Dampening
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- Dampening
- Healing effects received reduced by 1%.
Dampening is a stacking debuff that occurs in Arena matches that run too long, designed to prevent matches from ending in a draw. It reduces healing received and absorption effects by 1% per stack.
Notes
Dampening begins after 5 seconds upon starting 2v2 games, or 5 minutes and 5 seconds for any other arena bracket. After dampening starts each player will gain a stack of the debuff every 10 seconds, reducing healing received and damage absorption effects by 1% per stack.
Patch changes
Hotfix (2020-12-14): Due to the relatively increased pace of PvP combat in Shadowlands, Dampening will no longer begin at 20% in 2v2 Arena. Dampening is applied immediately in 2v2 and after 5 minutes in 3v3. 
Hotfix (2017-03-31): Dampening now starts at a 20% healing reduction in 2v2 matches. 
Patch 5.4.7 (2014-02-18): Dampening is now applied to an Arena match starting at the 5 minute mark (down from 10 minutes). - Hotfix (2013-10-21):
- [Requires a realm restart.]
[The Crowd Chose You!!!] has been removed and replaced with a debuff called Dampening. - [Requires a realm restart.] For Arena matches that last more than 10 minutes, all players in the Arena will begin to receive Dampening.
- Dampening is a stacking debuff applied to all players in the Arena every 10 seconds.
- Each stack of Dampening reduces all healing and damage absorption by 1%.
- If neither team has won after 20 minutes, the Arena match will end in a draw.
[Necrotic Strike]'s healing absorption is not affected by Dampening.
- [Requires a realm restart.]