Decimation

Decimation is a new talent in WoW Forever that does not exist in Classic Era. Warlock Demonology talent, 1 ranks.

Decimation details in WoW Forever

The ability this talent grants, the tooltip players see in-game, side by side with each changed line marked.

Classic Era 1.15.9.69722

Decimation

Fire school

Instant

Requires level 1

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 10 sec. Soul Fires cast under the effect of Decimation cost no shard.

Forever 1.60.1.69913

Decimation

Fire school

Instant

Requires level 1

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 0% increased damage, and for the next 10 sec your Soul Fire spell has its cast time reduced by 40% 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 side by side.

Ability field diff every changed column on the granted spell

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 ], "realPointsPerLevel": 0, "triggerSpell": 440873, "variance": 0 }, { "amplitude": 0, "aura": 4, "auraPeriod": 0, "basePoints": 35, "chainTargets": 0, "dieSides": 0, "effect": 6, "index": 1, "miscValue": [ 0, 0 ], "realPointsPerLevel": 0, "triggerSpell": 0, "variance": 0 }, { "amplitude": 0, "aura": 108, "auraPeriod": 0, "basePoints": -100, "chainTargets": 0, "dieSides": 0, "effect": 6, "index": 2, "miscValue": [ 11, 0 ], "realPointsPerLevel": 0, "triggerSpell": 0, "variance": 0 } ]	[ { "amplitude": 0, "aura": 4, "auraPeriod": 0, "basePoints": 40, "chainTargets": 0, "effect": 6, "index": 0, "miscValue": [ 0, 0 ], "realPointsPerLevel": 0, "triggerSpell": 0, "variance": 0 }, { "amplitude": 0, "aura": 108, "auraPeriod": 0, "basePoints": -90, "chainTargets": 0, "effect": 6, "index": 1, "miscValue": [ 11, 0 ], "realPointsPerLevel": 0, "triggerSpell": 0, "variance": 0 }, { "amplitude": 0, "aura": 4, "auraPeriod": 0, "basePoints": 35, "chainTargets": 0, "effect": 6, "index": 2, "miscValue": [ 0, 0 ], "realPointsPerLevel": 0, "triggerSpell": 0, "variance": 0 }, { "amplitude": 0, "aura": 108, "auraPeriod": 0, "basePoints": 0, "chainTargets": 0, "effect": 6, "index": 3, "miscValue": [ 0, 0 ], "realPointsPerLevel": 0, "triggerSpell": 0, "variance": 0 } ]

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