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Curse of Weakness

Spell

Curse of Weakness

Shadow

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Instant castMedium Range

Reduces the Physical damage dealt by an enemy by 25 for 5 sec.

Curse of Weakness

Tooltip

Reduces the Physical damage dealt by an enemy by 25 for 5 sec. Only one curse per warlock can be active on any one target.

How it works

Its dispel type is client id 2.

  1. Effect 1 is Apply Aura (effect type 6). It applies aura type 79. Its base value is -25.

What it does

Curse of Weakness is a Shadow spell with an instant cast, a range of 30 yards and effects that last 5 sec. When cast it applies an aura.

Generated from the SpellEffect, SpellMisc, SpellCooldowns and SpellRange records in the current retail game build. Effects the client marks as internal hooks are left out.

Spell Details

SchoolShadow
Range30 yards (Medium Range)
Cast timeInstant
Duration5 sec
Dispel typeDispel type id 2
Effect #1Apply Aura (6)
Aura type id 79
Value: -25
Misc value: 1

Raw client values from the current retail game build. Where the game data carries no name for an id, the id is shown as is.

Related

Multiple client spell records exist

The game client stores 14 separate Spell records named "Curse of Weakness". This page is record #17227. They are not merged: each record can belong to a different difficulty, caster, rank or tuning, so each keeps its own page. The 12 records closest by id are compared here.

Record What differs from this record Likely reason
#702used by: Warlock; duration: 2 min; effect types: Apply Aura, Apply Aura; different tooltip textA different owner
#8552cast time: 1 sec; duration: 2 min; effect values: 0 (this record: -25); different tooltip textDifferent tuning
#11980duration: 15 sec; effect values: -10 (this record: -25); different tooltip textDifferent tuning
#12493duration: 20 sec; effect values: -5 (this record: -25); different tooltip textDifferent tuning
#12741duration: 20 sec; effect values: -5 (this record: -25); different tooltip textDifferent tuning
#18267duration: 30 sec; different tooltip textA variant record
#21007duration: 20 sec; different tooltip textA variant record
#183899cast time: 2 sec; duration: 8 sec; effect types: Apply Aura, effect 140; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#199892subtext: PvP Talent; duration: 10 sec; effect values: -30 (this record: -25); different tooltip textA different rank or variant
#315079cast time: 1.5 sec; duration: 5 min; effect values: -5 (this record: -25); different tooltip textDifferent tuning
#411167school: Physical; duration: none; effect types: DummyA different effect setup
#411715duration: 15 secA variant record

Compared fields: SpellMisc difficulty rows, school, cast time and duration; Spell subtext and tooltip text; SpellEffect types and base values; journal and class usage. The reason column names the first difference found.

WoW Forever

WoW Forever: what our data shows

Sighted in the WoW Forever beta clientBuild 1.60.1.70338, read from the beta game data we hold
Also in the Classic Era clientYes - this spell is in the Classic Era client's data too
Effect rows sighted1 effect rows in the beta client's data

A sighting in the beta client is a fact from our own database; the launch roster is Blizzard’s to finalize. World of Warcraft: Forever launches November 4, 2026. World of Warcraft: Forever is Classic+, launching November 4

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