Devouring Plague

Devouring Plague
Devouring Plague 40 yd  range 3 Shadow Orbs Instant cast Consumes 3 Shadow Orbs to deal x Shadow damage and then an additional 100% of the initial damage over 6 sec. Heals the caster for 100% of damage done.
Usable by
Class	Priest
Properties
Type	Offensive
School	Shadow
Casting time	Instant cast
Cooldown	(GCD 1.5 sec)
Talents
Specialization	Shadow
Level required	21
Related debuff
Disease Devouring Plague Causes x damage every 1 seconds, and healing the Priest. Duration: 6 seconds
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• Devouring Plague
• 40 yd  range
• 3 Shadow Orbs
• Instant cast
• Consumes 3 Shadow Orbs to deal x Shadow damage and then an additional 100% of the initial damage over 6 sec. Heals the caster for 100% of damage done.

“

When the shadows are through with you, there will be nothing left, not even your bones. - Deacon Markus Hallow TCG Scourgewar

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Devouring Plague is a priest ability learned at level 21 for those with the Shadow specialization. It is a damage over time spell that also heals the priest.

Modified by

• Glyph of Dark Archangel

Talents

• Surge of Darkness

Shadow abilities

• Shadowform
• Vampiric Embrace

Tips

• As a disease, Devouring Plague cannot be dispelled by a Warlock's felhunter, which makes it an interesting option in duels.
• It is worth mentioning that this spell is classified as a Disease, not as a magical debuff.

Patch changes

• Patch 7.0.3 (19-Jul-2016):  Removed.
  
• Patch 6.2.2 (1-Sep-2015): Devouring Plague now deals 10% more damage. In PvP combat, Devouring Plague now deals 10% less damage.
  
• Patch 6.2.0 (23-Jun-2015): Devouring Plague now deals 12% less damage.
  
• Patch 6.0.2 (14-October-2014): Devouring Plague now always costs 3 Shadow Orbs, and now heals the Priest for 100% of all damage it deals, instead of healing per tick.
  
• Patch 4.2.0 (2011-06-28): Devouring Plague damage done has been decreased by 12%.
  
• Patch 3.3.0 (08-Dec-2009): Shadowform: This talent also now causes Devouring Plague and Vampiric Touch to benefit from haste. Both the period length and the duration of these spells will be reduced by haste. In addition, the mana cost has been reduced from 32% to 13% of base mana.
  
• Patch 3.2.0 (04-Aug-2009): Cooldown removed but may only be inflicted upon a single target.
  
• Patch 3.1.0 (14-Apr-2009): This spell now has a new icon.
  
• Patch 3.0.3 (04-Nov-2008): The bonus coefficient has been increased to be on par with other DoT spells. Base damage on ranks 7,8,and 9 decreased to partially compensate for better scaling.
  
• / Patch 3.0.2 (14-Oct-2008): Devouring Plague made available to all priests.
  
• Patch 1.8.0 (10-Oct-2005): Will now properly consume the Inner Focus effect when cast.
  
• Patch 1.6.0 (12-Jul-2005): Health leech effects no longer give you health while you are a ghost.
  

External links

• Wowhead
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• WoWDB