Impact, a WoW Forever Mage talent, in words
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ImpactA Fire Mage talent in WoW Forever: row 2 of the Fire tree (level 15), 3 ranks, passive. Changed from Classic (was Fire row 1, was 5 ranks, now 3). Read from the WoW Forever beta client.
What it does Fire row 2
Impact3 ranks · passiveRequires 5 points in Fire Talents (level 15).Rank 1: Gives your Fire spells a 3% chance to stun the target for 2 sec.Rank 2: Gives your Fire spells a 7% chance to stun the target for 2 sec.Rank 3: Gives your Fire spells a 10% chance to stun the target for 2 sec.Changed from Classic (was Fire row 1, was 5 ranks, now 3). Classic rank 1: Gives your Fire spells a 2% chance to stun the target for 2 sec.
What changed from Classic
- Classic rank 1Gives your Fire spells a 2% chance to stun the target for 2 sec.
- WoW Forever rank 1Gives your Fire spells a 3% chance to stun the target for 2 sec.
- Alsowas Fire row 1; was 5 ranks, now 3.
Who takes it pick rates from this site's builds
- 20% of Mage buildsTaken in 20% of the 21,981 complete Mage builds planned here, Sep 13 to 30, 2026.
- 13% of Arcane buildsTaken in 13% of the 5,783 builds that lead in Arcane.
- 30% of Fire buildsTaken in 30% of the 6,467 builds that lead in Fire, its own tree.
- 14% of Frost buildsTaken in 14% 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.
Around it in the Fire tree
- Same row (5 points in Fire, level 15)Ignite, Flame Throwing.
- Row above (level 10)Wake of Fire, Incineration, Improved Fireball.
- Row below (level 20)Burning Soul, Improved Flamestrike, Pyroblast.
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 Impact 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.