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Mike's been with Dot since 2020, and has been covering esports since 2018.","url":"https:\/\/dotesports.com\/author\/michaelkelly"}]}},"raw_content":"World of Warcraft Dragonflight season two introduced several new affixes to the Mythic+ pool in May 2023. These include Incorporeal, Entangling, and, of course, Afflicted. The Afflicted affix spawns a \u201cfriendly\u201d enemy that can\u2019t be damaged. Instead of bringing the add\u2019s health bar all the way down, you have to heal it and remove its affliction. Should you fail to assist the Afflicted Soul within a certain time frame, you\u2019re penalized with a heavy debuff to your Haste stat. Afflicted appears in Mythic+ runs at keystone levels five and higher. Here\u2019s how to deal with the affix in the best way possible, as well as what classes you should be bringing to your runs to make sure Afflicted doesn\u2019t run rampant on your group.\u00a0 How to deal with the Afflicted affix in your WoW Dragonflight Mythic+ runs When Afflicted is an active affix, you occasionally have to deal with adds called \u201cAfflicted Souls\u201d that spawn during combat. Unlike most other adds that need to be killed, Afflicted beings must be healed all the way up to 100 percent HP for them to go away.\u00a0 If you don\u2019t heal the Afflicted Souls that spawn during your runs, they cast Afflicted Cry, which causes all members of your group to be hit with a 100 percent Haste debuff for 10 seconds.\u00a0 Alternatively, Afflicted Souls have three debuffs on them, each of which can be removed to make them to despawn. These debuffs, which are classified as Disease, Poison, and Curse effects, can be removed by any class with an appropriate dispel ability. Removing these debuffs makes the Afflicted Soul leave the battlefield immediately, and you won\u2019t have to heal them to full HP.\u00a0 All spells that can remove Afflicted affix in WoW Dragonflight Here are all the classes that counter Afflicted Souls in Dragonflight, as well as the spells you need in your loadout to take them out of the fight.\u00a0 Druid - Remove Curse Mage - Remove Curse Monk - Detox Paladin - Cleanse Priest - Purify Shaman

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World of Warcraft Dragonflight <\/em>season two introduced several new affixes to the Mythic+ pool in May 2023. These include Incorporeal, Entangling, and, of course, Afflicted<\/strong>. <\/p>

The Afflicted affix spawns a \u201cfriendly\u201d enemy<\/strong> that can\u2019t be damaged. Instead of bringing the add\u2019s health bar all the way down, you have to heal it and remove its affliction. Should you fail to assist the Afflicted Soul within a certain time frame, you\u2019re penalized with a heavy debuff to your Haste stat. <\/p>

Afflicted appears in Mythic+ runs at keystone levels five and higher<\/strong>. Here\u2019s how to deal with the affix in the best way possible, as well as what classes you should be bringing to your runs to make sure Afflicted doesn\u2019t run rampant on your group.\u00a0<\/p>