Flamestrike

For the sword with the same name, see Felo'melorn.

Flamestrike
Flamestrike 40 yd  range 12 sec cooldown 3.0% of base mana 2 sec cast Calls down a pillar of fire, burning all enemies within the area for x Fire damage and an additional x Fire damage over 8 sec and reducing their movement speed by 50% for the duration. Improved Flamestrike (Level 92+) Flamestrike no longer has a cooldown.
Usable by
Class	Mage
Properties
Type	Offensive
School	Fire
Casting time	2 sec cast
Cooldown	12 sec (GCD 1.5 sec)
Talents
Specialization	Fire
Level required	44
Related debuff
Flamestrike x Fire damage every 2 seconds. Movement speed slowed by 50%. Duration: 8 seconds
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• Flamestrike
• 40 yd  range
• 3.0% of base mana
• 2 sec cast
• Calls down a pillar of fire, burning all enemies within the area for x Fire damage and an additional x Fire damage over 8 sec and reducing their movement speed by 50% for the duration.
  
  Improved Flamestrike (Level 92+)
  Flamestrike no longer has a cooldown.

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What's betta den fire? More fire, mon! - Ta'zo TCG Heroes of Azeroth

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Flamestrike is a mage ability learned at level 44 for those with the fire specialization. It is a ground-targeted area of effect spell that deals damage on initial casting. After the initial spellcast, damage will tick on the targets that remain in the area. Note that mages with the fire specialization also debuff enemies in the area with a slowing effect.

Notes

The DoT effect only damages those who stay within the area. The ground gives off a "pulse" of additional fire damage that burns all standing above the effect. Those that wander out suffer no additional damage, and those that were missed on the initial casting take damage if they later wander into the spell's area of effect. The borders of the effect are very clear; the ground is laced with veins of red hot energy.

Tips

Flamestrike can be useful for mages serving a DPS role for groups in instances. Once the Tank has sufficiently gained aggro Flamestrike can be used with relative certainty of hitting targets for optimal or near optimal damage. This is advisable only in parties that are familiar with each other, as it can lead to the death of the mage and possibly a wipe if aggro on the tank is shifted to the mage.

Patch changes

• Patch 6.0.2 (14-October-2014): Flamestrike is now available only to Fire Mages.
  
• Patch 5.3.0 (21-May-2013): Flamestrike now deals 100% more initial damage. Periodic damage remains unchanged.
  
• Patch 3.3.3 (2010-03-23): Some ranks of this spell had an incorrect cast time of 3 seconds. All ranks now share a 2-second cast time.
  

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