| Soul Fire | |
|---|---|
| |
| Properties | |
| Class | Warlock |
| School | Fire |
| Cooldown | 45 seconds |
| Talents | |
| Talent required |
 [Roaring Blaze]/ [Improved Conflagrate] |
| Improvements |
 [Ruin] |
Soul Fire is a Destruction warlock talent. It is a high damage direct damage Fire spell which generates 4 Soul Shard Fragments.
Tips and tactics
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.
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.
Notes
- Commonly misspelled Soulfire by Blizzard.
- Soulfire is a basic Warlock spell in Hearthstone. The flavor text reads: "Are you lighting a soul on fire? Or burning someone with your OWN soul? This seems like an important distinction."
Patch changes
Hotfix (2023-02-06): Damage increased 20%. - Hotfix (2023-01-09): Damage increased by 20%.
- Patch 10.0.0 (2022-10-25): Now a row 5 Destruction talent (was a level 15 Destruction talent).
Patch 9.0.1 (2020-10-13): Now generates 1 Soul Shard (was 4 Soul Shard Fragments), applies 
[Immolate], has a 3.5 second cast time (was 1.5 seconds), and a 45 second cooldown (was 20 seconds). Cooldown is no longer reduces by the number of Soul Shards spent. 
Patch 8.0.1 (2018-07-17): Re-added and redesigned as a level 15 Destruction talent (was a level 13 Demonology ability). Burns the enemy's soul, dealing (100% of Spell power) Fire damage. Cooldown is reduced by 2 sec for every Soul Shard you spend. Generates 4 Soul Shard Fragments.
- Old: Burn the enemy's soul, causing (61.2% of spell power) Fire damage. Soul Fire always critically strikes and your critical strike chance increases its damage. Generates 30 Demonic Fury.
- Old: Burn the enemy's soul, causing (61.2% of spell power) Fire damage. Soul Fire always critically strikes and your critical strike chance increases its damage. Generates 30 Demonic Fury.
Patch 7.0.3 (2016-07-19): Removed. 
Patch 6.2.0 (2015-06-23): Now deals 25% less damage. - Hotfix (2014-12-15): Soul Fire's damage has been increased by 25%.
- Hotfix (2014-10-17): Soul Fire's damage has been reduced by 20%.
- Patch 6.0.2 (2014-10-14): [Decimation]'s effects have been merged into baseline Soul Fire: When you cast Soul Fire on a target below 25% health, you gain the
[Molten Core] effect. 
Patch 5.2.0 (2013-03-05): Now deals 22% more damage. - Patch 5.0.4 (2012-08-28): Now a level 13 Demonology specialization ability (was a level 20 ability for all warlocks). Soul Fire now always critically strikes. In addition, the damage is increased by your critical strike chance and generates
[Demonic Fury]. 
Patch 4.3.0 (2011-11-29): Now scales with 72.6% of spell power, up from 62.5%. - Patch 4.2.0 (2011-06-28): Now available at level 20, down from level 54.
- 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 yd range, up from 30. Cast time reduced to 4 sec, down from 6 sec. Damage increased.
[Soulburn] effect added: Instant cast. Now learned at level 54 (was 48). 
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 that talent was reworked as well. - Patch 3.0.2 (2008-10-14): Cooldown removed (was 1 minute).
Patch 2.0.3 (2007-01-09): Mana cost reduced by approximately 45%. 
Patch 0.11 (2004-09-29): Added.
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