Lava Burst

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Lava Burst is an Elemental Shaman's highest hitting spell, due to it having a 100% crit chance if the [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.

Contents 1 Rank table 2 Notes 3 Tips and Tactics 4 Patch changes

Rank table

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

Notes

• 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 [Maelstrom Weapon].

Tips and Tactics

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

Patch changes

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

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