Ruin
Increases the critical strike damage of your Destruction spells by 15%.
Tree position
In the Destruction Warlock talent tree, Ruin 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 Ruin from Reverse Entropy.
Reverse EntropyYour spells have a chance to grant you 15% Haste for 8 sec.
Connected below
Ruin leads on to Dimensional Rift or Soul Fire and Chaos Incarnate.
Dimensional RiftChaos Bolt and Shadowburn have a 10% chance to rip open a hole in space and time, opening a random portal that damages your target: Deals Shadow damage over 14 sec. Deals Chaos damage over 6 sec. Fires a Chaos Bolt, dealing (326.5% of Spell Power) Chaos damage. This Chaos Bolt always critically strikes and your critical strike chance increases its damage. Generates Soul Shard Fragments.
Soul FireBurns the enemy's soul, dealing (3867.4% of Spell Power) Fire damage and applying Wither. Generates 1 Soul Shard.
Chaos IncarnateChaos Bolt, Rain of Fire, and Shadowburn always gain at least 70% of the maximum benefit from your Mastery: Chaotic Energies.
Same row
Also on this row: Improved Chaos Bolt, Destructive Rapidity and Devastation.

Destructive RapidityIncreases how quickly Rain of Fire deals damage by 25% and how quickly your Infernal's Immolation deals damage by 10%.

Talent trees
Ruin is in the talent tree of 3 specializations. Warlock: Affliction (DPS), Demonology (DPS), Destruction (DPS).
Ruin Changes by patch
Tracked changes to this talent between game data builds, newest first.
- First tracked in the game data (patch 12.1.0)