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Touch of Weakness is a Shadow spell/ability usable only by undead and blood elven priests. This skill makes an attacker's attacks weaker.

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

Rank tableEdit

Rank	Level	Mana Cost	Shadow Damage Done (X)	Attacker's Physical Damage Reduction (Y)	Cost
1	10	25	Cause 8 shadow damage.	Reduce the damage caused by the attacker by 2.	0 90
2	20	45	Cause 15 shadow damage.	Reduce the damage caused by the attacker by 4.	1 50
3	30	75	Cause 24 shadow damage.	Reduce the damage caused by the attacker by 7.	5 0
4	40	105	Cause 35 shadow damage.	Reduce the damage caused by the attacker by 11.	9 0
5	50	145	Cause 48 shadow damage.	Reduce the damage caused by the attacker by 15.	15 0
6	60	195	Cause 64 shadow damage.	Reduce the damage caused by the attacker by 20.	23 0
7	70	235	Cause 80 shadow damage.	Reduce the damage caused by the attacker by 35.	50 50

NotesEdit

Casting Touch of Weakness applies a 10 minute buff to the Priest. When an enemy target successfully hits the Priest in melee, the target is hit for a small amount of Shadow damage (which can be modified by Shadow/general spell +damage) and a 120-second (2 minutes) duration debuff is applied to the target that reduces melee damage. This debuff does not stack.

Tips and tacticsEdit

Touch of Weakness can be very useful for a Priest who has invested heavily in the Shadow talent tree. Although the amount of damage that is reduced at high levels is fairly insignificant, the true power of Touch of Weakness is the Shadow damage component. Since Shadow damage is dealt to the target, Touch of Weakness will apply a charge of Shadow Weaving to the target (if the Priest has fully invested in the Shadow Weaving talent), and it also has a chance to proc Blackout, making it a useful tool against Rogues, Warriors, Enhancement Shamans, etc.

Patch changesEdit

• Patch 3.0.2 (2008-10-14): Removed. 
  
• Patch 1.6.0 (2005-07-12): Stronger versions of this effect on enemy targets will no longer be replaced by weaker versions. 
  
• Patch 1.4.0 (2005-05-05): Should now be affected by the Blackout, Darkness, Force of Will, Shadow Focus, Shadow Weaving and Silent Resolve talents. 
  

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