Lava Burst, an Elemental Shaman talent in WoW Forever
Lava Burst is an active talent in row 7 of the Elemental tree. It needs 30 points in Elemental, so the earliest you can take it is level 40 (up to 5 levels sooner with the Legacy perk Talented). It has 1 rank. It is new in Forever and has no Classic counterpart.
Lava Burst
1 rank
- 165 Mana
- 30 yd range
- 2.5 sec cast
- 10 sec cooldown
- Requires 30 points in Elemental
- Requires Lightning Overload at 3/3
You hurl molten lava at the target, dealing 150 to 192 Fire damage. If your Flame Shock is on the target, Lava Burst deals 20% increased damage.
Every rank of Lava Burst
| Rank | Text |
|---|---|
| Rank 1 | You hurl molten lava at the target, dealing 150 to 192 Fire damage. If your Flame Shock is on the target, Lava Burst deals 20% increased damage. |
Where it sits in the Elemental tree
- Needs
Lightning Overload at 3/3
- Unlocks
- No talent needs it
- Same row
- None
- Row above (row 6)
- Row below
- None: this is the last row
Row numbers are on the left and the number in a corner is a talent's rank count. Gold marks Lava Burst.
Compared with Classic Era
Lava Burst has no Classic counterpart: the data lists it as new in Forever.
Open the Shaman talent calculator
All Elemental talents
- Convection
- Concussion
- Elemental Warding
- Reverberation
- Call of Flame
- Elemental Devastation
- Elemental Focus
- Elemental Alacrity
- Improved Fire Nova
- Eye of the Storm
- Call of Thunder
- Elemental Reach
- Lightning Overload
- Earthbound
- Elemental Fury
- Lava Burst
The other Shaman trees: Enhancement and Restoration. Everything that changed for the Shaman since Classic is on the changes page.
Game data from the WoW Forever beta client, build 1.60.1.70291, as published by talentsforever.com (CC BY 4.0) on 2026-10-08 and reformatted by us. Numbers can still change before launch.