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Molten Skin, a Destruction Warlock talent in WoW Forever

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

Molten Skin

5 ranks

  • Requires 5 points in Destruction

Reduces all damage taken by 2%.

Every rank of Molten Skin

RankText
Rank 1Reduces all damage taken by 2%.
Rank 2Reduces all damage taken by 4%.
Rank 3Reduces all damage taken by 6%.
Rank 4Reduces all damage taken by 8%.
Rank 5Reduces all damage taken by 10%.

Numbers in gold changed from the rank above.

Where it sits in the Destruction tree

Destructive ReachImproved Shadow BoltBaneMolten SkinCataclysmAftermathRuinShadowburnIntensityAgonizing FlamesConflagratePyroclasmBane of HavocFire and BrimstoneShadow and FlameIncinerate
Needs
No prerequisite talent
Unlocks
No talent needs it
Same row
Row above (row 1)
Row below (row 3)

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

Compared with Classic Era

Molten Skin has no Classic counterpart: the data lists it as new in Forever.

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All Destruction talents

  1. Destructive Reach
  2. Improved Shadow Bolt
  3. Bane
  4. Molten Skin
  5. Cataclysm
  6. Aftermath
  7. Ruin
  8. Shadowburn
  9. Intensity
  10. Agonizing Flames
  11. Conflagrate
  12. Pyroclasm
  13. Bane of Havoc
  14. Fire and Brimstone
  15. Shadow and Flame
  16. Incinerate

The other Warlock trees: Affliction and Demonology. Everything that changed for the Warlock since Classic is on the changes page.

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.