Burning Instinct Node

Burning Instinct Node is a node found on the Diablo 4 Paragon Boards. Requirements such as Dexterity etc scale depending on how far the board is from your starting board. The requirement will be a lot less if it's the first board attached than if it's the 4th board attached.

There are 9 Boards in total and a maximum of 5 can be chosen (including the starter board). Each board has its own unique Legendary Node.

Burning Instinct Node

Legendary

Your Burning damage (DoT) is increased by x20% of your Damage with Fire Bonus, plus x2% for every 30 Intelligence you have, up to x90%.

Tags: Burn, Damage, Critical Strikes, Intelligence

Class: Sorcerer

Changes to Burning Instinct Node

Patch 1.5.0, August 6, 2024

Critical Strike Bonus changed from 1% per 25 Intelligence to 1% per 20 Intelligence and now caps at 80%[x].

Patch 1.3.0, January 23, 2024

Amount of Intelligence required to gain x1% bonus Burning Damage reduced from 75 to 25.

Patch 1.2.0, October 17, 2023

Previous: Your Burning damage is increased by 40% of your Critical Strike Damage, further increased by 5% for every 20 Intelligence you have.
New: Your Burning damage deals bonus damage equal to x10% of the total amount of your Critical Strike Damage bonus, plus x1% for every 75 Intelligence you have.