Hellcaller Destro Chaos Damage Question: Xalan's Talents

Classes Warlock
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Developer’s note: We’ve redesigned Xalan’s Cruelty and Ferocity for clarity purposes as it was unclear that Shadowflame effects should benefit from both damage increases and both critical strike chance increases.

I’m sure this is a naïve question, but does Chaos damage benefit from both of Xalan’s talents the same way Shadowflame damage does? That is, with both talents selected, Shadowflame damage is increased 4% and Shadowflame spells gain 20% more Critical Strike chance from all sources. My understanding is that Chaos damage (Chaos Bolt and associated Dimensional Rifts) are all schools of magic, so to me I would expect those abilities to benefit like Shadowflame spells.

Thanks in advance for the clarification and apologies if this is a simple question! :smiling_face_with_three_hearts:

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Theoretically, yes. As for how they actually wrote it, we’ll find out.

Don’t forget in SL season 1 the node that was supposed to give Veng DH 10% less magic damage taken was actually causing 10% more magic damage to them. Sometimes the implementation just ain’t there. I recall something similar happening to Enhancement Shamans recently.

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I think after this change my shadow bolts are doing less dmg now by about 100K

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Maybe Shadow Bolt was double dipping into these talents, though a 2% nerf should not equal 100k.

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According to Wowhead, Chaos Bolt is listed as being effected by both Cruelty and Ferocity, so yes it should be double dipping.

And with the change to Malefic Rapture to being shadowflame, it is also getting the benefit of both effects. Neat.

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