Talent · Warlock · Destruction changed

Pyroclasm

Q: Was Pyroclasm nerfed in WoW Forever?

Not as a whole. Pyroclasm changed in WoW Forever compared with Classic Era: rank 1 reworked: "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.". The changes do not all point one way, so it is listed as changed rather than nerfed or buffed.

Q: What changed for Pyroclasm in WoW Forever?

Rank 1 reworked: "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.". The Classic Era and WoW Forever tooltips are shown side by side on this page.

Pyroclasm was changed in WoW Forever: rank 1 reworked: "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.". Warlock Destruction talent, 2 ranks. Full tooltip comparison with Classic Era below.

This talent has 2 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

Pyroclasm rank 1: Classic Era vs WoW Forever

Classic Era

Pyroclasm

Rank 1 of 2 · Passive

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

WoW Forever

Pyroclasm

Rank 1 of 2 · Passive

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.

Points spent

of 2

2 points spent changed

Pyroclasm rank 2: Classic Era vs WoW Forever

Classic Era

Pyroclasm

Rank 2 of 2 · Passive

Gives your Rain of Fire, Hellfire, and Soul Fire spells a 26% chance to stun the target for 3 sec.

WoW Forever

Pyroclasm

Rank 2 of 2 · Passive

Gives 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.

Points spent

of 2

Talent field diff the talent row itself (name, class slot, ranks)

Field	Classic Era	Forever
rankTexts	[ "Gives your Rain of Fire, Hellfire, and Soul Fire spells a 13% chance to stun the target for 3 sec.", "Gives your Rain of Fire, Hellfire, and Soul Fire spells a 26% chance to stun the target for 3 sec." ]	[ "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.", "Gives 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." ]
rankValues	[ [ 13, 3 ], [ 26, 3 ] ]	[ [ 13, 3, 13, 3 ], [ 26, 3, 26, 3 ] ]

Read from build 1.60.1.70009, compared against Classic Era 1.15.9.69722 ·synced Sep 25, 2026 · how we read this →