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Flame shock Buff and Unleashed Fury

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Hello, I have a short question about Flame Shock. I often read that I have to buff my Flameshock with Unleashed Fury. I don't understand why I have to because when I made some tests my Lavaburst does a lot more damage with Unleashed Fury.

 

Can anybody tell me why this is written in a lot of guides?

 

Thanks in advance.

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The guide here is out of date and even further now with the latest patch.  Not sure if the wowhead one is up to par or not with 6.1 but I believe and don't quote me because I haven't had much time to play my offspec (elemental).

 

If you take the unleashed fusion talent then you want to buff 2 stacks of that w/ unleash before applying flame shock because it multiplies.

 

That said I'd read the wowhead guide as the unleash talent is situational depending on the exact spec you pick.

 

http://www.wowhead.com/guide=346/elementals-in-draenor-an-in-depth-guide-to-elemental-shaman

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