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Comment by 16310

Curses can only be removed by Mages and Druids. Paladins can bubble out of it, and Rogues have Cloak of Shadows.

However, with some talent points and spell damage, this spell will do a lot of damage. Along with fear/horror/terror effects this is the defining warlock skill.

Note that there is no "missile" animation when applying Curse of Agony, which means that in a mass PvP situation, you will go fairly unnoticed while DoTting up the enemy team. Unlike Seed of Corruption, which has a fairly recognizable missile graphic and will get attention.(##RESPBREAK##)8##DELIM##Kangi##DELIM##

Comment by 220595

FOR ALL 'LOCKS OUT THERE ALWAYS FREAKIN CAST THIS 1ST THAN ANY OTHER SPELL...(unless u have no health and need siphon) the casts should be agony siphon corrupt unstable afflic then SoC

Comment by Orslandis

I feel like a total noob for asking this,( I am new to the warlock class) but it seems unlike most dots curse of agony deals damage every 2 seconds instead of 3 as corruption does. This is further emphasized by the glyph extending the duration by 4 not 3 or 6 seconds, can any long time locks confirm or deny this?

Comment by 450260

Curse of Agony is so weak, that its not even worth using a GCD to remove it in pvp.

Curse of Agony is so weak, its even less useful than sentry totem.

Blizzard could double Curse of Agony's damage done, and it still wouldn't be worth using. It's that bad.

Comment by Carlotta

The problem with the spell is the spell power coefficient only being 120%. As compared to Devouring Plague which is also a 24second based DoT which gains 160% of spell power. Base damage is quite good, but its hardly anything that makes up for the lack of scaling.

Comment by Unknowndiv

*All warlock damage-over-time (DoT) spells will benefit from crit and haste innately. Haste will no longer act to reduce the DoT's duration, but rather to add additional ticks. When reapplying a DoT, you can no longer "clip" the final tick. Instead, this will just add duration to the spell, similar to how Everlasting Affliction currently works.*
I'm interested how will it work? For example I have enough haste to make it tick every 1.5 sec., that's 16 ticks for 24 sec. duration of BoA. Will it reset damage increase after 12 tick or continue build up or...? And if I use glyph of BoA having additional 4 sec. will give me just 2 more ticks, total 18 ticks for 27 sec. There is another question: I'll have useless 1 sec (27-28)? If I'll cast BoA exactly at 27.5 sec It'll reset duration to 28 and next tick will be at 28.5 (last tick was at 27) or at 29 (refreshed at 27.5)?
P.S. It's hard to express my mind in English rather than Russian

Comment by Kitsukiri

Ok, I'm kinda confused here... Why use Bane of Agony, when Bane of Doom does so much more? BoD does about 1.9k/15 sec, whereas BoA does about 1.5k/24 sec. Not only this, but BoD has a chance to summon a temporary pet. Why use BoA at all, once you have BoD?

Comment by Thottbot

Foo!

Comment by Thottbot

keep this one close, it will be your best friend for a LOOOONG time!

Comment by Thottbot

not if u go destruction spec.

then ull use curse of elementals or shadows. (the exception being in pvp against rogues since its ur only instant cast DoT for destro locks)

Comment by Allakhazam

awesome spell im not very high lvled cuz i just started but i like batttlegrounds its my most used spell i use this then use wand attack with void and if they go after me i fear before they get to me and i use shadow bolt

Comment by Allakhazam

i just looked what i put and its nothing close 2 wat i do now lol

awesome spell im not very high lvled cuz i just started but i like batttlegrounds its my most used spell i use this then use wand attack with void and if they go after me i fear before they get to me and i use shadow bolt

now i use imp fear this spell corruption immolate and shadow bolt and there dead

Edited, Apr 1st 2007 6:57am by thenoob

Comment by Allakhazam

i just looked what i put and its nothing close 2 wat i do now lol

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Bane of Agony

Bane of Agony	Level 85

10% of base mana	40 yd range

Instant

Banes the target with agony, causing 1796 Shadow damage over 24 sec. This damage is dealt slowly at first, and builds up as the Curse reaches its full duration. Only one Bane per Warlock can be active on any one target.

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Bane of Agony	Level 85

1796 Shadow damage over 24 sec.
24 seconds remaining

Spell Details

Duration

24 seconds

School

Shadow

Mechanic

n/a

Dispel type

Curse

GCD category

Normal

Cost

10% of base mana

Range

40 yards (Long)

Cast time

Instant

Cooldown

n/a

GCD

1.5 seconds

Effect #1

Apply Aura: Periodic Damage
Value: 8 every 2 seconds (SP mod: 0.088)
PVP Multiplier: 1

Effect #2

Apply Aura: Dummy
Value: 1
PVP Multiplier: 1
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Flags

Cannot be used while shapeshifted
DoT Stacking Rule
Aura Never Bounces
Spell Haste Affects Periodic
Taps immediately
Periodic Can Crit

Bane of Agony

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