Corruption

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For other uses, see Corruption (disambiguation).
Corruption
Spell shadow abominationexplosion.png
  • Corruption
  • Level 2 warlock ability
  • 40 yd range
  • 1% of base mana
  • Instant
  • Corrupts the target, causing (29.2387% of Spell Power) Shadow damage and an additional (192.807% of Spell Power) Shadow damage over 14 sec.
Properties
Class Warlock
School Shadow
Cooldown None/Global Cooldown
Other information
Level learned 2
Improvements [Absolute Corruption], [Contagion], [Creeping Death], [Nightfall], [Niskaran Methods], [Nocturnal Yield], [Ravenous Afflictions], [Sacrolash's Dark Strike], [Sataiel's Volition], [Siphon Life], [Wrath of Consumption]
Related debuff
  • Magic
  • Corruption
  • Suffering (27.5438% of Spell Power) Shadow damage every 2 sec.
  • Duration: 14 seconds
The overwhelming desire for power can corrupt even those who claim to be pure.[1]

Corruption is a warlock ability that damages over time. It is replaced by [Immolate] for Destruction warlocks.

Tips and tactics

  • Corruption can be cast with your target behind you, and since it is instant cast it can also be cast while running. As such, this ability is excellent for kiting enemies. Since walking backward is much slower than running forward or strafe-running, it is always best to do one of the latter two things while attempting to kite something.

Trivia

Patch changes

Retail
  • Midnight Patch 12.0.0 (2026-01-20): Damage increased by 50%.
  • The War Within Patch 11.2.0 (2025-08-05): Now deals damage on application and is instant cast (was 2 sec).
  • The War Within Hotfix (2024-10-29): Damage increased by 25%. Not applied to PvP combat.
  • The War Within Hotfix (2024-09-17): Damage reduced by 10% in PvP combat.
  • The War Within Patch 11.0.2 (2024-08-13): Damage reduced by 20% in PvP combat.
  • Dragonflight Hotfix (2023-08-21): Now deals 25% increased damage in PvP combat (was 10%).
  • Dragonflight Hotfix (2023-04-06): Resolved an issue causing Corruption with [Absolute Corruption] to not be properly reflected back to the Warlock when using [Soul Swap] Exhale into a spell reflection effect.
  • Dragonflight Hotfix (2023-03-23): Fixed an issue where Corruption was dealing an extra damage tick on application.
  • Dragonflight Patch 10.0.7 (2023-03-21): Damage increased by 10% in PvP combat.
  • Dragonflight Hotfix (2023-01-09): Damage increased by 5%.
  • Dragonflight Patch 10.0.2 (2022-11-15): No longer increased by 45% in PvP combat.
  • Dragonflight Patch 10.0.0 (2022-10-25): Ranks 2 and 3 converted into the [Xavian Teachings] talent.
  • Shadowlands Patch 9.2.5a (2022-08-02): Damage increased by 30% in PvP combat.
  • Shadowlands Hotfix (2021-08-09): PvP damage increased by 15% in PvP situations.
  • Shadowlands Patch 9.1.0 (2021-06-29):
    • Damage increased by 15%.
    • Fixed an issue that prevented Corruption from also striking the Warlock's [Havoc] target.
  • Shadowlands Patch 9.0.2 (2020-11-17): Rank 3 added for Affliction at level 54: Corruption now instantly deals (13.8% of Spell power) damage.
  • Shadowlands Patch 9.0.1 (2020-10-13):
    • Now available to all warlocks at level 2 (was Affliction only at level 3).
    • Now has a casting time of 2 seconds (was Instant). Rank 2 added for Affliction at level 14: Corruption is now instant.
  • Legion Hotfix (2017-12-05): Damage reduced 6%.
  • Legion Hotfix (2017-06-29): Damage reduced by 15% in PvP situations.
  • Legion Hotfix (2017-06-27): Damage reduced by 5%.
  • Legion Patch 7.1.0 (2016-10-25): Damage increased by 10%.
  • Legion Hotfix (2016-09-23): Corruption damage increased by 10%.
  • Legion Patch 7.0.3 (2016-07-19): Now only available to Affliction. Damage per tick reduced by 11%, but lasts now for 14 seconds (down from 18 seconds), effectively increasing damage by 14.47%. Base tick rate is now 2 seconds, down from 3 seconds.
  • Warlords of Draenor Patch 6.2.2 (2015-09-01): Now deals 10% less damage in PvP combat.
  • Warlords of Draenor Patch 6.2.0 (2015-06-23): Now deals 12% more damage.
  • Warlords of Draenor Hotfix (2014-10-17): Corruption's damage has been reduced by 10%.
  • Warlords of Draenor Patch 6.0.2 (2014-10-14): Now learned at level 3 (was 4).
  • Mists of Pandaria Patch 5.4.0 (2013-09-10): Damage has been increased by 10%.
  • Mists of Pandaria Hotfix (2013-03-12): Corruption now deals 25% less damage.
  • Mists of Pandaria Patch 5.0.4 (2012-08-28): Now replaced by [Immolate] at level 12 for Destruction warlocks.
  • Cataclysm Patch 4.0.3a (2010-11-23): Damage has been reduced by approximately 12%.
  • Cataclysm Patch 4.0.1 (2010-10-12): Now costs 6% of base mana, down from 9%. Range now 40 yards, up from 30. Now deals damage over 18 sec, up from 12.
  • Wrath of the Lich King Patch 3.0.8 (2009-01-20): Will now gain the correct damage modifiers for the creature type of the target.
  • Wrath of the Lich King Patch 3.0.2 (2008-10-14): Now instant-cast.
  • Burning Crusade Patch 2.0.3 (2007-01-09): Damage reduced by 10%.
  • Burning Crusade Patch 2.0.1 (2006-12-05): Rank 7 can now be purchased from trainers at level 60.
  • World of Warcraft Patch 1.9.0 (2006-01-03): Rank 7 added, learned from  [Grimoire of Corruption VII].
  • World of Warcraft Patch 1.8.0 (2005-10-10): Duration reduced and damage per tick increased. Total damage over duration approximately identical.
  • World of Warcraft Patch 1.1.0 (2004-11-07): Removed facing requirement.
Classic
  • Mists of Pandaria Patch 5.5.1 (2025-09-23): Damage increase from patch 5.5.0 decreased to 20% (was 33%).
  • Mists of Pandaria Patch 5.5.0 (2025-07-01): Damage over time increased by 33%.

See also

References

 
  1. ^ Twilight of the Dragons, #87

Other versions

External links

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