111 Fire damage. Causes a high amount of threat.
Rank 4	Changed	—	Inflict searing pain on the enemy target, causing 131 to 155 Fire damage. Causes a high amount of threat.
Rank 5	Changed	—	Inflict searing pain on the enemy target, causing 168 to 198 Fire damage. Causes a high amount of threat.
Rank 6	Changed	—	Inflict searing pain on the enemy target, causing 208 to 244 Fire damage. Causes a high amount of threat.

Talents that change Searing Pain

These Warlock talents name Searing Pain in their rank text.

DecimationDemonology, row 4
Demonic BrandDemonology, row 4
Agonizing FlamesDestruction, row 4

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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.