Unstable Affliction

Unstable Affliction is a level 13 Affliction warlock ability 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.

Rank 2 is learned at level 42, causing it to refund 1 Soul Shard if the target dies while afflicted. Rank 3 is learned at level 56, increasing the duration to 21 seconds.

Improvements

 * Mastery: Potent Afflictions

Talents

 * Creeping Death - Causes Unstable Affliction to deal its damage 15% faster.

PvP Talents

 * Bane of Shadows - Causes each tick of Unstable Affliction to strike the target a second time for 20% of the damage while active.
 * Rampant Afflictions - Unstable Affliction can now be applied to up to 3 targets.
 * Rot and Decay - Each time Drain Life deals damage it increases the remaining duration of Unstable Affliction your target by 1 second.

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.