Curse of Weakness

Curse of Weakness
	Curse of Weakness; Level 6 warlock ability; 40 yd range; 1% of base mana; Instant; Increases the time between an enemy's attacks by 20% for 2 min.;
Properties
Class	Warlock
School	Shadow
Cooldown	None/Global Cooldown
Other information
Level learned	6
Related debuff
	Curse ; Curse of Weakness ; Time between attacks increased by 20%. ; Duration: 2 minutes ;

The squeezing grip of shadows is not easily broken.^[1]

Curse of Weakness is a warlock curse that slows a target's auto-attack speed by 20%.

Trivia[]

In Diablo II, Necromancers possess a curse called Weaken, which drains/saps the strength from their enemies.^[2]
Curse of Weakness is a rare warlock spell in the The Witchwood expansion for Hearthstone. The flavor text reads: "Warlocks refer to this as a "balance change.""

Hotfix (2023-02-17): Fixed an issue with Curse of Weakness stacking inappropriately with other similar effects.
Patch 9.0.1 (2020-10-13): Redesigned as a baseline ability at level 6 (was a PvP talent). Now increases the time between an enemy's attacks by 20% for 2 minutes.
Old: Reduces the target's attack power by 30% for 10 sec.
Patch 8.1.0 (2018-12-11): Curse of Weakness now reduces attack power (was physical damage), and its effect is increased to 30% (was 25%).
Patch 8.0.1 (2018-07-17): Converted from a rank 19 honor talent to a PvP talent.
Patch 7.0.3 (2016-07-19): Re-added as a rank 19 honor talent (was a level 16 ability). Now reduces Physical damage done by 25% (up from 10%) but lasts for 10 seconds (down from 2 minutes).
Patch 5.0.4 (2012-08-28): Removed.
Patch 4.0.1 (2010-10-12): Redesigned as a level 16 ability (was level 4). Reduces physical damage done by 10%.
Old: Target's melee attack power is reduced by X and armor is reduced by 5% for 2 min.
Patch 3.1.0 (2009-04-14): Now also reduces the armor of the target by 5%.
Patch 3.0.2 (2008-10-14): No longer stacks with [Demoralizing Roar] and [Demoralizing Shout].
Patch 2.0.1 (2006-12-05): Now reduces melee attack power instead of reducing melee damage dealt.
Patch 1.10.0 (2006-03-28): Mana cost decreased substantially.
Patch 0.10 (2004-09-18): Effect has been slightly reduced.
Patch 0.9 (2004-08-17): Effect reduced at higher levels.

Curse of Weakness
Curse of Weakness Level 6 warlock ability 40 yd range 1% of base mana Instant Increases the time between an enemy's attacks by 20% for 2 min.
Properties
Class	Warlock
School	Shadow
Cooldown	None/Global Cooldown
Other information
Level learned	6
Related debuff
Curse Curse of Weakness Time between attacks increased by 20%. Duration: 2 minutes