Immolate

Immolate
Immolate (11 ranks) Warlock ability 30 s. yd range 17% of base mana 2 sec cast Burns the enemy for X Fire damage and then an additional Y Fire damage over 15 sec.
Properties
Class	Warlock
School	Fire
Cooldown	None
Improvements	[Bane], [Ruin], Emberstorm, [Backlash]
Related debuff
Magic Immolate X Fire damage every 3 seconds. Duration: 15 seconds

[[Category:warlock abilities]][[Category:warlock abilities]]

Immolate is a warlock hybrid spell spell that deals both direct damage and damage over time, with an emphasis on the latter. It is one of the common DoTs warlocks often place of their targets.

This spell is the quintessential cornerstone of the Destruction tree. It increases the damage of your [Incinerate] spell by a substantial margin, and is one of the spells that gives you access to casting [Conflagrate], and the [Fire and Brimstone] talent allows it to increase the damage of Chaos Bolt, as well as further increase the damage of Incinerate.

Table

Immolate is available at level 3 for 57.

Level	Mana cost	Damage	Damage over time
1	-	-	-
2	-	-	-
3	5 %	30	95
4	5 %	30	100
5	5 %	30	105
6	4 %	31	105
7	4 %	31	105
8	4 %	31	105
9	4 %	32	105
10	4 %	33	110
11	4 %	34	115
12	4 %	34	115
13	4 %	35	115
14	4 %	37	115

Notes

The Destruction talent spell [Conflagrate] needs an active Immolate DoT (or Shadowflame DoT) on the target in order to work. Once cast, the spell will consume the effect, thus it's advantageous to wait until Immolate has almost finished dealing all its damage before casting Conflagrate.

You can get around this side effect by using  [Glyph of Conflagrate], available at level 40.

Note, if you are an Affliction Warlock, this skill overrides [Unstable Affliction] , and vice versa.

Talent improvement

[Bane] will lower the cast time of Immolate by up to .5 seconds at max rank. Talents like Emberstorm at max rank will increase the amount of fire spell damage that applies to the spell by 10%.

Immolate is a Destruction spell, and thus gains the benefits of [Ruin].

Tips and tactics

When tanking mobs with your pet (either Voidwalker or Felguard), 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.

However, there is an exception to the above tactic. If the Warlock is soloing, and, the tactic is that of a Warlock Tank and the Warlock is expecting a long fight, casting Immolate to start the fight may be beneficial for two reasons. First, the Warlock avoids potential interruption of the 2 sec. cast time when offering an opening Immolate. Secondly, if the fight is expected to be in the 25-35 sec. range, a second Immolate can be cast, maximizing the likelihood of conducting a mana-efficient battle (2.12 dmg. per mana at max rank)

Patch changes

• Patch 4.0.3a (2010-11-23): Damage has been reduced by approximately 12%.
  
• Patch 3.3.3 (2010-03-23): The damage-over-time component of this spell can now produce critical strikes.
  
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External links

• Wowhead
• WoWDB