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Priest ability · Shadow MagicChanged

Devouring Plague

In Spanish: Peste devoradora

Class
Priest
Tree
Shadow Magic
Learned at level
20
Ranks
6
Cost
985 mana
Cast
Instant
Cooldown
1 min
Range
30 yd

What it does

Rank 6 · level 60

Afflicts the target with a disease that causes 848 Shadow damage over 24 sec. Damage caused by the Devouring Plague heals the caster.

Change from Classic

Rank 6 (level 60): 904 in Classic → 848 in Forever (−6%)

Numbers are the client base values, without attack power or spell power.

Ranks

Level each rank is learned at, cost, cast time, cooldown, range and duration. Struck-through values are the Classic Era ones when the rank changed in Forever.

RankLevelCostCooldown
120215 mana1 min3 min
228350 mana1 min3 min
336495 mana1 min3 min
444645 mana1 min3 min
552810 mana1 min3 min
660985 mana1 min3 min
Same in every rank
Cast
Instant
Range
30 yd
Duration
24 sec

Tooltip of every rank

6
  1. Rank 1 · level 20

    Afflicts the target with a disease that causes 128 Shadow damage over 24 sec. Damage caused by the Devouring Plague heals the caster.

    In Classic

    Afflicts the target with a disease that causes 152 Shadow damage over 24 sec. Damage caused by the Devouring Plague heals the caster.

  2. Rank 2 · level 28

    Afflicts the target with a disease that causes 232 Shadow damage over 24 sec. Damage caused by the Devouring Plague heals the caster.

    In Classic

    Afflicts the target with a disease that causes 272 Shadow damage over 24 sec. Damage caused by the Devouring Plague heals the caster.

  3. Rank 3 · level 36

    Afflicts the target with a disease that causes 344 Shadow damage over 24 sec. Damage caused by the Devouring Plague heals the caster.

    In Classic

    Afflicts the target with a disease that causes 400 Shadow damage over 24 sec. Damage caused by the Devouring Plague heals the caster.

  4. Rank 4 · level 44

    Afflicts the target with a disease that causes 488 Shadow damage over 24 sec. Damage caused by the Devouring Plague heals the caster.

    In Classic

    Afflicts the target with a disease that causes 544 Shadow damage over 24 sec. Damage caused by the Devouring Plague heals the caster.

  5. Rank 5 · level 52

    Afflicts the target with a disease that causes 656 Shadow damage over 24 sec. Damage caused by the Devouring Plague heals the caster.

    In Classic

    Afflicts the target with a disease that causes 712 Shadow damage over 24 sec. Damage caused by the Devouring Plague heals the caster.

  6. Rank 6 · level 60

    Afflicts the target with a disease that causes 848 Shadow damage over 24 sec. Damage caused by the Devouring Plague heals the caster.

    In Classic

    Afflicts the target with a disease that causes 904 Shadow damage over 24 sec. Damage caused by the Devouring Plague heals the caster.

Compared with Classic

Changes: cooldown, tooltip, races

Rank 6 · level 60
In Forever

Afflicts the target with a disease that causes 848 Shadow damage over 24 sec. Damage caused by the Devouring Plague heals the caster.

In Classic

Afflicts the target with a disease that causes 904 Shadow damage over 24 sec. Damage caused by the Devouring Plague heals the caster.

  • In Classic: Undead only.

Talents that mention it

Forever Priest talents whose text names Devouring Plague.

More on the Priest

Beta client data (build 1.60.1.70205), compared with Classic Era 1.15.9.69722.

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