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Unstable Affliction
Spell shadow unstableaffliction 3
  • Unstable Affliction
  • Level 10 Affliction warlock ability
  • 40 yd range
  • 1 Soul Shard
  • 1.5 sec cast
  • Afflicts the target with (320% of spell power) Shadow damage over 8 sec. Multiple casts accumulate increased damage. If dispelled, deals 120% 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.
Properties
Class Warlock
School Shadow
Cooldown None/Global Cooldown
Other information
Level learned 10
Improvements Spell shadow lastingaffliction [Amplify Afflictions], Ability creature disease 03 [Contagion], Spell shadow unstableaffliction 3 purple [Endless Affliction], Ability warlock jinx [Mastery: Potent Afflictions]
Related debuffs
Spell shadow unstableaffliction 3
  • Magic
  • Unstable Affliction
  • Suffering (80% of spell power) Shadow damage every 2 sec.
  • Duration: 8 seconds

Spell holy silence
  • Magic
  • Unstable Affliction
  • Silenced.
  • Duration: 4 seconds

Unstable Affliction is a level 10 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.

Improvements

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.

Patches and hotfixes

  • 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): Damage per tick increased by 138%, duration reduced to 8 seconds (down from 14). Damage when dispelled is now affected by remaining duration. Now cost a Soul Shard instead of mana.
  • 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 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.
  • Wrath-Logo-Small Patch 3.3.0 (2009-12-08): 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 Immolate.
  • Wrath-Logo-Small Patch 3.2.0 (2009-08-04): Spell fire immolation [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.

See also

  • Unstable Affliction TCG card

External links

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