I have to say, a DD deck that runs fast is my favorite. I see a lot of people on here with burn decks that work too slowly. Check it out and bounce some ideas back and forth? http://www.mtgvault.com/ViewDeck.aspx?DeckID=127118
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http://www.mtgvault.com/ViewDeck.aspx?DeckID=127118 This is my burn deck. It usually wins on turn 5 or so, if the deck ticks just like it's supposed to. Maybe you could pull some ideas from there about your burn deck. Direct damage is one of my favorite decks to play competitively against my friends, since it works so well.
Definitely replicating this deck! Was looking for a good treefolk deck, but I didn't have many in my stash to choose from. Ordering the cards to make this right now!
I actually really like the looks of this deck. I might add a few to make it a thicker deck, but it looks really nice. Will probably build it on my own.
I feel like Dragon's Claw is unnecessary, since if your burn deck works as quickly as it should, you won't need the life gain. Remember, that as long as your opponent's life is at 0, it doesn't matter how much you have left. Claws of Valakut is nice if your opponent controls creatures. Basically, you eat them alive and clear the field. Very nice card, I must say. Ancient Hellkite's ability is nice, but it's an expensive card to cast. Same with Chandra's Spitfire. But your cards cast all too high. I like the Lightening Bolt in your deck, because it's cheap and effective. There are many cards like LB in the newer sets that do two damage for 1 red, and even more if you control artifacts. You could devour your opponent with one-cost, 2-burn cards easily. Chandra Ablaze's ability is poor because, with burn, why would you want to discard cards? If you have low-casting cards like LB, lava spike, shock, even flame javelin, you would be able to do more damage with those cards you're discarding than you could do with the cards themselves. Sure, she allows you to play them from your graveyard, but it takes a while to get there. Why not just play them and win on turn 5? My burn deck has won on turn 5 on various different occasions, even against a similar burn deck. Give it a look-see and see what you can pull from it. The key to burn is quick cast and as much damage as you can dish out in as little time possible.
Not sure if you're trying to keep this deck in m11, but if not, I would possibly throw a mycoloth in there. My old favorite Kodama's Reach is reprinted as Cultivate, so that's a decent add-in. Besides your llanowar and birds, you don't have much low-cast. Maybe some Fog to help you in case someone starts swinging straight off the bat, although I've not played this deck so maybe the birds and elves help until you get your larger cards out or start producing tokens. This deck seems sturdy late-game, but it is difficult for me to judge how a deck runs until I play it.
To me, this deck doesn't have enough low-cast cards. A burn deck would eat you right off the bat, leaving you with very little health to play around with once you are able to cast most of these cards, if it even left you with anything at all. I just feel like you should have something that can be cast quickly, like Uktabi Drake. The Llanowar are a great fall-back for mana and low-cast cards, but pulling four cards out of a deck might be difficult. Try searching around for low-cast creatures with haste [I don't think many green creatures have haste, but as previously mentioned, uktabi are great, plus they fly =P] Omnath is definitely a good card to have in. I have him in a similar style deck. Hope my comment helped you with something/anything. Check out my decks, Rabbit