Lava Burst

For the Season of Discovery rune, see [Lava Burst]. For the Azure Span quest, see  [10-70] Lava Burst.

Lava Burst
Lava Burst Row 1 shaman talent 40 yd range 2.5% of base mana 8 sec cooldown 2 sec cast Hurls molten lava at the target, dealing (138.996% of Spell power) Fire damage. Lava Burst will always critically strike if the target is affected by Flame Shock. Generates 8 Maelstrom.
Properties
Class	Shaman
School	Fire
Cooldown	8 seconds
Other information
Improvements	[Echo of the Elements], [Elemental Reverb], [Erupting Lava], [Flow of Power], [Icefury], [Mana Spring], [Master of the Elements], [Power of the Maelstrom], [Routine Communication]

Lava Burst is a direct damage Shaman class talent that features a strong synergy with [Flame Shock]. It is automatically learned for Elemental and Restoration shamans. Its short cooldown and its ability to reset with [Lava Surge] causes the ability to generally dictate the shaman's dps rotation and priorities. Lava Burst also generates maelstrom for Elemental shaman.

Notes

• Flame Shock must active upon completion of casting Lava Burst in order to guarantee a critical strike.
  • Lava Burst will keep its guaranteed critical strike even if Flame Shock wears off while it is still traveling.

Tips and tactics

• 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.

Trivia

• Lava Burst is a rare Shaman spell in Hearthstone. The flavor text reads: "It's like an ocean of liquid magma in your mouth!"

Patch changes

• Hotfix (2024-11-26): Damage increased by 15% in PvP combat.
  
• Patch 11.0.5 (2024-10-22): Spell visuals updated.
  
• Hotfix (2024-09-17): Damage increased by 12%.
  
• Patch 11.0.2 (2024-08-13):
  • Damage reduced by 25%.
  • Damage increased by 20% in PvP combat.
    
• Patch 11.0.0 (2024-07-23): Now generates 8 Maelstrom (was 10).
  
• Hotfix (2024-01-22): Damage increased by 20%.
  
• Hotfix (2023-08-21): Damage is now increased by 12% in PvP combat.
  
• Patch 10.1.0 (2023-05-02):
  • Damage increased by 12%. Does not affect PvP combat.
  • Damage increased by 20% in PvP combat.
    
• Hotfix (2023-02-27): Damage increased by 6% for Elemental only. Does not apply to PvP.
  
• Patch 10.0.5 (2023-01-24): Damage increased by 20%.
  
• Hotfix (2022-11-07): Damage increased by 20% (Restoration only).
  
• Hotfix (2022-11-01): Damage increased by 18%.
  
• Patch 10.0.0 (2022-10-25): Rank 2 effects are now baseline. Now a row 1 class talent (was a level 11 Elemental and Restoration ability).
  
• Patch 9.0.5 (2021-03-09): Damage reduced by 10%.
  
• Patch 9.0.1 (2020-10-13): Now learned at level 11 (was 12).
  
• Patch 8.0.1 (2018-07-17): Maelstrom generated reduced to 10 (was 12).
  
• Patch 7.3.0 (2017-08-29): Damage increased by 6%.
  
• Hotfix (2017-09-16): Fixed a bug causing Lava Burst and Lava Burst: Overload to deal less damage than intended in PvP situations.
  
• Patch 7.1.5 (2017-01-10): Spell power co-efficient increased to 275% (was 220%).
  
• Hotfix (2016-11-01): Lava Burst now deals full damage in PvP (was doing 80% of normal damage).
  
• Hotfix (2016-10-25): Lava Burst should correctly deal a critical strike against targets with [Flame Shock], at level 20 or higher.
  
• Patch 7.1.0 (2016-10-25): Rank 2 added at level 20: Lava Burst will always critically strike if the target is affected by Flame Shock.
  
• Hotfix (2016-09-23): Lava Burst damage increased by 5% for Elemental.
  
• Patch 7.0.3 (2016-07-19): Damage increased by 76.5%. Flame Shock now causes it to be guaranteed of critical hit instead of increasing damage. Now learned at level 12 (was 34) and no longer replaces [Primal Strike].
  
• Hotfix (2015-11-20): Now deals 20% more damage while in PvP combat.
  
• Patch 6.2.3 (2015-11-17): Damage has been increased by 4%.
  
• Hotfix (2014-12-15): Lava Burst (Elemental, Restoration) now deals 33% more damage in PvP combat.
  
• Patch 6.0.3 (2014-10-28): Now costs 50% less mana.
  
• Patch 6.0.2 (2014-10-14): Now replaces Primal Strike for Elemental and Restoration shaman.
  
• Hotfix (2013-05-23): Elemental Overload version of Lava Burst should now properly deal 75% of the damage dealt by the Lava Burst that activated it.
  
• Patch 5.3.0 (2013-05-21): Now has a 2 second cast time, up from 1.5 seconds, and deals 25% more damage.
  
• Patch 5.2.0 (2013-03-05): 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 5.0.4 (2012-08-28): No longer available for Enhancement.
  
• Patch 4.0.6 (2011-02-08): Damage has been increased by roughly 10%.
  
• Patch 4.0.1 (2010-10-12): Now learned at level 34 (was 75).
  
• Patch 3.2.2 (2009-09-22):
  • This ability no longer ever consumes a Flame Shock debuff off of the target.
  • Can no longer deal critical damage to targets who are immune to critical strikes (due to, e.g. [Roar of Sacrifice], [Blessed Resilience]).
    
• Patch 3.0.3 (2008-11-04): The base damage has been increased by approx. 10%.
  
• Patch 3.0.2 (2008-10-14): Added.
  

See also

• Lava Burst, TCG card

External links

• Wowhead
• WoWDB