Curse of the Elements

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Curse of the Elements, or CoE for short, is a warlock curse that makes a target more susceptible to Arcane, Fire, Frost, Nature, and Shadow damage and spells. Curse of the Elements has been merged with Curse of Shadows.

Contents 1 Rank table 2 Talent improvement 3 Tips and tactics 4 Patch changes

Rank table

Rank	Base mana cost	-Resist	+Damage	Level	Cost
1	14% of base mana	45	6%	32	70
2	14% of base mana	60	8%	46	1 30
3	14% of base mana	75	10%	60	2 60
4	10% of base mana	88	10%	69	7
5	10% of base mana	165	13%	78	16

Talent improvement

• Suppression reduces the target's chance to resist.
• Grim Reach increases the range to 33/36 yds.
• Improved Drain Soul reduces generated threat.

Tips and tactics

• Always use this spell before using Enslave Demon to increase the effectiveness of the enslave. The demon will be less likely to resist, and the curse remains in effect while the demon is enslaved, decreasing the chance that it will break the enslave early.

• This should be the main curse of choice for Destruction warlocks. The damage it adds to your direct damage spells is higher than the damage inflicted by Curse of Agony, and in a raid situation you should always leave the casting of that curse to an affliction lock anyway. The long duration of the curse also means you have to waste less time applying curses and can focus on casting your DD spells.
• Use together with DD spells like Incinerate or Shadow Bolt, as well as to aid mages of any spec or druid characters that use Arcane or Shadow Priests that use Shadow Magic.
• This spell produces a beautiful synergy with fire mages and Improved Scorch, which gives +5% critical strike chance, and with shadow priests Shadow Weaving, which gives +10% damage.
• If you spec as a destruction lock, use this to allow you to prep the target to maximize criticals.
• The Voidwalker's Torment is Shadow-based, so this helps the voidwalker to hold aggro.
• Helpful on raid bosses when you have multiple people attacking with Shadow, Arcane, Frost, and/or Fire spells.
• Note that multiple curse of the elements do not stack, and the damage increasing effect does not stack with the Balance druid's Earth and Moon.

Patch changes

• Patch 3.3.0 (PTR): (Rank 4) - Increased to 11% spell damage, up from 10%.
  
• Patch 3.1.0 (2009-04-14): (Rank 5) - Increased to 13% spell damage, up from 10%.
  
• Patch 2.4.3 (2008-07-15): Merged with Curse of Shadow. Now applies to Arcane and Shadow damage, as well as Frost and Fire.
  
• Patch 2.1.0 (2007-05-22): Now has a duration of 2 minutes when used on PvP targets.
  

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