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Comment by 243284

There's no Cooldown on this ability. I wonder if this is spamable, or if only one orb can be out at a time.
If this really has no limit to it's use, imagine the AoE damage you can cause by spamming it, facing a new direction each time in the middle of a heated AV? :D

Comment by kittyrar

Looks to be that in PvE on trash, you could just hit this, send it flying toward the pack and continue on with your other AoE spells.

In PvP you could send this flying toward a huge cluster of enemy players.

Comment by Verttex

Ok, seems like they are taking spells from DoTA.....This one is just like Pucks Orb and the Curtain one is just like the Lichs Wall. Blizz.....come on....

Comment by 230590

based on the description it fires a moving turret "...fire damage every second to the closest enemy target" not sure how the explode works, maybe just when it reaches its target area

it also lasts 15sec, looking up some cata vids, it looks and acts exactly like what Prince Taldaram summons, except firing at one target at a time

Comment by LoreAddict

I now predict there will be a glyph that will make Flame Orb's damage split on multiple targets.

Comment by 73364

I wonder how much damage this spell would cause. Would it deal enough damage to force enemies (in PvP of course) to drop other actions just to avoid the damage of the orb? Or will it be ignored? A good expample would be the decision of a healer - would he counterheal it, or rather run out of it's way?

Comment by AveryZan

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bsy3xhgKUY0

Really cool concept, but it needs to apply to all targets in the area, not just the closest one.

Comment by 466347

I think it is a good tool against stealthed rogues wandering the arena... they are slowed by the stealth and the ball will not stop, so if it is big enough, it will catch the rogue and reveal him before he can run away, unless he uses something like sprint.

Comment by Thunderhand

The spell design reminds me of the BFG10K from Quake 2.

From Quake Wikia:

When fired, it releases a large green sphere of compact energy that travels forward until it hits a wall. As it's traveling, it wil exert its exess energy in the from of green beams which lash out at any enemies near it, usually killing them in one shot.

Comment by TheMuffinMan

This spell is basically the sun from Mario 3.

It hates all life and wishes only to see its' destruction.

Comment by Deepfire

Really interesting about this spell is that, if you target a single mob and, for example, you want to have some fun with the new Cataclysm spells, you cast the Flame Orb and he goes straight at the target very fast and slows down when it's near it and then you can just kite him clockwise or counterclockwise...this is good for PvP as well , because think:You're in any Battleground , an imba mage staying and guarding a tower or a flag , let's say... And an angry rogue comes at you and starts that speedy DPS that all casters HATE!
Let's say first , you slow him down or disorientate him , and then you just send this Flame Orb at him and lie back because we have to admit it , this spell is actually smart...

Comment by 491404

I need more people to confirm this, but I think flame orb helps you proc arcane missiles more often. So it's nice to use when you're out of mana and evocation is on cooldown.

Not sure if this is true, but from what I've noticed when I used it, my proc pops up every second.

Comment by Syllvos

After playing around with this spell, I have come to love it as a little bit of extra "passive" kick. During a boss fight, I get up relatively close to it and launch the flame orb so that it stays near the boss for the 15 second duration (Moves very slowly when engaged with an enemy, as stated above). It does a fair bit of damage while you continue to cast whatever else you like.

Comment by 118974

Some things I've not seen mentioned elsewhere:

The orb initially travels forward fairly rapidly, but it slows down as soon as a target gets in range.

For a nice bonus, the orb is smart enough that it doesn't consider CC'd targets as, well, targets. It doesn't slow down, nor does it fire on, crowd controlled enemies.

Comment by Toldry

Tends to hit critters.

It also procs Arcane Missiles, so if you're a Arcane mage and cast this on a target that wont avoid most of the Flame Orb's attacks, then you can continuously use Arcane Missiles because by the time you finish channeling it would have already procced again.

This is also a very efficient way to continue to damage while saving up on mana.

Comment by 741565

If you use Flame Orb before Dragon's Breath it will not break the disorient effect.

Comment by Sakanade

A few observations:

Flame Orb behaves like an AoE in that it indiscriminately attacks targets. It's capable of detecting and breaking stealth and invisibility

Flame Orb will always 'drop' to the ground when casting at an altitude, when flying, the orb itself will descend until it hits a surface and then continue in it's slovenly crawl towards whichever direction it was initially fired in.

Each FO tick counts as a single instance of a Direct-Damage spellcast and can, as such, procc trinkets and talents like Fingers of Frost, Arcane Missiles, Impact and Brain Freeze (FOF and BF only procc if you've picked up the Frostfire Orb talent). It's wise to plan ahead as to how to intend to spend your extra procs.

Flame Orb breaks neither the Dragon's Breath diorient effect, or the Ring of Frost freeze effect. It also avoids CC'd targets.

If cast without a target, the Orb travels very quickly and despawns almost instanly.

The Orb despawns upon collision with textures etc. etc.

Flame Orb scales with temporary spellpower buffs, as well as other modifiers such as Shatter.

Comment by 230552

It targets everything - critters, non-hostile mobs, etc.

Careful if you toss it into a pack with a bunch of yellows because one might wander in too close and get struck.

Comment by 760473

For frost mages, this skill is absolutely amazing and useful in both PvE and PvP.

Each tick of damage from the orb has a chance to proc Fingers of Frost. With the frostfire orb talent, the ticks can also proc Brain Freeze. Do you see where I'm getting at? You throw a Frostfire Orb out and you're GUARANTEED to get multitudes of FoF procs. This means you can use the orb, then spam the hell out of Ice Lance and most of your lances will be boosted by FoF procs from the orb. It increases your DPS immensely. Very good for killing players extremely quickly in PvP.

It's pretty easy to use in PvP also. When you shoot the orb out, it travels very quickly outward until it reaches a target. It will then slow down and "hover" toward the target, shooting a laser that does multiple ticks of damage PER SECOND on the target. What you can do is kite the enemy around the orb to maximize its usefulness; if the orb goes past your enemy, blink through your enemy and kite them back into the orb, etc. You'll want the target to be hit by the orb as much as possible, so you can get numerous FoF procs to supplement your Ice Lance spam.

Comment by Zhell

This spell activates Arcane Missiles like mad.

Comment by Ilsor

It works a lot like BFG10K from Quake 2.

Comment by TMWL

Odd think about this spell is that you can't use your auto attack while the orb is active.

Comment by 864839

Talent tree frost question,
Will frostfire orb(deep in frost tree) stack with fire power (early in fire tree)
Creating a slowing explosion, and if yes would the (fire power) explosion gain damage from (frostfire orb increased damage equal to frost specialization) also help me with the talent tree, it say that the first talent point in frostfire orb increases damage from frost specialization but on the second point that goes away and causes it to hhave a slowing effect

Comment by 864839

Will fire power talent and frostfire orb stack slowing the target +an explosion At the end

Comment by 486547

I gotta say, as a PvP Fire Mage, I think this spell is useless. Unlike Frost Mage and Arcane Mage who can benefit from this spell greatly, fire mage receive the least benefit. It doesn't slow the enemy, it doesn't trigger any powerful buffs like FoF and Brain Freeze.

Comment by 165543

There should be a glyph that makes flame orb last forever and just keeps moving in the direction you cast it forever until it flies out to sea. Why not have abilities that have long lasting effects even when you go away from them? To compensate it will have a cast time. Just releasing a spell and have it float across the whole continent is awesome. That could spice up the game and give it a bit of variety. Something effective for more than 2 minutes controllable by players.

Comment by Makhunty

The BFG10K for WoW

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Flame Orb

Flame Orb	Level 85

6% of base mana	40 yd range

Instant	1 min cooldown

Launches a Flame Orb forward from the Mage's position, dealing 268 Fire damage every second to the closest enemy target for 15 secs

Fire Power
and exploding for 1269 at the end of its duration

with a 66% chance to explode for 1269 at the end of its duration

with a 33% chance to explode for 1269 at the end of its duration

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Spell Details

Duration

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School

Fire

Mechanic

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Dispel type

n/a

GCD category

Normal

Cost

6% of base mana

Range

40 yards (Long)

Cast time

Instant

Cooldown

1 minute

GCD

1.5 seconds

Effect

Dummy
Value: 2
PVP Multiplier: 1
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Flags

Cannot be used while shapeshifted
Cannot be reflected
All spell effects are harmful
No Aura Icon
Ignore Line of Sight
No initial Threat
No Aura Log

Flame Orb

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