Shadowburn
Shadowburn 40 yd  range 1 Burning Ember Instant cast Instantly blasts the target for X Shadow damage. Only usable on enemies that have less than 20% health. Restores 15% of your total mana after 5 sec. If the target dies within 5 sec, and yields experience or honor, the caster gains a Burning Ember instead.
Usable by
Class	Warlock
Properties
Type	Offensive
School	Shadow
Cooldown	(GCD 1.5 sec)
Talents
Specialization	Destruction
Level required	47
Related debuff
Shadowburn Restores 15% mana to the Warlock when the aura fades. If target dies, the casting Warlock gains a Burning Ember instead. Duration: 5 seconds
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• Shadowburn
• 40 yd  range
• 1 Burning Ember
• Instant cast
• Instantly blasts the target for X Shadow damage. Only usable on enemies that have less than 20% health.
  
  Restores 15% of your total mana after 5 sec. If the target dies within 5 sec, and yields experience or honor, the caster gains a Burning Ember instead.

Shadowburn is a warlock ability learned at level 47 for those with the Demonology specialization. Only usable on targets with less 20% health, it deals shadow damage, restoring mana to the warlock upon fading, or a Burning Ember if the target dies.

Modified by

• [Grimoire of Sacrifice] (talent)
• [Mastery: Emberstorm] ( destruction spec ability)

2020

• Glyph of Soul Consumption
• Item Level 25Disenchants into:
  Not disenchantable
• Major Glyph
• Classes: Warlock (Destruction)
• Requires Level 25
• Use: Permanently teaches you this glyph.
  
  Drain Soul restores 20% of your total health after you kill a target that yields experience or honor.
  
  Restore 20% of your total health after you kill a target in Demon Form that yields experience or honor.
  
  Restore 20% of your total health after you kill a target with Chaos Bolt or Shadowburn that yields experience or honor.
• Sell Price: 1

Notes

• Requires a Burning Ember. However, if the target dies within five seconds, a Burning Ember will be created, resulting in no net loss of embers.
• If you want to maximize your damage as a warlock in a party, then you should finish the mob using Shadowburn.
• In duels, it is tempting to save the Shadowburn until you are sure that the opponent almost dies. A better strategy may be to use Shadowburn whenever possible, right from the start, as this will result in a higher damage output. However, this also leads to a higher Burning Ember consumption.

Patch changes

• Patch 4.3.0 (29-Nov-2011): Shadowburn now deals Shadowflame damage, instead of Shadow damage. 
  
• / Patch 4.0.1 (12-Oct-2010): Changed. Only usable on targets with less than 20% Health. If the target dies during the duration, all three Soul Shards are refreshed. No longer requires a Soul Shard to use. 
  
• Patch 1.11.0 (20-Jun-2006): Shadowburn: If you cast Drain Soul while this aura is on the victim, you will no longer receive two soul shards upon the victim’s death. 
  
• Patch 1.5.0 (2005-06-07): Honorable kills will now generate a Soul Shard when Shadowburn is used. 
  

External links

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