Decimation
Warlock · Demonology · opens at 15 points spent · 2 ranks
Decimation does not exist in Classic Era. It is new in World of Warcraft: Forever.
Decimation ranks in Forever
- Rank 1 Reduces the cooldown of your Soul Fire spell by 45%. When you cast Shadow Bolt or Searing Pain on an enemy below 35% health, they deal 3% increased damage, and for the next 10 sec your Soul Fire spell has its cast time reduced by 20% and costs no Soul Shards.
- Rank 2 Reduces the cooldown of your Soul Fire spell by 90%. When you cast Shadow Bolt or Searing Pain on an enemy below 70% health, they deal 6% increased damage, and for the next 20 sec your Soul Fire spell has its cast time reduced by 40% and costs no Soul Shards.
Slot corrected from a secondary source; not yet verified in footage.
Where Decimation sits in the Demonology tree
Decimation is a Demonology talent for Warlock. You need 15 points in Demonology before the row it sits on opens.
- Same row: Fel Domination, Demonic Brand
How often people take Decimation
72 of the 206 public Warlock builds saved here — 35% — put at least one point in Decimation. Counted across the 1500 most viewed and voted public builds on this site. These are builds players made for themselves before the game is playable, so read them as what people are trying, not as advice.
Where this came from
New in Forever.
- BlizzCon 2026 show-floor footage
- Xaryu VOD 2872270692 @5:20:48 (rank 1 tooltip)