Pandemic

Pandemic is a new talent in WoW Forever that does not exist in Classic Era. Warlock Affliction talent, 1 ranks.

Pandemic details in WoW Forever

The ability this talent grants, the tooltip players see in-game, side by side with each changed line marked.

Classic Era 1.15.9.69722

Pandemic

Shadow school

Instant

Periodic damage from your Corruption, Unstable Affliction, Curse of Agony, Immolate, Curse of Doom, and Siphon Life abilities can now be critical strikes.

Forever 1.60.1.69913

Pandemic

Shadow school

Instant

Increases the critical strike damage bonus of your Corruption, Bane of Agony, Bane of Doom, Drain Soul, Drain Life, Siphon Life, and Wrack spells by 100%.

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.

Ability field diff every changed column on the granted spell

Field	Classic Era	Forever
description	Periodic damage from your Corruption, Unstable Affliction, Curse of Agony, Immolate, Curse of Doom, and Siphon Life abilities can now be critical strikes.	Increases the critical strike damage bonus of your Corruption, Bane of Agony, Bane of Doom, Drain Soul, Drain Life, Siphon Life, and Wrack spells by $m1%.
effects	[ { "amplitude": 0, "aura": 608, "auraPeriod": 0, "basePoints": 99, "chainTargets": 0, "dieSides": 1, "effect": 6, "index": 0, "miscValue": [ 12, 0 ], "realPointsPerLevel": 0, "triggerSpell": 0, "variance": 0 }, { "amplitude": 0, "aura": 108, "auraPeriod": 0, "basePoints": 100, "chainTargets": 0, "dieSides": 0, "effect": 6, "index": 1, "miscValue": [ 15, 0 ], "realPointsPerLevel": 0, "triggerSpell": 0, "variance": 0 } ]	[ { "amplitude": 0, "aura": 108, "auraPeriod": 0, "basePoints": 100, "chainTargets": 0, "effect": 6, "index": 0, "miscValue": [ 15, 0 ], "realPointsPerLevel": 0, "triggerSpell": 0, "variance": 0 } ]

Pandemic change history by build

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1.60.1.69913 1.15.9.69722 added

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