Blast Wave, a WoW Forever Mage talent, in words
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Blast WaveA Fire Mage talent in WoW Forever: row 5 of the Fire tree (level 30), 1 rank, active. Changed from Classic. Read from the WoW Forever beta client.
What it does Fire row 5
Blast Wave1 rank · activeRequires 20 points in Fire Talents (level 30). 215 Mana | Instant | 45 sec cooldown.A wave of flame radiates outward from the caster, damaging all enemies caught within the blast for 154 to 184 Fire damage, and Dazing them for 50% reduced movement speed for 6 sec.Changed from Classic. Classic rank 1: A wave of flame radiates outward from the caster, damaging all enemies caught within the blast for 160 to 192 Fire damage, and dazing them for 6 sec.
What changed from Classic
- Classic rank 1A wave of flame radiates outward from the caster, damaging all enemies caught within the blast for 160 to 192 Fire damage, and dazing them for 6 sec.
- WoW Forever rank 1A wave of flame radiates outward from the caster, damaging all enemies caught within the blast for 154 to 184 Fire damage, and Dazing them for 50% reduced movement speed for 6 sec.
Who takes it pick rates from this site's builds
- 25% of Mage buildsTaken in 25% of the 21,981 complete Mage builds planned here, Sep 13 to 30, 2026.
- 1% of Arcane buildsTaken in 1% of the 5,783 builds that lead in Arcane.
- 59% of Fire buildsTaken in 59% of the 6,467 builds that lead in Fire, its own tree.
- 5% of Frost buildsTaken in 5% of the 9,731 builds that lead in Frost.
- How it is countedEach build counts by what people did with it (opened, shared, saved), the way the calculator's pick-rate badges count. Updated daily, last on 2026-09-30.
Beta build history
- Build 1.60.1.69876, 2026-09-17Rank 1 text changed.
Around it in the Fire tree
- Same row (20 points in Fire, level 30)Critical Mass.
- Row above (level 25)Improved Scorch, Improved Fire Ward, Hot Streak, Master of Elements.
- Row below (level 35)Fire Power.
Every Fire talent 17
- Wake of Firerow 1
- Incinerationrow 1
- Improved Fireballrow 1
- Igniterow 2
- Flame Throwingrow 2
- Impactrow 2
- Burning Soulrow 3
- Improved Flamestrikerow 3
- Pyroblastrow 3
- Improved Scorchrow 4
- Improved Fire Wardrow 4
- Hot Streakrow 4
- Master of Elementsrow 4
- Critical Massrow 5
- Blast Waverow 5
- Fire Powerrow 6
- Combustionrow 7
Every Arcane talent 18
- Wand Specializationrow 1
- Arcane Focusrow 1
- Improved Channelingrow 1
- Arcane Subtletyrow 2
- Magic Absorptionrow 2
- Arcane Concentrationrow 2
- Arcane Resiliencerow 2
- Arcane Geometryrow 3
- Arcane Impactrow 3
- Arcane Blastrow 3
- Arcane Shieldingrow 4
- Improved Counterspellrow 4
- Arcane Meditationrow 4
- Missile Barragerow 4
- Presence of Mindrow 5
- Arcane Mindrow 5
- Arcane Instabilityrow 6
- Arcane Powerrow 7
Every Frost talent 19
- Frost Wardingrow 1
- Improved Frostboltrow 1
- Elemental Precisionrow 1
- Ice Shardsrow 2
- Permafrostrow 2
- Improved Frost Novarow 2
- Frostbiterow 2
- Piercing Icerow 3
- Frost Channelingrow 3
- Ice Lancerow 3
- Improved Blizzardrow 3
- Arctic Reachrow 4
- Ice Blockrow 4
- Shatterrow 4
- Improved Cone of Coldrow 5
- Cold Snaprow 5
- Fingers of Frostrow 5
- Winter's Chillrow 6
- Ice Barrierrow 7
From the WoW Forever beta client, checked in game with reader reports. Put points in Blast Wave in the Mage calculator, read every Mage talent in words (Arcane and Frost too), or see the racials, changed class abilities and Legacy perks. What changed for Mages since Classic tells the whole story.