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For the pet battle ability, see Peticon-undead Ability warlock haunt [Haunt]. For the creature type, see Haunt.
Haunt
Ability warlock haunt
  • Haunt
  • Row 8 Affliction warlock talent
  • 40 yd range
  • 2% of base mana
  • 15 sec cooldown
  • 1.5 sec cast
  • A ghostly soul haunts the target, dealing (68.75% of Spell power) Shadow damage and increasing your damage dealt to the target by 10% for 18 sec.

    If the target dies, Haunt's cooldown is reset.
Properties
Class Warlock
School Shadow
Cooldown 15 seconds
Talents
Talent required Spell shadow fingerofdeath [Focused Malignancy] or Spell shadow shadowbolt [Withering Bolt]
Improvements Spell warlock soulburn haunt [Haunted Soul], Spell shadow skull [Seized Vitality]
Related debuff
Ability warlock haunt
  • Magic
  • Haunt
  • Taking 10% increased damage from the Warlock. Haunt's cooldown will be reset on death.
  • Duration: 15 seconds

Haunt is an Affliction warlock talent.

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Patch changes[]

  • Dragonflight Hotfix (2023-07-24): Now deals 230% increased damage in PvP combat.
  • Dragonflight Patch 10.0.0 (2022-10-25): Now a row 8 Affliction talent (was a level 45 Affliction talent).
  • Shadowlands Patch 9.1.0 (2021-06-29): Now also increases the damage of pets and guardians.
  • Shadowlands Patch 9.0.1 (2020-10-13): Duration is now 18 seconds (was 15 seconds). Now available at level 45 (was 90).
  • Battle for Azeroth Patch 8.0.1 (2018-07-17): Now a level 90 talent (was 15). Cooldown reduced to 15 seconds (was 25 seconds), damage bonus reduced to 10% (was 20%).
  • Legion Patch 7.2.5 (2017-06-13): Haunt's cooldown reduced to 25 seconds (was 30 seconds), and damage bonus reduced to 20% (was 30%).
  • Legion Patch 7.1.5 (2017-01-10): Cooldown is now 30 seconds (was 15 seconds) and Haunt now also increases damage by 30%.
  • Legion Hotfix (2016-09-23): Haunt (Talent) damage increased by 15%.
  • Legion Hotfix (2016-08-26): Haunt damage increased to 700% of Spell Power (was 600%).
  • Legion Patch 7.0.3 (2016-07-19): Now a level 15 Affliction talent (was a level 60 Affliction ability). No longer increases damage over time on the target. Damage increased by 16%.
  • Warlords of Draenor Patch 6.2.2 (2015-09-01): Tooltip updated.
  • Warlords of Draenor Hotfix (2015-07-23): Haunt now deals 25% less damage in PvP combat.
  • Warlords of Draenor Hotfix (2015-07-20): Haunt damage has been increased by 25%, and now increases periodic damage dealt by 35% (up from 30%).
  • Warlords of Draenor Patch 6.0.2 (2014-10-14): Now increases periodic damage by 30% (down from 35%). Now learned at level 60 (was 62).
  • Mists of Pandaria Hotfix (2013-10-04): Haunt should no longer incorrectly increase the damage of non-periodic spells.
  • Mists of Pandaria Hotfix (2013-09-23): Haunt now increases all periodic damage against the target by 35% (down from 40%).
  • Mists of Pandaria Patch 5.4.0 (2013-09-10): Now deals 50% more damage, and increases damage done by all of the Warlock's damage-over-time spells against the target by 45%.
  • Mists of Pandaria Patch 5.3.0 (2013-05-21): Now refunds a Soul Shard when it is dispelled.
  • Mists of Pandaria Patch 5.2.0 (2013-03-05): Now causes the target to receive an additional 30% damage (was 25%) from Warlock's spells.
  • Mists of Pandaria Patch 5.0.4 (2012-08-28): Now cost 1 Soul Shard instead of mana and is a level 62 Affliction ability (was a tier 7 Affliction talent). Redesigned: You send a ghostly soul into the target, dealing X Shadow damage and increasing all damage done by your spells on the target by 25% for 8 sec. Cooldown removed (was 8 seconds).
    Old: You send a ghostly soul into the target, dealing Shadow damage and increasing all damage done by your Shadow damage-over-time effects on the target by 20% for 12 sec. When the Haunt spell ends or is dispelled, the soul returns to you, healing you for 100% of the damage it did to the target.
  • Cataclysm Patch 4.1.0 (2011-04-26): Damage has been increased by 30%.
  • Cataclysm Patch 4.0.1 (2010-10-12): Moved to tier 7 (was tier 11). Ranged increased to 40 yd (was 30).
  • Wrath-Logo-Small Patch 3.1.0 (2009-04-14): Now only increases your shadow damage-over-time on the target (was all damage over time spells).
  • Wrath-Logo-Small Patch 3.0.8 (2009-01-20): Will now gain correct damage modifiers for the creature type of the target. In addition, this ability is now limited to a single target as intended. This also now works properly when refreshed on its current target.
  • Wrath-Logo-Small Patch 3.0.3 (2008-11-04): The cooldown has been changed to 8 sec down from 10 seconds, and refreshing the Haunt will trigger the heal from the existing Haunt. This ability will no longer heal for incorrect amounts or fail to heal when the Haunt damage was the killing blow.
  • Wrath-Logo-Small Patch 3.0.2 (2008-10-14): Added.

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