Rain of Fire

For the Doomguard ability, see [Rain of Fire].

Rain of Fire
Rain of Fire Row 2 Destruction warlock talent 40 yd range 3 Soul Shards Instant Calls down a rain of hellfire, dealing (128% of Spell power) Fire damage over 8 sec to enemies in the area.
Properties
Class	Warlock
School	Fire
Cooldown	None/Global Cooldown
Talents
Talent required	[Chaos Bolt]
Improvements	[Burn to Ashes], [Chaos Incarnate], [Inferno], [Madness of the Azj'Aqir]

This is the rain that falls in the Twisted Nether.

Rain of Fire is a Destruction warlock area of effect spell that deals Fire damage to the targeted area over 8 seconds.

Notes

• At low levels, this is usually the warlock's fastest option for dealing damage to groups of mobs. Be aware however that this will generate a large amount of threat.
• Very situational, for it pulls threat and costs Soul Shards. Mainly useful in instances for AoE.

Background

This spell was one of the Conjurer's abilities in Warcraft: Orcs & Humans:

This is a very powerful spell that combines the natures of flame and water. It calls forth the essence of fire and delivers it through massive thunderheads of vapor and brimstone, creating an actual firestorm. This spell is very destructive, and will cause damage to any foes and buildings in its sphere of influence. Use this spell with care, for the rain of fire knows no friends.

Trivia

• Rain of Fire is one of the spells available to the Pit Lord hero and the Doom Guard unit in Warcraft III: The Frozen Throne.
• Rain of Destruction is one of Gul'dan's Heroic Abilities in Heroes of the Storm. It differs from Rain of Fire in that it summons green fel meteors, each dealing a separate amount of damage.

Gallery

World of Warcraft

• 
  Rain of Fire.
• 
  Rain of Fire with The Codex of Xerrath.
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  Rain of Fire icon with The Codex of Xerrath.

Other

• 
  Rain of Fire icon of the Conjurer from Warcraft: Orcs & Humans.
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  Rain of Fire in the TCG.
• 
  Rain of Fire in Hearthstone.

Patch changes

• Hotfix (2023-01-09): Damage increased by 15%.
  
• Hotfix (2022-11-21): Damage increased by 15%.
  
• Patch 10.0.0 (2022-10-25): Now a row 2 Destruction talent (was a level 28 Destruction ability).
  
• Hotfix (2022-08-08): Damage reduced by 20%.
  
• Patch 9.0.1 (2020-10-13): Now learned at level 28 (was 26).
  
• Patch 8.1.0 (2018-12-11): Range increased to 40 yards (was 35 yards).
  
• Hotfix (2018-08-06): Rain of Fire should no longer incorrectly pull creatures who may be on a different floor or are otherwise out of line of sight.
  
• Patch 7.2.5 (2017-06-13): Damage increased by 25%.
  
• Hotfix (2017-01-23): Damage increased by 30%.
  
• Patch 7.1.0 (2016-10-25): Now learned at level 26 (was 38).
  
• Hotfix (2016-09-26): Fixed a bug that prevented Rain of Fire from always doing all 8 ticks of damage on PvE and PvP targets.
  
• Hotfix (2016-09-23): Damage increased by 11%, and cast time removed.
  
• Hotfix (2016-08-04): Rain of Fire will continue to deal damage if the Warlock is silenced, feared, or stunned.
  
• Hotfix (2016-08-01): Should no longer close your loot window when it does damage.
  
• Patch 7.0.3 (2016-07-19): Now costs [Soul Shards] and is no longer channeled. Damage increased by 100%. Now learned at level 38 (was 21).
  
• Hotfix (2014-12-15): Rain of Fire's damage has been reduced by 60% and no longer generates Burning Embers.
  
• Patch 6.0.2 (2014-10-14): No longer available to Affliction.
  
• Patch 5.4.0 (2013-09-10): Now has a reduced chance to generate Burning Embers.
  
• Patch 5.1.0 (2012-11-27):
  • No longer causes a stun after hitting a target three times.
  • No longer requires Immolate to be present to generate Burning Embers.
  • Rain of Fire's damage over time will now hit every 1 second, down from 2 seconds. The damage animation for the damage over time effect will no longer always display.
    
• Hotfix (2012-12-10): Damage from Rain of Fire will no longer prevent enemy players from capturing flag objectives.
  
• Hotfix (2012-10-12): Now appropriately generates threat.
  
• Patch 5.0.4 (2012-08-28): Now an Affliction and Destruction specialization ability at level 21 (was a level 18 ability for all warlocks). Duration reduced from 8 to 6 sec.
  
• Patch 4.2.0 (2011-06-28): Rain of Fire has a new spell effect.
  
• Patch 4.1.0 (2011-04-26): Damage has been increased by 25%.
  
• Patch 4.0.3a (2010-11-23): Damage has been increased to be more comparable to other area-of-effect abilities.
  
• Patch 4.0.1 (2010-10-12): Now learned at level 18 (was 20).
  
• Patch 3.3.3 (2010-03-23): Rain of Fire has a new graphic.
  
• Patch 3.0.8 (2009-01-20): Rain of Fire has a new animation.
  
• Patch 2.4.0 (2008-03-25): The casting bar will now display properly when casting Rain of Fire with spell haste.
  
• Patch 2.2.0 (2007-09-25): This spell is now affected by area damage caps. Its bonus damage coefficients have also been increased.
  
• Patch 1.7.0 (2005-09-13): Fixed a bug where area of effect periodic damage spells were being resisted more frequently than they should have been when casting lower level ranks of the spell (affected spells included Rain of Fire).
  
• Patch 1.1.0 (2004-11-07): Duration, mana cost, and damage slightly reduced, deals its damage in more frequent intervals.
  

See also

• Rain of Fire, TCG card

External links

• Wowhead
• WoWDB