Shadow Bolt

Shadow Bolt
Shadow Bolt Level 1 warlock ability 40 yd range 1.5% of base mana 2 sec cast Sends a shadowy bolt at the enemy, causing (70.2% of Spell power) Shadow damage. Generates 1 Soul Shard.
Properties
Class	Warlock
School	Shadow
Cooldown	None/Global Cooldown
Other information
Level learned	1
Improvements	[Cunning Cruelty], [Dark Virtuosity], [Demonic Calling], [Improved Shadow Bolt], [Necrolyte Teachings], [Nightfall], [Rot and Decay], [Rune of Shadows], [Sacrificed Souls], [Sargerei Technique], [Shadow Embrace], [Withering Bolt]

May darkness take you, for when I'm done, the Light will not recognize you.

Shadow Bolt is a level 1 warlock spell that deals direct damage to the target. It's the primary filler spell for both Affliction and Demonology warlocks. For Destruction warlocks it is replaced by [Incinerate]. For Demonology warlocks, Shadow Bolt generates a Soul Shard each time it is cast.

Notes and trivia

• Shadow Bolt is sometimes misspelled Shadowbolt by Blizzard.
• Shadowmages and Necromancers can both harness the shadows into bolts of incendiary energy. This would be one of the overlapping abilities shared with warlocks.
• Shadow Bolt is a basic Warlock spell in Hearthstone. The flavor text reads: "It's a Bolt. Its made out of Shadow. What more do you need to know!"

Patch changes

• Hotfix (2024-09-17): Damage reduced by 15% in PvP combat.
  
• Patch 11.0.2 (2024-08-13): Damage increased by 30% in PvP combat.
  
• Hotfix (2024-05-07): Damage increased by 90% in PvP combat (was 60%).
  
• Patch 10.2.0 (2023-11-07): Damage increased 60%.
  
• Hotfix (2023-08-21): Now deals 60% increased damage in PvP combat (was 30%).
  
• Hotfix (2023-06-05): Damage increased by 30% in PvP combat.
  
• Hotfix (2023-01-09): Damage increased by 10%.
  
• Hotfix (2022-12-19): Damage increased by 20%.
  
• Patch 10.0.2 (2022-11-15): No longer deals 10% increased damage in PvP combat.
  
• Hotfix (2021-08-09): Damage increased by 10% in PvP situations.
  
• Patch 9.1.0 (2021-06-29): Mana cost reduced to 1.5% base mana (was 2%).
  
• Patch 9.0.2 (2020-11-17): Damage has been increased by 13%.
  
• Patch 8.0.1 (2018-07-17): Now available again to Affliction warlocks. New visual spell effect.
  
• Patch 7.3.5 (2018-01-16): Damage increased by 100%.
  
• Hotfix (2017-01-17): Shadow Bolt damage increased by 42%.
  
• Patch 7.1.0 (2016-10-25): No longer exclusive to Demonology. Now available to Destruction until Level 14.
  
• Hotfix (2016-09-23): Shadowbolt damage increased by 10%.
  
• Patch 7.0.3 (2016-07-19): Now exclusive to Demonology and generates 1 Soul Shard. Damage reduced by 15%. Cast time reduced to 2 seconds, down from 2.5 seconds. [Molten Core].
  
• Patch 6.2.0 (2015-06-23): Now deals 25% less damage.
  
• Hotfix (2014-12-15): Shadow Bolt's damage has been increased by 25%.
  
• Hotfix (2014-10-17): Shadow Bolt's damage has been reduced by 20%.
  
• Patch 6.0.2 (2014-10-14): [Decimation]'s effects have been merged into baseline Shadow Bolt: When you cast Shadow Bolt on a target below 25% health, you gain the Molten Core effect.
  
• Patch 5.2.0 (2013-03-05): Now deals 15% more damage.
  
• Patch 5.0.4 (2012-08-28): Cast time reduced to 2.5 seconds, down from 3 seconds. Now replaced by [Malefic Grasp] for Affliction and [Incinerate] for Destruction.
  
• Patch 4.3.0 (2011-11-29): Shadow Bolt has a new visual spell effect.
  
• Patch 4.0.3a (2010-11-23): Damage has been reduced by approximately 12%.
  
• Patch 4.0.1 (2010-10-12): Cast time increased to 3 sec, up from 1.7. Range now 40 yards, up from 30.
  
• Patch 3.2.2 (2009-09-22): When using Shadow Bolt while having [Backlash] and [Backdraft] active, only Backlash will now be properly consumed.
  
• Patch 2.1.0 (2007-05-22): Shadow Bolt animation updated.
  

See also

• Shadow Bolt, TCG card

External links

• Wowhead
• WoWDB