Sunfire

For other uses, see Sunfire (disambiguation).

Sunfire
Sunfire Row 4 druid talent 40 yd range 1.8% of base mana Instant A quick beam of solar light burns the enemy for (21.2% of Spell power) Nature damage and then an additional (165.6% of Spell power) Nature damage over 18 sec. Generates 6 Astral Power.
Properties
Class	Druid
School	Nature
Cooldown	None/Global Cooldown
Talents
Talent required	[Moonkin Form]
Other information
Improvements	[Cosmic Rapidity], [Denizen of the Dream], [Dying Stars], [Hunt Beneath the Open Skies], [Lore of the Grove], [Shooting Stars], [Sunseeker Mushroom]
Related debuff
Magic Sunfire Suffering X Nature damage every 5.2 sec. Duration: 18 seconds

Sunfire is a druid DoT spell.

Tips and tactics

• It's also good for kiting in PvP or finishing off fleeing enemies.
• It's often considered an excellent choice for pulling, regardless of the druid's specialization due to its instant cast and long lasting DoT.

Trivia

• Sunfire is a rare example of an ability that appeared in the Trading Card Game before it actually appeared in the game.

Patch changes

• Hotfix (2025-03-25): Damage increased by 33% in PvP combat.
  
• Hotfix (2025-03-04): Damage reduced by 40% for Feral.
  
• Patch 11.1.0 (2025-02-25): Now includes the effects of [Improved Sunfire]: Sunfire applies its damage over time effect to all enemies within 8 yards. Moved to row 4 (was row 3).
  
• Patch 11.0.2 (2024-08-13): Damage decreased by 15%.
  
• Patch 11.0.0 (2024-07-23): Moved to row 3 (was row 2).
  
• Patch 10.2.0 (2023-11-07): Now costs 1.8% base mana (was 2.4%).
  
• Hotfix (2023-08-21): Fixed an issue where Sunfire was not updating quick enough after receiving a Mastery increase from an external source.
  
• Hotfix (2023-06-05): Now generates 4 Astral Power when cast in PvP combat (was 6).
  
• Patch 10.1.0 (2023-05-02): Sunfire generates 6 Astral Power (was 2).
  
• Patch 10.0.5 (2023-01-24): Now a row 2 talent (was row 6).
  
• Hotfix (2022-12-02): Fixed an issue where Sunfire applied to multiple targets would not correctly trigger the Mastery benefit.
  
• Patch 10.0.0 (2022-10-25): Now a row 6 class talent (was a level 23 Balance/Restoration ability). Rank 2 converted into the Improved Sunfire talent. Rank 3 removed.
  
• Patch 9.0.1 (2020-10-13):
  • Now generate 2 Astral Power (was 3). Now learned at level 23 (was 16).
  • Rank 3 added for Balance at level 33: Moonfire and Sunfire duration increased by 6 sec.
    
• Patch 8.3.0 (2020-01-14): Damage and periodic damage reduced by 10%.
  
• Hotfix (2018-08-07): Sunfire will no longer apply to secondary targets that are immune to its effects, such as Rogues with [Cloak of Shadows] active.
  
• Patch 7.2.0 (2017-03-28): Sunfire now deals 50% less periodic damage to player targets.
  
• Patch 7.1.5 (2017-01-10): Increased the damage of Sunfire by 4%.
  
• Patch 7.1.0 (2016-10-25):
  • Now learned at level 16 (was 24).
  • Rank 2 added at level 32: Sunfire now applies its damage over time effect to all enemies within 8 yards.
    
• Hotfix (2016-09-23): Sunfire damage increased by 10% for Balance.
  
• Hotfix (2016-08-22): Moonfire and Sunfire DoT damage has been decreased to 50% per tick (was 55%).
  
• Patch 7.0.3 (2016-07-19): No longer available to Feral or Guardian. Direct damage increased by 157%, damage per tick increased by 96%. Now lasts for 12 seconds, down from 24 seconds.
  
• Patch 6.2.3 (2015-11-17): Damage has been increased by 6%.
  
• Patch 6.2.0 (2015-06-23): Now deals 4% less damage.
  
• Patch 6.0.2 (2014-10-14):
  • Sunfire now has a base duration of 24 seconds (up from 14 seconds), but is no longer extended by [Wrath] and [Starsurge] critical strikes. Enemies may still suffer from both Moonfire and Sunfire's periodic damage components simultaneously. Upon reaching 100 Solar Energy, the next Sunfire deals 100% additional initial damage.
  • [Moonfire] and Sunfire will now replace each other on the Action Bar when switching cycles on the Eclipse Bar.
    
• Patch 5.0.4 (2012-08-28): Now a level 18 Balance ability (was a Tier 5 Balance talent) and no longer replaces Moonfire. Wrath and Starsurge critical strikes on the target will now extend your Sunfire's duration by 2 sec.
  
• Patch 4.0.6 (2011-02-08): Now costs 9% of base mana, down from 18% of base mana.
  
• Patch 4.0.3 (2010-11-16): Sunfire's damage-over-time effect now deals damage at the same rate as Moonfire's damage- over-time effect.
  
• Patch 4.0.1 (2010-10-12): Added.
  

See also

• Sunfire, TCG card

Other versions

• Cataclysm Classic

  Sunfire
  Sunfire Balance druid ability Replaces [Moonfire] 40 yd range 9% of base mana Instant Burns the enemy for X Nature damage and then an additional 564 Nature damage over 12 sec.
  Properties
  Class	Druid
  School	Nature
  Cooldown	None/Global Cooldown
  Other information
  Improvements	[Lunar Shower]
  Related debuff
  Magic Sunfire Suffering 94 Nature damage every 2 seconds. Duration: 12 seconds

External links

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