Lava Burst

Lava Burst is an Elemental Shaman's highest hitting spell, due to it having a 100% crit chance if the Flame Shock DoT is on the enemy. It is on a 8sec cooldown, thus causing shaman dps rotations to be governed by cooldowns and priorities.

Tips and Tactics

 * Rotations should be timed around utilizing Lava Burst as much as possible.
 * Glyph of Lava provides higher damage.
 * 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.
 * Enhancement shamans do not normally use this ability (unless the shaman is out of melee range and unable to close in, for example). The main issue is that it has a cast time and is not on Maelstrom Weapon. Because of that, Lava Burst stops auto attacks and pauses the swing timer, so it is best to use Chain Lightning or Lightning Bolt (both of which benefit from Maelstrom Weapon haste) instead.

Patch changes

 * 3.2.2 Lava Burst: This ability no longer ever consumes a Flame Shock debuff off of the target.