Heating Up, a WoW Forever Mage talent, in words

What it does Fire row 4

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  Heating Up1 rank · passiveRequires 15 points in Fire Talents (level 25). Requires Pyroblast.Non-periodic critical strikes with Fireball, Frostfire Bolt, Fire Blast, and Scorch reduce the cast time of your next Pyroblast cast within 20 sec by 25%, stacking up to 3 times.New in Forever. No Classic talent with this name.

Who takes it pick rates from this site's builds

• 51% of Mage buildsTaken in 51% of the 6,644 Mage builds with 41 or more points planned here, since the Oct 1 patch (build 70170).
• 20% of Arcane buildsTaken in 20% of the 1,690 builds that lead in Arcane.
• 97% of Fire buildsTaken in 97% of the 2,146 builds that lead in Fire, its own tree.
• 19% of Frost buildsTaken in 19% of the 2,808 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. Recounted a few times a day, last on 2026-10-07.

Beta build history

• Build 1.60.1.70170, 2026-10-01Heating Up is the new name of Hot Streak. Blizzard: "Hot Streak has been renamed to Heating Up, since it is no longer dependent on having a 'streak'." (notes for build 70170)
• Build 1.60.1.70170, 2026-10-01Rank 1 text changed. Now: Non-periodic critical strikes with Fireball, Frostfire Bolt, Fire Blast, and Scorch reduce the cast time of your next Pyroblast cast within 20 sec by 25%, stacking up to 3 times. Was: Your non-periodic critical strikes with Fireball, Frostfire Bolt, Fire Blast, and Scorch grant Hot Streak for 20 sec. Blizzard: "Hot Streak has been renamed to Heating Up, since it is no longer dependent on having a 'streak'." (notes for build 70170)
• Build 1.60.1.70009, 2026-09-24As Hot Streak: Rank 1 text changed. Now: Your non-periodic critical strikes with Fireball, Frostfire Bolt, Fire Blast, and Scorch grant Hot Streak for 20 sec. Was: Your non-periodic critical strikes with Fireball, Frostfire Bolt, Fire Blast, and Scorch grant Hot Streak for 15 sec. Blizzard: "Hot Streak buff duration has been increased to 20 seconds (was 15 seconds)." (notes for build 70009)

Around it in the Fire tree

• NeedsPyroblast at max rank first.
• Same row (15 points in Fire, level 25)Improved Scorch, Improved Fire Ward, Master of Elements.
• Row above (level 20)Burning Soul, Improved Flamestrike, Pyroblast.
• Row below (level 30)Critical Mass, Blast Wave.

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
• Heating Uprow 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