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Shaman · Elemental · row 2

Elemental Devastation

Changed from Classic3 ranks
Elemental Devastation
Rank 3/3Elemental
Requires 5 points in Elemental Talents
Your Critical Strikes with direct damage spells increase your chance to get a Critical Strike with melee attacks by 9% for 10 sec.

Every rank of Elemental Devastation

RankEffectSource
1Your Critical Strikes with direct damage spells increase your chance to get a Critical Strike with melee attacks by 3% for 10 sec.client
2Your Critical Strikes with direct damage spells increase your chance to get a Critical Strike with melee attacks by 6% for 10 sec.client
3Your Critical Strikes with direct damage spells increase your chance to get a Critical Strike with melee attacks by 9% for 10 sec.client

Requirements and position

  • Tree: Elemental, row 2, column 1. Needs 5 points in Elemental first. The earliest you can finish all 3 ranks is level 17 if you put every point into this tree.
  • Competes with: Reverberation, Elemental Alacrity, Call of Flame in the same row.

Classic comparison

Classic 1.12WoW Forever
NameElemental DevastationElemental Devastation
PositionElemental row 4, col 4Elemental row 2, col 1
Ranks33
Rank 1 textYour offensive spell crits will increase your chance to get a critical strike with melee attacks by 3% for 10 sec.Your Critical Strikes with direct damage spells increase your chance to get a Critical Strike with melee attacks by 3% for 10 sec.

Builds that take Elemental Devastation

Questions players ask

Where is Elemental Devastation in the Shaman talent tree?
Elemental tree, row 2, column 1. You need 5 points spent in Elemental before you can learn it.
Is Elemental Devastation new in WoW Forever?
Elemental Devastation existed in Classic (Elemental row 4, 3 ranks). In Forever it was changed: Classic read "Your offensive spell crits will increase your chance to get a critical strike with melee attacks by 3% for 10 sec.".

Snapshot 2026-11-03, client 1.60.1.70753.