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Talent Improvements

The talents below affect Shadow Bolt the following ways:

Affliction Tree

Talent: Nightfall
Effects: Gives Corruption and Drain Life spells a chance to cause you to enter a Shadow Trance state after damaging the opponent. The Shadow Trance state reduces the casting time of your next Shadow Bolt spell by 100%
Statistics: 1 point = 2% chance you enter a Shadow Trance, 2 points = 4% chance.

Talent: Shadow Mastery
Effect: Increases damage dealt or life drained of Shadow Spells by:
Statistics: 1 point = 2%, 2 points = 4%, 3 points = 6%, 4 points = 8%, 5 points = 10%.

Destruction Tree

Talent: Improved Shadow Bolt Effect: Shadow Bolt critical strikes increase Shadow damage dealt to the target by X% until 4 non-periodic damage sources are applied. Effect lasts a maximum of 12 sec. Statistics: Rank 1 = 4%. Rank 2 = 8%. Rank 3 = 12%. Rank 4 = 16%. Rank 5 = 20%.

Talent: Cataclysm
Effect: Mana Cost of Destruction spells reduced.
Statistics: 1 point = 1% reduction, 2 points = 2%, 3 points = 3%, 4 points = 4%, 5 points =5%

Talent: Bane
Effect: Reduces the casting time of your Shadow Bolt and Immolate spells and your Soul Fire spell by:
Statistics: Rank 1 = -0.1 sec & -0.4 sec. Rank 2 = -0.2 sec & -0.8 sec. Rank 3 = -0.3 sec & -1.2 sec. Rank 4 = -0.4 sec & -1.4 sec. Rank 5 = -0.5 sec & -2 sec.

Talent: Aftermath
Effect: Gives Destruction spells a chance to daze the target for 5 sec.
Statistics: 1 point = 2% chance, 2 points = 4%, 3 points = 6%, 4 points = 8%, 5 points = 10%.

Talent: Devastation
Effect: Increases chance of critical strike with Destruction spells.
Statistics: 1 point = 1% chance increase, 2 points = 2%, 3 points = 3%, 4 points = 4%, 5 points = 5%

Talent: Intensity
Effect: Gives Rain of Fire, Hellfire, and Soul Fire spells a chance to stun the target for 3 sec.
Statistics: Rank 1 = 13% chance, Rank 2 = 26%.

Talent: Destructive Reach
Effect: Increases range and reduces threat of Destruction spells.
Statistics: 1 point = +10% range & -5% threat, 2 points = +20% range & -10% threat.

Talent: Ruin
Effect: Increases critical strike damage bonus of Destruction spells.
Statistics: 1 point = 100% increase

Talent: Backlash
Effect: Increases your critical strike chance with spells by an additional 1% and gives you a 8% chance when hit by a physical attack to reduce the cast time of your next Shadow Bolt or Incinerate spell by 100%. This effect lasts 8 sec and will not occur more than once every 8 seconds.
Statistics: Rank 1 = 1% crit chance, 8% chance reduce cast time.

Talent: Soul Leech
Effect: Gives Shadow Bolt, Shadowburn, Soul Fire, Incinerate, Searing Pain and Conflagrate spells chance to return health equal to portion of damage caused.
Statistics: 1 point = 20% chance, 2 points = 30%, 3 points = 40%

Talent: Shadow and Flame
Effect: Shadow Bolt and Incinerate spells gain bonus spell damage effects.
Statistics: Rank 1 = +4% bonus. Rank 2 = +8%. Rank 3 = +12%. Rank 4 = +16%. Rank 5 = +20%.

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Facts about Shadow Bolt

• Warlocks begin their characters with level 1 Shadow Bolt.