Improved Shadow Bolt
Warlock · Destruction · available from the first tier · 5 ranks
Improved Shadow Bolt works differently in World of Warcraft: Forever than it does in Classic Era.
Improved Shadow Bolt ranks in Forever
- Rank 1 Your Shadow Bolt critical strikes increase Shadow damage taken by the target from your attacks by 4% for 12 sec.
- Rank 2 Your Shadow Bolt critical strikes increase Shadow damage taken by the target from your attacks by 8% for 12 sec.
- Rank 3 Your Shadow Bolt critical strikes increase Shadow damage taken by the target from your attacks by 12% for 12 sec.
- Rank 4 Your Shadow Bolt critical strikes increase Shadow damage taken by the target from your attacks by 16% for 12 sec.
- Rank 5 Your Shadow Bolt critical strikes increase Shadow damage taken by the target from your attacks by 20% for 12 sec.
What Improved Shadow Bolt does in Classic Era
Forever changed this talent. The Classic Era wording is kept here rank for rank so the two can be read side by side.
- Rank 1 Your Shadow Bolt critical strikes increase Shadow damage dealt to the target by 4% until 4 non-periodic damage sources are applied. Effect lasts a maximum of 12 sec.
- Rank 2 Your Shadow Bolt critical strikes increase Shadow damage dealt to the target by 8% until 4 non-periodic damage sources are applied. Effect lasts a maximum of 12 sec.
- Rank 3 Your Shadow Bolt critical strikes increase Shadow damage dealt to the target by 12% until 4 non-periodic damage sources are applied. Effect lasts a maximum of 12 sec.
- Rank 4 Your Shadow Bolt critical strikes increase Shadow damage dealt to the target by 16% until 4 non-periodic damage sources are applied. Effect lasts a maximum of 12 sec.
- Rank 5 Your Shadow Bolt critical strikes increase Shadow damage dealt to the target by 20% until 4 non-periodic damage sources are applied. Effect lasts a maximum of 12 sec.
Where Improved Shadow Bolt sits in the Destruction tree
Improved Shadow Bolt is a Destruction talent for Warlock. It sits on the first row, so it can be taken straight away.
- Same row: Destructive Reach, Bane
How often people take Improved Shadow Bolt
87 of the 212 public Warlock builds saved here — 41% — put at least one point in Improved Shadow Bolt. Counted across the 1498 most viewed and voted public builds on this site. These are builds players made for themselves before the game is playable, so read them as what people are trying, not as advice.
Builds that take Improved Shadow Bolt
8 of the public Warlock builds written up here spend points on Improved Shadow Bolt.
- Warlock Destruction 16/0/31 — 5/5 , 63 up
- Warlock Affliction 21/11/5 — 5/5 , 9 up
- Warlock Destruction 17/11/21 — 5/5 , 3 up
- Warlock Affliction 19/11/18 — 5/5 , 2 up
- Warlock Affliction 29/0/7 — 5/5 , 2 up
- Warlock Affliction 22/11/18 — 5/5
- Warlock Affliction 31/0/20 — 5/5
- Warlock Affliction 35/11/5 — 5/5
Where this came from
Changed in Forever.
- Forever client build 1.60.1.69893