Decimation, a Demonology Warlock talent in WoW Forever

Decimation is a passive talent in row 4 of the Demonology tree. It needs 15 points in Demonology, so the earliest you can take it is level 25 (up to 5 levels sooner with the Legacy perk Talented). It has 2 ranks. It is new in Forever and has no Classic counterpart.

Decimation

2 ranks

• Requires 15 points in Demonology

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.

Every rank of Decimation

Rank	Text
Rank 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.
Rank 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.

Numbers in gold changed from the rank above.

Where it sits in the Demonology tree

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Needs

No prerequisite talent

Unlocks

No talent needs it

Same row

• Fel Domination
• Demonic Brand

Row above (row 3)

• Improved Sayaad
• Demonic Sacrifice
• Master Summoner

Row below (row 5)

• Improved Felhunter
• Soul Link
• Demonic Knowledge

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

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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.