From WoWWiki
| Burnout |
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| Usable by |
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| Class | Mage |
| Properties |
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| Location | Fire, Tier 10 |
| Affects | Fire spells |
| Ranks | 5 |
| Requirements |
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| Points required | 45 |
Burnout is a Mage talent in the Fire tree. It increases the critical strike damage bonus on all Fire spells (similar to Spell Power) but incurs a mana penalty on every crit. This talent was introduced in Patch 3.0.2.
The fully talented 5/5 ability provides 50% and applies to the damage bonus or component derived from critical strikes. Since critical strikes hit for 150% of a normal strike, that critical bonus or component is 50%, half (50%) of which is 25%. Therefore, taking this talent makes your fire spells crit for 175% of their normal damage.
Rank table
| Rank | Critical bonus increase | Mana cost increase
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| 1 | 10% | 1%
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| 2 | 20% | 2%
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| 3 | 30% | 3%
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| 4 | 40% | 4%
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| 5 | 50% | 5%
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Notes
- Note that this spell has powerful synergy with Ignite. Since Ignite is not based on the critical bonus, but rather the total damage, Ignite provides an additional 40% of all Burnout's 175% critical damage. This raises total fire critical damage to 245%, compared to the untalented crit base of 150%, when both Burnout & Ignite talents are taken.
- The mana cost increase can be made up for and surpassed by the mana gains of specialising into Master of Elements.
