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Amplify Curse Amplify Curse

Warlock · Affliction · Row 3 of 7 · Single rank
Changed from Classic Active ability

Amplify Curse sits in row 3 of the Warlock Affliction tree. A talent tree is simply the grid of talents for one class role. It costs just one point. So the only question is whether opening its row fits your build.

Changed from Classic. This talent now works differently than in Classic, so read the ranks below before you spend any points.

Instant | 3 min cooldown

What Amplify Curse does at each rank

A rank is one level of a talent. Every rank makes the effect a bit stronger. The list below uses the exact wording from the beta client, word for word.

  1. Rank 1: Increases the effect of your next Curse of Weakness or Bane of Agony by 50%, or your next Curse of Exhaustion by 20%. Lasts 30 sec.

How to reach Amplify Curse

Row 3 opens after you spend 10 points in the earlier Affliction rows. Level 20 is the earliest you can pick up Amplify Curse.

Is Amplify Curse worth the points?

One point gives you the full effect. The real cost is opening row 3. That is 10 points in the rows above, so take it when the talent or the picks it unlocks suits your build.

What it unlocks

Once Amplify Curse is maxed, it opens this talent deeper in the tree: Curse of Exhaustion.

Starter builds that take it

These starter builds already put points into Amplify Curse. Open one and see how it fits in a real build:

Try Amplify Curse in the Warlock calculator

Elsewhere in Affliction

Planning the rest of the tree? These talents sit right next to Amplify Curse:

Improved Life Tap · Suppression · Improved Corruption · Malediction · Soul Harvesting · Improved Drains · Improved Bane of Agony · Fel Concentration · Pandemic · Malevolence · Nightfall · Curse of Exhaustion