Rune of Shadows
Reduces the cast time of Shadow Bolt by 10% and increases its damage by 15%.
Tree position
In the Demonology Warlock talent tree, Rune of Shadows sits in the Demonology specialization talents, row 5 of 11. It takes 2 points to fill. Its row opens once 8 points are spent in Demonology Talents.
Connected above
The tree draws a line into Rune of Shadows from Imp-erator and Implosion or Power Siphon.
Imp-eratorIncreases the critical strike chance of your Wild Imp's Fel Firebolt by 15%.
ImplosionDemonic forces suck 6 of your Wild Imps toward the target, and then cause them to violently explode, dealing Shadowflame damage to all enemies.
Power SiphonInstantly sacrifice up to 2 Wild Imps, generating 2 charges of Demonic Core that cause Demonbolt to deal 30% additional damage.
Connected below
Rune of Shadows leads on to Demonic Brutality, Inner Demons and Summon Demonic Tyrant.
Demonic BrutalityDamaging critical strikes dealt by you and your demons deal 230% damage instead of the usual 200%.
Inner DemonsYou passively summon a Wild Imp to fight for you every 12 sec.
Summon Demonic TyrantSummon a Demonic Tyrant that damages your target for 15 sec. Damage dealt by Demonic Tyrant is increased by 10% for each Wild Imp and Dreadstalker active. Generates Soul Shards.
Same row
Also on this row: Infernal Rapidity, Carnivorous Stalkers and Fel Armaments.
Infernal RapidityWhen your Wild Imps cast Fel Firebolt, they have 10% chance to instantly cast another Fel Firebolt at 200% effectiveness.
Carnivorous Stalkers2 ranksYour Dreadstalkers' attacks have a 10% chance to trigger an additional Dreadbite.
Fel ArmamentsThe cooldown of your Felguard's Felstorm is reduced by 10 sec and damage dealt to your primary demon is reduced by 10%.
Talent trees
Rune of Shadows is in the talent tree of 3 specializations. Warlock: Affliction (DPS), Demonology (DPS), Destruction (DPS).
Rune of Shadows Changes by patch
Tracked changes to this talent between game data builds, newest first.
- First tracked in the game data (patch 12.1.0)