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Fiendish Cruelty

Fiendish Cruelty1 point

Critical strikes dealt by Chaos Bolt, Conflagrate, or Incinerate have a 10% chance to make your next cast of Shadowburn within 30 sec cost no Soul Shards and usable on any target regardless of health.

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TypeTalent
Ranks1 point
ClassWarlock
Specializations3
Tree sectionDestruction specialization talents
Row6 of 11
Opens at8 points spent
Game build12.1.5
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Tree position

In the Destruction Warlock talent tree, Fiendish Cruelty sits in the Destruction specialization talents, row 6 of 11. It is a single-point node. Its row opens once 8 points are spent in Destruction Talents.

Connected above

The tree draws a line into Fiendish Cruelty from Shadowburn.

  • Shadowburn

    Blasts a target for (496.8% of Spell Power) Shadowflame damage. Only usable on enemies that have less than 20% health. Restores 1 Soul Shard and removes its cooldown if the target dies within 5 sec.

Connected below

Fiendish Cruelty leads on to Reverse Entropy.

Same row

Also on this row: Chaotic Inferno, Flashpoint, Summon Infernal, Emberstorm, Fire and Brimstone and Lake of Fire.

  • Chaotic Inferno

    Increases Chaos Bolt damage by 5% and Chaos Bolt now has a 25% chance to make your next Incinerate instant.

  • Flashpoint

    When your Wither deals periodic damage to a target above 80% health, gain 2% Haste for 10 sec.

  • Summon Infernal

    Summons an Infernal from the Twisting Nether, impacting for (60% of Spell Power) Fire damage and stunning all enemies in the area for 2 sec. The Infernal will serve you for 30 sec, dealing damage to all nearby enemies every 2 sec and generating 1 Soul Shard Fragment every 1 sec.

  • Emberstorm

    Increases the damage done by your Fire spells by 2% and reduces the cast time of your Incinerate spell by 20%.

  • Fire and Brimstone

    Incinerate now also hits all enemies near your target for 25% damage.

  • Lake of Fire

    Cataclysm now leaves behind a lake of fire that deals Fire damage to enemies within it over 10 sec. Wither deals 20% increased damage to enemies within the lake of fire.

Talent trees

Fiendish Cruelty is in the talent tree of 3 specializations. Warlock: Affliction (DPS), Demonology (DPS), Destruction (DPS).

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Fiendish Cruelty Changes by patch

Tracked changes to this talent between game data builds, newest first.

  • First tracked in the game data (patch 12.1.0)
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