|The subject of this article was removed from World of Warcraft in patch 4.0.1.|
|Improved Curse of Weakness|
|Location||Affliction, Tier 2|
|Affects||Curse of Weakness|
|Rank||Curse of Weakness|
Originally, Curse of Weakness was a relatively weak curse that reduced the damage dealt by the debuff's target. However, this was applied before armor mitigation damage and was effective only on very fast attackers. The current CoW reduces attack power by as much as 350 at rank 8. Taking both points in Improved Curse of Weakness increases this debuff to 420 attack power. Attack power translates to DPS on mobs and players differently, however in general 14 attack power grants 1 additional DPS to weapon damage. As such 350 attack power reduces DPS by 25 and 420 attack power reduces DPS by 30.
Patch changes Edit
- / Patch 4.0.1 (12-Oct-2010): Removed.
- Patch 3.1.0 (14-Apr-2009): Renamed back to Improved Curse of Weakness. It does not affect Curse of Recklessness anymore, because it has been removed with the same patch.
- / Patch 3.0.2 (14-Oct-2008): Renamed to Frailty - Increases the amount of attack power reduced by your Curse of Weakness spell by 10/20%, and increases the amount of armor reduced by your Curse of Recklessness by 10/20%.