Devouring Plague (Classic)

Devouring Plague
	Devouring Plague; Level 20 priest ability; 30 yd range; 215 Mana; 3 min cooldown; Instant; Afflicts the target with a disease that causes 152 Shadow damage over 24 sec. Damage caused by the Devouring Plague heals the caster.;
Properties
Class	Priest
Race	Undead
School	Shadow
Cooldown	3 min
Other information
Level learned	20
Related debuff
	Disease ; Devouring Plague ; Causes 19 damage every 3 seconds, healing the caster. ; Duration: 24 seconds ;

For the retail version, see [Devouring Plague].

"When the shadows are through with you, there will be nothing left, not even your bones."
—Deacon Markus Hallow^[1]

Devouring Plague is a Shadow priest ability, learned at level 20. It is only learnable by undead priests.

Patch changes

Patch 3.0.2 (2008-10-14): [Devouring Plague] made available to all priests instead of just Undead.
Patch 1.12.0 (2006-08-22): Will continue to heal the caster after the target is Mind Controlled.
Patch 1.10.0 (2006-03-28): No longer keeps players in combat for its duration.
Patch 1.8.0 (2005-10-10): Will now properly consume the Inner Focus effect when cast.
Patch 1.6.0 (2005-07-12): Health leech effects no longer give you health while you are a ghost.
Patch 1.1.0 (2004-11-07): Added.

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