Death Coil
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| Death Coil | |
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| Usable by | |
| Class | Warlock |
| Properties | |
| Type | Offensive, Defensive |
| School | Shadow |
| Cooldown | 2 minutes |
| Talents | |
| Improvement talents | Demonic Sacrifice (Succubus), Demonic Tactics, Improved Drain Soul, Grim Reach, Master Demonologist (Succubus), Shadow Mastery, Soul Link, Suppression |
| Other information | |
| Ranks | 4 |
| Related debuff | |
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- Were you looking for the Death Knight's Death Coil ability?
- The icy embrace of death can be beneficial... for those who know how to control it.W2BnetMan 76
- Death is not something you can run from when it comes for you.TCGFoO 83
Death Coil is a Warlock Shadow-based Direct Damage spell that heals the caster for the damage done and causes the target to run in horror.
| Rank | Mana Cost | Damage | Level | Cost |
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| 1 | 365 | 244 | 42 | 99
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| 2 | 420 | 319 | 50 | 1 35
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| 3 | 480 | 400 | 58 | 2 16
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| 4 | 600 | 519 | 68 | 5 67
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Notes
Death Coil is a "horror" effect (the only member of this category, so far). As such, fear countering abilities will not be effective against it.
Most creatures that are Fear immune are also immune to Death Coil. This includes nearly all undead.
It is a binary spell, and as such it can only hit or miss. Neither critical hits nor partial resists are possible.
Fel Armor does increase the life gained.
Absorbing the damage from Death Coil does not prevent the horrify effect.
Tips and tactics
- Typically, Death Coil is followed up with the Fear spell against melee attackers, especially in PvP as the short horrify effect will prevent you from suffering casting pushback or lose your Fear spell to an interrupting skill such as Kick or Pummel.
- It can be used to interrupt enemies' spellcasting.
Past changes
Patch 2.1.0 (5/22/07): "Death Coil is now subject to diminishing returns in the Horror category. Currently, only Death Coil is in this category."
Patch 1.8.0 (10/10/05): "Death Coil - Cooldown reduced, mana cost increased, and now causes a short Fear effect that is not diminished."
Background
Death Coil was premiered in Warcraft II, where it was used by the Horde unit called the Death knight. It was used in much the same way as it is now, except against either friend or foe. The spell reappeared in Warcraft III as one of the powers of those death knights which serve the Lich King. This version of the spell dealt damage to living enemies, while healing their undead allies.
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