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For the Doomguard ability, see Spell shadow rainoffire [Rain of Fire].
Rain of Fire
Spell shadow rainoffire
  • Rain of Fire
  • Row 2 Destruction warlock talent
  • 40 yd range
  • 3 Soul Shards
  • Instant
  • Calls down a rain of hellfire, dealing (128% of Spell power) Fire damage over 8 sec to enemies in the area.
Properties
Class Warlock
School Fire
Cooldown None/Global Cooldown
Talents
Talent required Ability warlock chaosbolt [Chaos Bolt]
Improvements Ability racial foregedinflames [Burn to Ashes], Spell fire felflamering [Chaos Incarnate], Spell shadow rainoffire [Inferno], Inv eyeofnzothpet [Madness of the Azj'Aqir]
This is the rain that falls in the Twisted Nether.[1]

Rain of Fire is a Destruction warlock area of effect spell that deals Fire damage to the targeted area over 8 seconds.

Notes[]

  • At low levels, this is usually the warlock's fastest option for dealing damage to groups of mobs. Be aware however that this will generate a large amount of threat.
  • Very situational, for it pulls threat and costs Soul Shards. Mainly useful in instances for AoE.

Background[]

This spell was one of the Conjurer's abilities in Warcraft: Orcs & Humans:

This is a very powerful spell that combines the natures of flame and water. It calls forth the essence of fire and delivers it through massive thunderheads of vapor and brimstone, creating an actual firestorm. This spell is very destructive, and will cause damage to any foes and buildings in its sphere of influence. Use this spell with care, for the rain of fire knows no friends.[2]

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Patch changes[]

  • Dragonflight Hotfix (2023-01-09): Damage increased by 15%.
  • Dragonflight Hotfix (2022-11-21): Damage increased by 15%.
  • Dragonflight Patch 10.0.0 (2022-10-25): Now a row 2 Destruction talent (was a level 28 Destruction ability).
  • Shadowlands Hotfix (2022-08-08): Damage reduced by 20%.
  • Shadowlands Patch 9.0.1 (2020-10-13): Now learned at level 28 (was 26).
  • Battle for Azeroth Patch 8.1.0 (2018-12-11): Range increased to 40 yards (was 35 yards).
  • Battle for Azeroth Hotfix (2018-08-06): Rain of Fire should no longer incorrectly pull creatures who may be on a different floor or are otherwise out of line of sight.
  • Legion Patch 7.2.5 (2017-06-13): Damage increased by 25%.
  • Legion Hotfix (2017-01-23): Damage increased by 30%.
  • Legion Patch 7.1.0 (2016-10-25): Now learned at level 26 (was 38).
  • Legion Hotfix (2016-09-26): Fixed a bug that prevented Rain of Fire from always doing all 8 ticks of damage on PvE and PvP targets.
  • Legion Hotfix (2016-09-23): Damage increased by 11%, and cast time removed.
  • Legion Hotfix (2016-08-04): Rain of Fire will continue to deal damage if the Warlock is silenced, feared, or stunned.
  • Legion Hotfix (2016-08-01): Should no longer close your loot window when it does damage.
  • Legion Patch 7.0.3 (2016-07-19): Now costs Inv misc gem amethyst 02 [Soul Shards] and is no longer channeled. Damage increased by 100%. Now learned at level 38 (was 21).
  • Warlords of Draenor Hotfix (2014-12-15): Rain of Fire's damage has been reduced by 60% and no longer generates Burning Embers.
  • Warlords of Draenor Patch 6.0.2 (2014-10-14): No longer available to Affliction.
  • Mists of Pandaria Patch 5.4.0 (2013-09-10): Now has a reduced chance to generate Burning Embers.
  • Mists of Pandaria Patch 5.1.0 (2012-11-27):
    • No longer causes a stun after hitting a target three times.
    • No longer requires Immolate to be present to generate Burning Embers.
    • Rain of Fire's damage over time will now hit every 1 second, down from 2 seconds. The damage animation for the damage over time effect will no longer always display.
  • Mists of Pandaria Hotfix (2012-12-10): Damage from Rain of Fire will no longer prevent enemy players from capturing flag objectives.
  • Mists of Pandaria Hotfix (2012-10-12): Now appropriately generates threat.
  • Mists of Pandaria Patch 5.0.4 (2012-08-28): Now an Affliction and Destruction specialization ability at level 21 (was a level 18 ability for all warlocks). Duration reduced from 8 to 6 sec.
  • Cataclysm Patch 4.2.0 (2011-06-28): Rain of Fire has a new spell effect.
  • Cataclysm Patch 4.1.0 (2011-04-26): Damage has been increased by 25%.
  • Cataclysm Patch 4.0.3a (2010-11-23): Damage has been increased to be more comparable to other area-of-effect abilities.
  • Cataclysm Patch 4.0.1 (2010-10-12): Now learned at level 18 (was 20).
  • Wrath-Logo-Small Patch 3.3.3 (2010-03-23): Rain of Fire has a new graphic.
  • Wrath-Logo-Small Patch 3.0.8 (2009-01-20): Rain of Fire has a new animation.
  • Bc icon Patch 2.4.0 (2008-03-25): The casting bar will now display properly when casting Rain of Fire with spell haste.
  • Bc icon Patch 2.2.0 (2007-09-25): This spell is now affected by area damage caps. Its bonus damage coefficients have also been increased.
  • WoW Icon update Patch 1.7.0 (2005-09-13): Fixed a bug where area of effect periodic damage spells were being resisted more frequently than they should have been when casting lower level ranks of the spell (affected spells included Rain of Fire).
  • WoW Icon update Patch 1.1.0 (2004-11-07): Duration, mana cost, and damage slightly reduced, deals its damage in more frequent intervals.

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