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Unstable Affliction
Spell shadow unstableaffliction 3
  • Unstable Affliction
  • Row 2 Affliction warlock talent
  • 40 yd range
  • 1% of base mana
  • 1.5 sec cast
  • Afflicts one target with (202.4% of Spell Power) Shadow damage over 16 sec.

    If dispelled, deals (435.4% of Spell Power) damage to the dispeller and silences them for 4 sec.

    Generates 1 Soul Shard if the target dies while afflicted.
Properties
Class Warlock
School Shadow
Cooldown None/Global Cooldown
Talents
Talent required Ability warlock everlastingaffliction [Malefic Rapture]
Improvements Ability creature cursed 03 [Creeping Death], Spell shadow unsummonbuilding [Pandemic Invocation], Spell shadow unstableaffliction 3 purple [Rampant Afflictions], Ability bossgorefiend gorefiendscorruption [Soul-Eater's Gluttony], Spell warlock soulburn [Tormented Crescendo], Ability xavius blackeningsoul [Xavius' Gambit]
Related debuff
Spell shadow unstableaffliction 3
  • Magic
  • Unstable Affliction
  • Suffering (25.3% of Spell power) Shadow damage every 2 sec. If dispelled, will cause (435.4% of Spell power) damage to the dispeller and silence them for 4 sec.
  • Duration: 16 seconds

Unstable Affliction is an Affliction warlock talent that places a damage over time debuff on the target. If the debuff is dispelled, the dispeller will be dealt substantial damage and silenced for 4 seconds.

Notes[]

Tips and tactics[]

  • 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.
  • In PvP, it can help prevent your DoTs from being dispelled safely, as its secondary effects can cause significant damage to the dispeller.

Patch changes[]

  • Dragonflight Hotfix (2023-09-18): Backlash damage increased by 35%.
  • Dragonflight Patch 10.1.5 (2023-07-11):
    • Damage increased by 10%.
    • Now deals 25% increased damage in PvP combat.
  • Dragonflight Hotfix (2023-06-05): Backlash damage increased by 50%.
  • Dragonflight Hotfix (2023-02-06): Backlash damage increased by 35%.
  • Dragonflight Hotfix (2023-01-09): Backlash damage is no longer increased from increased damage dealt modifiers or effects that Unstable Affliction's damage.
  • Dragonflight Patch 10.0.2 (2022-11-15): No longer deals 15% increased damage in PvP combat.
  • Dragonflight Patch 10.0.0 (2022-10-25): Now a row 2 Affliction talent (was a level 13 Affliction ability). Rank 2 effects are now baseline. Rank 3 removed.
  • Shadowlands Patch 9.2.5a (2022-08-02):
    • Damage increased by 15% in PvP combat.
    • Backlash damage when dispelled deals 20% more damage, but can no longer critically strike.
  • Shadowlands Patch 9.1.0 (2021-06-29): Fixed an issue that prevented Unstable Affliction from contributing towards Warlock siphonlife [Soul Leech] absorb when Spell shadow unstableaffliction 3 purple [Rampant Afflictions] was selected.
  • Shadowlands Hotfix (2021-01-26): Unstable Affliction will now appear as a high priority debuff on raid frames.
  • Shadowlands Hotfix (2020-12-16): Damage is now increased by Spell shadow shadowembrace [Shadow Embrace] and Ability warlock haunt [Haunt].
  • Shadowlands Patch 9.0.2 (2020-11-17): Rank 3 added at level 56: Unstable Affliction's duration is increased by 5 seconds.
  • Shadowlands Hotfix (2020-10-20): Damage dealt when it is dispelled has been reduced by 35%.
  • Shadowlands Patch 9.0.1 (2020-10-13):
    • Duration is now 16 seconds (was 8 seconds), no longer costs a Soul Shard, and no longer stacks.
    • Damage backlash when dispelled has been increased substantially.
    • Now learned at level 13 (was 14). Rank 2 now learned at level 43 (was 26).
  • Battle for Azeroth Patch 8.2.0 (2019-06-25): A new aura icon will indicate to healers that a target has Unstable Affliction active.
  • Battle for Azeroth Patch 8.1.0 (2018-12-11): Damage reduced by 9%.
  • Battle for Azeroth Patch 8.0.1 (2018-07-17): The effect from the former talent Ability creature disease 03 [Contagion] has been built into Unstable Affliction.
  • Legion Hotfix (2017-12-05): Damage reduced 4%.
  • Legion Hotfix (2017-06-29): Damage increased by 10% in PvP situations.
  • Legion Hotfix (2017-06-15): Unstable Affliction's dispel backlash can no longer be reflected or grounded.
  • Legion Patch 7.1.0 (2016-10-25): The Warlock may now afflict a target with up to 5 Unstable Afflictions at once, and the dispel damage is now based on the number of stacks instead of the remaining duration.
    • Damage increased by 5%.}
    • Now learned at level 14 (was 10), and the Soul Shard refund has been moved to Rank 2 at level 26.
  • Legion Hotfix (2016-09-23): Unstable Affliction damage increased by 15%.
  • Legion Hotfix (2016-08-11): When Unstable Affliction is dispelled, it now deals 120% of the remaining spell damage (was 200%).
  • Legion Patch 7.0.3 (2016-07-19): Redesigned. Afflicts the target with (320% of spell power) Shadow damage over 8 sec. Multiple casts accumulate increased damage. If dispelled, deals 200% of its remaining damage to the dispeller and silences them for 4 sec. Refunds 1 Soul Shard if the target dies before 8 sec have elapsed.
    Old: Causes (235.2% of Spell power) damage over 14 sec. If dispelled, the dispeller suffers (235.2% of Spell power) instant Shadow damage and is silenced for 4 sec. This damage is always a critical strike.
  • Warlords of Draenor Patch 6.2.2 (2015-09-01): Now deals 10% less damage in PvP combat.
  • Warlords of Draenor Patch 6.2.0 (2015-06-23): Now deals 12% more damage.
  • Warlords of Draenor Hotfix (2014-12-15): Unstable Affliction's damage has been increased by 20%.
  • Mists of Pandaria Patch 5.4.0 (2013-09-10): Damage has been increased by 21%.
  • Mists of Pandaria Patch 5.2.0 (2013-03-05): Unstable Affliction's Backlash effect is now always a critical hit and deals approximately 15% more damage.
  • Mists of Pandaria Patch 5.0.4 (2012-08-28): Now an Affliction specialization ability available at level 10. Duration reduced from 15 to 14 sec. No longer limited to one target.
  • Cataclysm Hotfix (2011-05-02): Due to the damage increase when Unstable Affliction is dispelled post-patch 4.1, the spell power coefficient applied to its dispel damage has been reduced.
  • Cataclysm Patch 4.1.0 (2011-04-26): 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 Spell shadow spectralsight [Shadow Mastery].
  • Cataclysm Patch 4.0.6 (2011-02-08): Silence effect has been reduced to 4 seconds, down from 5.
  • Cataclysm Patch 4.0.1 (2010-10-12): Now a primary spell in the Affliction tree, learned at level 10 (was a tier 9 Affliction talent).
  • Wrath-Logo-Small Patch 3.3.3 (2010-03-23):
    • The feedback damage from when this spell is dispelled is now affected by resilience as intended.
    • Tooltip clarified to state that this spell is exclusive with Spell fire immolation [Immolate].
  • Wrath-Logo-Small Patch 3.2.0 (2009-08-04): Immolate and Unstable Affliction: All ranks of these two spells will now overwrite each other.
  • Wrath-Logo-Small Patch 3.1.0 (2009-04-14): Feedback damage from dispelling this debuff will no longer be modified by effects on the victim which modify the damage the victim does.
  • Wrath-Logo-Small Patch 3.0.8 (2009-01-20): Will now gain the correct damage modifiers for the creature type of the target.
  • Wrath-Logo-Small Patch 3.0.2 (2008-10-14): Silence effect reduced to 3 seconds, down from 5.
  • Bc icon Patch 2.3.0 (2007-11-13): The silence from this ability is now subject to diminishing returns.
  • Bc icon Patch 2.2.0 (2007-09-25): This spell will no longer fail when a Warlock deselects their target midway through the cast.
  • Bc icon Patch 2.0.3 (2007-01-09): The feedback from dispelling Unstable Affliction is now affected by Spell shadow spectralsight [Shadow Mastery].
  • Bc icon Patch 2.0.1 (2006-12-05): Added.

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