Surcharge - Fire Spell Stats & Combos

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● Fire School

Surcharge

Burn all enemies in a wide zone, detonating those already ablaze.

Cooldown

50 s

Cast delay

0 s

Unlock

Lv 12

XP multiplier

×0.75

Element

Cactus

School

Fire

Explosion

Area effect

Explosion damage

60

Explosion radius

700

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How it plays

Playbook

Burns everything in a zone - and if any of them were already on fire, they detonate. Surcharge is the Pyro school's combo detonator: cast it after Fireball, Wisp, or Firebeam have applied Burning and you turn the DoT stacks into instant burst damage across the entire group.

Strategy

Always pair with a Burning setup spell. Fireball into Surcharge is the classic, but Wisp spreading Burning to a group before you Surcharge is often more efficient. The wider your Burning coverage when Surcharge lands, the more simultaneous detonations you get.

Strengths

Detonates Burning enemies for immediate burst damage
Wide zone means it catches groups rather than single targets
Multiplies the value of every other Pyro spell significantly

Weaknesses

Does ordinary burn damage against enemies not already on fire
Requires setup - useless as an opener

XP & Leveling

Casts to unlock

XP per cast

45

First cast bonus

+200

245 total

Casts per level

23

≈ 1 000 XP/level

Casts needed to reach school unlock levels

Level	Total XP	Casts
Level 1	0 XP	0 casts
Level 4	3,000 XP	67 casts
Level 12	11,000 XP	245 casts
Level 20	19,000 XP	423 casts
Level 35	34,000 XP	756 casts

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