How often do you use curses?

Classes Warlock
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They’re cool to have, and I think they add a lot of flavor to the class, but I find myself hardly using them

Even in PvP I usually use exhaustion more than anything. Maybe toss a curse of tongues on a healer (if I remember) but that’s it

Also, how do you guys find keybinds for them? I have so many as a warlock, and sometimes I just don’t have room for things

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i dont think ive used weakness on a boss since denathrius on intermission when i couldnt actually do damage.

so basically never

3

I don’t swear much but often.

… Oh, you mean Warlock Curses.

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Only time I’ve seen value outside of memes in SoD is the Goliath add on mythic Sylv. If I don’t dodge his autos on my BrM it hits for a crispy ~26k through Stagger.

For meme value, just put Curse of Tongues on any boss that talks a lot and then read the Demonic in chat.

Not sure if it’s been fixed but with 9.1.5 there’s a bug on the spiked balls for Painsmith (only seen it on Heroic but haven’t tested other difficulties) where Curse of Exhaustion works to slow its roll speed. If you slow the middle one, you can usually just walk through the gap without killing a single ball. Be the envy of your friends with hidden Warlock tech.

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I use CoEx to slow mobs.

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I dont even remember to use then in TBC lol

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I use Curse of Weakness on most bosses who have melee hits to help tanks take a little less damage [it don’t work with sylvanas tough].

As for Curse of Tongues, last time i used it was on the Council of Blood, not much else.

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I use Curse of Weakness in PvP on melee all the time. and Exhaustion on flag carriers.
I also cast Tongues on healers or mages. So I use them alot in PvP.

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I personally use all three Curses often.

Tongues and Weakness on bosses or powerful mobs in M+ and I also use Exhaustion for kiting.

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I haven’t used a curse since back when I used to put Curse of Tongues on the female Blood Council in Nathria while my raid was still learning interrupt order. Frieda I believe?

But tbh, that was more than I ever expected to use curses as it is anyway. They’re both good long term curses but with such relatively short durations they’re too much of a bother for me to manage. If I did M+ maybe I’d hit those plaguefall mobs that run away with Exhaustion? That’s about it though. I honestly don’t even see myself using them if I did Mythic raids.

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In M+ on priority mobs.
Cast or Refresh when moving.

When classes who can slow are not present. Just use them. They’re part of your toolkit.

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Every dungeon due to fast casting times.
Every dungeon due to the reduced movement speed.
Every dungeon I’ve had my felguard out and charm.