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Sunfire
Ability mage firestarter
  • Sunfire
  • Row 2 druid talent
  • 40 yd range
  • 12% of base mana
  • Instant
  • A quick beam of solar light burns the enemy for (20% of Spell power) Nature damage and then an additional (156.6% of Spell power) Nature damage over 18 sec.

    Generates 6 Astral Power.
Properties
Class Druid
School Nature
Cooldown None/Global Cooldown
Talents
Talent required Spell arcane starfire [Starfire]
Improvements Spell druid swarm [Cosmic Rapidity], Inv faeriedragon2 orange [Denizen of the Dream], Artifactability balancedruid moonandstars [Dying Stars], Ability mage firestarter [Improved Sunfire], Spell priest divinestar shadow2 [Shooting Stars]
Related debuff
Ability mage firestarter
  • Magic
  • Sunfire
  • Suffering X Nature damage every 5.2 sec.
  • Duration: 18 seconds

Sunfire is a druid DoT spell.

Tips and tactics

  • It's also good for kiting in PvP or finishing off fleeing enemies.
  • It's often considered an excellent choice for pulling, regardless of the druid's specialization due to its instant cast and long lasting DoT.

Trivia

  • Sunfire is a rare example of an ability that appeared in the Trading Card Game before it actually appeared in the game.

Patch changes

  • Dragonflight Hotfix (2023-08-21): Fixed an issue where Sunfire was not updating quick enough after receiving a Mastery increase from an external source.
  • Dragonflight Hotfix (2023-06-05): Now generates 4 Astral Power when cast in PvP combat (was 6).
  • Dragonflight Patch 10.1.0 (2023-05-02): Sunfire generates 6 Astral Power (was 2).
  • Dragonflight Patch 10.0.5 (2023-01-24): Now a row 2 talent (was row 6).
  • Dragonflight Hotfix (2022-12-02): Fixed an issue where Sunfire applied to multiple targets would not correctly trigger the Mastery benefit.
  • Dragonflight Patch 10.0.0 (2022-10-25): Now a row 6 class talent (was a level 23 Balance/Restoration ability). Rank 2 converted into the Ability mage firestarter [Improved Sunfire] talent. Rank 3 removed.
  • Shadowlands Patch 9.0.1 (2020-10-13):
    • Now generate 2 Astral Power (was 3). Now learned at level 23 (was 16).
    • Rank 3 added for Balance at level 33: Moonfire and Sunfire duration increased by 6 sec.
  • Battle for Azeroth Patch 8.3.0 (2020-01-14): Damage and periodic damage reduced by 10%.
  • Battle for Azeroth Hotfix (2018-08-07): Sunfire will no longer apply to secondary targets that are immune to its effects, such as Rogues with Spell shadow nethercloak [Cloak of Shadows] active.
  • Legion Patch 7.2.0 (2017-03-28): Sunfire now deals 50% less periodic damage to player targets.
  • Legion Patch 7.1.5 (2017-01-10): Increased the damage of Sunfire by 4%.
  • Legion Patch 7.1.0 (2016-10-25):
    • Now learned at level 16 (was 24).
    • Rank 2 added at level 32: Sunfire now applies its damage over time effect to all enemies within 8 yards.
  • Legion Hotfix (2016-09-23): Sunfire damage increased by 10% for Balance.
  • Legion Hotfix (2016-08-22): Moonfire and Sunfire DoT damage has been decreased to 50% per tick (was 55%).
  • Legion Patch 7.0.3 (2016-07-19): No longer available to Feral or Guardian. Direct damage increased by 157%, damage per tick increased by 96%. Now lasts for 12 seconds, down from 24 seconds.
  • Warlords of Draenor Patch 6.2.3 (2015-11-17): Damage has been increased by 6%.
  • Warlords of Draenor Patch 6.2.0 (2015-06-23): Now deals 4% less damage.
  • Warlords of Draenor Patch 6.0.2 (2014-10-14):
    • Sunfire now has a base duration of 24 seconds (up from 14 seconds), but is no longer extended by Spell nature wrathv2 [Wrath] and Spell arcane arcane03 [Starsurge] critical strikes. Enemies may still suffer from both Moonfire and Sunfire’s periodic damage components simultaneously. Upon reaching 100 Solar Energy, the next Sunfire deals 100% additional initial damage.
    • Spell nature starfall [Moonfire] and Sunfire will now replace each other on the Action Bar when switching cycles on the Eclipse Bar.
  • Mists of Pandaria Patch 5.0.4 (2012-08-28): Redesigned and no longer requires a talent.
  • Cataclysm Patch 4.0.6 (2011-02-08): Now costs 9% of base mana, down from 18% of base mana.
  • Cataclysm Patch 4.0.3 (2010-11-16): Sunfire's damage-over-time effect now deals damage at the same rate as Moonfire's damage- over-time effect.
  • Cataclysm Patch 4.0.1 (2010-10-12): Added.

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