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Elemental Devastation, a WoW Forever Shaman talent, in words

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Elemental DevastationAn Elemental Shaman talent in WoW Forever: row 2 of the Elemental tree (level 15), 3 ranks, passive. Changed from Classic (was Elemental row 4). Read from the WoW Forever beta client, with the server's 3 and 10 Nov hotfixes on the Shaman trees as other readers logged them from the game's hotfix data, checked against Blizzard's notes where they speak.

Elemental Devastation opens at level 15, after 5 points in Elemental.

Changed from Classic

Row 2 of 7 in the Elemental tree, column 1.

Lv 15the earliest level
3ranks, passive
40%of Shaman builds take it
Find Elemental Devastation on the Elemental tree ›Every Elemental talent in words

What it does Elemental row 2

  • Elemental Devastation3 ranks · passiveRequires 5 points in Elemental Talents (level 15).Rank 1: Your Critical Strikes with direct damage spells increase your chance to get a Critical Strike with melee attacks by 3% for 10 sec.Rank 2: Your Critical Strikes with direct damage spells increase your chance to get a Critical Strike with melee attacks by 6% for 10 sec.Rank 3: Your Critical Strikes with direct damage spells increase your chance to get a Critical Strike with melee attacks by 9% for 10 sec.Changed from Classic (was Elemental row 4). Classic rank 1: Your offensive spell crits will increase your chance to get a critical strike with melee attacks by 3% for 10 sec.

What changed from Classic

  • Classic rank 1Your offensive spell crits will increase your chance to get a critical strike with melee attacks by 3% for 10 sec.
  • WoW Forever rank 1Your Critical Strikes with direct damage spells increase your chance to get a Critical Strike with melee attacks by 3% for 10 sec.
  • Alsowas Elemental row 4.

Who takes it pick rates from this site's builds

  • 40% of Shaman buildsTaken in 40% of the 6,788 Shaman builds with 41 or more points planned here, since the Nov 3 hotfixes to build 70755.
  • 16% of Elemental buildsTaken in 16% of the 1,919 builds that lead in Elemental, its own tree.
  • 63% of Enhancement buildsTaken in 63% of the 3,796 builds that lead in Enhancement.
  • 1% of Restoration buildsTaken in 1% of the 1,073 builds that lead in Restoration.
  • How it is countedEach build counts once, the way the calculator's pick-rate badges count. Recounted a few times a day, last on 2026-11-05.

Beta build history

2 changes, newest first

  • Build 1.60.1.70425, 2026-10-15Moved along row 2 in Elemental.
  • Build 1.60.1.70425, 2026-10-15Ranks 1 to 3 text changed. Now: Your Critical Strikes with direct damage spells increase your chance to get a Critical Strike with melee attacks by 3% for 10 sec. Was: Your offensive spell critical strikes will increase your chance to get a critical strike with melee attacks by 3% for 10 sec.

Around it in the Elemental tree

Every Elemental talent 16

ConvectionConcussionElemental DevastationReverberationElemental AlacrityCall of FlameElemental FocusElemental WardingTrial by FireEye of the StormEarthboundElemental ReachCall of ThunderLightning OverloadElemental FuryLightning Mastery

newchangedmoved since Classic, the dots of the calculator's Compare to Classic. Down the side: the earliest level for each row.

The Elemental talents as a list row by row

The other two trees

From the WoW Forever beta client, with the 3 and 10 Nov server hotfixes on the Shaman trees as other readers logged them; checked in game with reader reports. Put points in Elemental Devastation in the Shaman calculator.