Curse of Tongues

Curse of Tongues
Curse of Tongues Warlock ability 40 yd range 1% of base mana Instant Forces the target to speak in Demonic, increasing the casting time of all spells by 30% for 1 min. Curses: A warlock can only have one Curse active per target.
Properties
Class	Warlock
School	Shadow
Cooldown	None/Global Cooldown
Related debuff
Curse Curse of Tongues Speaking Demonic increasing casting time by 30%. Duration: 1 minute

Sister Clara gasped as she tried to speak and nothing but demonic utterances issued forth.

Curse of Tongues is a warlock ability granted by the [Curses of Enfeeblement] talent.

Notes

• As a curse, this can be removed by mages, druids and shamans.
• This ability causes the target to speak Demonic in emotes and chat. This affects players and some NPCs, including elites such as Drek'Thar and Vanndar Stormpike in Alterac Valley. A CM on Blizzard's official forums joked on how coders spent time coding this curse to do just that.^{[citation needed]} 

Tips and tactics

• This curse only affects casting speed, and will have no effect on non-casting targets.
• As a form of negative haste, this curse also reduces the tick rate of any damage over time or heal over time effects cast by the target while afflicted. This can be useful for reducing the damage output of Affliction warlocks and Shadow priests who rely on DoTs for much of their damage.

In the RPG

This section contains information from the Warcraft RPG which is considered non-canon.

Curse of tongues allows the caster to steal the target's voice with a curse, replacing it with the voice of a terrible demon. The subject's new voice only speaks in the Eredar tongue, regardless of any other spells or effects on the target. This spell prevents the target from using any spell with verbal components.

Patch changes

• Hotfix (2022-12-05): Now reduces cast time by 10% in PvP combat (was 15%).
  
• Patch 10.0.0 (2022-10-25): Now granted by the [Curses of Enfeeblement] class talent (was a level 34 ability).
  
• Patch 9.0.5 (2021-03-09): Now lasts 1 minute (was 30 seconds) and lasts 20 seconds against enemy players (was 12 seconds).
  
• Patch 9.0.1 (2020-10-13): Now a level 34 ability for all warlocks (was a level 40 PvP talent).
  
• Patch 8.0.1 (2018-07-17): Converted from a rank 4 honor talent to a level 40 PvP talent.
  
• Patch 7.0.3 (2016-07-19): Re-added as an honor talent (was a level 26 ability). Now lasts for 10 seconds, down from 30seconds.
  
• Patch 5.0.4 (2012-08-28): Removed.
  
• Patch 4.0.1 (2010-10-12): now increases casting time by 30% (was 25%). Range is now 40 yd (was 30).
  
• Patch 3.0.9 (2009-02-10): Now increases the casting time of all spells by 25% (Rank 1) and 30% (Rank 2), down from 50% and 60%.
  
• Patch 3.0.2 (2008-10-14): No longer stacks with  [Mind-numbing Poison] or [Slow].
  
• Patch 2.1.0 (2007-05-22): Now has a 12 second duration when used on PvP targets.
  
• Patch 1.12.0 (2006-08-22): This spell will no longer debuff the target if they are immune to the spellcast slowing effect.
  

Gallery

Fan art

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  By Zsolt Bede.

See also

• Curse of Tongues, TCG card

External links

• Wowhead
• WoWDB