Immolate

For the Pet Battle ability, see [Immolate].

Immolate
Immolate Level 10 Destruction warlock ability 40 yd range 6% of base mana 1.5 sec cast Burns the enemy, causing (133.2% of spell power) Fire damage immediately and an additional (432.9% of spell power) Fire damage over 18 sec. 15% chance to generate 1 Soul Shard. Chance doubled on critical strikes.
Usable by
Class	Warlock
Properties
School	Fire
Cooldown	None/Global Cooldown
Other information
Level learned	10
Related debuff
Immolate Suffering (72.15% of spell power) Fire damage every 3 sec. Duration: 18 seconds

Immolate is a level 10 Destruction warlock hybrid spell spell that deals both direct damage and damage over time, with an emphasis on the latter.

Tips and tactics

When tanking mobs with your Voidwalker, save casting Immolate until the end of your DoT rotation. Not only does it have the shortest duration, but as it deals initial damage, it generates the most threat and could possibly pull the mob to you.

Patches and hotfixes

• Patch 7.2.5 (2017-06-13):
  • Immolate’s periodic damage has a 50% chance to generate 1 Soul Shard Fragment (was: periodic damage has a 15% chance to generate 1 Soul Shard).
  • Immolate’s periodic damage critical strikes have a 100% chance to generate 1 Soul Shard Fragment (was: periodic damage critical strikes have a 30% chance to generate 1 Soul Shard).
    
• Hotfix (2016-09-23): "Immolate damage increased by 11%."
  
• Hotfix (2016-08-16): "Immolate no longer has a chance to generate a shard on its direct damage."
  
• Patch 7.0.3 (2016-07-19): Now has a 15% chance to generate a Soul Shard (double on critical strikes). Direct damage increased by 162%, damage over time increased by 42%, duration increased to 18 seconds (up from 15).
  
• Hotfix (2015-07-20): "Damage increased by 5%."
  
• Hotfix (2014-12-15): "Immolate's damage has been increased by 8%."
  
• Hotfix (2013-09-23): "Immolate's damage has been increased by 30%."
  
• Patch 5.4.0 (2013-09-10): Damage has been increased by 10%.
  
• Hotfix (2013-04-18): "Fixed an issue where targets of Havoc were receiving more damage than intended from Immolate."
  
• Patch 5.2.0 (2013-03-05): Now deals 15% more damage.
  
• Patch 5.0.4 (2012-08-28): Now a Destruction specialization ability. Cooldown reduced from 2 seconds to 1.5 seconds
  
• Patch 4.0.3a (2010-11-23): Damage has been reduced by approximately 12%.
  
• Patch 4.0.1 (2010-10-12): Now burns the enemy for 677.42 Fire damage (up from 460) and an additional 2150 (up from 785) over 15 sec. Only one Unstable Affliction or Immolate per Warlock can be active on any one target. Mana cost 8% of base mana, down from 17%. Range now 40 yards, up from 30.
  
• Patch 3.3.3 (2010-03-23): The damage-over-time component of this spell can now produce critical strikes.
  
• Hotfix (2009-04-15): "We have hotfixed the damage of the Warlock spell Conflagrate from 100% to 70% of Immolate's total periodic damage instantly. The tooltip may still show 100% until a future update though."
  
• Patch 3.2.0 (2009-08-04): All ranks of Immolate and [Unstable Affliction] will now overwrite each other.
  
• Patch 0.11 (2004-09-29): Duration, damage, and mana cost reduced. Deals damage faster.
  

See also

• Immolate TCG card

External links

• Wowhead
• WoWDB