Rain of Fire

For the Doomguard ability, see Rain of Fire (doomguard ability).

Rain of Fire
Rain of Fire Level 38 Destruction warlock ability 35 yd range 3 Soul Shards Instant cast Calls down a rain of hellfire, dealing (444% of spell power) Fire damage over 8 sec to enemies in the area.
Usable by
Class	Warlock
Properties
School	Fire
Cooldown	None/Global Cooldown
Other information
Level learned	38
Improvements	[Reverse Entropy]
Related buff
Rain of Fire X Fire damage every 1 sec. Duration: 8 seconds

This is the rain that falls in the Twisted Nether.

Rain of Fire is a level 38 Destruction warlock area of effect spell that deals Fire damage to the targeted area over 8 seconds.

Improvements

• [Reverse Entropy]

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.

Patches and hotfixes

• Patch 7.2.5 (2017-06-13): Rain of Fire's damage increased by 25%.
  
• 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): "Rain of Fire 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): "Rain of Fire 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%.
  
• 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): [Seed of Corruption] now replaces Rain of Fire for Affliction warlocks.
  
• 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.
    
• Patch 5.0.4 (2012-08-28): Now an Affliction and Destruction specialization ability. Duration reduced from 8 to 6 sec.
  
• 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 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