Improved Bane of Agony

Improved Bane of Agony (Improved Curse of Agony in Classic Era), a Warlock Affliction ability, was changed in WoW Forever: 2 of 2 ranks differ from Classic Era. Pick any rank to compare its tooltip with Classic Era.

Granted by the Warlock talent Improved Bane of Agony. This is the spell it teaches; the talent's own change is on its page.

Spell · Physical · Rank 1 changed

Improved Bane of Agony tooltip: Classic Era vs WoW Forever

The same tooltip players see in-game, side by side, with each changed line marked.

Change rank

of 2

Classic Era Oct 27, 2026

Improved Curse of Agony

Rank 1 · Physical school

Increases the damage done by your Curse of Agony by 2%.

Forever Oct 22, 2026

Improved Bane of Agony

Physical school

Increases the damage done by your Bane of Agony by 2%.

changed value added in Forever removed in Forever

Also changed behind the tooltip: effects (not shown in a tooltip line). See the full field diff below for both values side by side.

Raw field diff every changed column

Field	Classic Era	Forever
description	Increases the damage done by your Curse of Agony by $s1%.	Increases the damage done by your Bane of Agony by $s1%.
durationIndex	21	0
effects	[ { "amplitude": 0, "aura": 108, "auraPeriod": 0, "basePoints": 1, "chainAmplitude": 1, "chainTargets": 0, "dieSides": 1, "effect": 6, "index": 0, "miscValue": [ 8, 0 ], "pointsPerResource": 0, "realPointsPerLevel": 0, "triggerSpell": 0, "variance": 0 } ]	[ { "amplitude": 0, "aura": 108, "auraPeriod": 0, "basePoints": 2, "chainAmplitude": 1, "chainTargets": 0, "effect": 6, "index": 0, "miscValue": [ 22, 0 ], "pointsPerResource": 0, "realPointsPerLevel": 0, "triggerSpell": 0, "variance": 0 } ]
name	Improved Curse of Agony	Improved Bane of Agony
subtext	Rank 1	none

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Spell · Physical · Rank 2 changed

Improved Curse of Agony (Rank 2) tooltip: Classic Era vs WoW Forever

Classic Era rank 2 beside the talent's Forever spell at rank 2, changes marked.

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of 2

Classic Era Oct 27, 2026

Improved Curse of Agony

Rank 2 · Physical school

Increases the damage done by your Curse of Agony by 4%.

Forever Oct 22, 2026

Improved Bane of Agony

Physical school

Increases the damage done by your Bane of Agony by 10%.

Shown at rank 2 of 2.

changed value added in Forever removed in Forever

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What changed for Improved Bane of Agony in WoW Forever

Rank 1 changed effect type changed behind the tooltip, tooltip now says "Increases the damage done by your Bane of Agony by 2%.", renamed from Improved Curse of Agony, rank text Rank 1 to none
Rank 2 changed rank 2 of the talent's one WoW Forever spell; it now reads "Increases the damage done by your Bane of Agony by 10%."

Improved Bane of Agony changes between Forever builds

Differs from Classic Era in every Forever build since Sep 16, 2026

Related to Improved Bane of Agony

Questions about Improved Bane of Agony

Was Improved Bane of Agony nerfed in WoW Forever?

Improved Bane of Agony is listed as changed, not nerfed or buffed: no cast time, cost, cooldown or range moved in WoW Forever compared with Classic Era.

What changed for Improved Bane of Agony in WoW Forever?

Rank 1: effect type changed behind the tooltip, tooltip now says "Increases the damage done by your Bane of Agony by 2%.", renamed from Improved Curse of Agony, rank text Rank 1 to none. Rank 2: rank 2 of the talent's one WoW Forever spell; it now reads "Increases the damage done by your Bane of Agony by 10%." Each rank's Classic Era and WoW Forever tooltips are shown side by side on this page.

Which class gets Improved Bane of Agony in WoW Forever?

Improved Bane of Agony is a Warlock ability in WoW Forever, in the Affliction spellbook tab.

Read from the Oct 22, 2026 build (1.60.1.70532), compared against Classic Era Oct 27, 2026 (1.15.9.70576) ·synced Oct 27, 2026 · how we read this → · report a wrong value