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Cauterize Master

Cauterize Master

40 Energy	40 yd range

Instant	30 sec cooldown

Requires level 56

Burns the Master's wounds, dealing a small amount of damage, then restoring 8% health over 12 sec.

Buff

Cauterize Master

Healing 2% health every 3 sec.
12 seconds remaining

Spell Details

Duration

12 seconds

School

Fire

Mechanic

n/a

Dispel type

Magic

GCD category

n/a

Cost

40 Energy

Range

40 yards (Long)

Cast time

Instant

Cooldown

30 seconds

GCD

0 seconds

Effect #1

Unknown Effect (Effect #165)
Value: 1

Effect #2

Apply Aura: Mod Total Health Regen %
Value: 2% every 3 seconds

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Comment by Ordayc

This is a spell of the warlock minions Imp and Fel Imp. A few notes and clarifications:

This is considered the main spell of the Imp and is triggered by the warlock spell Command Demon.
The “small amount of damage” dealt by this spell scales with maximum health, but not with spell power. My tests suggest that the damage dealt is equal to 1.2% of the player's maximum health with no mitigation effects active.
The damage can be mitigated (e.g. by Unending Resolve) and absorbed (e.g. by Dark Bargain). Furthermore, it is affected by PvP resilience. Since there is a baseline PvP resilience, the actual damage usually will be lower.
The damaging effect can critically hit (for double the normal damage).
The healing effect probably cannot crit. I haven't seen a single crit in 20 spell casts (amounting to 80 ticks) with a crit chance of 20%. This appears correct, as the healing effect uses a different mechanic than normal heals (specifically, “Apply Aura: Mod Total Health Regen %” rather than “Apply Aura: Periodic Heal”), and none of the player-based spells using this mechanic can crit. In the combat log, the two types are indistinguishable.
The amount healed by this spell changes on the fly if your maximum health is altered (e.g. if you receive the 10% stamina buff while the heal is already active, the remaining ticks' healing increases).
Blood Pact and Dark Regeneration boost the healing received.
The Troll's racial Regeneration (which increases healing provided by the “Health Regen” mechanic) has no effect on this spell.
The damage and healing done by this talent are both in the Fire school.
The buff is classified as a Magic effect and thus can be dispelled.

Comment by sylancer

the self damage of Cauterize Master can break control abilities those will (not "may") break immediately by any damage, including:

Mage: Polymorph
Warlock (Succubus (Shivarra)): Seduction (Mesmerize)
Druid: Disorienting Roar
Monk: Paralysis
Rogue: Gouge, Blind, Sap
Hunter: Scatter Shot, Wyvern Sting, Freezing Trap
Paladin: Repentance
Engineering: Frag Belt

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