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For the Azure Span quest, see N [65-68] Lava Burst.
Lava Burst
Spell shaman lavaburst
  • Lava Burst
  • Row 1 shaman talent
  • 40 yd range
  • 2.5% of base mana
  • 8 sec cooldown
  • 2 sec cast
  • Hurls molten lava at the target, dealing (97.2% of Spell power) Fire damage. Lava Burst will always critically strike if the target is affected by Flame Shock.

    Elemental Generates 10 Maelstrom.
Properties
Class Shaman
School Fire
Cooldown 8 seconds
Improvements Spell fire ragnaros molteninferno [Call of Fire], Inv misc herb liferoot stem [Deeply Rooted Elements], Ability shaman echooftheelements [Echo of the Elements], Spell shaman shockinglava [Flow of Power], Spell nature elementalabsorption [Master of the Elements], Spell fire masterofelements [Power of the Maelstrom], Ability rhyolith volcano [Rolling Magma]

Lava Burst is a direct damage Shaman class talent that features a strong synergy with Spell fire flameshock [Flame Shock]. It is automatically learned for Elemental and Restoration shamans. Its short cooldown and its ability to reset with Spell shaman lavasurge [Lava Surge] causes the ability to generally dictate the shaman's dps rotation and priorities. Lava Burst also generates maelstrom for Elemental shaman.

Notes[]

  • Flame Shock must active upon completion of casting Lava Burst in order to guarantee a critical strike.
    • Lava Burst will keep its guaranteed critical strike even if Flame Shock wears off while it is still traveling.

Tips and tactics[]

  • Rotations should be timed around utilizing Lava Burst as much as possible.
  • PvP - Lava Burst and Spell nature chainlightning [Chain Lightning], which has no traveling time, if cast in succession will generally hit at the same time for spike damage.

Trivia[]

Patch changes[]

  • Dragonflight Hotfix (2023-08-21): Damage is now increased by 12% in PvP combat.
  • Dragonflight Patch 10.1.0 (2023-05-02):
    • Damage increased by 12%. Does not affect PvP combat.
    • Damage increased by 20% in PvP combat.
  • Dragonflight Hotfix (2023-02-27): Damage increased by 6% for Elemental only. Does not apply to PvP.
  • Dragonflight Patch 10.0.5 (2023-01-24): Damage increased by 20%.
  • Dragonflight Hotfix (2022-11-07): Damage increased by 20% (Restoration only).
  • Dragonflight Hotfix (2022-11-01): Damage increased by 18%.
  • Dragonflight Patch 10.0.0 (2022-10-25): Rank 2 effects are now baseline. Now a row 1 class talent (was a level 11 Elemental and Restoration ability).
  • Shadowlands Patch 9.0.5 (2021-03-09): Damage reduced by 10%.
  • Shadowlands Patch 9.0.1 (2020-10-13): Now learned at level 11 (was 12).
  • Battle for Azeroth Patch 8.0.1 (2018-07-17): Maelstrom generated reduced to 10 (was 12).
  • Legion Patch 7.3.0 (2017-08-29): Damage increased by 6%.
  • Legion Hotfix (2017-09-16): Fixed a bug causing Lava Burst and Lava Burst: Overload to deal less damage than intended in PvP situations.
  • Legion Patch 7.1.5 (2017-01-10): Spell power co-efficient increased to 275% (was 220%).
  • Legion Hotfix (2016-11-01): Lava Burst now deals full damage in PvP (was doing 80% of normal damage).
  • Legion Hotfix (2016-10-25): Lava Burst should correctly deal a critical strike against targets with Spell fire flameshock [Flame Shock], at level 20 or higher.
  • Legion Patch 7.1.0 (2016-10-25): Rank 2 added at level 20: Lava Burst will always critically strike if the target is affected by Flame Shock.
  • Legion Hotfix (2016-09-23): Lava Burst damage increased by 5% for Elemental.
  • Legion Patch 7.0.3 (2016-07-19): Damage increased by 76.5%. Flame Shock now causes it to be guaranteed of critical hit instead of increasing damage. Now learned at level 12 (was 34) and no longer replaces Spell shaman primalstrike [Primal Strike].
  • Warlords of Draenor Hotfix (2015-11-20): Now deals 20% more damage while in PvP combat.
  • Warlords of Draenor Patch 6.2.3 (2015-11-17): Damage has been increased by 4%.
  • Warlords of Draenor Hotfix (2014-12-15): Lava Burst (Elemental, Restoration) now deals 33% more damage in PvP combat.
  • Warlords of Draenor Patch 6.0.3 (2014-10-28): Now costs 50% less mana.
  • Warlords of Draenor Patch 6.0.2 (2014-10-14): Now replaces Primal Strike for Elemental and Restoration shaman.
  • Mists of Pandaria Hotfix (2013-05-23): Elemental Overload version of Lava Burst should now properly deal 75% of the damage dealt by the Lava Burst that activated it.
  • Mists of Pandaria Patch 5.3.0 (2013-05-21): Now has a 2 second cast time, up from 1.5 seconds, and deals 25% more damage.
  • Mists of Pandaria Patch 5.2.0 (2013-03-05): Base damage has been reduced by 33% but now always deals a critical strike. When cast on targets affected by Flame Shock, it now deals 50% more damage.
  • Mists of Pandaria Patch 5.0.4 (2012-08-28): No longer available for Enhancement.
  • Cataclysm Patch 4.0.6 (2011-02-08): Damage has been increased by roughly 10%.
  • Cataclysm Patch 4.0.1 (2010-10-12): Now learned at level 34 (was 75).
  • Wrath-Logo-Small Patch 3.2.2 (2009-09-22):
    • This ability no longer ever consumes a Flame Shock debuff off of the target.
    • Can no longer deal critical damage to targets who are immune to critical strikes (due to, e.g. Ability hunter fervor [Roar of Sacrifice], Spell holy blessedresillience [Blessed Resilience]).
  • Wrath-Logo-Small Patch 3.0.3 (2008-11-04): The base damage has been increased by approx. 10%.
  • Wrath-Logo-Small Patch 3.0.2 (2008-10-14): Added.

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