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Lava Burst
Spell shaman lavaburst
  • Lava Burst (2 ranks)
  • Shaman ability
  • 30 yards yd range
  • 10% of base mana
  • 8 sec cooldown
  • 2 sec cast
  • You hurl molten lava at the target, dealing X Fire damage. If your Flame Shock is on the target, Lava Burst will deal a critical strike.
Properties
Class Shaman
School Fire
Cooldown 8 sec
Improvements Spell fire fireball [Concussion], Spell fire lavaspawn [Convection], Item sparkofragnoros [Call of Flame], Spell nature wispheal [Elemental Mastery], Spell nature stormreach [Elemental Reach], Spell shaman lavaflow [Lava Flows], Eye of the Storm

[[Category:shaman abilities]][[Category:shaman abilities]]

Lava Burst is an Elemental Shaman's highest hitting spell, due to it having a 100% crit chance if the Spell fire flameshock [Flame Shock] DoT is on the enemy. It is on a 8sec cooldown, thus causing shaman dps rotations to be governed by cooldowns and priorities.

Rank table

Rank Level Damage Cost
1 75 1012–1290 18g
2 80 1192 - 1518 18g

Notes

  • If Flame Shock is applied for the first time while Lava burst is traveling to the enemy (in other words, after Lava Burst has been cast), the 100% critical strike chance will not apply.
  • The Flame Shock DoT only has to be active upon completion of casting Lava Burst. If the DoT wears off while the Lava Burst projectile is traveling, it will still crit.
  • This ability does not work with Spell shaman maelstromweapon [Maelstrom Weapon].

Tips and Tactics

  • Rotations should be timed around utilizing Lava Burst as much as possible.
  • Inv glyph majorshaman [Glyph of Lava] provides higher damage.
  • 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.
  • Enhancement shamans do not normally use this ability (unless the shaman is out of melee range and unable to close in, for example). The main issue is that it has a cast time and is not on Spell shaman maelstromweapon [Maelstrom Weapon]. Because of that, Lava Burst stops auto attacks and pauses the swing timer, so it is best to use Spell nature chainlightning [Chain Lightning] or Spell nature lightning [Lightning Bolt] (both of which benefit from Maelstrom Weapon haste) instead.

Patch changes

  • 3.2.2 Spell shaman lavaburst [Lava Burst]: This ability no longer ever consumes a Flame Shock debuff off of the target.
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