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The flames licked the edges of the weapon as though only blood would slake its thirst.^[1]

Flametongue Weapon is a temporary weapon enhancement that does fire damage and increases spell damage for 30 minutes.

Contents 1 Functionality 2 Rank table 2.1 Talents 3 Tips 4 Patch changes 5 See Also 6 References 7 External links

Functionality Edit

Flametongue Weapon gives a straight buff to spell damage, plus extra Fire damage per melee hit. In addition, Enhancement Shamans can learn Lava Lash, which increases damage by 25% if the off-hand weapon is enchanted with Flametongue Weapon.

Flametongue Weapon is the preferred weapon buff for Elemental Shamans, even though from level 5 to 18 Minor Wizard Oil has +1 more spell damage. Note that since this only increases damage, Oils are the only beneficial weapon buff for healing until Earthliving Weapon at level 30.

For Enhancement Shamans, it is the recommended that after you talent 5/5 in Elemental Fury to use Flametongue on your offhand weapon over Windfury Weapon.

Rank tableEdit

Rank	Level	Mana Cost	Spell Damage	Weapon Damage
1	10	8% of base mana	7	4.23 - 13.04
2	18	8% of base mana	13	6.22 - 19.16
3	26	8% of base mana	16	9.29 - 28.64
4	36	8% of base mana	26	14.85 - 45.76
5	46	8% of base mana	39	24.36 - 75.04
6	56	8% of base mana	45	32.44 - 99.92
7	64	6% of base mana	96	40.35 - 124.28
8	71	6% of base mana	157	65.32 - 201.2
9	74	6% of base mana	186	77.92 - 240
10	80	6% of base mana	211	88.96 - 274

TalentsEdit

Talents that can improve the weapon buff:

	Talent Points Needed	Type	Description	Talent Points Available
	20	Enhancement	Elemental Weapons	3
	25	Enhancement	Mental Quickness	3
	35	Enhancement	Lava Lash	1

TipsEdit

• While Flametongue is useless against foes with high Fire resistance, it is not halted by those with high armour.

Patch changes Edit

• Patch 3.2.0 (2009-08-04): Fixed tooltip error. 
  
• Patch 3.1.0 (2009-04-14): Bonus damage from spell power now based on weapon speed. Slower weapons will benefit more from spell power.
  

            Note this bonus damage refers to the additional melee Fire damage per hit, not the increased spell damage, which is a flat amount.

See AlsoEdit

• Windfury Weapon
• Frostbrand Weapon
• Rockbiter Weapon
• Earthliving Weapon

ReferencesEdit

External links Edit

• Wowhead
• Thottbot
• DB MMO-Champion

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