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Comment by 7987

The anti dispel portion is the most desirable effect. If you fight a non-dispel class alone or with no dispel support, you might save that one for last because it's only more damage, but unlike your other DoTs it has a casting time. If you fight somebody that can dispel or can get dispels from friends nearby, cast it first, it will act as a deterrent for them not wanting to dispel your other affliction effects!

Comment by 6667

This is a fascinating ability. The 1.5s cast-time make it far from simple/easy to use, but it's additional damage in PvE and the anti-dispel component in PvP make it quite deadly.

It's a bit like a tactical nuke - it prevents the enemy from even trying. Granted, that might make Contagion seems a bit outdated, but believe me it's not. And I've seen UA completely devastate standoffs in AV :)

Comment by 47710

Pretty much a haha u cant dispell my dots and u will surely die button. Seriously though awsome spell not only for preventing dispelling dots but also for additional damage.

Comment by 43839

and as an additional note, if a rogue uses cloak of shadows to "remove" unstable affliction, it will not trigger since cloak of shadows "removes" it.

Comment by 69864

I just got UA and i love it. It adds another DoTs that devistates

Comment by 75173

is this spell worth it?id rather get master demonologist and demonic sacrifice as well as improved demon spells,can anyone tell me if im wrong?

Comment by 75173

im thinking of getting this spell along with going into destruction,.is it a good build for pvp and pve?

Comment by Baalberith

Definitely getting this one, just adds an extra DPS, and with a drain tank, it shouldn't be too hard to apply when enemy is feared

Comment by Queggy

It's good to use in arena when fighting a team with a paladin on it. Just cast this on their teamate, and hope they don't notice it's a UA. If they are still spamming purge you just seriously damaged the main healer.

Comment by 84007

Should UA replace Immolate in your spell rotation while leveling a "Drain Tank" build?

Comment by 88528

The damage from dispelling Unstable Affliction can now crit! Pretty hardcore damage, it critted 6k on a (pretty sucky geared) paladin, who cleansed my UA ... O_o

Comment by RedwoodElf

Note: As of the last patch, you CANNOT put this spell on a target after Immolate. You will get the "A more powerful spell is already on the target" error.

Comment by 451190

Does Unstable Affliction stack with Corruption and Curse of Agony? Stupid question maybe but I'd like to know.

Comment by 501174

A holy paladin can dispel this without being silenced or taking too much extra damage.
Aura Mastery popped before dispelling means the paladin is immune to the silence and couple that with divine protection the damage is greatly reduced.
Tried and tested on my relentless geared holy pala in 2v2 and in random Battlegrounds

Comment by archwarsong

I can't link Unstable Affliction in a forum with the "spell" tag.
Its appearing to me "Spell "Unstable Affliction" not found."
How to link this spell?
Unstable Affliction << isnt working /cry

Comment by murdershot21

Great, they're nerfing it in 4.0.6 so it silences for 4 seconds instead of 5, cause apparently it NEEDED a nerf?
Especially when every caster and their grandma doesn't even feel the silence.

Comment by wubs23

You have to cast this spell last to benefit from it, right?

as in, corruption, bane, curse, UA. Healer dispells, so UA does damage.
and not in: UA, bane, curse, corruption. Healer dispells, (corruption since its the last 1) so UA doesnt do damage

Is that correct? otherwise it would be pretty OP..

Comment by 749936

Pretty much any dispel is random. This is why good Hunters will put Hunter's Mark on a trapped target if their is a friendly dispeller nearby. It's also why their Tranq shots, Mage Spellsteal's and other effects tend to hit and miss.

As far as this spell goes, it'll be worth dispelling sometimes, not worth dispelling others. Basically, a really good lock will make sure it's on a feared target so that there's a good chance you get a silence when the opposing healer attempts to dispel his dps teammate.

Comment by 918958

Im still trying to work out how to deal with this lurky spell as a Disc Priest.

I can't seem to find any info on the silence debuff. Any chance it has diminishing returns?
Although the dmg from dispelling can be harsh, Im thinking it could be worth dispelling simply to lift some dmg off your dps. With a shield up and/or prayer of mending ticking, the cost of doing it might not be to bad..?

Comment by Baracuda

The icon is actually a man screaming, never noticed until now :p

Comment by Allakhazam

The lvl-50 Affliction talent.
For Demonology it's felguard and Shadowfury for Destruction.

Comment by Allakhazam

amazing

*drool*

just amazing

Comment by Allakhazam

Where i can get this magic ?

Comment by Thottbot

is better

Comment by Thottbot

nice

Comment by Thottbot

I would like to see more comments on this spell.

Also,
Some bosses remove debuffs on themselves from players, for exemple : Charlga Razorflank from Razorfen Kraul. She basicly wipes all the debuffs right off all at once. I want to know if it will cause the dispelling reaction to the NPC.

Comment by Thottbot

what is better this spell or felguard?

Comment by Thottbot

on wowwiki it says that its direct damage can crit and it can be removed without being triggered by rouges with their cloak of shadows spell and they will also avoid the silenced de-buff that prevents all action for five seconds,also it can be used by warlocks to prevent other dispellable buffs from being removed because of this spell.

Comment by Thottbot

With my 70 lock dispelling unstable affliction often results in nearly 3/4 of the dispeller's health getting taken out. It is probably my favorite thing to see in PvP, a priest all of a sudden go from full health to 30% in an instant along with being silence. Also, the second boss of Old Hillsbrad likes to dispel this over and over resulting in massive amounts of damage to him.

Comment by Thottbot

I love the way they say that...

"Shadow energy slowly destroys the target..."

Comment by Thottbot

only @#$%ty part is that you have to get the talent which makes your affliction spells 50% harder to dispell so sounds like it would effect this, not sure never really went full affliction n that notion is whats keepin me from it

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Unstable Affliction

Unstable Affliction	Level 90

1.5% of base mana	40 yd range

1.5 sec cast

Shadow energy slowly destroys the target, causing 2168 damage over 14 sec.

If the Unstable Affliction is dispelled it will cause (310 * 8) damage to the dispeller and silence them for 4 sec. This damage always critically strikes.

Buff

Unstable Affliction	Level 90

Suffering 1 Shadow damage every 2 sec.
If dispelled, will cause (310 * 8) damage to the dispeller, will always critically strike, and silence them for 4 sec.
14 seconds remaining

Spell Details

Duration

14 seconds

School

Shadow

Mechanic

n/a

Dispel type

Magic

GCD category

Normal

Cost

1.5% of base mana

Range

40 yards (Long)

Cast time

1.5 seconds

Cooldown

n/a

GCD

1.5 seconds

Effect #1

Apply Aura: Periodic Damage
Value: 1 every 2 seconds (SP mod: 0.29)
PVP Multiplier: 1

Effect #2

Apply Aura: Periodic Dummy
Value: 1 every 2 seconds
PVP Multiplier: 1

Flags

Cannot be used while shapeshifted
Aura Never Bounces
Spell Haste Affects Periodic
Taps immediately
Periodic Can Crit
Aura Points On Client

Unstable Affliction

Buff

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