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This is a comparison of most (if not all) damage spells of the seven different damage classes. There are both values available for spells with and without talents. Each section is ended by a list of top damage spells in different categories.

Spell 

The name of the damage spell.

Damage 

The average amount of damage done by the damage spell.

Mana 

The mana cost of the spell.

Cast time 

The amount of time it takes to cast a spell.Instant spell use 'Instant'.

Duration 

The duration of Damage over Time type spells.

Scaling 

The percentage of bonus damage effects from gear the damage spell receives. See Spell power coefficient for a full list.

DPS 

Damage per second; the amount of damage the spell does over a period of one second.

DPM 

Damage per mana; the amount of damage this spell does per point of mana spent.

+x DPS 

The damage per second when you have a total of x bonus damage from gear and/or buffs.

+x DPM 

The damage per mana when you have a total of x bonus damage from gear and/or buffs.

Misc 

specifies special spell effects/attributes.

-AOE - The spell is an AOE (haven't confirmend the way to calculate it).

-Channel - each tick added up into one value.

-Dot - Damage over time.

-Cooldown - Has a cooldown and the cooldown will be counted as duration, DPS will be counted if you were using the spell instantly when it comes available.

Contents 1 Without talents 1.1 Druid 1.2 Hunter 1.3 Mage 1.4 Paladin 1.5 Priest 1.6 Shaman 1.7 Warlock 1.8 Conclusions 2 With talents 2.1 Druid 2.2 Hunter 2.3 Mage 2.4 Paladin 2.5 Shaman 2.6 Warlock 2.7 Conclusions 3 See also

Without talents

Druid

Spell	Damage	Mana	Cast time	Duration	Scaling	DPS	DPM	+500 DPS	+500 DPM	+750 DPS	+750 DPM	+1000 DPS	+1000 DPM	AoE / Channel
Nature
Entangling Roots	351	160	1.5	27	90%	13	2.19	29.67	5.01	38.00	6.41	46.33	7.82
Hurricane	2060	1905	10		128%	206	1.08	270	1.42	302	1.59	334	1.75	GTAoE/Ch.
Wrath	405	255	2		57%	203	1.59	345	2.71	416	3.26	488	3.82
Arcane
Moonfire DD	331	495	Instant		14.95%	221	0.67	271	0.82	295	0.90	320	0.97
Moonfire DoT	600	495	Instant	12	52.09%	50.00	1.21	71.70	1.74	82.56	2.00	93.41	2.26
Moonfire Both	931	495	Instant	12	67.04%	77.58	1.88	106	2.56	119	2.90	133	3.24
Starfire	588	370	3.5		100%	168	1.59	311	2.94	382	3.62	454	4.29

Hunter

Mage

Spell	Damage	Mana	Cast time	Duration	Scaling	DPS	DPM	+500 DPS	+500 DPM	+750 DPS	+750 DPM	+1000 DPS	+1000 DPM	AoE / Channel
Arcane
Arcane Missiles	1300	740	5.00		142.86%	260	1.76	402	2.72	474	3.20	545	3.69	Channel
Arcane Explosion	392	545	Instant		21.28%	261	0.72	332	0.91	367	1.01	403	1.11	PBAoE
Arcane Blast * 0	700	195	2.50		71.43%	280	3.59	422	5.42	494	6.34	565	7.25
Arcane Blast * 1	700	341	2.17		71.43%	322	2.05	487	3.10	569	3.62	651	4.15
Arcane Blast * 2	700	487	1.83		71.43%	382	1.44	577	2.17	675	2.54	772	2.90
Arcane Blast * 3	700	633	1.50		71.43%	466	1.11	704	1.67	823	1.95	942	2.23
Ice
Blizzard	1472	1645	8.00		76.19%	184	0.89							GTAoE/Ch.
Cone of Cold	429	645	Instant		13.57%	286	0.67
Frostbolt	620	330	3.00		81.43%	206.67	1.88
Frost Nova	105	185	Instant		13.57%	70	0.57							PBAoE
Ice Lance	356	150	Instant		14.29%	116	1.16
Ice Lance Frozen	522	150	Instant		42.86%	348	3.48
Fire
Blast Wave	670	620	Instant		13.57%	446.67	1.08							PBAoE
Dragon's Breath	735	700	Instant		13.57%	490	1.08							PBAoE (Cone)
Fire Blast	725	465	Instant		42.86%	483.33	1.56
Fireball DD	719	425	3.50		100%	205.43	1.69
Fireball DoT	84	425	3.50	8		10.5	0.2
Fireball Both	803	425	3.50			229.42	1.89
Flamestrike DD	523	1175	3.00		17.61%	174.33	0.45							GTAoE
Flamestrike DoT	424	1175	3.00	8	10.96%	53	0.36							GTAoE
Flamestrike Both	947	1175	3.00			315,67	0.81							GTAoE
Scorch	333	180	1.50		42.86%	222	1.85
Pyroblast DD	1165	500	6.00		115%	194.17	2.33
Pyroblast DoT	356	500	6.00	3	10.96%	118.67	0.71
Pyroblast Both	1521	500	6.00			253.5	3.04

Paladin

Spell	Damage	Mana	Cast Time	Duration	Cool Down	Scaling?	DPS	DPM	Special effects	AOE / Channel
Discipline
Holy
Avenger's Shield Rank 1	270-330	500	1 second	Instant	30 seconds	unknown	270-330	.54-.66	none	Yes; limited to 3 targets total
Avenger's Shield Rank 2	370-452	615	1 second	Instant	30 seconds	unknown	370-452	.6-.8	none	Yes; limited to 3 targets total
Avenger's Shield Rank 3	494-602	790	1 second	Instant	30 seconds	unknown	494-602	.6-.8	none	Yes; limited to 3 targets total
Consecration Rank 1	64	120	Instant	8 seconds	8 seconds	unknown	8	.5	undead/demon only	Yes
Consecration Rank 2	120	205	Instant	8 seconds	8 seconds	unknown	15	.6	undead/demon only	Yes
Consecration Rank 3	192	290	Instant	8 seconds	8 seconds	unknown	23	.66	undead/demon only	Yes
Consecration Rank 4	280	390	Instant	8 seconds	8 seconds	unknown	35	.72	undead/demon only	Yes
Consecration Rank 5	384	505	Instant	8 seconds	8 seconds	unknown	48	.76	undead/demon only	Yes
Consecration Rank 6	512	660	Instant	8 seconds	8 seconds	unknown	64	.78	undead/demon only	Yes
Exorcism Rank 1	84-96	70	Instant	Instant	15 seconds	unknown	84-96	.78	undead/demon only	No AOE
Exorcism Rank 2	152-172	115	Instant	Instant	15 seconds	unknown	152-172	1.5	undead/demon only	No AOE
Exorcism Rank 3	217-245	155	Instant	Instant	15 seconds	unknown	217-245	1.5	undead/demon only	No AOE
Exorcism Rank 4	304-342	200	Instant	Instant	15 seconds	unknown	304-342	1.5+	undead/demon only	No AOE
Exorcism Rank 5	393-439	240	Instant	Instant	15 seconds	unknown	393-439	1.5+	undead/demon only	No AOE
Exorcism Rank 6	505-563	295	Instant	Instant	15 seconds	unknown	505-563	1.5+	undead/demon only	No AOE
Exorcism Rank 7	619-691	340	Instant	Instant	15 seconds	unknown	619-691	2	undead/demon only	No AOE
Holy Shock Rank 1	277-299	335	Instant	Instant	15 sec	unknown	277-299	1	damage enemy OR heal self/ally	no AOE
Holy Shock Rank 2	379-409	410	Instant	Instant	15 sec	unknown	379-409	1	damage enemy OR heal self/ally	no AOE
Holy Shock Rank 3	486-536	485	Instant	Instant	15 sec	unknown	486-536	1	damage enemy OR heal self/ally	no AOE
Holy Shock Rank 4	614-664	575	Instant	Instant	15 sec	unknown	614-664	1	damage enemy OR heal self/ally	no AOE
Holy Shock Rank 5	721-779	650	Instant	Instant	15 sec	unknown	721-779	1	damage enemy OR heal self/ally	no AOE
Judgement	Varies	5% of base mana	Instant	Instant	10 seconds	unknown	Varies	Varies	Read Judgement page	No AOE
Retribution Aura Rank 1	5	0	Instant	Instant	None	unknown	5	No mana cost	0	Gives aura to all party members within 30 yards
Retribution Aura Rank 2	8	0	Instant	Instant	None	unknown	8	No mana cost	0	Gives aura to all party members within 30 yards
Retribution Aura Rank 3	12	0	Instant	Instant	None	unknown	12	No mana cost	0	Gives aura to all party members within 30 yards
Retribution Aura Rank 4	16	0	Instant	Instant	None	unknown	16	No mana cost	0	Gives aura to all party members within 30 yards
Retribution Aura Rank 5	20	0	Instant	Instant	None	unknown	20	No mana cost	0	Gives aura to all party members within 30 yards
Retribution Aura Rank 6	26	0	Instant	Instant	None	unknown	26	No mana cost	0	Gives aura to all party members within 30 yards
Seal of Righteousness Rank 1	3 per hit, 15-20 judgment	20	Instant	30 + instant judgment	none	unknown	depends on weapon speed	depends on weapon speed	0	no AOE
Seal of Righteousness Rank 2	4 per hit, 25-27 judgment	40	Instant	30 + instant judgment	none	unknown	depends on weapon speed	depends on weapon speed	0	no AOE
Seal of Righteousness Rank 3	6 per hit, 39-43 judgment	60	Instant	30 + instant judgment	none	unknown	depends on weapon speed	depends on weapon speed	0	no AOE
Seal of Righteousness Rank 4	10 per hit, 57-63 judgment	90	Instant	30 + instant judgment	none	unknown	depends on weapon speed	depends on weapon speed	0	no AOE
Seal of Righteousness Rank 5	15 per hit, 78-86 judgment	120	Instant	30 + instant judgment	none	unknown	depends on weapon speed	depends on weapon speed	0	no AOE
Seal of Righteousness Rank 6	21 per hit, 102-112 judgment	140	Instant	30 + instant judgment	none	unknown	depends on weapon speed	depends on weapon speed	0	no AOE
Seal of Righteousness Rank 7	27 per hit, 131-143 judgment	170	Instant	30 + instant judgment	none	unknown	depends on weapon speed	depends on weapon speed	0	no AOE
Seal of Righteousness Rank 8	35 per hit, 162-178 judgment	200	Instant	30 + instant judgment	none	unknown	depends on weapon speed	depends on weapon speed	0	no AOE
Seal of Righteousness Rank 9	41 per hit, 208-228 judgment	260	Instant	30 + instant judgment	none	unknown	depends on weapon speed	depends on weapon speed	0	no AOE

Priest

Spell	Damage	Mana	Cast Time	Duration	Cool Down	Scaling?	DPS	DPM	+500 DPS	+500 DPM	'+750 DPS	+750 DPM	+1000 DPS	+1000 DPM	AOE / Channel
Discipline
Mana Burn	525	355	3			0.00%	175.00	1.48	175.00	1.48	175.00	1.48	175.00	1.48
Starshards	785			15	30	83.50%	17.44	INFINITE	26.72	INFINITE	31.36	INFINITE	36.00	INFINITE
Holy
Chastise	400	300	Instant		30	14.00%	13.33	1.33	15.67	1.57	16.83	1.68	18.00	1.80
Holy Fire DD	467	290	3.5			85.71%	133.43	1.61	255.87	3.09	317.09	3.83	378.31	4.57
Holy Fire DoT	165	290	3.5	10		16.50%	12.22	0.57	18.33	0.85	21.39	1.00	24.44	1.14
Holy Nova	261	875	Instant				174.00	0.30	174.00	0.30	174.00	0.30	174.00	0.30	AoE
Smite	578	385	2.5			71.43%	231.20	1.50	374.06	2.43	445.49	2.89	516.92	3.36
Shadow
Devouring Plague	1216	1145	Instant	24		80.00%	50.67	1.06	67.33	1.41	75.67	1.59	84.00	1.76
Mind Blast	728	450	1.5		8	42.86%	76.63	1.62	99.19	2.09	110.47	2.33	121.75	2.57
Mind Flay	528	230	3			57.00%	176.00	2.30	271.00	3.53	318.50	4.15	366.00	4.77	Channeled
Shadow Word: Death	618	309	Instant		12	42.86%	51.50	2.00	69.36	2.69	78.29	3.04	87.22	3.39
Shadow Word: Pain	1236	575	Instant	18		110.00%	68.67	2.15	99.22	3.11	114.50	3.58	129.78	4.06
Touch of Weakness	80	235	Instant			10.00%	53.33	0.34	86.67	0.55	103.33	0.66	120.00	0.77
Vampiric Touch	650	425	1.5	15		100.00%	39.39	1.53	69.70	2.71	84.85	3.29	100.00	3.88

Shaman

Spell	Damage	Mana	Cast Time	Duration	Cool Down	Scaling %	DPS	DPM	Special effects	Notes
Direct Spells
Lightning Bolt Rank 12	563-643	300	2.5 sec	Instant	Global	79.4	241.2	2.01	none
Chain Lightning Rank 6	734-838	760	2 sec	Instant	6 secs	125	825.3	2.172	3 targets	.476xdmg, .333xdmg, .19xdmg
Shocks
Flame Shock Rank 7	797	500	Instant	12 sec	6 sec	67	66.42	1.594	Instant + DoT	377Instant + 420DoT
Earth Shock Rank 8	658-692	535	Instant	Instant	6 sec	42.86	450	1.262	Block casting 2sec
Frost Shock Rank 4	501-529	430	Instant	Instant	6 sec	42.86	343.3	1.198	Movement speed .5 for 8sec
Totems
Searing Totem Rank 7	1740	205	Instant	60 sec	Global	16.67/2sec	29	8.48	DoT	none
Fire Nova Totem Rank 7	692	765	Instant	4 sec	15 sec	21.4?	519	2.714	AoE	3 targets calculated
Magma Totem Rank 5	970	800	Instant	20 sec	Global	66.7?	145.5	3.638	AoE/DoT	3 targets calculated
Shields
Lightning Shield Rank 9	287	400	Instant	10 min	Global	100	NA	2.153	3 balls damage attackers	3 targets calculated

Warlock

Spell	Damage	Mana	Cast time	Duration	Scaling	DPS	DPM	+500 DPS	+500 DPM	+750 DPS	+750 DPM	+1000 DPS	+1000 DPM	AoE / Channel
Affliction
Curse of Agony	1356	265	instant	24 sec	120%	56.5	5.12	81.50	7.38	94.00	8.51	106.50	9.65
Curse of Doom	4200	380	instant	60 sec	200%	70.00	11.05	86.67	13.68	95.00	15.00	103.33	16.32
Corruption	900	370	instant	18 sec	93.6%	50.00	2.43	76.00	3.70	89.00	4.33	102.00	4.96
Death Coil	519	600	instant	120 sec*	21.4%	4.33	0.87	5.22	1.04	5.66	1.13	6.11	1.22
Drain Life	504	425	Channel	5 sec	71.43%	100.80	1.19	194.40	2.29	241.20	2.84	288.00	3.39	Channeled
Drain Soul	620	360	Channel	15 sec	214.3%	41.33	1.72	112.77	4.70	148.48	6.19	184.20	7.68	Channeled
Seed of Corruption(dot)	1044	882	2 sec	18 sec	150%	58.00	1.18	99.67	2.03	120.50	2.46	141.33	2.88
Seed of Corruption(aoe)	1200*	882	2 sec	18 sec
Seed of Corruption(both)
Destruction
Immolate(direct)	327	445	2 sec		20%	163.5	0.73	213.50	0.96	238.50	1.07	263.50	1.18
Immolate(dot)	615	445	0	15	65%	36.18	1.38	55.29	2.11	64.85	2.48	74.41	2.84
Immolate(both)	942	445	2 sec	15	65% + 20%	199.68	2.11	268.79	3.07	303.35	3.55	337.91	4.02
Incinerate	479	355	2.5 sec		71.43%	191.60	1.35	334.46	2.36	405.89	2.86	477	3.36
Incinerate(immolate)	599	355	2.5 sec		71.43%	239.60	1.69	382.46	2.69	453.89	3.20	525.32	3.70
Searing Pain	295	205	1.5 sec		42.86%	196.67	1.44	339.53	2.48	410.97	3.01	482.40	3.53
Shadow Bolt	572	420	3 sec		85.71%	190.67	1.36	333.52	2.38	404.94	2.89	476.37	3.40

Conclusions

With talents

Druid

Talents: Starlight Wrath, Brambles, Improved Moonfire, Insect Swarm, Moonglow, Moonfury, Force of Nature, Wrath of Cenarius

Spell	Damage	Mana	Cast time	Duration	Scaling	DPS	DPM	+500 DPS	+500 DPM	+750 DPS	+750 DPM	+1000 DPS	+1000 DPM	AoE / Channel
Nature
Entangling Roots	614	160	1.5	27	158%	22.75	3.84	51.92	8.76	66.50	11.22	81.08	13.68
Force of Nature	9318	251	Instant	30	318%	311	37.12	364	43.46	390	46.63	417	49.79	GTAoE/Guardian
Insect Swarm	792	175	Instant	12	76%	66.00	4.53	97.67	6.70	114	7.78	129	8.87
Wrath	448	232	1.5		73.86%	299	1.93	545	3.52	668	4.32	791	5.12
Arcane
Moonfire DD	397	450	Instant		17.94%	265	0.88	324	1.08	354	1.18	384	1.28
Moonfire DoT	720	450	Instant	12	62.51%	60.00	1.60	86.05	2.29	99.07	2.64	112	2.99
Moonfire Both	1117	450	Instant	12	80.45%	93.08	2.48	127	3.38	143	3.82	160	4.27
Starfire	658	336	3		132%	219	1.96	439	3.92	549	4.90	659	5.89

Hunter

Mage

Paladin

Shaman

Spell	Damage	Mana	Cast Time	Duration	Cool Down	Scaling %	DPS	DPM	Special effects	Notes
Direct Spells (talent effects for criticals and hit chance not considered)
Talents: Convection(10% mana), Concussion(5%dmg), Lightning Mastery(.5sec time),Lightning Overload(10%dmg)
Lightning Bolt Rank 12	647.5-739.5	270	2 sec	Instant	Global	79.4	346.7	2.57	none
Chain Lightning Rank 6	844-964	684	1.5 sec	Instant	6 secs	125	1265.6	2.78	3 targets	.476xdmg, .333xdmg, .19xdmg
Shocks
Talents: Convection(10% mana), Concussion(5%dmg) Reverberation(1sec cooldown)
Flame Shock Rank 7	837	450	Instant	12 sec	5 sec	67	69.75	1.86	Instant + DoT
Earth Shock Rank 8	691-727	482	Instant	Instant	5 sec	42.86	472.67	1.471	Block casting 2sec
Frost Shock Rank 4	526-555	387	Instant	Instant	5 sec	42.86	360.33	1.397	Movement speed .5 for 8sec
Totems
Talents: Call of Flame(15%dmg), Improved Fire Totems(2sec Nova) Totemic Focus(25%mana)
Searing Totem Rank 7	2001	154	Instant	60 sec	Global	16.67/2sec	33.35	12.99	Dot	none
Fire Nova Totem Rank 7	796	574	Instant	2 sec	15 sec	21.4?	1194	4.16	AoE	3 targets calculated
Magma Totem Rank 5	1116	600	Instant	20 sec	Global	66.7?	167.33	5.58	AoE/Dot	3 targets calculated
Shields
Talents: Improved Lightning Shield(15%dmg)
Lightning Shield Rank 9	331	400	Instant	10 min	Global	100	NA	2.48	3 balls damage attackers	3 targets calculated

Warlock

Conclusions

See also

• Spell power coefficient
• Healing comparison