Lava Burst

Lava Burst
	Lava Burst; Level 11 Elemental, Restoration shaman ability; 40 yd range; 2.5% of base mana; 8 sec recharge; 2 sec cast; Hurls molten lava at the target, dealing (108% of spell power) Fire damage. ; ; Rank 2: Lava Burst will always critically strike if the target is affected by Flame Shock.; ; Elemental: Generates 10 Maelstrom.;
Usable by
Class	Shaman
Properties
School	Fire
Recharge	8 sec
Other information
Level learned	11
Improvements	[Ascendance], [Echo of the Elements], [Lava Surge], [Master of the Elements], [Mastery: Elemental Overload], Surge of Power

Lava Burst is a direct damage Shaman spell that features a strong synergy with [Flame Shock]. 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.

Improvements

Ranks

Rank 2 (Level 20): Lava Burst will always critically strike if the target is affected by Flame Shock.

Specialization

[Lava Surge] (Level 19)
[Mastery: Elemental Overload] (Elemental)

Talents

PvP Talents

[Control of Lava] (Elemental)

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!"

Patches and hotfixes

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): (Restoration) Lava Burst should correctly deal a critical strike against targets with Flame Shock, at level 20 or higher.
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.
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): Now an Elemental and Restoration specialization ability.
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]).

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