Vampiric Touch
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- For the Season of Discovery rune, see [Vampiric Touch].
Vampiric Touch | |
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Class | Priest |
School | Shadow |
Cooldown | None/Global Cooldown |
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Level learned | 10 |
Improvements | [Inner Quietus], [Maddening Touch], [Mental Fortitude], [Misery], [Psychic Link], [Unfurling Darkness] |
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Vampiric Touch is a level 10 Shadow priest ability. It deals shadow damage over 21 seconds, heals the priest for a portion of the damage, and generates Insanity when cast.
Vampiric Touch is one of the shadow priest's damage over time effects, and is a key shadow ability due to its interactions with [Mastery: Shadow Weaving] and [Shadowy Apparitions].
Additionally, Vampiric Touch is one of the few periodic damaging effects that features built in dispel protection, immediately horrifying the dispeller when dispelled.
Notes
- The horrify effect triggered from dispelling does not have diminishing returns.
- The original version of the ability restored mana to the priest's group, based on shadow damage the priest dealt to the target, and gave Shadow priests the reputation as "mana batteries."
- Patch 3.0.2 introduced [Replenishment], a passive mana restoration effect designed incredibly similar to Vampiric Touch's original mana restore effect (Replenishment also replaced this effect). Vampiric Touch was one of the few spells that made use of this new mechanic, triggering every time [Mind Blast] damaged the target. This continued until Patch 5.0.4 removed the [Replenishment] mechanic entirel.
Patch changes
- Patch 10.2.0 (2023-11-07): Damage increased by 25%. Not applied to PvP combat.
- Hotfix (2023-08-07): Damage reduced by 20%. Does not apply to PvP.
- Patch 10.1.0 (2023-05-02): Damage is no longer reduced in PvP combat (was reduced by 5%).
- Hotfix (2023-01-09): Damage reduced by 5% in PvP Combat (was increased by 10%).
- Hotfix (2022-12-19): Damage increased by 10%.
- Hotfix (2022-12-12):
- Healing reduced to 30% of damage dealt (was 50%).
- Healing is no longer reduced in PvP combat.
- Patch 10.0.2 (2022-11-15): No longer deals 10% increased damage in PvP combat.
- Hotfix (2022-11-01): Damage increased by 10%.
- Patch 10.0.0 (2022-10-25): Now learned at level 10 (was 15). Rank 2 is now baseline.
- Hotfix (2022-06-24): Damage increased by 10% in PvP combat.
- Patch 9.1.0 (2021-06-29): Damage increased by 25%.
- Patch 9.0.1 (2020-10-13):
- Now available at level 15 (was level 24). Insanity generation reduced to 5 (was 6).
- The dispel protection effect has been moved to Rank 2 at level 48.
- Patch 8.3.0 (2020-01-14): Damage reduced by 8%.
- Patch 8.2.0 (2019-06-25): Damage reduced by 9%.
- Hotfix (2018-09-10): Damage increased by 20%.
- Patch 8.0.1 (2018-07-17): Duration reduced to 21 seconds, down from 24 seconds.
- Hotfix (2017-09-06): Fixed a bug that made Void Eruption's Vampiric Touch missile display incorrectly.
- Hotfix (2017-06-13): Vampiric Touch damage reduced by 15% in PvP situations.
- Hotfix (2017-01-24): Vampiric Touch now deals 10% less damage in PvP situations (was 25% less).
- Hotfix (2017-01-17):
- Vampiric Touch damage reduced by 14%.
- The damage of Vampiric Touch is reduced by 25% in PvP situations.
- Patch 7.1.5 (2017-01-10): Generates 6 Insanity when cast (was 4). Duration is now 24 seconds (was 18 seconds).
- Patch 7.0.3 (2016-07-19): Mana cost removed. Now learned at level 24 (was 28) and redesigned. A touch of darkness that causes (522% of spell power) Shadow damage over 18 sec, and heals the Priest for 50% of damage dealt. If Vampiric Touch is dispelled, the dispeller flees in Horror for 3 sec. Generates 4 Insanity.
- Old: Causes (292.5% of Spell Power) Shadow damage over 15 sec.
- Old: Causes (292.5% of Spell Power) Shadow damage over 15 sec.
- Patch 6.0.2 (2014-10-14): Vampiric Touch no longer restores mana. Mana cost reduced by 50% to compensate.
- Patch 5.4.0 (2013-09-10): Now deals 20% more damage.
- Patch 5.0.4 (2012-08-28): Redesigned with the removal of [Replenishment]. Now a level 28 Shadow specialization ability (was a tier 5 Shadow talent). Causes Shadow damage over 15 sec. Each time Vampiric Touch deals damage the caster gains 2% of maximum mana.
- Old: Causes Shadow damage over 15 sec, and when you deal damage with Mind Blast to an affected target you cause up to 10 party or raid members to gain 1% of their maximum mana per 10 sec.
- Old: Causes Shadow damage over 15 sec, and when you deal damage with Mind Blast to an affected target you cause up to 10 party or raid members to gain 1% of their maximum mana per 10 sec.
- Patch 4.2.0 (2011-06-28): Damage done has been decreased by 12%.
- Patch 4.0.1 (2010-10-12): No longer causes damage upon being dispelled. Dispel protection moved to the talent Sin and Punishment. Moved from tier 9 to tier 5.
- Patch 3.3.0 (2009-12-08): While in [Shadowform], Vampiric Touch will gain benefit from Haste rating.
- Patch 3.2.0 (2009-08-04): The amount of damage done when this spell is dispelled has been doubled.
- Patch 3.1.0 (2009-04-14): When dispelled, Vampiric Touch will deal damage to the afflicted target. While in [Shadowform], bonus damage from critical strike chance removed and replaced by the ability generate critical strikes.
- Patch 3.0.3 (2008-11-04): The Spell power coefficient has been doubled and no longer triggers Replenishment when other priests cast [Mind Blast]. Vampiric Touch cast in Shadowform now deals increased damage percentage equal to the player's chance to get a spell crit on their target.
- Patch 3.0.2 (2008-10-14): Vampiric Touch's mana restoration effect redesigned. Mind Blast damage now triggers the Replenishment effect, causing up to 10 party or raid members to gain 0.25% of their maximum mana per second.
- Previous effect: causes all party members to gain mana equal to 5% of any Shadow spell damage you deal.
- Previous effect: causes all party members to gain mana equal to 5% of any Shadow spell damage you deal.
- Patch 2.1.0 (2007-05-22): This spell now consumes the [Inner Focus] buff.
- Patch 2.0.1 (2006-12-05): Added.
See also
- Vampiric Touch, TCG card
External links
Vampiric Touch | Sin and Punishment |
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