Classes and races Report: October 7, 2026, 01:49 MSK. Clarification: 02:36 MSK. Checked October 7 in the morning.
Elemental Devastation triggers from direct spell critical hits
A critical triggers the talent. periodic ticks, totems and weapon effects do not.
Description
Archive backfill. A player tested a range of Shaman attacks on October 6, and a bug tracker maintainer clarified the rule on October 7: it responds to direct harmful spell critical hits. Critical periodic ticks, totem damage and weapon procs do not qualify. In the Forever database, this Elemental talent starts at level 15 and grants 3/6/9% melee critical strike chance for 10 seconds across its ranks.
Effect
Plan and test the talent around direct spells. Do not rely on a critical tick or totem to keep the effect active.
How to reproduce it
- On a Shaman with , choose a safe target. The reporter used three talent points for the comparison.
- Land a critical and check the effect on your character.
- Compare a critical periodic tick. In the player's test it did not trigger the effect, while a direct hit did.
What players report
- FrodoOf9Fingers, GitHub Forever bugs
Tested direct spells, periodic ticks, totems and weapon effects. Direct critical hits triggered the talent, the other tested types did not.
Read discussion ↗ - AidanZMoon, GitHub Forever bugs
Said the trigger is a direct harmful spell critical hit and reported a tooltip update.
Read discussion ↗