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Talents / Shaman / Elemental Devastation
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Elemental Devastation

Elemental Devastation was changed in WoW Forever: moved from row 4 to row 2, rank 1 reworked: "Your Critical Strikes with direct damage spells increase your chance to get a Critical Strike with melee attacks by 3% for 10 sec." Shaman Elemental talent, 3 ranks. Full tooltip comparison with Classic Era below.

This talent has 3 ranks, one per point you can spend. Pick a rank to see the ability it grants at that many points, Classic Era vs WoW Forever.

1 point spent changed

Elemental Devastation rank 1: Classic Era vs WoW Forever

Classic Era
Elemental Devastation
Rank 1 of 3 · Passive

Your offensive spell crits will increase your chance to get a critical strike with melee attacks by 3% for 10 sec.

WoW Forever
Elemental Devastation
Rank 1 of 3 · Passive

Your Critical Strikes with direct damage spells increase your chance to get a Critical Strike with melee attacks by 3% for 10 sec.

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2 points spent changed

Elemental Devastation rank 2: Classic Era vs WoW Forever

Classic Era
Elemental Devastation
Rank 2 of 3 · Passive

Your offensive spell crits will increase your chance to get a critical strike with melee attacks by 6% for 10 sec.

WoW Forever
Elemental Devastation
Rank 2 of 3 · Passive

Your Critical Strikes with direct damage spells increase your chance to get a Critical Strike with melee attacks by 6% for 10 sec.

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3 points spent changed

Elemental Devastation rank 3: Classic Era vs WoW Forever

Classic Era
Elemental Devastation
Rank 3 of 3 · Passive

Your offensive spell crits will increase your chance to get a critical strike with melee attacks by 9% for 10 sec.

WoW Forever
Elemental Devastation
Rank 3 of 3 · Passive

Your Critical Strikes with direct damage spells increase your chance to get a Critical Strike with melee attacks by 9% for 10 sec.

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Elemental Devastation changes between Forever builds

  • In the Oct 16, 2026 (70425) build (vs Oct 14, 2026): changed rank 1 reworked: "Your Critical Strikes with direct damage spells increase your chance to get a Critical Strike with melee attacks by 3% for 10 sec."

Talent field diff the talent row itself (name, class slot, ranks)
Field Classic Era Forever
column 3 0
rankTexts [ "Your offensive spell crits will increase your chance to get a critical strike with melee attacks by 3% for 10 sec.", "Your offensive spell crits will increase your chance to get a critical strike with melee attacks by 6% for 10 sec.", "Your offensive spell crits will increase your chance to get a critical strike with melee attacks by 9% for 10 sec." ] [ "Your Critical Strikes with direct damage spells increase your chance to get a Critical Strike with melee attacks by 3% for 10 sec.", "Your Critical Strikes with direct damage spells increase your chance to get a Critical Strike with melee attacks by 6% for 10 sec.", "Your Critical Strikes with direct damage spells increase your chance to get a Critical Strike with melee attacks by 9% for 10 sec." ]
tier 3 1

Questions about Elemental Devastation

Was Elemental Devastation nerfed in WoW Forever?

Elemental Devastation is listed as changed, not nerfed or buffed: no rank value moved one way in WoW Forever compared with Classic Era. What changed: moved from row 4 to row 2, rank 1 reworked: "Your Critical Strikes with direct damage spells increase your chance to get a Critical Strike with melee attacks by 3% for 10 sec."

What changed for Elemental Devastation in WoW Forever?

Moved from row 4 to row 2, rank 1 reworked: "Your Critical Strikes with direct damage spells increase your chance to get a Critical Strike with melee attacks by 3% for 10 sec." The Classic Era and WoW Forever tooltips are shown side by side on this page.

Read from the Oct 22, 2026 build (1.60.1.70532), compared against Classic Era Oct 27, 2026 (1.15.9.70576) ·synced Oct 27, 2026 · how we read this → · report a wrong value