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Hot Streak
  • Any time you score 2 non-periodic spell criticals in a row using Fireball, Fire Blast, Scorch, Living Bomb or Frostfire Bolt, you have a N% chance the next Pyroblast spell cast within 10 sec will be instant cast.
Usable by
ClassMage
Properties
LocationFire, Tier 9
AffectsFireball, Fire Blast, Scorch, Frostfire Bolt
Ranks3
Requirements
Points required40 points in Fire talents
Related buff
  • Magic
  • Hot Streak
  • Your next Pyroblast spell is instant cast.
  • Duration: 10 seconds

Hot Streak is a Mage talent in the Fire tree.

With the Fire Mage's natural high chance to critically strike, this talent is a very good burst booster in PvP and a very good single-target DPS booster in PvE, though it requires that the Mage also spec into Pyroblast. Its purpose is also to increase the amount of interactivity in Fire Mage play, turning the endless Fireball and Scorch rotation into an active Hot Streak hunt.

Rank table

Rank Chance to buff
1 33%
2 66%
3 100%

Patch changes

Patch 3.0.2 (2008-10-14): Added.
Patch 3.0.8 (2009-01-20): Now also affected by Living Bomb.
Hotfix (2009-08-06): "Hot Streak triggers exactly as stated in its tooltip: “2 non-periodic spell criticals in a row using Fireball, Fire Blast, Scorch, Living Bomb, or Frostfire Bolt”. Only non-periodic damage interacts with it, and only those spells listed. Periodics do not affect the streak in any way. Direct damage from the listed spells always count, for or against the streak."