Bane, a Destruction Warlock talent in WoW Forever

Bane is a passive talent in row 1 of the Destruction tree. It needs no points in Destruction, so you can take it from level 10 (up to 5 levels sooner with the Legacy perk Talented). It has 5 ranks. It has changed since Classic Era.

Bane

5 ranks

Reduces the casting time of your Shadow Bolt, Immolate, and Incinerate spells by 0.1 sec and your Soul Fire spell by 0.4 sec.

Every rank of Bane

Rank	Text
Rank 1	Reduces the casting time of your Shadow Bolt, Immolate, and Incinerate spells by 0.1 sec and your Soul Fire spell by 0.4 sec.
Rank 2	Reduces the casting time of your Shadow Bolt, Immolate, and Incinerate spells by 0.2 sec and your Soul Fire spell by 0.8 sec.
Rank 3	Reduces the casting time of your Shadow Bolt, Immolate, and Incinerate spells by 0.3 sec and your Soul Fire spell by 1.2 sec.
Rank 4	Reduces the casting time of your Shadow Bolt, Immolate, and Incinerate spells by 0.4 sec and your Soul Fire spell by 1.6 sec.
Rank 5	Reduces the casting time of your Shadow Bolt, Immolate, and Incinerate spells by 0.5 sec and your Soul Fire spell by 2 sec.

Numbers in gold changed from the rank above.

Where it sits in the Destruction tree

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Needs

No prerequisite talent

Unlocks

No talent needs it

Same row

• Destructive Reach
• Improved Shadow Bolt

Row above

None: this is the first row

Row below (row 2)

• Molten Skin
• Cataclysm
• Aftermath

Row numbers are on the left and the number in a corner is a talent's rank count. Gold marks Bane.

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Game data from the WoW Forever beta client, build 1.60.1.70291, as published by talentsforever.com (CC BY 4.0) on 2026-10-08 and reformatted by us. Numbers can still change before launch.