Seed of Corruption

Seed of Corruption1 point

Embeds a demon seed in the enemy target that will explode after 12 sec, dealing (236.5% of Spell Power) Shadow damage to all enemies and applying Wither to them. Damage reduced beyond 8 targets. The seed will detonate early if the target is hit by other detonations, or takes damage from your spells.

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TypeTalent

Ranks1 point

ClassWarlock

Specializations3

Tree sectionAffliction specialization talents

Row2 of 11

Game build12.1.5

Tree position

In the Affliction Warlock talent tree, Seed of Corruption sits in the Affliction specialization talents, row 2 of 11. It is a single-point node.

Connected above

The tree draws a line into Seed of Corruption from Agony.

Agony
Inflicts increasing agony on the target, causing up to Shadow damage over 18 sec. Damage starts low and increases over the duration. Refreshing Agony maintains its current damage level. Agony damage sometimes generates 1 Soul Shard.

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Seed of Corruption leads on to Haunt and Shared Agony.

Haunt
A ghostly soul haunts a single target, dealing (720.6% of Spell Power) Shadow damage and increasing your damage dealt to the target by 16% for 18 sec. While active, Haunt deals Shadow damage to its host and 1 enemies suffering from your Corruption or Wither. If the target dies, Haunt's cooldown is reset.
Shared Agony
Increases Agony damage by 10% and Agony now hits another nearby enemy within 15 yds of the target.

Same row

Also on this row: Unstable Affliction.

Unstable Affliction
Afflicts the target with (417.3% of Spell Power) Shadow damage over 8 sec. Multiple uses of this ability may overlap. If dispelled, deals damage to the dispeller and silences them for 4 sec. This damage is increased by 15% per stack on the target. Generates 1 Soul Shards if the target dies while afflicted.