Flame Shock

Flame Shock
Flame Shock Level 3 Restoration shaman ability 40 yd range 15% base mana 6 sec cooldown Instant cast Sears the target with fire, causing (175% of spell power) Fire damage and then an additional (612.5% of spell power) Fire damage over 21 sec.
Usable by
Class	Shaman
Properties
School	Fire
Cooldown	6 seconds
Other information
Level learned	3
Related debuff
Magic Flame Shock Suffering (87.5% of spell power) Fire damage every 3 sec. Duration: 21 seconds

Flame Shock
Flame Shock Level 5 Elemental shaman ability 40 yd range 0 to 20 Maelstrom Instant cast Sears the target with fire, causing (80% of spell power) Fire damage and then an additional (300% of spell power) Fire damage over 15 sec. Maelstrom increases duration up to 100%.
Usable by
Class	Shaman
Properties
School	Fire
Cooldown	None/Global Cooldown
Other information
Level learned	5
Related debuff
Magic Flame Shock Suffering (40% of spell power) Fire damage every 2 sec. Duration: 15 seconds

Flame Shock is one of the three shock spells available to Elemental shamans, and the only one available to Restoration. Because the DoT component can critically strike any shaman can increase the effectiveness of this spell through Spell crit.

Tips and tactics

• Refreshing the DoT may cause you to lose a few periodic damage ticks.
• Like all DoT spells, Flame Shock can be used to prevent rogues from using [Vanish].
• With the guaranteed critical strike aspect of [Lava Burst] when Flame Shock is active, Flame Shock + Lava Burst is a staple for Elemental shamans.

Patch changes

• Patch 7.0.3 (2016-07-19):
  • Restoration: Instant damage increased by 380%, over time damage increased by 180%, and duration reduced to 21 seconds (down from 30 seconds).
  • Elemental: Instant damage increased by 120%, over time damage increased by 37-74%, and duration reduced to 15 seconds (increased to 30 seconds with Maelstrom.
    
• Patch 6.2.3 (2015-11-17): Damage has been increased by 4%.
  
• Patch 6.0.3 (2014-10-28): Now costs 50% less mana.
  
• Patch 5.2.0 (2013-03-05): Duration has been increased by 25%.
  
• Patch 5.0.4 (2012-08-28): DoT duration increased from 18 to 24 sec.
  
• Patch 3.3.3 (2010-03-23): The damage-over-time component of this ability can now produce critical strikes and is affected by spell haste.
  
• Patch 3.2.2 (2009-09-22): The duration of all ranks has been increased by 6 seconds.
  

See also

• Flame Shock TCG card

External links

• Wowhead
• WoWDB