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Comment by 7987

The anti dispel portion is the most desirable effect. If you fight a non-dispel class alone or with no dispel support, you might save that one for last because it's only more damage, but unlike your other DoTs it has a casting time. If you fight somebody that can dispel or can get dispels from friends nearby, cast it first, it will act as a deterrent for them not wanting to dispel your other affliction effects!

Comment by Carighan

This is a fascinating ability. The 1.5s cast-time make it far from simple/easy to use, but it's additional damage in PvE and the anti-dispel component in PvP make it quite deadly.

It's a bit like a tactical nuke - it prevents the enemy from even trying. Granted, that might make Contagion seems a bit outdated, but believe me it's not. And I've seen UA completely devastate standoffs in AV :)

Comment by 47710

Pretty much a haha u cant dispell my dots and u will surely die button. Seriously though awsome spell not only for preventing dispelling dots but also for additional damage.

Comment by 43839

and as an additional note, if a rogue uses cloak of shadows to "remove" unstable affliction, it will not trigger since cloak of shadows "removes" it.

Comment by 69864

I just got UA and i love it. It adds another DoTs that devistates

Comment by 75173

is this spell worth it?id rather get master demonologist and demonic sacrifice as well as improved demon spells,can anyone tell me if im wrong?

Comment by 75173

im thinking of getting this spell along with going into destruction,.is it a good build for pvp and pve?

Comment by Baalberith

Definitely getting this one, just adds an extra DPS, and with a drain tank, it shouldn't be too hard to apply when enemy is feared

Comment by Queggy

It's good to use in arena when fighting a team with a paladin on it. Just cast this on their teamate, and hope they don't notice it's a UA. If they are still spamming purge you just seriously damaged the main healer.

Comment by 84007

Should UA replace Immolate in your spell rotation while leveling a "Drain Tank" build?

Comment by 88528

The damage from dispelling Unstable Affliction can now crit! Pretty hardcore damage, it critted 6k on a (pretty sucky geared) paladin, who cleansed my UA ... O_o

Comment by RedwoodElf

Note: As of the last patch, you CANNOT put this spell on a target after Immolate. You will get the "A more powerful spell is already on the target" error.

Comment by shadowandhunter

Does Unstable Affliction stack with Corruption and Curse of Agony? Stupid question maybe but I'd like to know.

Comment by Dumblenarf

A holy paladin can dispel this without being silenced or taking too much extra damage.
Aura Mastery popped before dispelling means the paladin is immune to the silence and couple that with divine protection the damage is greatly reduced.
Tried and tested on my relentless geared holy pala in 2v2 and in random Battlegrounds

Comment by archwarsong

I can't link Unstable Affliction in a forum with the "spell" tag.
Its appearing to me "Spell "Unstable Affliction" not found."
How to link this spell?
Unstable Affliction << isnt working /cry

Comment by murdershot21

Great, they're nerfing it in 4.0.6 so it silences for 4 seconds instead of 5, cause apparently it NEEDED a nerf?
Especially when every caster and their grandma doesn't even feel the silence.

Comment by wubs23

You have to cast this spell last to benefit from it, right?

as in, corruption, bane, curse, UA. Healer dispells, so UA does damage.
and not in: UA, bane, curse, corruption. Healer dispells, (corruption since its the last 1) so UA doesnt do damage

Is that correct? otherwise it would be pretty OP..

Comment by 749936

Pretty much any dispel is random. This is why good Hunters will put Hunter's Mark on a trapped target if their is a friendly dispeller nearby. It's also why their Tranq shots, Mage Spellsteal's and other effects tend to hit and miss.

As far as this spell goes, it'll be worth dispelling sometimes, not worth dispelling others. Basically, a really good lock will make sure it's on a feared target so that there's a good chance you get a silence when the opposing healer attempts to dispel his dps teammate.

Comment by DjRedo

Im still trying to work out how to deal with this lurky spell as a Disc Priest.

I can't seem to find any info on the silence debuff. Any chance it has diminishing returns?
Although the dmg from dispelling can be harsh, Im thinking it could be worth dispelling simply to lift some dmg off your dps. With a shield up and/or prayer of mending ticking, the cost of doing it might not be to bad..?

Comment by Baracuda

The icon is actually a man screaming, never noticed until now :p

Comment by rodalpho

The devs told us exactly how 7.0 Unstable Affliction works at the link(s) below.

http://us.battle.net/wow/en/forum/topic/20743504316?page=21#416

I'm pasting it here as they typically delete the beta forums after release.

Q: Can you explain how Unstable Affliction accumulates damage?

A: It should work rather simply. When refreshed, any remaining damage left in the previous DoT is added to the new DoT, spread evenly over its duration. The only nuance to that should be that its damage is snapshotted at cast time.

Comment by potrock

Pretty exciting day today in battlegrounds, was running around healing and felt like i needed to dispel the dps under my care, then instantly killed myself. Appearantly you can stack this high enough to instantly do 2.1m damage when it gets dispelled to the dispeller. That is an outrageous amount.

Comment by Kanariya

Patch 7.1 changed this ability again to remove the "Ignite-mechanic" from it and instead allow up to 5 individual applications per target. Patch 7.1.5 will double the dispel backlash damage.

Also note that Unstable Affliction gains no additional ticks from Haste. Instead it just reduces the duration of the DoT.

Comment by Jrules93

Does the damage buff from Unstable Affliction stack? So if you have your maximum of 5 you, are dealing 50% increased damage rather than 10% as long as they are up? I also asked in the guide trying to get an answer sooner than later.

Comment by TimeTixx

Each UA stack has a unique spell id. For tracking purposes this might help:
1 - 233490
2 - 233496
3 - 233497
4 - 233498
5 - 233499

Comment by xLunacyx

In BFA it used to be a short powerful DoT you'd spam your soul shards on.
But now in Shadowlands, you can have only 1 unstable affliction up total but it's a longer but still powerful DoT, and also doesn't cost shards anymore.

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Unstable Affliction

Unstable Affliction

1 Soul Shard	40 yd range

1.5 sec cast

Afflicts the target with (72.5% of Spell power) Shadow damage over 8 sec. You may afflict a target with up to 5 Unstable Afflictions at once.

You deal 10% increased damage to targets affected by your Unstable Affliction.

If dispelled, deals [(18.125% of Spell power) * 400 / 100] damage to the dispeller and silences them for 4 sec.

Affliction (Level 43)
Refunds 1 Soul Shard if the target dies while afflicted.

Spell Details

Duration

n/a

School

Shadow

Mechanic

n/a

Dispel type

Magic

GCD category

Normal

Cost

1 Soul Shard

Range

40 yards (Long)

Cast time

1.5 seconds

Cooldown

n/a

GCD

1.5 seconds

Effect #1

Dummy
Value: 400
PVP Multiplier: 1
Server-side script

Effect #2

Dummy
Value: 5
PVP Multiplier: 1
Server-side script

Effect #3

Dummy
Value: 10
PVP Multiplier: 1
Server-side script

Flags

Cannot be used while shapeshifted
Taps immediately
Aura Points On Client

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