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Unleash Flame

Unleash Flame
100 yd range
Instant
Requires Shaman

Unleashes the Flametongue enchantment upon the Shaman's weapon, increasing the damage dealt by the Shaman's next Fire spell by 40%.

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Spell Details

Duration

20 seconds

School

Fire

Mechanic

n/a

Dispel type

n/a

GCD category

n/a

Cost

None

Range

100 yards (Vision)

Cast time

Instant

Cooldown

n/a

GCD

0 seconds

Effect #1

Dummy
Server-side script

Effect #2

Apply Aura: Modifies Damage/Healing Done
Value: 40%
Affected Spells:

	Elemental Blast		Lava Burst

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Elemental Shaman Guide

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Draenor: A Guide
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Comment by Meltingbeano

does this work with lava lash ive here it doesnt but can any1 confrm this?

Comment by Llarold

Unleash Flame works with three spells: Flame Shock, Lava Burst and Fire Nova.

Lava Burst is the primary option for Elemental, and Unleash Flame should only really be used as Elemental during a move period in which you can't (or shouldn't) use SWG. Make sure to use it near the end of movement so you are sure to get a harder-hitting LvB.
Flame Shock is the primary option for Enhancement, and the cooldown on Unleash Flame and Flame Shock's duration do come together pretty nicely.
Fire Nova is niche, but useful when you encounter trash as Enhancement. Casting Fire Nova as Elemental is currently not worth the global in normal circumstances, but once 4.1's Earthquake and Fire Nova changes goes through, probably.

Comment by zayd

A noob question...

How does an Enh shammy cast this if he's got Flametongue on his offhand?

Unleash Elements automatically works off the imbue on the mainhand weapon right?

Comment by flopfaint

You can use this AFTER casting Lava Burst and still get the Bonus Damage, but you have to be a fair distance away so it damages the target before Lava Burst lands.

Comment by honeynz09

Sorry for the noob question, but where does the UF Buff come from? I mean what triggers it? I am trying to understand this so I know when it is the right time to FS. Thanks for any help

Comment by arkensis

Right now, Unleash Flame does a very small amount of damage by itself, and generally doesn't fit into the Elemental casting priority as Lightning Bolt tends to result in greater DPS. Its best uses are generally reserved for periods where there's movement.

Comment by Shaman4life

Worth to note that it does roughly 7-13k damage alone, and was buffed to 30% fire damage bonus on your next spell, up from 20% (quite a long time ago, but doesn't seem to be updated).

Comment by eilensar

For Enhancement I use
#showtooltip
/castsequence reset=15 Unleash Elements, Flame Shock

Comment by Gettor

#showtooltip
/castsequence reset=15 Flame Shock, Lava Lash, Unleash Elements, Fire Nova

Enjoy the max AoE dps in one macro for enha shamans. Remember though to use Fire Nova itself more often :p

Comment by Ordayc

The damage bonus does not affect spell duplicates generated by or Echo of the Elements.

Comment by Taraezor

For Elemental Shaman this buff is not so important and not worth the wasting of a GCD to keep it up as often as possible.

Comment by Throthgar29

In Warlords of Draenor it will no longer do direct damage, and therefore wont need a target.

Which also means that (currently) there is no more special attack animation to go with it. Which is a shame, because being a caster who got to occasionally swing their weapon was something pretty unique and novel - even if the ability itself was sub-par.

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