Changes: Curse (spell)

Revision as of 12:56, 4 April 2011

Warlock Bane spells are Warlock debuffs. Only one target can have Bane of Havoc at a time, and only one Bane per Warlock can be active on any one target.

History

Bane spells were implemented in Patch 4.0.1, to differentiate them from Curses. They are made up of many of the former Curse spells.

Available hands

There are numerous banes available to Warlocks. The available banes are as follows:

Ability	Reqs	Duration	Cooldown	Description
Bane of Agony	Level 12	24 sec	None	Banes the target with agony, causing Shadow damage over 24 sec. This damage is dealt slowly at first, and builds up as the Curse reaches its full duration.
[Bane of Doom]	Level 20	1 min	None	Banes the target with impending doom, causing Shadow damage every 15 sec. When Bane of Doom deals damage, it has a 20% chance to summon a Demon guardian. Lasts for 1 min.
[Bane of Havoc]	Affliction 12	5 minutes	None	Banes the target for 5 min, causing 15% of all damage done by the Warlock to other targets to also be dealt to the baned target.

Improving banes with talents

Banes can be improved with the following talents:

Talent	Reqs	Description
[Pandemic]	Affliction Tier 6	Reduces the global cooldown of your Bane spells by .25/0.5 sec.
[Doom and Gloom]	Affliction Tier 1	Increases the critical strike chance of your Bane of Agony and Bane of Doom by 4/8%.

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-Warlock '''Curse''' spells are [[Warlock]] debuffs that afflicts the target with negative effects. Only one Curse per Warlock can be active on any one target.
+Warlock '''Bane''' spells are [[Warlock]] debuffs. Only one target can have Bane of Havoc at a time, and only one Bane per Warlock can be active on any one target.
 ==History==
-'''Curse''' has been available since the release of World of Warcraft. Several former Curse spells are now [[Bane (spell)|Bane]]s.
+'''Bane''' spells were implemented in [[Patch 4.0.1]], to differentiate them from Curses. They are made up of many of the former [[Curse (spell)|Curse]] spells.
 ==Available hands==
-There are numerous curses available to Warlocks. The available curses are as follows:
+There are numerous banes available to Warlocks. The available banes are as follows:
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 |-
 !width="100px" | Ability  !! width="80px" | Reqs !! width="40px" | Duration !! width="40px" | Cooldown !! width="700px" | Description
 |-
-! '''[[Curse of the Elements]]'''
+! '''[[Bane of Agony]]'''
-| Level 52
+| Level 12
-| 5 min
+| 24 sec
 | None
-| style="text-align: left;" | Curses the target for 5 min, reducing Arcane, Fire, Frost, Nature, and Shadow resistances by 183 and increasing magic damage taken by 8%.
+| style="text-align: left;" | Banes the target with agony, causing Shadow damage over 24 sec.  This damage is dealt slowly at first, and builds up as the Curse reaches its full duration.
 |- class="alt"
-! '''[[Curse of Tongues]]'''
+! '''[[Bane of Doom]]'''
-| Level 26
+| Level 20
-| 30 sec
+| 1 min
 | None
-| style="text-align: left;" | Forces the target to speak in Demonic, increasing the casting time of all spells by 30%. Lasts 30 sec.
+| style="text-align: left;" | Banes the target with impending doom, causing Shadow damage every 15 sec.  When Bane of Doom deals damage, it has a 20% chance to summon a Demon guardian.<br /><br />Lasts for 1 min.
 |-
-! '''[[Curse of Weakness]]'''
+! '''[[Bane of Havoc]]'''
+| Affliction 12
-| Level 16
-| 2 min
+| 5 minutes
-| None
-| style="text-align: left;" | Target's physical damage done is reduced by 10% for 2 min.
-|- class="alt"
-! '''[[Curse of Exhaustion]]'''
-| Affliction 11
-| 30 sec
 | None
-| style="text-align: left;" | Reduces the target's movement speed by 30% for 30 sec.
+| style="text-align: left;" | Banes the target for 5 min, causing 15% of all damage done by the Warlock to other targets to also be dealt to the baned target.
 |}
-==Improving curses with talents==
+==Improving banes with talents==
-Curses can be improved with the following talents:
+Banes can be improved with the following talents:
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  !'''[[Pandemic]]'''
  | Affliction Tier 6
- | style="text-align: left;" | Reduces the global cooldown of your Curse spells by .25/0.5 sec.
+ | style="text-align: left;" | Reduces the global cooldown of your Bane spells by .25/0.5 sec.
 |- class="alt"
- !'''[[Jinx]]'''
+ !'''[[Doom and Gloom]]'''
- | Affliction Tier 2
+ | Affliction Tier 1
- | style="text-align: left;" | Your Curse of the Elements also affects up to 15 nearby enemy targets within 20/40 yards of the cursed target.<br /><br />Also, your Curse of Weakness reduces the target's energy, rage, focus or runic power generation by 5/10% while active.
+ | style="text-align: left;" | Increases the critical strike chance of your Bane of Agony and Bane of Doom by 4/8%.
 |}