Curse (spell)

Warlock Curse spells are warlock debuffs that afflict the target with negative effects.

Curses can be dispelled by druids, mages and shamans.

Banes are curses that are only available as PvP talents. Banes are not exclusive with each other or other curses.

Exclusive curses do not stack with each other. A warlock may only use one exclusive curse per target at a time. These curses stack with both banes and specialization curses, and are available to all Warlock specializations.

• Several former Curse spells were turned into Banes in patch 4.0.1. One Curse and one Bane could be active on any one target at a time (per warlock). This change allowed warlocks to use both a damaging curse and a utility curse on one target (such as Bane of Doom and Curse of the Elements), rather than having to choose between the two. Banes were retired in Patch 5.0.4, and re-introduced as naming for PvP talents in Patch 9.0.1.