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IncinerateSpell, Fire, Channelling, AoE
Level: (1-20)
Cost: (2-4) Mana
Cast Time: 0.20 sec
Critical Strike Chance: 5.00%
Effectiveness of Added Damage: 30%
Requires Level 12Continuously launches a torrent of fire from your hand, repeatedly damaging enemies. As you channel this spell longer, the flames spread wider close to you and spread longer directly in front of you. When you stop channelling you release a wave of fire damage over a wide and long area that will apply a powerful Ignite.Per 1% Quality:1Superior2Anomalous3Divergent1% increased Fire Damage0.5% increased Area of Effect0.2% more Damage with Hits and Ailments for each stage
Final wave deals -10% more Damage with Hits
Final wave deals -10% more Damage with Ignite
Deals (3-140) to (5-210) Fire Damage
8 maximum stages
Final wave deals 500% more Damage with Ignite
Final wave deals 500% more Damage with Hits
25% more Damage with Hits and Ailments for each stage
+(4-5) to radius per stage, up to +(15-19)
100% increased angle per stage, up to 300%
Final wave always Ignites
Place into an item socket of the right colour to gain this skill. Right click to remove from a socket.
Incinerate skill iconIncinerate inventory icon
Acquisition
Area level: 12
Vendor Prices
Normal1x Orb of Transmutation
Vendor Offer
1x Scroll Fragment
Metadata
Item class: Active Skill Gems
Metadata ID: Metadata/Items/Gems/SkillGemIncinerate

Incinerate skill screenshot


Incinerate is a channeling fire spell that launches a torrent of fire from the user's hands, rapidly dealing fire damage. The longer the channel is held, the bigger the damage and area becomes. Releasing the channel launches a wave of fire that deals more fire and ignite damage.

Skill functions and interactions[ | ]

  • Incinerate gains more damage when cast continuously from one spot, up to a maximum of 200% more damage (25% per stage up to 8 stages maximum, or 10 if you use the helmet enchantment). The next stage is reached after every tick (0.2s). At each stage, the flames become visibly larger and will spread out in a huge cone. If the player is stunned or interrupted in any way while casting incinerate, the spell will come back to stage 1.
  • Damage Effectiveness: The damage effectiveness of Incinerate is a relatively low 30%. However, at the highest stage of Incinerate, flat damage (such as from Herald of Thunder inventory iconHerald of ThunderHerald of ThunderSpell, AoE, Duration, Lightning, Herald
    Level: (1-20)
    Reservation: 25% Mana
    Cooldown Time: 1.00 sec
    Can Store 1 Use(s)
    Cast Time: Instant
    Radius: 32
    Requires Level 16Grants a buff which adds lightning damage to spells and attacks. If you kill a shocked enemy, this skill will create a storm, causing lightning bolts to strike enemies around you for a duration. The damage inflicted by this skill is not affected by modifiers to spell damage.Per 1% Quality:1Superior2Anomalous3DivergentBuff grants 0.75% increased Lightning Damage1% increased Skill Effect DurationBuff grants 1.5% increased Damage
    Buff grants 0.5% increased Damage taken
    Buff grants (2-19) to (7-76) Added Spell Lightning Damage
    Buff grants (2-19) to (7-76) Added Attack Lightning Damage
    Deals (1-23) to (31-1108) Lightning Damage
    Base duration is 6 seconds
    Storm Hits an Enemy every 0.25 Seconds
    Cannot inflict Shock
    Creates a storm when you Kill a Shocked Enemy
    Place into an item socket of the right colour to gain this skill. Right click to remove from a socket.
    Herald of Thunder skill icon
    Herald of Thunder inventory icon
    , Herald of Ice inventory iconHerald of IceHerald of IceSpell, AoE, Cold, Herald
    Level: (1-20)
    Reservation: 25% Mana
    Cooldown Time: 1.00 sec
    Can Store 1 Use(s)
    Cast Time: Instant
    Effectiveness of Added Damage: 80%
    Requires Level 16Grants a buff adding cold damage to spells and attacks. If you shatter an enemy, this skill will cause them to explode and deal AoE cold damage to enemies near them. This damage is not affected by modifiers to spell damage.Per 1% Quality:1Superior2Anomalous3DivergentBuff grants 0.75% increased Cold Damage0.5% increased Area of EffectBuff grants 0.5% chance to FreezeAdds (4-38) to (5-56) Cold Damage to Spells
    Adds (4-38) to (5-56) Cold Damage to Attacks
    Deals (18-308) to (26-462) Cold Damage
    Damage cannot be Reflected
    Place into an item socket of the right colour to gain this skill. Right click to remove from a socket.
    Herald of Ice skill icon
    Herald of Ice inventory icon
    , Added Lightning Damage Support inventory iconAdded Lightning Damage SupportAdded Lightning Damage SupportLightning, Support
    Icon: L
    Level: (1-20)
    Cost & Reservation Multiplier: 120%
    Requires Level 8Supports any skill that hits enemies.Per 1% Quality:1Superior2Anomalous3DivergentSupported Skills deal 0.5% increased Lightning DamageSupported Skills have 1.5% increased Critical Strike ChanceSupported Skills have 1% of Physical Damage Converted to Lightning DamageSupported Skills have (1-21) to (8-402) added Lightning DamageThis is a Support Gem. It does not grant a bonus to your character, but to skills in sockets connected to it. Place into an item socket connected to a socket containing the Active Skill Gem you wish to augment. Right click to remove from a socket.
    Added Lightning Damage Support inventory icon
    , or Added Chaos Damage Support inventory iconAdded Chaos Damage SupportAdded Chaos Damage SupportChaos, Support
    Icon: H
    Level: (1-20)
    Cost & Reservation Multiplier: 120%
    Requires Level 31Supports any skill that hits enemies.Per 1% Quality:1Superior2Anomalous3DivergentSupported Skills deal 0.5% increased Chaos DamageSupported Skills Penetrate 0.25% Chaos ResistanceSupported Skills have 1% of Physical Damage Converted to Chaos DamageSupported Skills have (17-170) to (26-255) added Chaos DamageThis is a Support Gem. It does not grant a bonus to your character, but to skills in sockets connected to it. Place into an item socket connected to a socket containing the Active Skill Gem you wish to augment. Right click to remove from a socket.
    Added Chaos Damage Support inventory icon
    , etc.) is added to Incinerate at 90% their normal values because of the 200% more damage modifier.[confirmation needed because of 3.3.0 change]
  • Incinerate cannot be supported by Spell Echo Support inventory iconSpell Echo SupportSpell Echo SupportSpell, Support
    Icon: k
    Level: (1-20)
    Cost & Reservation Multiplier: 150%
    Requires Level 38Supports spell skills, making them repeat when cast. Cannot support Vaal skills, totem skills, channelling skills, triggered skills, instant skills, or skills which reserve mana.Per 1% Quality:1Superior2Anomalous3DivergentSupported Skills deal 0.5% increased Spell DamageSupported Skills have 0.5% increased Cast SpeedSupported Skills deal 1% less Damage
    Final Repeat of Supported Skills deals 3% more Damage
    Supported Skills Repeat an additional time
    Supported Skills have (40-54)% more Cast Speed
    Supported Skills deal 10% less Damage
    This is a Support Gem. It does not grant a bonus to your character, but to skills in sockets connected to it. Place into an item socket connected to a socket containing the Active Skill Gem you wish to augment. Right click to remove from a socket.
    Spell Echo Support inventory icon
    .
  • Traps and Mines: This spell can't be supported by traps or mines, because of its Channeling tag.
  • Spell Totem Support: Totems that use Incinerate will automatically release upon reaching maximum stacks or when the enemy they're targeting dies.[1]

Gem level progression[ | ]

LevelRequired LevelRequired IntelligenceMana
Cost
Fire
Damage
Radius
per stage
Exp.Total Exp.
1123323 to 5400
2153924 to 641524915249
3194826 to 844151756766
4235628 to 11481983138749
52764210 to 154147968286717
63173213 to 204250557537274
73581317 to 264405086942360
83888321 to 3244477181390078
94194326 to 3856153182005396
1044100331 to 4658346392840035
1147106337 to 55515707604410795
1250113344 to 66516339876044782
1353119453 to 79521510308195812
1456125463 to 955281218911008001
1559132475 to 1135509936016107361
1662138489 to 1345940073125508092
17641424100 to 15051527336640781458
18661464112 to 16852628658267068040
19681514125 to 188562890590129958630
20701554140 to 2105212046017342004647
21721594157 to 2355N/AN/A
2274N/A5175 to 2625N/AN/A
2376N/A5195 to 2935N/AN/A
2478N/A5218 to 3265N/AN/A
2580N/A5243 to 3646N/AN/A
2682N/A5270 to 4066N/AN/A
2784N/A5301 to 4526N/AN/A
2886N/A5335 to 5036N/AN/A
2988N/A5373 to 5606N/AN/A
3090N/A5415 to 6236N/AN/A
3191N/A5438 to 6576N/AN/A
3292N/A5462 to 6936N/AN/A
3393N/A5487 to 7306N/AN/A
3494N/A5513 to 7706N/AN/A
3595N/A6541 to 8126N/AN/A
3696N/A6570 to 8556N/AN/A
3797N/A6601 to 9026N/AN/A
3898N/A6633 to 9506N/AN/A
3999N/A6668 to 10016N/AN/A
40100N/A6703 to 10556N/AN/A

Item acquisition
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Upgrade paths

This item can be acquired through the following upgrade paths or vendor recipes:

AmountIngredientGeneral
Notes
Type
8Divination card inventory iconDying AnguishDying Anguish card artDivination card frameDying Anguish8Level 19 Gem
Alternative Quality: +19%
Moribund, he gazed upon the journey taken as blood trickled down his chin. His eye closed on the city ahead that he would never call home.
Divination card inventory icon
random level 19 gem with 19% alternative qualityAutomatic
1Gemcutter's Incubator inventory iconGemcutter's IncubatorGemcutter's IncubatorAdds an incubated Quality Gem item to an equippable item
Item drops after killing # monsters
Quality GemRight click this item then left click an item to apply it. The Incubated item drops after killing a specific number of monsters.
Gemcutter's Incubator inventory icon
random superior gemAutomatic
6Divination card inventory iconThe FoxThe Fox card artDivination card frameThe Fox6Level 20 Gem"Masters of wit, strength and cunning. To survive the harsh winters, you must be like the fox."
- Ezomyte Proverb
Divination card inventory icon
random level 20 gemAutomatic
13Divination card inventory iconThe CataclysmThe Cataclysm card artDivination card frameThe Cataclysm13Level 21 Spell Gem
Corrupted
The mighty warriors traded in blows, the nimble archers in arrows, yet it was the brazen thaumaturgists who would bring catastrophe to all.
Divination card inventory icon
random corrupted level 21 Spell gemAutomatic
3Divination card inventory iconGemcutter's PromiseGemcutter's Promise card artDivination card frameGemcutter's Promise3Superior Gem
Quality: +20%
"I swore to use my position to help the people. What good is power when it just accumulates on the already-powerful?" - Erasmus, Imperial Gemcutter
Divination card inventory icon
random superior gem with 20% qualityAutomatic
1Divination card inventory iconThe VoidThe Void card artDivination card frameThe Void1Reach into the Void and claim your prize.Divination card inventory iconrandom divination card set exchangeAutomatic

Vendor reward

This item can be bought at the listed NPC vendors, after completing the following quests:

Class →WitchShadowRangerDuelistMarauderTemplarScion
Quest ↓
The Siren's Cadence
Act 1
Nessa
A Fixture of Fate
Act 3
Siosa
Fallen from Grace
Act 6
Lilly Roth

Basic Mathematical Modelling[ | ]

The following calculation aims towards characters that have a critical strike chance of either 0% or a critical strike multiplier that is strictly 100% (e.g. for characters with the keystones Resolute Technique or Elemental Overload allocated). It can be easily extended to account for critical hits which can be implemented as a multiplicative factor to the skills average base damage.

The additional damage from ignite is assumed to be negligible. Characters that specialise in burning damage are aiming towards the largest ignite damage possible and always want to release at maximum stage if possible.

Under these assumptions, one can calculate the average base damage dealt per second (depending on the current stage n) via


Similarly, the average damage upon release can be calculated to be


One also finds


for the average ramp-up DPS when building stages. To calculate the average damage dealt by repeatedly releasing at maximum stages, we have to sum the latter two formulas as follows


For both brackets are equal, i.e. there is no difference in DPS. However, for it is inefficient to continually release a damaging wave when reaching maximum stages as a simple numerical evaluation of both brackets shows.

Curiously, note that this calculation holds true for arbitrary , which implies a significant increase in DPS the earlier the skill is released. For example, a character that has , but keeps releasing at , gains an additional 58.3% DPS over a character with identical stats that keeps channeling at 8 stages and never releases.

Related helmet enchantments

The following helmet enchantments affect Incinerate.

NameFor generated item/monster modifiers the minimum item/monster level respectively. Some generation types may not require this condition to be met, however item level restrictions may be raised to 80% of this value.StatsSpawn Weighting
Enchantment Incinerate Area Of Effect 166Incinerate has 16% increased Area of Effecthelmet 100
default 0
Enchantment Incinerate Area Of Effect 275Incinerate has 24% increased Area of Effecthelmet 100
default 0
Enchantment Incinerate Damage 16625% increased Incinerate Damagehelmet 100
default 0
Enchantment Incinerate Damage 27540% increased Incinerate Damagehelmet 100
default 0
Enchantment Incinerate Damage Per Stage 37510% increased Incinerate Damage for each stagehelmet 100
default 0
Enchantment Incinerate Maximum Stages 166Incinerate has +1 to maximum stageshelmet 100
default 0
Enchantment Incinerate Maximum Stages 275Incinerate has +2 to maximum stageshelmet 100
default 0

Alternate skill effects

Incinerate has the following alternate skill effects:

ItemEffect(s)
Blue Flame Incinerate EffectBlue Flame Incinerate Effect inventory iconBlue Flame Incinerate EffectSkill Gem EffectYour Incinerate becomes a ghostly blue flame.Blue Flame Incinerate Effect inventory iconYour Incinerate becomes a ghostly blue flame.

Version history[ | ]

Version Changes
3.11.0
  • The visual effects have been improved.
3.6.0
  • Mana Cost at gem level 1 is now 2 (was 3).
  • Mana Cost at gem level 20 is now 4 (was 5).
  • Now gains radius and radius per stage as the gem levels, up to +5 radius per stage (from +4) and +19 radius at max stages at gem level 20 (from +15).
  • Now deals 3 to 5 Fire damage at gem level 1 (unchanged) and 140 to 210 Fire damage at level 20 (from 129 to 194
3.3.0
  • Now deals area-of-effect damage in a cone in front of the caster while channelling, dealing 25% more damage with hits and ailments for each stage. The angle of the cone increases by up to 300% while channelling. When the channeling ends, a final wave is released which deals 500% more damage with hits and Ignite. This final wave always ignites.
  • Now increases fire damage by 1% per 1% quality on the skill gem (previously increased projectile speed by 2% per 1% quality).
2.4.0
  • Added a channelled skill system. Incinerate, Flameblast inventory iconFlameblastFlameblastSpell, AoE, Fire, Channelling
    Level: (1-20)
    Cost: (4-7) Mana
    Cast Time: 0.20 sec
    Critical Strike Chance: 5.00%
    Effectiveness of Added Damage: 60%
    Requires Level 28Channels to build up a large explosion, which is released when you stop using the skill. The longer you channel, the larger the area of effect and damage of the explosion, up to 10 stages.Per 1% Quality:1Superior2Anomalous3Divergent4Phantasmal1% increased Damage1% chance to Poison on Hit0.1 maximum Stages
    1% less Cast Speed
    +0.5 to radius
    0.5% less Area of Effect per Stage
    Deals (31-280) to (46-419) Fire Damage
    110% more Spell Damage for each stage
    90% more Damage with Ailments for each stage
    50% chance to Ignite enemies
    +3 to Radius for each Stage
    10 maximum Stages
    Place into an item socket of the right colour to gain this skill. Right click to remove from a socket.
    Flameblast skill icon
    Flameblast inventory icon
    and Wither inventory iconWitherWitherSpell, AoE, Duration, Chaos, Channelling
    Level: (1-20)
    Cost: (3-9) Mana
    Cast Time: 0.28 sec
    Requires Level 10Casts a debilitating debuff on enemies in an area, hindering their movement and also inflicts the Withered debuff, which increases the Chaos Damage they take and can stack up to 15 times.Per 1% Quality:1Superior2Anomalous3Divergent1% increased Skill Effect DurationHindered Enemies deal 0.2% reduced Chaos Damage5% chance to apply an additional Withered Debuff if you Cast this Spell yourself(30-36)% reduced Movement Speed
    6% increased Chaos Damage taken
    Base duration is 0.5 seconds
    Withered lasts 2 seconds
    (0-19)% increased Area of Effect
    Place into an item socket of the right colour to gain this skill. Right click to remove from a socket.
    Wither skill icon
    Wither inventory icon
    are now channelled skills.
  • Unlike other skills, which are used once and quickly finish, when you use a channelled skill, it doesn't finish until you release the relevant button/key. You continue performing the same skill.
  • You need to pay mana repeatedly to keep the skill going. The channelled skill's mana cost must be paid again to maintain it with a frequency determined by the cast time. If you can't pay, the skill will end, just as if you'd lifted the button.
  • Dying, being stunned, and other game mechanics that interrupt the use of skills will cause channelling to end as well.
  • Effects which trigger when you use a skill will only trigger when you initially start channelling - regardless of how long you maintain a channelled skill, it's still the same use of the skill. You need to stop channelling if you want to use it again.
2.1.0
  • No longer affected by Spell Echo, as was intended in 2.0.0. Incinerate now only adds 50% more damage for each stage, down from 100% more damage. Incinerate's damage has been increased by 15% at level 1 and reduced by approximately 8% at level 20.
2.0.0
  • Damage increased by approximately 100% to compensate for the shotgunning mechanic change.
  • Base Cast Speed has been increased from a cast time of 240ms to 200ms.
1.0.4
  • Now has a cast time of 240 milliseconds instead of 160. Damage has been increased by 77% per cast and damage effectiveness for supports has been adjusted from 20% to 30%. The number of stacks required to progress through a stage has been reduced to four casts.
0.11.4
  • Incinerate now has an informational icon which displays what stage it is in when you continue to cast it.
0.11.3
  • Now progresses through the damage stages faster and does more damage at later stages.
    The mana cost has been reduced at higher skill levels.
0.11.1
  • Spells with Damage Effectiveness no longer have their own damage affected by Damage Effectiveness.
    Damage values on these skills have been updated to reflect this.
0.10.5
  • Mana cost progression has been reduced—higher levels cost less mana to use.
0.10.3
  • Increased the damage by 12.5%.
0.10.2
  • Incinerate has been added to the game.

References[ | ]

  1. Rory_Rackham (May 31, 2018). "Incinerate Release". reddit. Retrieved June 1, 2018.
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