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Talents / Warlock / Improved Bane of Agony
Talent · Warlock · Affliction changed

Improved Bane of Agony

Improved Bane of Agony (Improved Curse of Agony in Classic Era) was changed in WoW Forever: 2 ranks (Classic had 3), rank 1 reworked: "Increases the damage done by your Bane of Agony by 5%." Now Warlock Affliction talent, 2 ranks. Full tooltip comparison with Classic Era below.

This talent has 2 ranks in WoW Forever (Classic Era had 3), one per point you can spend. Pick a rank to see the ability it grants at that many points, Classic Era vs WoW Forever.

1 point spent changed

Improved Bane of Agony rank 1: Classic Era vs WoW Forever

Classic Era
Improved Bane of Agony
Rank 1 of 3 · Passive

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

WoW Forever
Improved Bane of Agony
Rank 1 of 2 · Passive

Increases the damage done by your Bane of Agony by 5%.

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2 points spent changed

Improved Bane of Agony rank 2: Classic Era vs WoW Forever

Classic Era
Improved Bane of Agony
Rank 2 of 3 · Passive

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

WoW Forever
Improved Bane of Agony
Rank 2 of 2 · Passive

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

of 3
3 points spent · not in WoW Forever removed

Improved Bane of Agony rank 3: Classic Era vs WoW Forever

Classic Era
Improved Bane of Agony
Rank 3 of 3 · Passive

Increases the damage done by your Curse of Agony by 6%.

WoW Forever

WoW Forever has no rank 3: this talent now has 2 ranks.

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Improved Bane of Agony changes between Forever builds

Talent field diff the talent row itself (name, class slot, ranks)
Field Classic Era Forever
name Improved Curse of Agony Improved Bane of Agony
rankSpellIds [ 18827, 18829, 18830 ] [ 18827, 18829 ]
rankTexts [ "Increases the damage done by your Curse of Agony by 2%.", "Increases the damage done by your Curse of Agony by 4%.", "Increases the damage done by your Curse of Agony by 6%." ] [ "Increases the damage done by your Bane of Agony by 5%.", "Increases the damage done by your Bane of Agony by 10%." ]
rankValues [ [ 2 ], [ 4 ], [ 6 ] ] [ [ 5 ], [ 10 ] ]

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 rank value moved one way in WoW Forever compared with Classic Era. What changed: 2 ranks (Classic had 3), rank 1 reworked: "Increases the damage done by your Bane of Agony by 5%.", renamed from Improved Curse of Agony.

What changed for Improved Bane of Agony in WoW Forever?

2 ranks (Classic had 3), rank 1 reworked: "Increases the damage done by your Bane of Agony by 5%.", renamed from Improved Curse of Agony. The Classic Era and WoW Forever tooltips are shown side by side on this page.

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