Curse of Weakness
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| Curse of Weakness | |
|---|---|
| |
| Usable By | |
| Class | Warlock |
| Properties | |
| Type | Offensive |
| School | Shadow |
| Cooldown | None |
| Talents | |
| Improvement Talents | Suppression, Improved Curse of Weakness, Improved Drain Soul, Grim Reach, Contagion |
| Other Information | |
| Ranks | 8 |
| Related Buff | |
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Curse of Weakness (CoW), is a warlock curse that reduces the attack power of a target. Only one Curse per Warlock can be active on any one target.
| Rank | Mana Cost | AP Reduction | Level | Cost |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 20 | 21 | 4 | 1
|
| 2 | 35 | 41 | 12 | 6
|
| 3 | 70 | 64 | 22 | 22 50
|
| 4 | 95 | 82 | 32 | 63
|
| 5 | 130 | 123 | 42 | 99
|
| 6 | 175 | 163 | 52 | 1 62
|
| 7 | 215 | 257 | 61 | 2 70
|
| 8 | 265 | 350 | 69 | 6 30
|
Notes
- Neither Curse of Weakness, Demoralizing Shout nor Demoralizing Roar stack. One can overwrite the other if it has a greater AP reduction, depending on talents. The curse is generally the strongest, but can be overwritten by a talented shout. An untalented shout can be overwritten by a talented roar.
Talent improvement
Improved Curse of Weakness increases the amount of attack power reduced by the curse by 20% at max rank.
Curse of Weakness is an Affliction spell, and thus gains the benefits of Suppression, Improved Drain Soul, Grim Reach, and Contagion talents.
Tips and tactics
- On level 70 players, DPS is decreased by 1 for every 14 attack power; an attack power reduction of 350 thus corresponds to 350/14 = 25 dps.
- On mobs and bosses, there are other factors between AP and damage, usually giving much more damage for the same amount of AP.
- That effectively means that Curse of Weakness can be a very good option in certain situations (and that Curse of Recklessness can be very bad).
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