Sunfire damage Balance (out of form vs cat form)

Hi, I was just wondering why my damage is so much higher in cat form than when I use it outside of cat form.

I am currently full balance talents, +35 spell power.
Out of form initial hit is 70 and 35 per tick.
In cat form it’s 100+ initial dmg and 50+ per tick.

Seems there is something wrong with the scaling or? :smiley:

I think Feral Sunfire scales with AP, while balance Sunfire scales with Nature damage/SP, and at lvl 25 you probably have a lot higher AP than SP/+Nature Damage regardless of specc/gear.

Also, feral sunfire is limited by energy regen, while normal sunfire can be spammed until you’re OOM, so the drop off in long term damage for feral is huge, while it is pretty low for balance

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I play Sunfire cat and that is correct. Sunfire (cat / bear) scales out of ap. So it does more damage than Sunfire (caster form / boomy). Interestingly enough, the crit talent (+6%) in the feral tree works on Sunfire (cat) as well.