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Curse of Tongues
Curse of Tongues 30 yds.  range Global cooldown 4% of base mana Instant cast Forces the target to speak in Demonic, increasing the casting time of all spells by X%. Only one Curse per Warlock can be active on any one target. Lasts 30 sec.
Usable by
Class	Warlock
Properties
Type	Utility, Defensive
School	Shadow
Cooldown	Global
Talents
Improvement talents	Suppression, Grim Reach, Contagion
Other information
Ranks	2
Related debuff
Curse Curse of Tongues Speaking Demonic increasing casting time by X%. Duration: 30 sec (12 sec in PvP)

• Curse of Tongues
• 30 yds.  range
• 4% of base mana
• Instant cast
• Forces the target to speak in Demonic, increasing the casting time of all spells by X%. Only one Curse per Warlock can be active on any one target. Lasts 30 sec.

Sister Clara gasped as she tried to speak and nothing but demonic utterances issued forth.^[1]

Curse of Tongues, or CoT, is a warlock Affliction ability which increases the enemy's casting time.

Curse of tongues allows the caster to steal the target's voice with a curse, replacing it with the voice of a terrible demon. The subject's new voice only speaks in the Eredar tongue, regardless of any other spells or effects on the target. This spell prevents the target from using any spell with verbal components. ^[2]

Rank table

Rank	Level	Cast Time Inc	Cost
1	26	25%	70
2	50	30%	2 80

Notes

Targets affected by this spell will actually speak in Demonic in emotes and in chat. A CM on Blizzard's official forums joked about how coders spent time coding this curse to do just that.

Talent improvement

Suppression reduces the chance for the curse to be resisted; Grim Reach increases the range; and Contagion reduces the chance that it'll be dispelled.

Tips and tactics

CoT is used primarily against casters to limit their spellcasting ability.

Mages can remove curses and the talented ones will do so.

Patch changes

• Patch 3.0.9 (2009-02-10): Now increases the casting time of all spells by 25% (Rank 1) and 30% (Rank 2), down from 50% and 60%. 
  
• Patch 2.1.0 (22-May-2007): Now has a 12 second duration when used on PvP targets. 
  

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