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Decimation

New in Forever2 ranks

Decimation

Rank 2/2Demonology

Requires 15 points in Demonology Talents

Reduces the cooldown of your Soul Fire spell by 90%. When you cast Shadow Bolt or Searing Pain on an enemy below 35% health, they deal 6% increased damage, and for the next 10 sec your Soul Fire spell has its cast time reduced by 40% and costs no Soul Shards.

Every rank of Decimation

Rank	Effect	Source
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.	client
2	Reduces the cooldown of your Soul Fire spell by 90%. When you cast Shadow Bolt or Searing Pain on an enemy below 35% health, they deal 6% increased damage, and for the next 10 sec your Soul Fire spell has its cast time reduced by 40% and costs no Soul Shards.	client

Requirements and position

Tree: Demonology, row 4, column 1. Needs 15 points in Demonology first. The earliest you can finish all 2 ranks is level 26 if you put every point into this tree.
Competes with: Fel Domination, Demonic Brand in the same row.

Classic comparison

Decimation is new in WoW Forever. Nothing in Classic 1.12 does this for Warlocks.

Spells this talent affects

Searing Pain · 6 ranks, learned at 18
Shadow Bolt · 10 ranks, learned at 1
Soul Fire · 2 ranks, learned at 48

Questions players ask

Where is Decimation in the Warlock talent tree?

Demonology tree, row 4, column 1. You need 15 points spent in Demonology before you can learn it.

Is Decimation new in WoW Forever?

Yes. Decimation has no Classic 1.12 counterpart.

Snapshot 2026-11-03, client 1.60.1.70753.