Unstable Affliction

Unstable Affliction
	Unstable Affliction (5 ranks); Warlock ability; 40 yards yd range; 15% of base mana; 1.5 sec cast; Shadow energy slowly destroys the target, causing X damage over 15 sec. In addition, if the Unstable Affliction is dispelled it will cause Y damage to the dispeller and silence them for 4 sec. Only one Unstable Affliction or Immolate per Warlock can be active on any one target.;
Properties
Class	Warlock
School	Shadow
Cooldown	None/Global Cooldown
Talents
Talent tree	Affliction
Talent required	None
Improvements	[Shadow Mastery]
Related debuff
	Magic ; Unstable Affliction ; Suffering [X/5] Shadow damage every 3 sec. If dispelled, will cause Y damage to the dispeller and silence them for 4 sec. ; Duration: 18 sec ;

[[Category:warlock abilities]][[Category:warlock abilities]]

Unstable Affliction is a talented warlock ability that causes a DoT on the target, and will damage and silence any who dispel it.

It is the the ability for Warlocks specialized in Affliction.

Notes

Its direct damage can crit.
Since a rogue's [Cloak of Shadows] ability and a mage's [Ice Block] is a "removal" instead of a "dispel," it will not trigger the direct damage portion of Unstable Affliction when used as a counter.
Since Patch 2.3, the silence from this ability is now subject to diminishing returns.
The Felhunter's [Devour Magic] is considered a Dispel effect, hence it will trigger Unstable Affliction's effects.
Unstable Affliction and [Immolate] cannot be on the target at the same time, they will override each other.

This is a great spell for warlocks in arena. With all the curses a warlock has, a priest will be forced to dispel, which results in the direct damage.
In PvE, this spell is just another DoT. Most raid bosses do not dispel, and therefore the damage and silence of effects of dispelling this spell are wasted. However, affliction raid specs should still use this spell in raid settings, since its damage done per second casting is still higher than Shadow Bolt.
In PvP, it can help prevent your DoTs from being dispelled safely, as its secondary effects can cause significant damage to the dispeller.

Patch 4.1.0 (2011-04-26):
- Unstable Affliction damage done when it is dispelled has been doubled, but this damage can no longer be critical.
- Damage dealt by Unstable Affliction when it is dispelled now properly benefits from [Shadow Mastery].
Patch 3.2.0 (2009-08-04): [Immolate] and Unstable Affliction: All ranks of these two spells will now overwrite each other.
Patch 3.0.2 (2008-10-14): Silence effect reduced to 3 seconds, down from 5.
Patch 2.3.0 (2007-11-13): The silence from this ability is now subject to diminishing returns.

Unstable Affliction
Unstable Affliction (5 ranks) Warlock ability 40 yards yd range 15% of base mana 1.5 sec cast Shadow energy slowly destroys the target, causing X damage over 15 sec. In addition, if the Unstable Affliction is dispelled it will cause Y damage to the dispeller and silence them for 4 sec. Only one Unstable Affliction or Immolate per Warlock can be active on any one target.
Properties
Class	Warlock
School	Shadow
Cooldown	None/Global Cooldown
Talents
Talent tree	Affliction
Talent required	None
Improvements	[Shadow Mastery]
Related debuff
Magic Unstable Affliction Suffering [X/5] Shadow damage every 3 sec. If dispelled, will cause Y damage to the dispeller and silence them for 4 sec. Duration: 18 sec