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Curse of Tongues
Spell shadow curseoftounges
  • Curse of Tongues
  • Warlock ability
  • 40 yd range
  • 1% of base mana
  • Instant
  • Forces the target to speak in Demonic, increasing the casting time of all spells by 30% for 1 min.

    Curses: A warlock can only have one Curse active per target.
Properties
Class Warlock
School Shadow
Cooldown None/Global Cooldown
Related debuff
Spell shadow curseoftounges
  • Curse
  • Curse of Tongues
  • Speaking Demonic increasing casting time by 30%.
  • Duration: 1 minute
Sister Clara gasped as she tried to speak and nothing but demonic utterances issued forth.[1]

Curse of Tongues is a warlock ability granted by the Ability creature cursed 02 [Curses of Enfeeblement] talent.

Notes[]

  • As a curse, this can be removed by mages, druids and shamans.
  • This ability causes the target to speak Demonic in emotes and chat. This affects players and some NPCs, including elites such as Drek'Thar and Vanndar Stormpike in Alterac Valley. A CM on Blizzard's official forums joked on how coders spent time coding this curse to do just that.[citation needed] 

Tips and tactics[]

  • This curse only affects casting speed, and will have no effect on non-casting targets.
  • As a form of negative haste, this curse also reduces the tick rate of any damage over time or heal over time effects cast by the target while afflicted. This can be useful for reducing the damage output of Affliction warlocks and Shadow priests who rely on DoTs for much of their damage.

In the RPG[]

Icon-RPG This section contains information from the Warcraft RPG which is considered non-canon.

Curse of tongues allows the caster to steal the target's voice with a curse, replacing it with the voice of a terrible demon. The subject's new voice only speaks in the Eredar tongue, regardless of any other spells or effects on the target. This spell prevents the target from using any spell with verbal components.[2]

Patch changes[]

  • Dragonflight Hotfix (2022-12-05): Now reduces cast time by 10% in PvP combat (was 15%).
  • Dragonflight Patch 10.0.0 (2022-10-25): Now granted by the Ability creature cursed 02 [Curses of Enfeeblement] class talent (was a level 34 ability).
  • Shadowlands Patch 9.0.5 (2021-03-09): Now lasts 1 minute (was 30 seconds) and lasts 20 seconds against enemy players (was 12 seconds).
  • Shadowlands Patch 9.0.1 (2020-10-13): Now a level 34 ability for all warlocks (was a level 40 PvP talent).
  • Battle for Azeroth Patch 8.0.1 (2018-07-17): Converted from a rank 4 honor talent to a level 40 PvP talent.
  • Legion Patch 7.0.3 (2016-07-19): Re-added as an honor talent (was a level 26 ability). Now lasts for 10 seconds, down from 30seconds.
  • Mists of Pandaria Patch 5.0.4 (2012-08-28): Removed.
  • Cataclysm Patch 4.0.1 (2010-10-12): now increases casting time by 30% (was 25%). Range is now 40 yd (was 30).
  • Wrath-Logo-Small Patch 3.0.9 (2009-02-10): Now increases the casting time of all spells by 25% (Rank 1) and 30% (Rank 2), down from 50% and 60%.
  • Wrath-Logo-Small Patch 3.0.2 (2008-10-14): No longer stacks with Spell nature nullifydisease [Mind-numbing Poison] or Spell nature slow [Slow].
  • Bc icon Patch 2.1.0 (2007-05-22): Now has a 12 second duration when used on PvP targets.
  • WoW Icon update Patch 1.12.0 (2006-08-22): This spell will no longer debuff the target if they are immune to the spellcast slowing effect.

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