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Shadow Embrace
Your Shadow Bolt and Haunt spells apply the Shadow Embrace effect, increasing all shadow periodic damage dealt to the target by you by X%, and reduces all periodic healing done to the target by Y%. Lasts for 12 sec. Stacks up to 3 times.
Periodic Shadow damage taken increased by X%, and periodic healing received reduced by Y%.
Duration: 12 seconds
Your Shadow Bolt and Haunt spells apply the Shadow Embrace effect, increasing all shadow periodic damage dealt to the target by you by X%, and reduces all periodic healing done to the target by Y%. Lasts for 12 sec. Stacks up to 3 times.
Shadow Embrace is a stacking warlock Affliction talent that both increases the damage done by the warlock's Shadowdamage-over-time spells to the target and reduces the effect of healing-over-time spells.
This talent plays an important part in the spell rotation of high-level Affliction warlocks. By beginning the attack with a Shadow Bolt and a Haunt the warlock can apply two layers of Shadow Embrace on the target, increasing the damage of subsequent Shadow DoT spells until the effect wears off.
Patch changes
Patch 3.3.2 (2010-01-02): This effect can now stack up to 3 times, up from 2. However, the periodic healing reduction effect has been reduced from 3/6/9/12/15% to 2/4/6/8/10% per application.
Patch 3.1.0 (14-Apr-2009): Now only increases the damage done by your shadow damage periodic spells.
/Patch 3.0.2 (14-Oct-2008): This talent completely changed with version 3 of World of Warcraft. Previously it reduced physical damage done by the target by 5%, and did not stack.
Patch 2.3.0 (13-Nov-2007): This talent's effect can no longer trigger other effects.
Patch 3.3.2 (2010-01-02): This effect can now stack up to 3 times, up from 2. However, the periodic healing reduction effect has been reduced from 3/6/9/12/15% to 2/4/6/8/10% per application. 
