Living Bomb

Living Bomb is a Fire mage talent. It debuffs the target with a DoT, dealing damage over 4 seconds. After 4 seconds, the target explodes, instantly dealing damage to all enemies within 10 yards and spreads Living Bomb to them.

• Each tick of Living Bomb's damage over time is capable of achieving a crit.
• Living Bomb's explosion is only triggered when the spell reaches its full duration; dispelling the debuff will not cause it to explode.
• The explosion will cause damage to crowd controlled enemies, breaking effects such as Polymorph.

• This spell may have been named after Baron Geddon's Living Bomb ability.
• Living Bomb is...
• A rare mage talent in the Trading Card Game. Its flavor text reads: "'Pop quiz! You've got a bomb attached to your soul. What do you do?' —Riley Sizzleswitch" The flavor text is a reference to the movie .
• A one of 's basic abilities in Heroes of the Storm.
• During the beta, Living Bomb initially ignited the caster, causing them to deal damage to nearby enemies over time, then explode for additional damage. After changing it to an enemy-targeted spell, the developers experimented with putting an effect on the final explosion—first a mana burn effect, then later a knock-up effect. By launch, the explosion only dealt damage and had no additional effect.