Spells / Decimation

Decimation

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Changed in build 1.60.1.69876. 2 fields differ from Classic Era 1.15.9.69722: description, effects.

Classic Era vs Forever

Classic Era 1.15.9.69722

Decimation

Fire school

Your Soul Fire spell no longer has a cooldown. Additionally, when your Shadow Bolt, Shadow Cleave, Incinerate, or Soul Fire hits a target that is at or below 35% health, the cast time of your Soul Fire spell is reduced by 40% for $440873d. Soul Fires cast under the effect of Decimation cost no shard.

Forever 1.60.1.69876

Decimation

Fire school

Reduces the cooldown of your Soul Fire spell by $m2%. When you cast Shadow Bolt or Searing Pain on an enemy below $m3% health, they deal $m4% increased damage, and for the next $440873d your Soul Fire spell has its cast time reduced by $m1% and costs no Soul Shards.

changed value added in Forever removed in Forever

Also changed behind the tooltip: effects (not shown in a tooltip line). See the full field diff below for both values, verbatim.

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Every field that changed, verbatim

Field	Classic Era	Forever
description	Your Soul Fire spell no longer has a cooldown. Additionally, when your Shadow Bolt, Shadow Cleave, Incinerate, or Soul Fire hits a target that is at or below $s2% health, the cast time of your Soul Fire spell is reduced by $s1% for $440873d. Soul Fires cast under the effect of Decimation cost no shard.	Reduces the cooldown of your Soul Fire spell by $m2%. When you cast Shadow Bolt or Searing Pain on an enemy below $m3% health, they deal $m4% increased damage, and for the next $440873d your Soul Fire spell has its cast time reduced by $m1% and costs no Soul Shards.
effects	[ { "amplitude": 0, "aura": 42, "auraPeriod": 0, "basePoints": 40, "chainTargets": 0, "dieSides": 0, "effect": 6, "index": 0, "miscValue": [ 0, 0 ], "triggerSpell": 440873 }, { "amplitude": 0, "aura": 4, "auraPeriod": 0, "basePoints": 35, "chainTargets": 0, "dieSides": 0, "effect": 6, "index": 1, "miscValue": [ 0, 0 ], "triggerSpell": 0 }, { "amplitude": 0, "aura": 108, "auraPeriod": 0, "basePoints": -100, "chainTargets": 0, "dieSides": 0, "effect": 6, "index": 2, "miscValue": [ 11, 0 ], "triggerSpell": 0 } ]	[ { "amplitude": 0, "aura": 4, "auraPeriod": 0, "basePoints": 40, "chainTargets": 0, "effect": 6, "index": 0, "miscValue": [ 0, 0 ], "triggerSpell": 0 }, { "amplitude": 0, "aura": 108, "auraPeriod": 0, "basePoints": -90, "chainTargets": 0, "effect": 6, "index": 1, "miscValue": [ 11, 0 ], "triggerSpell": 0 }, { "amplitude": 0, "aura": 4, "auraPeriod": 0, "basePoints": 35, "chainTargets": 0, "effect": 6, "index": 2, "miscValue": [ 0, 0 ], "triggerSpell": 0 }, { "amplitude": 0, "aura": 108, "auraPeriod": 0, "basePoints": 0, "chainTargets": 0, "effect": 6, "index": 3, "miscValue": [ 0, 0 ], "triggerSpell": 0 } ]

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History

Build	Compared to	State	Fields
1.60.1.69876	1.15.9.69722	changed	2

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