Shadowburn
Warlock · Destruction · opens at 10 points spent · 1 rank
Shadowburn works differently in World of Warcraft: Forever than it does in Classic Era.
105 Mana; 30 yd range; Instant; 15 sec cooldown; Reagents: Soul Shard
Shadowburn ranks in Forever
- Rank 1 Instantly blasts the target for 102 to 111 Shadow damage. If a non-trivial target dies within 8 sec of being hit with Shadowburn, the caster gains a Soul Shard.
Slot corrected from a secondary source; not yet verified in footage.
What Shadowburn does in Classic Era
Forever changed this talent. The Classic Era wording is kept here rank for rank so the two can be read side by side.
- Rank 1 Instantly blasts the target for 92 to 104 Shadow damage. If the target dies within 5 sec of Shadowburn, and yields experience or honor, the caster gains a Soul Shard.
Where Shadowburn sits in the Destruction tree
Shadowburn is a Destruction talent for Warlock. You need 10 points in Destruction before the row it sits on opens. Taking it opens Conflagrate.
- Unlocks: Conflagrate
- Same row: Ruin
How often people take Shadowburn
77 of the 206 public Warlock builds saved here — 37% — put at least one point in Shadowburn. 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
Changed in Forever.
- BlizzCon 2026 show-floor footage
- Xaryu VOD 2872270692 @5:23:02 (rank 1 tooltip)