Spells /Rain of Fire

Spell · Warlock · Destruction · Fire · Ranks 1-4

Rain of Fire

Rain of Fire, a Warlock Destruction ability, was changed in WoW Forever: 4 of 4 ranks differ from Classic Era. Rank 4: 1185 Mana, 30 yd range, channeled, requires level 58 (effect values changed, tooltip now says "Calls down a fiery rain to burn enemies in the area of effect for 880 Fire damage over 8 sec.", buff text now says "220 Fire damage every 2 seconds."). Pick any rank to compare its tooltip with Classic Era.

Spell · Fire · Rank 1 changed

Rain of Fire (Rank 1) tooltip: Classic Era vs WoW Forever

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Classic Era Oct 27, 2026

Rain of Fire

Rank 1 · Fire school

295 Mana · 30 yd range · Channeled

Requires level 20

Calls down a fiery rain to burn enemies in the area of effect for 168 Fire damage over 8 sec.

42 Fire damage every 2 seconds.

Forever Oct 22, 2026

Rain of Fire

Rank 1 · Fire school

295 Mana · 30 yd range · Channeled

Requires level 20

Calls down a fiery rain to burn enemies in the area of effect for 160 Fire damage over 8 sec.

40 Fire damage every 2 seconds.

changed value added in Forever removed in Forever

Also changed behind the tooltip: effects (not shown in a tooltip line). See the full field diff below for both values side by side.

Raw field diff every changed column

Field	Classic Era	Forever
auraDescription	$s1 Fire damage every $t1 seconds.	$1282380s1 Fire damage every $t3 seconds.
description	Calls down a fiery rain to burn enemies in the area of effect for $o1 Fire damage over $d.	Calls down a fiery rain to burn enemies in the area of effect for ${4*$1282380m1} Fire damage over $d.
effects	[ { "amplitude": 0, "aura": 3, "auraPeriod": 2000, "basePoints": 41, "chainAmplitude": 1, "chainTargets": 0, "dieSides": 1, "effect": 27, "index": 0, "miscValue": [ 0, 0 ], "pointsPerResource": 0, "radiusYards": 8, "realPointsPerLevel": 0.3, "triggerSpell": 0, "variance": 0 }, { "amplitude": 0, "aura": 4, "auraPeriod": 0, "basePoints": 0, "chainAmplitude": 1, "chainTargets": 0, "dieSides": 0, "effect": 6, "index": 1, "miscValue": [ 0, 0 ], "pointsPerResource": 0, "realPointsPerLevel": 0, "triggerSpell": 0, "variance": 0 } ]	[ { "amplitude": 0, "aura": 0, "auraPeriod": 0, "basePoints": 0, "chainAmplitude": 1, "chainTargets": 0, "effect": 3, "index": 0, "miscValue": [ 0, 0 ], "pointsPerResource": 0, "radiusYards": 8, "realPointsPerLevel": 0.3, "triggerSpell": 0, "variance": 0 }, { "amplitude": 0, "aura": 0, "auraPeriod": 0, "basePoints": 0, "chainAmplitude": 1, "chainTargets": 0, "effect": 179, "index": 1, "miscValue": [ 41450, 0 ], "pointsPerResource": 0, "radiusYards": 8, "realPointsPerLevel": 0, "triggerSpell": 0, "variance": 0 }, { "amplitude": 0, "aura": 226, "auraPeriod": 2000, "basePoints": 0, "chainAmplitude": 1, "chainTargets": 0, "effect": 6, "index": 2, "miscValue": [ 0, 0 ], "pointsPerResource": 0, "realPointsPerLevel": 0, "triggerSpell": 0, "variance": 0 } ]

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Spell · Fire · Rank 2 changed

Rain of Fire (Rank 2) tooltip: Classic Era vs WoW Forever

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Classic Era Oct 27, 2026

Rain of Fire

Rank 2 · Fire school

605 Mana · 30 yd range · Channeled

Requires level 34

Calls down a fiery rain to burn enemies in the area of effect for 384 Fire damage over 8 sec.

96 Fire damage every 2 seconds.

Forever Oct 22, 2026

Rain of Fire

Rank 2 · Fire school

605 Mana · 30 yd range · Channeled

Requires level 34

Calls down a fiery rain to burn enemies in the area of effect for 364 Fire damage over 8 sec.

91 Fire damage every 2 seconds.

changed value added in Forever removed in Forever

Also changed behind the tooltip: effects (not shown in a tooltip line). See the full field diff below for both values side by side.

Raw field diff every changed column

Field	Classic Era	Forever
auraDescription	$s1 Fire damage every $t1 seconds.	$1282383s1 Fire damage every $t3 seconds.
description	Calls down a fiery rain to burn enemies in the area of effect for $o1 Fire damage over $d.	Calls down a fiery rain to burn enemies in the area of effect for ${4*$1282383m1} Fire damage over $d.
effects	[ { "amplitude": 0, "aura": 3, "auraPeriod": 2000, "basePoints": 95, "chainAmplitude": 1, "chainTargets": 0, "dieSides": 1, "effect": 27, "index": 0, "miscValue": [ 0, 0 ], "pointsPerResource": 0, "radiusYards": 8, "realPointsPerLevel": 0.4, "triggerSpell": 0, "variance": 0 }, { "amplitude": 0, "aura": 4, "auraPeriod": 0, "basePoints": 0, "chainAmplitude": 1, "chainTargets": 0, "dieSides": 0, "effect": 6, "index": 1, "miscValue": [ 0, 0 ], "pointsPerResource": 0, "realPointsPerLevel": 0, "triggerSpell": 0, "variance": 0 } ]	[ { "amplitude": 0, "aura": 0, "auraPeriod": 0, "basePoints": 0, "chainAmplitude": 1, "chainTargets": 0, "effect": 3, "index": 0, "miscValue": [ 0, 0 ], "pointsPerResource": 0, "radiusYards": 8, "realPointsPerLevel": 0.3, "triggerSpell": 0, "variance": 0 }, { "amplitude": 0, "aura": 0, "auraPeriod": 0, "basePoints": 0, "chainAmplitude": 1, "chainTargets": 0, "effect": 179, "index": 1, "miscValue": [ 41452, 0 ], "pointsPerResource": 0, "radiusYards": 8, "realPointsPerLevel": 0, "triggerSpell": 0, "variance": 0 }, { "amplitude": 0, "aura": 226, "auraPeriod": 2000, "basePoints": 0, "chainAmplitude": 1, "chainTargets": 0, "effect": 6, "index": 2, "miscValue": [ 0, 0 ], "pointsPerResource": 0, "realPointsPerLevel": 0, "triggerSpell": 0, "variance": 0 } ]

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Spell · Fire · Rank 3 changed

Rain of Fire (Rank 3) tooltip: Classic Era vs WoW Forever

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Classic Era Oct 27, 2026

Rain of Fire

Rank 3 · Fire school

885 Mana · 30 yd range · Channeled

Requires level 46

Calls down a fiery rain to burn enemies in the area of effect for 620 Fire damage over 8 sec.

155 Fire damage every 2 seconds.

Forever Oct 22, 2026

Rain of Fire

Rank 3 · Fire school

885 Mana · 30 yd range · Channeled

Requires level 46

Calls down a fiery rain to burn enemies in the area of effect for 596 Fire damage over 8 sec.

149 Fire damage every 2 seconds.

changed value added in Forever removed in Forever

Also changed behind the tooltip: effects (not shown in a tooltip line). See the full field diff below for both values side by side.

Raw field diff every changed column

Field	Classic Era	Forever
auraDescription	$s1 Fire damage every $t1 seconds.	$1282384s1 Fire damage every $t3 seconds.
description	Calls down a fiery rain to burn enemies in the area of effect for $o1 Fire damage over $d.	Calls down a fiery rain to burn enemies in the area of effect for ${4*$1282384m1} Fire damage over $d.
effects	[ { "amplitude": 0, "aura": 3, "auraPeriod": 2000, "basePoints": 154, "chainAmplitude": 1, "chainTargets": 0, "dieSides": 1, "effect": 27, "index": 0, "miscValue": [ 0, 0 ], "pointsPerResource": 0, "radiusYards": 8, "realPointsPerLevel": 0.5, "triggerSpell": 0, "variance": 0 }, { "amplitude": 0, "aura": 4, "auraPeriod": 0, "basePoints": 0, "chainAmplitude": 1, "chainTargets": 0, "dieSides": 0, "effect": 6, "index": 1, "miscValue": [ 0, 0 ], "pointsPerResource": 0, "realPointsPerLevel": 0, "triggerSpell": 0, "variance": 0 } ]	[ { "amplitude": 0, "aura": 0, "auraPeriod": 0, "basePoints": 0, "chainAmplitude": 1, "chainTargets": 0, "effect": 3, "index": 0, "miscValue": [ 0, 0 ], "pointsPerResource": 0, "radiusYards": 8, "realPointsPerLevel": 0.3, "triggerSpell": 0, "variance": 0 }, { "amplitude": 0, "aura": 0, "auraPeriod": 0, "basePoints": 0, "chainAmplitude": 1, "chainTargets": 0, "effect": 179, "index": 1, "miscValue": [ 41455, 0 ], "pointsPerResource": 0, "radiusYards": 8, "realPointsPerLevel": 0, "triggerSpell": 0, "variance": 0 }, { "amplitude": 0, "aura": 226, "auraPeriod": 2000, "basePoints": 0, "chainAmplitude": 1, "chainTargets": 0, "effect": 6, "index": 2, "miscValue": [ 0, 0 ], "pointsPerResource": 0, "realPointsPerLevel": 0, "triggerSpell": 0, "variance": 0 } ]

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Spell · Fire · Rank 4 changed

Rain of Fire (Rank 4) tooltip: Classic Era vs WoW Forever

The same tooltip players see in-game, side by side, with each changed line marked.

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Classic Era Oct 27, 2026

Rain of Fire

Rank 4 · Fire school

1185 Mana · 30 yd range · Channeled

Requires level 58

Calls down a fiery rain to burn enemies in the area of effect for 904 Fire damage over 8 sec.

226 Fire damage every 2 seconds.

Forever Oct 22, 2026

Rain of Fire

Rank 4 · Fire school

1185 Mana · 30 yd range · Channeled

Requires level 58

Calls down a fiery rain to burn enemies in the area of effect for 880 Fire damage over 8 sec.

220 Fire damage every 2 seconds.

changed value added in Forever removed in Forever

Also changed behind the tooltip: effects (not shown in a tooltip line). See the full field diff below for both values side by side.

Raw field diff every changed column

Field	Classic Era	Forever
auraDescription	$s1 Fire damage every $t1 seconds.	$1282385s1 Fire damage every $t3 seconds.
description	Calls down a fiery rain to burn enemies in the area of effect for $o1 Fire damage over $d.	Calls down a fiery rain to burn enemies in the area of effect for ${4*$1282385m1} Fire damage over $d.
effects	[ { "amplitude": 0, "aura": 3, "auraPeriod": 2000, "basePoints": 225, "chainAmplitude": 1, "chainTargets": 0, "dieSides": 1, "effect": 27, "index": 0, "miscValue": [ 0, 0 ], "pointsPerResource": 0, "radiusYards": 8, "realPointsPerLevel": 0.6, "triggerSpell": 0, "variance": 0 }, { "amplitude": 0, "aura": 4, "auraPeriod": 0, "basePoints": 0, "chainAmplitude": 1, "chainTargets": 0, "dieSides": 0, "effect": 6, "index": 1, "miscValue": [ 0, 0 ], "pointsPerResource": 0, "realPointsPerLevel": 0, "triggerSpell": 0, "variance": 0 } ]	[ { "amplitude": 0, "aura": 0, "auraPeriod": 0, "basePoints": 0, "chainAmplitude": 1, "chainTargets": 0, "effect": 3, "index": 0, "miscValue": [ 0, 0 ], "pointsPerResource": 0, "radiusYards": 8, "realPointsPerLevel": 0.3, "triggerSpell": 0, "variance": 0 }, { "amplitude": 0, "aura": 0, "auraPeriod": 0, "basePoints": 0, "chainAmplitude": 1, "chainTargets": 0, "effect": 179, "index": 1, "miscValue": [ 41456, 0 ], "pointsPerResource": 0, "radiusYards": 8, "realPointsPerLevel": 0, "triggerSpell": 0, "variance": 0 }, { "amplitude": 0, "aura": 226, "auraPeriod": 2000, "basePoints": 0, "chainAmplitude": 1, "chainTargets": 0, "effect": 6, "index": 2, "miscValue": [ 0, 0 ], "pointsPerResource": 0, "realPointsPerLevel": 0, "triggerSpell": 0, "variance": 0 } ]

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What changed for Rain of Fire in WoW Forever

Rank 1 changed effect values changed, tooltip now says "Calls down a fiery rain to burn enemies in the area of effect for 160 Fire damage over 8 sec.", buff text now says "40 Fire damage every 2 seconds."
Rank 2 changed effect values changed, tooltip now says "Calls down a fiery rain to burn enemies in the area of effect for 364 Fire damage over 8 sec.", buff text now says "91 Fire damage every 2 seconds."
Rank 3 changed effect values changed, tooltip now says "Calls down a fiery rain to burn enemies in the area of effect for 596 Fire damage over 8 sec.", buff text now says "149 Fire damage every 2 seconds."
Rank 4 changed effect values changed, tooltip now says "Calls down a fiery rain to burn enemies in the area of effect for 880 Fire damage over 8 sec.", buff text now says "220 Fire damage every 2 seconds."

Rain of Fire changes between Forever builds

Differs from Classic Era in every Forever build since Sep 16, 2026

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Questions about Rain of Fire

Was Rain of Fire nerfed in WoW Forever?

Rain of Fire is listed as changed, not nerfed or buffed: no cast time, cost, cooldown or range moved in WoW Forever compared with Classic Era.

What changed for Rain of Fire in WoW Forever?

Rank 1: effect values changed, tooltip now says "Calls down a fiery rain to burn enemies in the area of effect for 160 Fire damage over 8 sec.", buff text now says "40 Fire damage every 2 seconds." Rank 2: effect values changed, tooltip now says "Calls down a fiery rain to burn enemies in the area of effect for 364 Fire damage over 8 sec.", buff text now says "91 Fire damage every 2 seconds." Rank 3: effect values changed, tooltip now says "Calls down a fiery rain to burn enemies in the area of effect for 596 Fire damage over 8 sec.", buff text now says "149 Fire damage every 2 seconds." Rank 4: effect values changed, tooltip now says "Calls down a fiery rain to burn enemies in the area of effect for 880 Fire damage over 8 sec.", buff text now says "220 Fire damage every 2 seconds." Each rank's Classic Era and WoW Forever tooltips are shown side by side on this page.

Which class gets Rain of Fire in WoW Forever?

Rain of Fire is a Warlock ability in WoW Forever, in the Destruction spellbook tab.

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