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Curse of Weakness

Spell

Curse of Weakness

Shadow

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Warlock

Instant castLong Range

Increases the time between an enemy's attacks by 20% for 2 min.

Curse of Weakness

Tooltip

Increases the time between an enemy's attacks by 20% for 2 min.

Soulburn: Your Curse of Weakness will affect all enemies in a radius around your target.

Curses: A warlock can only have one Curse active per target.

How it works

Casting it triggers a 1.5 sec global cooldown. Its dispel type is client id 2. Its aura procs every time its trigger condition is met.

Curse of Weakness is built from 2 client effects, applied in this order:

  1. Effect 1 is Apply Aura (effect type 6). It applies aura type 342. Its base value is -20. Its area radius is 10 yards.
  2. Effect 2 is Apply Aura (effect type 6). It applies aura type 290. Its area radius is 10 yards.

What it does

Curse of Weakness is a Shadow spell with an instant cast, a range of 40 yards and effects that last 2 min. When cast it applies an aura in a 10 yard radius.

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
Range40 yards (Long Range)
Cast timeInstant
Global cooldown1.5 sec
GCD categoryCategory id 133
Duration2 min
Dispel typeDispel type id 2
Proc chanceAlways
Effect #1Apply Aura (6)
Aura type id 342
Value: -20
Misc value: 1
Radius: 10 yards
Effect #2Apply Aura (6)
Aura type id 290
Radius: 10 yards

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.

Used by

Where is this spell used?

Curse of Weakness appears in: 1 skill line.

Skill lines

  • Warlock (Warlock), learned automaticallySkill line

From the client's JournalEncounterSection, SpecializationSpells, TraitDefinition, PvpTalent, SkillLineAbility, SpellLearnSpell and SpellEffect tables.

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Multiple client spell records exist

The game client stores 14 separate Spell records named "Curse of Weakness". This page is record #702. 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
#8552cast time: 1 sec; effect types: Apply Aura; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#11980duration: 15 sec; effect types: Apply Aura; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#12493duration: 20 sec; effect types: Apply Aura; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#12741duration: 20 sec; effect types: Apply Aura; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#17227duration: 5 sec; effect types: Apply Aura; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#18267duration: 30 sec; effect types: Apply Aura; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#21007duration: 20 sec; effect types: Apply Aura; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#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 types: Apply Aura; different tooltip textA different rank or variant
#315079cast time: 1.5 sec; duration: 5 min; effect types: Apply Aura; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#411167school: Physical; duration: none; effect types: DummyA different effect setup
#411715duration: 15 sec; effect types: Apply AuraA different effect setup

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 1.60.1.70532, 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
Level data sightedBase level 4 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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