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Shadow and Flame

Warlock · Destruction · opens at 25 points spent · 5 ranks

Shadow and Flame does not exist in Classic Era. It is new in World of Warcraft: Forever.

Shadow and Flame ranks in Forever

  1. Rank 1 Hitting an enemy with Conflagrate increases all Shadow damage you deal by 2% for 20 sec, and hitting an enemy with Shadowburn increases all Fire damage you deal by 2% for 20 sec. In addition, Conflagrate has a 20% chance not to consume Immolate, and Shadowburn has a 20% chance to instantly refund a Soul Shard.
  2. Rank 2 Hitting an enemy with Conflagrate increases all Shadow damage you deal by 4% for 20 sec, and hitting an enemy with Shadowburn increases all Fire damage you deal by 4% for 20 sec. In addition, Conflagrate has a 40% chance not to consume Immolate, and Shadowburn has a 40% chance to instantly refund a Soul Shard.
  3. Rank 3 Hitting an enemy with Conflagrate increases all Shadow damage you deal by 6% for 20 sec, and hitting an enemy with Shadowburn increases all Fire damage you deal by 6% for 20 sec. In addition, Conflagrate has a 60% chance not to consume Immolate, and Shadowburn has a 60% chance to instantly refund a Soul Shard.
  4. Rank 4 Hitting an enemy with Conflagrate increases all Shadow damage you deal by 8% for 20 sec, and hitting an enemy with Shadowburn increases all Fire damage you deal by 8% for 20 sec. In addition, Conflagrate has a 80% chance not to consume Immolate, and Shadowburn has a 80% chance to instantly refund a Soul Shard.
  5. Rank 5 Hitting an enemy with Conflagrate increases all Shadow damage you deal by 10% for 20 sec, and hitting an enemy with Shadowburn increases all Fire damage you deal by 10% for 20 sec. In addition, Conflagrate has a 100% chance not to consume Immolate, and Shadowburn has a 100% chance to instantly refund a Soul Shard.

Rank 4 and 5 confirmed on screen; ranks 2 and 3 follow the same 2% / 20% steps. Duration is 20 sec at every rank.

Where Shadow and Flame sits in the Destruction tree

Shadow and Flame is a Destruction talent for Warlock. You need 25 points in Destruction before the row it sits on opens.

How often people take Shadow and Flame

54 of the 206 public Warlock builds saved here — 26% — put at least one point in Shadow and Flame. 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
  • BlizzCon 2026 show-floor screenshot
  • Xaryu VOD 2872270692 @5:22:48 (rank 1 tooltip)