Improved Scorch, a WoW Forever Mage talent, in words

What it does Fire row 4

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  Improved Scorch3 ranks · passiveRequires 15 points in Fire Talents (level 25).Rank 1: Your Scorch spell has a 33% chance to cause your target to be vulnerable to Fire damage. This vulnerability increases all Fire damage you deal to your target by 3% and lasts 30 sec, stacking up to 5 times.Rank 2: Your Scorch spell has a 67% chance to cause your target to be vulnerable to Fire damage. This vulnerability increases all Fire damage you deal to your target by 3% and lasts 30 sec, stacking up to 5 times.Rank 3: Your Scorch spell has a 100% chance to cause your target to be vulnerable to Fire damage. This vulnerability increases all Fire damage you deal to your target by 3% and lasts 30 sec, stacking up to 5 times.Changed from Classic. Classic rank 1: Your Scorch spells have a 33% chance to cause your target to be vulnerable to Fire damage. This vulnerability increases the Fire damage dealt to your target by 3% and lasts 30 sec. Stacks up to 5 times.

What changed from Classic

• Classic rank 1Your Scorch spells have a 33% chance to cause your target to be vulnerable to Fire damage. This vulnerability increases the Fire damage dealt to your target by 3% and lasts 30 sec. Stacks up to 5 times.
• WoW Forever rank 1Your Scorch spell has a 33% chance to cause your target to be vulnerable to Fire damage. This vulnerability increases all Fire damage you deal to your target by 3% and lasts 30 sec, stacking up to 5 times.

Who takes it pick rates from this site's builds

• 40% of Mage buildsTaken in 40% of the 21,981 complete Mage builds planned here, Sep 13 to 30, 2026.
• 9% of Arcane buildsTaken in 9% of the 5,783 builds that lead in Arcane.
• 90% of Fire buildsTaken in 90% of the 6,467 builds that lead in Fire, its own tree.
• 8% of Frost buildsTaken in 8% 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 (15 points in Fire, level 25)Improved Fire Ward, Hot Streak, 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
• 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