Fire Bolt

Fire Bolt

An active ability found on the first slot of Fire Staffs.

It is unlocked at mastery level 1.

Fire Bolt	Energy Cost	9/9	Shoot a firey bolt at the targeted enemy, dealing 178/196 magical damage. Ignites the targeted enemy, dealing 57/63 magical damage over 3.3s (stacks up to 5 times).
	Cast Time	0.8s
	Range	13m
	Cooldown	0s

Note: numerical values are based on gear with 1100 item power. Spells with x/y values refer to 1h weapon/2h weapon values.

Equipment

Magic Weapon Adept's Blazing Staff Adept's Brimstone Staff Adept's Dawnsong Adept's Fire Staff Adept's Great Fire Staff Adept's Infernal Staff Adept's Wildfire Staff Elder's Blazing Staff Elder's Brimstone Staff Elder's Dawnsong Elder's Fire Staff Elder's Infernal Staff Elder's Wildfire Staff Expert's Brimstone Staff Expert's Dawnsong Expert's Fire Staff Expert's Great Fire Staff Expert's Infernal Staff Expert's Wildfire Staff Grandmaster's Blazing Staff Grandmaster's Brimstone Staff Grandmaster's Dawnsong Grandmaster's Fire Staff Grandmaster's Great Fire Staff Grandmaster's Infernal Staff Grandmaster's Wildfire Staff Journeyman's Fire Staff Master's Blazing Staff Master's Brimstone Staff Master's Dawnsong Master's Fire Staff Master's Great Fire Staff Master's Infernal Staff Master's Wildfire Staff Novice's Fire Staff Vendetta's Wrath

Related Patch Notes

Patch Link	Date	Patch Name	Patch Notes
Version 20.070.1	5 October 2022	Into the Fray Patch 7	Fire Bolt had recently been dealing damage too quickly in 2v2 Hellgates. To make it less oppressive its cast time has been increased, while to make it more attractive in other content its cast range has also been increased. Additionally, Flame Pillar’s damage has been reduced slightly, though it still has very high burst damage potential on a potentially very low cooldown. Fire Bolt (all Fire Staffs): Cast time: 0.7s → 0.8s Cast Range: 11m → 12m Flame Pillar (Great Fire Staff): Damage: 200 → 190
Version 20.000.1	8 June 2022	Into the Fray Update	Pyroblast is now a channeled skillshot that rewards positioning and timing. Ignite has been replaced with a new ability: Flame Blast. And Infernal Staff's Contagious Fire has been replaced with Combustion, which ignites an enemy, leaving behind a flaming trail that silences. The Burn effect of Fire Bolt now triggers sooner, increasing the damage output if the same target is hit multiple times. Flame Pillar now deals significantly more damage on a higher cooldown (15s). If at least one enemy is hit, however, the cooldown is reduced back to 10s. Various other improvements and adjustments have also been made to make these staffs feel more polished. Fire Bolt (all Fire Staffs): Burn Damage over Time Delay: 1s → 0.3s Hit Delay: 0.2s → 0.12s Burning Field (all Fire Staffs): Hit Delay: 0.1s → 0.15s Removed the ability Ignite (all Fire Staffs) Added a new W-Slot ability, Flame Blast (all Fire Staffs): Select a target (Ally, Enemy, Self) - after 1.6s an explosion occurs around the target, dealing 150 magical damage to all enemies in a 5m radius. If the main target is an enemy they also take an additional 45 magical damage immediately. Wall of Flames (all Fire Staffs): Standtime: 0.6s → 0.4s Fire Wave (all Fire Staffs): Fire Wave area Duration: 0.8s → 1s Fire Ball (all Fire Staffs): Renamed the ability to Raging Flare Cast Range: 18m → 22m Instant Damage: 124.63 → 135 Projectile Speed increased by 10% Fire Artillery (all Fire Staffs): Hit Delay: 0.1s → 0s Projectile Hit Delay: 0.5s → 0.2s Pyroblast (One-handed Fire Staff) has been completely reworked: Pyroblast is charged while channeling for up to 2s (can aim while channeling) Deals magical damage in a 4m radius upon impact with an enemy, dependent upon the length of the channel Charge Up: 0.5s / 1s / 1.5s / 2s - Damage: 240 / 280 / 320 / 360 (Previous Pyroblast instant Damage: 300) If channeled for the full duration, the Pyroblast also knocks targets back 2.5m Flame Pillar (Great Fire Staff): Damage: 184 → 218 Cooldown: 10s → 15s If at least one enemy is hit the cooldown is reduced to 10s Energy Cost: 13 → 9 Hit Delay: 1s → 0.8s Removed the ability Contagious Fire (Infernal Staff) Added a new E-slot Ability, Combustion (Infernal Staff): Ignite the targeted enemy, dealing 143 magical damage over 5s After a short delay, the burning enemy leaves a continuous fiery trail that lasts 4.6s Deals 28 magical damage vs. players / 26 magical damage vs. mobs every 0.5s Enemy players on the trail are silenced
Version 1.16.396.166567	19 May 2020	Queen Patch 12 (Season 9 Balance Patch) and Hotfix 12.1	Fire Staffs Fire Bolt (all Fire Staffs): Cast Time: 1s → 0.7s Impact Damage: 87.52 → 70.00 DoT Damage: 5.72 → 5.50 Energy Cost: 4 → 3 Ignite (all Fire Staffs): Hit Delay: 0.3s → 0s Standtime: 0.4s → 0.2s Instant Damage: 96.23 → 140.00 Removed Damage Over Time effect - instead, hitting a target below 20% Health now gives the caster a 40% Move- and Cast Speed buff for 3 seconds
Version 1.12.365.126590	26 September 2018	Merlyn Preseason Balance Patch	Fire Staffs: Fire Bolt (all Fire Staffs) Standtime 0.2s → 0s Fire Bomb (all Fire Staffs) Standtime: 0.2s → 0s
Version 1.11.357.113403	12 March 2018	Lancelot Update	Fire Staffs: Fire Bolt: Burn Tick: 5 -> 4 First Burn tick after: 0s -> 1s Wall of Flames Duration: 6s -> 5s Flame Tornado: Damage per Tick: 71.41 -> 51.00 Damage per Tick vs mobs: 71.41 -> 47.23
Version 1.0.332.98217	27 September 2017	Joseph Update	Fire Bolt: Instant Damage: 107.41 -> 120.83 Damage per Tick: 15.44 -> 10.29 Fire Wall: Damage per tick: 41.68 -> 36.34 Fire Wave: Cooldown: 10s -> 15s Damage per Tick: 31.49 -> 34.60 Number of Ticks: 2 -> 5 Knockback Distance: 6.63 -> 2.05 Energycost: 10 -> 12 Contagious Fire: Damage: 23.12 -> 27.75 Meteor: Damage: 385.25 -> 434.09