Soul Fire

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Soul Fire
Soul Fire Level 13 Demonology warlock ability 40 yd range 15% of base mana 4 sec cast Burn the enemy's soul, causing X Fire damage. Soul Fire always critically strikes. In addition, the damage is increased by your critical strike chance. Generates 30 Demonic Fury. Soulburn: Instant cast.
Usable by
Class	Warlock
Properties
Type	Offensive
School	Fire
Cooldown	None/Global Cooldown
Other information
Level learned	13
Improvements	[Molten Core], [Decimation]

Soul Fire is a mana efficient, high damage direct damage Demonology warlock Fire spell with a long cast time.

Improvements

[Decimation] will lower the cast time and mana cost of the next Soul Fire by 50% Shadowbolt or Soul Fire at a target that is at or below 25% health.

It is best used as your initial attack for pulling due to its long cast time. In this sense it is similar to the Mage's [Pyroblast] ability.

This skill is generally one of the warlock's most mana-efficient spells.

For targets under 25% health, [Decimation] allows Soul Fire to be cast faster. This passive makes Soul Fire similar to a warrior's [Execute].

The long cast time makes it harder to use in PvP as the time spent casting it is time gained for an enemy player to tear you to pieces.

Commonly misspelled Soulfire by Blizzard.

Patch 5.2.0 (2013-03-05): Now deals 22% more damage.
Patch 5.0.4 (2012-08-28): Now a Demonology specialization ability. Always critically strikes, damage increased by critical strike chance, and generates Demonic Fury. Now scales with 70% of spell power, down from 72.6%.
Patch 4.3.0 (2011-11-29): Now scales with 72.6% of spell power, up from 62.5%.
Hotfix (2010-11-23): "Soul Fire will no longer consume both Empowered Imp and Soulburn when they are active. It will consume Empowered Imp and leave Soulburn still active."
Patch 4.0.3a (2010-11-23): Damage has been reduced by approximately 12%.
Patch 4.0.1 (2010-10-12): Now has a 40 yards range, up from 30 yards. Cast time reduced to 4 sec, down from 6 sec. Damage increased. Soulburn Effect - Instant cast.
Patch 3.3.0 (2009-12-08): The talent Molten Core in the demonology tree, now has a chance to increase Soul Fire's damage by 6/12/18% and critical strike chance by 5/10/15% when your [Corruption] deals damage.
Patch 3.1.0 (2009-04-14): Pyroclasm no longer provides a chance to stun the target as the talent itself was reworked, and Aftermath no longer gives a chance to daze the target, as the talent was reworked as well.
Patch 3.0.2 (2008-10-14): removed the spell's cooldown.