Fire Blast

Fire Blast
Fire Blast (9 ranks) Mage ability 20 s. yd range 40-465 Mana 8 sec cooldown Instant sec cast Blasts the enemy for X Fire damage.
Properties
Class	Mage
School	Fire
Cooldown	8 sec
Improvements	[Improved Fire Blast],  [Impact], Ignite, [Flame Throwing], [Burning Soul], [Critical Mass],  [Fire Power], [Pyromaniac], Elemental Precision, [Arcane Instability], Spell Power, [Playing with Fire],  [Molten Fury], [Shatter]

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The body of every living being contains trace amounts of several metals. Magi can use magic to manipulate the metal in their enemy's body to cause a combustive blast from within the target.

Fire Blast is mage spell that deals direct fire damage. It is an instant cast spell, and a key to a mage's burst dps.

Rank table

Rank	Mana Cost	Damage	Level	Cost
1	40	24-32	6	1
2	75	57-71	14	9
3	115	103-127	22	30
4	165	168-202	30	80
5	220	242-290	38	1 40
6	280	332-394	46	2 60
7	340	431-509	54	3 60
8	400	539-637	61	4 60
9	465	664-786	70	12

Talent improvement

The [Improved Fire Blast] talent will reduce the cooldown to 6.5 seconds at max rank. The talent [Flame Throwing] extends the range of Fire Blast to 26 yards at max rank. [Incineration] increases the critical strike chance of this spell by 4% at max rank.

Fire Blast deals fire damage, and thus gains the benefit of the talents  [Impact], Ignite, [Burning Soul], [Master of Elements], [Critical Mass],  [Fire Power], [Pyromaniac], and Elemental Precision.

As with all mage spells capable of critical hits [Arcane Instability], Spell Power,  [Molten Fury], [Playing with Fire] and [Shatter] can increase the effective damage output of this spell.

Tips and tactics

This spell sees a lot of use in PvP. Instant spells are impossible to interrupt, and spells and abilities that slow casting time have no effect. The only way to stop an instant is to silence the caster.

Instants can be cast on the move, as in kiting, or to chase or escape another player. Fire Blast must be cast while facing the target, but it is possible to jump, turn back to cast, then turn forward again before landing. The target only needs to be within the 180 degree arc in front of the caster.

A common technique to achieve burst damage is to cast Fire Blast right at the tail end of a long cast spell, such as [Fireball] or [Frostbolt]. After the long cast spell is finished, the global cooldown is also finished, and both spells will land almost simultaneously. Use the global cooldown time from the instant Fire Blast to move and gain range before casting again.