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The subject of this article was removed from World of Warcraft in patch 6.0.2.
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| Dark Apotheosis | |
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| Properties | |
| Class | Warlock |
| School | Physical |
| Cooldown | 10 seconds |
| Other information | |
| Level learned | 25 (Glyph) |
| Related buff | |
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Example of an undead warlock with Dark Apotheosis, including the horns and demonic aura seen with a full Demonic Fury meter
Dark Apotheosis is a Demonology warlock spell, gained by choosing 
[Glyph of Demon Hunting].
Affected spells[]
[Metamorphosis] and Dark Apotheosis share a cooldown, making it impossible to switch between them quickly.
[Doom] is not usable, but 
[Corruption] is, the same goes for [Hand of Gul'dan] (usable) and [Chaos Wave] (not usable).- [Hellfire] becomes [Immolation Aura], also [Nether Plating] is active and [Carrion Swarm] is usable.
- [Shadow Bolt] and [Fear] become new spells, [Demonic Slash] and Sleep.
- [Demonic Slash] is similar to [Touch of Chaos], but it has 3 charges and a much shorter range.
- Sleep puts the target to sleep.
Overview[]
This is a spell given to demonology warlocks who choose the [Glyph of Demon Hunting]. As one of their main glyphs, it allows a warlock to indefinitely stay in a demon form and use most of the said abilities, including 
[Hand of Gul'dan] unlike its more DPS-wise brother. 
[Nether Plating] works in this form, the main purpose of this form is mainly for off-tanking in case the tank is killed and the creature is on its last legs but you need a tank. It gives you black and purple demon wings like those in Metamorphosis and once 
[Demonic Fury] reaches a certain point it sprouts purple horns as well. Warlocks are incredibly well armored and a warlock using this can pick up the slack left by a dead tank. A skilled warlock who focuses their gear on this ability can tank normal dungeons and, to a limited extent, heroic dungeons as well, however due to the lack of a crit reduction ability, they are not viable for raids.
Specifics[]
This does not increase your DPS so it is useless to use it unless you're off-tanking or leveling by yourself against a powerful creature. This also increases the threat of your abilities so if you use it in an instance it'll pull aggro from the tank, which might warrant a kick from the group. However, it is useful in the fact you don't constantly have to cycle between Metamorphosis and your mortal form when you use 
[Demonic Leap] it takes the fury but you're technically already in a demon form so this makes you just fly forward without going into [Metamorphosis]
In PvP this is likely very viable with the amount of defense it offers overall, and the utility of the abilities within. Demon leaping past your enemy on a hill, or using Sleep on another player to stun them for 8 seconds while you attack the other player. As well as the damage ward and AoE power it offers, it will bring use to warlocks in arenas and such.
Patch changes[]
- Patch 6.0.2 (2014-10-14): Removed.
- Hotfix (2012-10-16): When Dark Apotheosis is active, using Demonic Slash will no longer sometimes incorrectly trigger the Shoot ability.
- Patch 5.0.4 (2012-08-28): Added.
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