Corruption (spell)

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Corruption
Corruption 2 sec cast 30 yds. range 370 Mana at max level Corrupts the target, causing X Shadow damage over Y sec.
Usable by
Class	Warlock
Properties
Type	Offensive
School	Shadow
Cooldown	None
Talents
Improvement talents	Suppression, Improved Corruption, Improved Drain Soul, Grim Reach, Nightfall, Empowered Corruption, Shadow Embrace, Shadow Mastery, Contagion, Demonic Knowledge
Other information
Ranks	8
Related buff
Magic Corruption X Shadow damage every 3 seconds. Duration: Y seconds

Feel my corrupting influence, pathetic mortal...

Corruption is a Shadow-based warlock spell that damages over time. This spell receives 94% of your +damage/+shadow bonus from gear and cannot crit.

Rank	Mana Cost	Damage over time	Duration	Level	Cost
1	35	40	12	4	1
2	55	90	15	14	8 10
3	100	222	18	24	27
4	160	324	18	34	72
5	225	486	18	44	1 8
6	290	666	18	54	1 80
7	340	822	18	60	2 34
8	370	900	18	65	4 14

Talent improvement

Improved Corruption will lower the cast time of Corruption to become an instant cast spell at max rank.

The Nightfall talent depends on Corruption.

Shadow Mastery will increase damage dealt by Corruption by 10% at max rank, Contagion by 5%, and Demonic Knowledge will increase damage depending on the pet you currently have out. Empowered Corruption increases the bonus damage coefficient from your spell damage bonus by 12% per point, up to 130% at max rank.

Corruption is an Affliction spell, and thus gains the benefits of Suppression, Improved Drain Soul, and Grim Reach talents.

Tips and tactics

• Corruption is considered a bread and butter 'staple' ability of Warlocks. It is very mana efficent (2.43 dmg per mana at max level), and even those Warlocks not spec'ed to Affliction will often put points into Improved Corruption so as to improve its time to cast.
• Corruption is usually preferable to Curse of Agony in short fights. This is because Corruption's damage is spread evenly over its duration, and its duration is only 75% that of Curse of Agony (18 sec. vs. 24 sec.'s). While CoA is more mana efficent (2.93 dmg per mana at max level), that efficency is lost if the target dies before CoA completes its cycle (especially since CoA deals 50% of its damage in the last one-third of its cycle).
• Corruption can be cast with target behind you, so when specced for instant cast it can be a useful spell to cast while running away from the target.

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