Flametongue Weapon (Classic)

For the retail version, see [Flametongue Weapon].

Flametongue Weapon
Flametongue Weapon (6 ranks) Level 10 shaman ability 30 Mana Instant Imbue the Shaman's weapon with fire. Each hit causes 6 to 18 additional Fire damage, based on the speed of the weapon. Slower weapons cause more fire damage per swing. Lasts for 5 minutes.
Properties
Class	Shaman
School	Fire
Cooldown	None/Global Cooldown
Other information
Level learned	10

Flametongue Weapon in the TCG.

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

Flametongue Weapon is a shaman temporary weapon imbue that causes melee attacks to deal additional fire damage.

Rank table

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

Patch changes

• Patch 6.0.2 (2014-10-14): Removed. Replaced with [Flametongue].
  
• Hotfix (2013-09-23): Flametongue Weapon's Flametongue Attack effect now deals 50% more damage.
  
• Patch 5.0.4 (2012-08-28): Additional magic damage done increased from 5% to 7%. Duration increased from 30 to 60 min.
  
• Patch 4.3.0 (2011-11-29): No longer increases spell damage. It now increases all non-physical damage done by the wielder by 5%.
  
• Patch 4.0.6 (2011-02-08): Procs now deal roughly 20% less damage.
  
• Patch 4.0.1 (2010-10-12): No longer causes melee attacks to cause additional fire damage. Icon changed from to
  
• 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.
  

• Patch 3.0.2 (2008-10-14): Flametongue Weapon now also increases the shaman's spell damage.
  
• Patch 2.4.0 (2008-03-25): Having different ranks of this enchantment cast on two different weapons will no longer cause the enchantments to trigger multiple times per swing.
  
• Patch 2.2.0 (2007-09-25): Damage lowered slightly on rank 6 so that it is never better than rank 7.
  
• Patch 2.1.0 (2007-05-22): This effect will no longer trigger while you are disarmed.
  
• Patch 1.11.0 (2006-06-19):
  • Duration has been increased.
  • Mana cost has been reduced.
    
• Patch 0.10 (2004-09-18): Now always procs, but damage depends on weapon speed.
  
• Patch 0.9 (2004-08-17): Replacements adjusted.
  
• Patch 0.7 (2004-06-15): Damage increased.
  

See also

• [Windfury Weapon]
• [Frostbrand Weapon]
• [Rockbiter Weapon]
• [Earthliving Weapon]
• Flametongue Weapon, TCG card

External links

Rank 1	Rank 6
Wowhead WoWDB	Wowhead WoWDB