Devastation
Increases the critical strike chance of your Destruction spells by 3%.
Tree position
In the Destruction Warlock talent tree, Devastation sits in the Destruction specialization talents, row 8 of 11. It takes 2 points to fill. Its row opens once 20 points are spent in Destruction Talents.
Connected above
The tree draws a line into Devastation from Summoner's Embrace or Grimoire of Sacrifice.
Summoner's EmbraceIncreases the damage dealt by your spells and your demon by 3%.
Grimoire of SacrificeSacrifices your demon pet for power, gaining its command demon ability, and causing your spells to sometimes also deal (37.2% of Spell Power) additional Shadow damage. Lasts until cancelled or until you summon a demon pet.
Connected below
Devastation leads on to Diabolic Embers and Demonfire Infusion or Channel Demonfire.
Diabolic EmbersIncinerate now generates 100% additional Soul Shard Fragments.
Demonfire InfusionPeriodic damage from Wither has a 4% chance to fire a Demonfire bolt at 100% increased effectiveness. Incinerate has a 25% chance to fire a Demonfire bolt at 100% increased effectiveness.
Channel DemonfireLaunches 15 bolts of felfire over 3 sec at random targets afflicted by your Wither. Each bolt deals (39.4% of Spell Power) Fire damage to the target and (19.6% of Spell Power) Fire damage to nearby enemies.
Same row
Also on this row: Ruin, Improved Chaos Bolt and Destructive Rapidity.


Destructive RapidityIncreases how quickly Rain of Fire deals damage by 25% and how quickly your Infernal's Immolation deals damage by 10%.
Talent trees
Devastation is in the talent tree of 3 specializations. Warlock: Affliction (DPS), Demonology (DPS), Destruction (DPS).
Devastation Changes by patch
Tracked changes to this talent between game data builds, newest first.
- First tracked in the game data (patch 12.1.0)