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For the Pet Battle ability, see Peticon-elemental Ability mage hotstreak [Cauterize].
Cauterize
Spell fire rune
  • Cauterize
  • Level 19 Fire mage ability
  • Passive
  • Fatal damage instead brings you to 35% health and then burns you for 28% of your maximum health over 6 sec.

    While burning, movement slowing effects are suppressed and your movement speed is increased by 150%.

    This effect cannot occur more than once every 5 min.
Properties
Class Mage
Other information
Level learned 19
Related buff
Spell fire burningspeed
  • Blazing Speed
  • 150% increased movement speed and unaffected by movement speed slowing effects.
  • Duration: 6 seconds
Related debuffs
Spell fire rune
  • Cauterize
  • Burning away 7% of maximum health every 1.5 sec.
  • Duration: 6 seconds

Spell fire rune
  • Cauterized
  • You have recently benefited from Cauterize and cannot benefit from it again.
  • Duration: 5 minutes

Cauterize is a Fire mage ability. It allows the mage to survive a fatal attack once every 5 minutes.

Tips and tactics[]

Patch changes[]

  • Dragonflight Patch 10.1.5 (2023-07-11): Cauterize has been removed from the talent tree and now learned at level 19 (was a row 5 Fire talent).
  • Dragonflight Patch 10.0.0 (2022-10-25): Now a row Fire 5 talent (was a level 42 Fire ability).
  • Shadowlands Patch 9.0.1 (2020-10-13): Now available at level 42 (was 52).
  • Legion Patch 7.1.5 (2017-01-10): Now a level 52 Fire ability (was a level 30 talent for all specs). Cooldown increased to 5 minutes (was 2), and now resets on death.
  • Legion Patch 7.0.3 (2016-07-19): Spell fire burningspeed [Blazing Speed] has been merged into Cauterize. While burning, movement slowing effects are suppressed and your movement speed is increased by 150%. Now available at level 30 (was 60).
  • Warlords of Draenor Hotfix (2014-10-30): Cauterize should no longer be dealing more damage than intended to the Mage.
  • Warlords of Draenor Patch 6.0.2 (2014-10-14): Now brings the Mage up to 35% of their maximum health (down from 50%), and burns for 28% over 6 seconds (down from 40%).
  • Mists of Pandaria Patch 5.2.0 (2013-03-05): The cooldown will now properly reset upon entering an Arena.
  • Mists of Pandaria Hotfix (2012-09-14): Cauterize can now only absorb up to twice the mages's maximum health.
  • Mists of Pandaria Patch 5.0.4 (2012-08-28): Now available to all specializations as a level 60 talent (was a tier 3 Fire talent). Now brings the Mage up to 50% of their maximum health (was 40%), and burns for 40% over 6 seconds (was 48%). Cooldown increased to 2 min (was 1 min).
  • Cataclysm Patch 4.0.1 (2010-10-12): Added.

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