Lava Burst
Lava Burst 30 yd range 8 sec cooldown 7.7% of base mana 1.5 sec cast You hurl molten lava at the target, dealing X Fire damage. Lava Burst will always deal a critical strike. If your Flame Shock is on the target, Lava Burst will deal 50% additional damage.
Usable by
Class	Shaman
Properties
Type	Offensive
School	Fire
Cooldown	8 sec (GCD 2 sec)
Talents
Specialization	Elemental Restoration
Level required	34
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• Lava Burst
• 30 yd range
• 7.7% of base mana
• 1.5 sec cast
• You hurl molten lava at the target, dealing X Fire damage. Lava Burst will always deal a critical strike. If your Flame Shock is on the target, Lava Burst will deal 50% additional damage.

Lava Burst is a shaman ability learned at level 34 for those with the elemental and restoration specializations. It deals fire damage, but will also crit if [Flame Shock] is on the target.

Modified by

• [Echo of the Elements] (talent)
• [Ascendance] (core ability, elemental effect)
• [Flametongue Weapon] (core ability)
• [Spiritwalker's Grace] (core ability)
• [Elemental Reach] ( elemental spec ability)
• [Lava Surge] ( elemental spec ability)
• [Mastery: Elemental Overload] ( elemental spec ability)
• [Elemental Fury] ( elemental spec ability)
• [Elemental Focus] ( elemental spec ability)
• [Spiritual Insight] ( restoration spec ability)

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.

Tips

• Rotations should be timed around utilizing Lava Burst as much as possible.
• 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

• Patch 5.3.0 (21-May-2013): Lava Burst now has a 2 second cast time, up from 1.5 seconds, and deals 25% more damage. 
  
• Patch 5.2.0 (5-Mar-2013): Lava Burst 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. 
  
• Patch 4.0.6 (8-Feb-2011): Lava Burst’s damage has been increased by roughly 10%. 
  
• Patch 3.2.2 (2009-09-22): This ability no longer ever consumes a Flame Shock debuff off of the target. 
  
• Patch 3.0.3 (04-Nov-2008): The base damage has been increased by approx. 10%. 
  

External links

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