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Comment by 943753

Chaos Bolt is back!

YEEEEAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHH!

Comment by PikaPika

Looks like it doesn't ignore absorbs/resistances now.

Comment by 223371

Something is wrong here, and I can't put my finger on it at the moment.

Maybe it's the fact that Chaos bolt deals Shadow damage in a fire damage based tree? I think that's probably why it's kinda wrong for me.

Comment by Iesdi

Since the tons of QQing about it on the BETA (and now live), I have decided to write this comment.

Some facts:
1. It costs 1 Burning Embers. They are warlock'sFuel for the Fire
2. It has 3 seconds cast. Yes, that's a lot.
3. It does Shadow Damage instead of Fire damage now.
4. Hits like The Unstoppable Force and makes you Sad.

Facts that people don't know, or say they don't know so they can continue QQing:
1. Even if the warlock uses Unending Resolve you still can stun / disorient / push / sleep etc, basically everything but interupt / silence them.
2. It NO LONGER pierces shields (like Ice Barrier, Power Word: Shield etc) and resistances.

That means:
1. All types of shields absorb it.
2. All types of incoming damage reduction low it's damage (like warrior's Shield Wall, Shadowform etc).
3. It no longer pierces Cloak of Shadows and etc.

So, people, please... Instead Cry Out In Despair about it's damage - learn to prevent it / take it properly.
If you see a Destrolock and you have any defensive cooldown ready - Save it for Later to prevent running like a Burning Man later. :)

Comment by 1031035

This only takes one burning ember. This is possibly the greatest spell in WoW ATM. Chaos Bolt + Havoc = 2 chaos bolts. Flawless Victory!

Comment by 1035786

Some lv 85 warlock just one shotted me for 145k in dawns blossom... I had to check to see wtf this skill was. As far as I remember my warrior has never been oneshotted at level parity.

Comment by Dani1973

Unglyphed grounding totem absorbs it and this time the burning embers are consumed like it should be.

Glyphed grounding totem will reflect it but the funny thing is that the reflected damage is much lower and no burning embers are consumed.
How is this fair?

Comment by Iesdi

If you are thinking of making a low level twink for fun, a level 74 DestroLock is the answer.
You are going to ask why I guess?

Let's get into the details:

-Why DestroLock?
"Chaos Bolt always critically strikes. In addition, the damage is increased by your critical strike chance."
The secret is in Smooth King's Amber and Smooth Dragon's Eye if you are a Jewelcrafter, which I STRONGLY recommend.
Also if you want to go for a rogue for example, like most people do, have fun grinding BT for Warglaives...
Just sayin', gearing a 74 lock twink is easy, and the amount of delivered fun is beyond your imagination.

-Why 74?
First of all, the first PvP items with sockets are on level 70, obviously I'm talking about Brutal Gladiator's Felshroud. You want to be 74 instead of just 70, because 74 is the top level for this bracket, and a 74 warlocks is obviously stronger than 70 one. And you want to be 74 instead of 84 for example, because the cataclysm crit sockets require item level, and the wrath ones don't. So your Chaos Bolt will have bigger advantage on level 74 instead of any other twink level.

-Why not Tier 6 (Malefic) instead of Brutal Gladiator?
Let's take a look at the stats. They are all for level 74 warlock and the socket bonuses are in case we stack only critical (yellow) and nothing else at all. https://www.wowhead.com/mop-classic/compare?items=31050:31051:31053:31054:31052:34564:34436:34541;35009:35010:35011:35012:35013:35179:35149:35164
The PvE set has 52 more intellect, 3.74% haste and 5.62% hit. (4 hit, 11 spell power socket bonus) However...
The PvP set has 55 more stamina, 11.97% resil and 7.94% critical. (2 spell power socket bonus)

If you follow this tips, you will almost one shot the peeps (or directly one shot greenies) in the battlegrounds, and you will be a nuclear weapon in their eyes, which will result in 2-3 people running away from you to a random direction, just to avoid Shadowfury to Havoc Chaos Bolt. (true story ;) )

I hope that comment was useful, don't forget to add your replies with opinions, adds or corrections!

p.s. Chaos Bolt does NOT consume an ember if it misses.
However it does if it gets resisted.
p.p.s. Now in mists, as our survivability is greatly increased, (Unending Resolve, Dark Bargain, Dark Regeneration, Unbound Will and more) it's a fact that you can destroy even rogues/warriors/DKs/hunters buffed up to the sky with legendaries. That hurts their ego a lot.

Comment by Lordplatypus

Now imagine what a Chaos Blast would be like.

5 Minute cast time
does 666666666666666666666 damage, no resistances

Comment by 1063563

This is one of the best but admittedly slightly over powered spells in the game. I get scared when I see one comin. As a hunter I will attempt to stop the cast at all costs. Silence shot, scatter shot, shadowmeld ( im a nelf ), feign death, and disengage out of max range lol.

Comment by 944511

A giant, green, dragon-faced log made of concentrated QQ. Applies a debuff that makes the affected go to the WoW official forums and cry for a nerf.

More seriously though, WoWhead currently shows it as consuming 10 Burning Embers, which is technically correct. Warlocks only have 4 of those Burning Embers "bars" by their name plate, but each contains 10 smaller embers created by a spell hit from an appropriate spell (1 small ember) or a crit (2 small embers). So the 10 embers the WoWhead tooltip is talking about is the same as one full Ember the way it is normally thought about.

Comment by 1079072

Will Denounce prevent this form critically hitting?

Comment by Weshuzan

Does anyone know whether the DoT portion of this from Grimoire of Sacrifice clips if applied while one is already in effect?

Comment by artyfarty

Wowhead says "Cannot be used while shapeshifted".
Why? There isn't that much spells with that flag.

Comment by Bogdanov89

This spell actually replaces Soul Fire for Destruction Warlocks - you can notice it if you switch from a (high level) Demonology spec to a Destruction spec, since the spell will take the other one's place in the action bars.

Comment by Bowler92

Backdraft is not consumed by Chaos Bolt until you have reached lvl 86 and learn the passive Pyroclasm ability

Comment by 1320626

My favorite spell of all time.

Comment by 1320626

Absolutely my favorite spell. I wish I could use it more often haha! I drop RoF hit them with a little immolation and conflag then pop this beauty in their face. Finish them off with a little shadow burn and call it a day :)

Comment by 1108658

Seems in patch 6.0 this spell, along with spells that were 40+ will be gained at level 10 upon choosing the corresponding Specialization

Comment by Eostare

Great spell, cool animation, but still don't understand why it's a dragon head and not a pit-lord head... I want a pit-lord head...

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Chaos Bolt

Chaos Bolt	Level 90

1 Combo Point	40 yd range

3 sec cast

Unleashes a blast of chaos, causing [2488 * (1 + 24 / 100 * ((90 > 79 ? 1 : 0)))] to [3040 * (1 + 24 / 100 * ((90 > 79 ? 1 : 0)))] Shadow damage.

Chaos Bolt always critically strikes. In addition, the damage is increased by your critical strike chance.

Replaces Soul Fire.

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Chaos Bolt	Level 90

Deals Shadow damage every 5 sec.

Spell Details

Duration

n/a

School

Shadow

Mechanic

n/a

Dispel type

Magic

GCD category

Normal

Cost

1 Combo Point

Range

40 yards (Long)

Cast time

3 seconds

Cooldown

n/a

GCD

1.5 seconds

Effect

School Damage (Shadow)
Value: 1 (SP mod: 2.5875)
PVP Multiplier: 1

Flags

Cannot be used while shapeshifted
Discount Power On Miss
Aura Points On Client

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