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Pyroclasm, a Destruction Warlock talent in WoW Forever

Pyroclasm is a passive talent in row 5 of the Destruction tree. It needs 20 points in Destruction, so the earliest you can take it is level 30 (up to 5 levels sooner with the Legacy perk Talented). It has 2 ranks. It has changed since Classic Era.

Pyroclasm

2 ranks

  • Requires 20 points in Destruction
  • Requires Intensity at 3/3

Gives your Soul Fire spell a 13% chance to Stun the target for 3 sec, and your Rain of Fire and Hellfire spells a 13% chance over their duration to Stun targets they damage for 3 sec.

Every rank of Pyroclasm

RankText
Rank 1Gives your Soul Fire spell a 13% chance to Stun the target for 3 sec, and your Rain of Fire and Hellfire spells a 13% chance over their duration to Stun targets they damage for 3 sec.
Rank 2Gives your Soul Fire spell a 26% chance to Stun the target for 3 sec, and your Rain of Fire and Hellfire spells a 26% chance over their duration to Stun targets they damage for 3 sec.

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
Unlocks
No talent needs it
Same row
Row above (row 4)
Row below (row 6)

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

Compared with Classic Era

What differs from Classic Era: its rank 1 text.

Rank 1 text

Classic Era

Gives your Rain of Fire, Hellfire, and Soul Fire spells a 13% chance to stun the target for 3 sec.

WoW Forever

Gives your Soul Fire spell a 13% chance to Stun the target for 3 sec, and your Rain of Fire and Hellfire spells a 13% chance over their duration to Stun targets they damage for 3 sec.

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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.