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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.
Usable by
Class	Warlock
Properties
Location	Affliction, Tier 5
Affects	Shadow Bolt, Haunt, Damage over Time and Heal over Time spells on target.
Ranks	5
Requirements
Points required	20 Affliction
Spec specific	Yes
Related debuff
Magic Shadow Embrace 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 Shadow damage-over-time spells to the target and reduces the effect of healing-over-time spells.

Rank Table

Notes

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. 
  

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