Dispel type Many of the buff s and debuff s in World of Warcraft have a dispel type , which appears in the upper right - hand corner of the tooltip box if you hover your pointer over the buff or debuff icon . The dispel type tells you how the effect can be removed . There are four dispel types : Curse . The ability to lay curses on their enemies is almost exclusively limited to Warlock s , although Troll Priest s used to have one ( Hex of Weakness ) before patch 3 . 0 . All shamans gained a curse in patch 3 . 0 . 2 through the spell Hex . Only Druid s ( with Remove Curse ) and Mage s ( with Remove Lesser Curse ) can remove them . Disease . These are usually conditions like Rabies , Tetanus , and the like and are usually caused by mob s . However , Priests can cast Devouring Plague , which does have a Disease - type effect , and certain Death Knight abilities cause diseases , most notably Blood Plague and Frost Fever . Paladin s ( Purify , Cleanse ) , and Shaman s ( Cure Disease , Cleansing Totem ) can remove Disease - type effects from themselves and their allies . The Dwarven racial ability Stoneform will also instantly cleanse the caster of all Disease effects . Magic . The most common effects are Magic . There are Magic - type buffs ( beneficial ) , as well as Magic debuffs ( harmful ) . Hunters use Tranquilizing Shot , Shamans use Purge , Warriors , with a shield equipped , use Shield Slam to remove Magic buffs from their enemies . Mages use Spellsteal to transfer Magic buffs from enemies to themselves . Paladins use Cleanse to remove Magic debuffs from their allies . Priests use Dispel Magic to dispel both debuffs from allies and buffs from enemies , and a Warlock may do the same if he has a Felhunter , using Devour Magic , or a Doomguard , using Dispel Magic . Some Magic - type effects are different , they cannot be removed by any of the aforementioned abilities ; these include Banish , Ice Block and Divine Shield . Only a Priest ' s Mass Dispel can remove these more potent buffs . Poison . Rogue s are highly capable of causing Poison - type debuffs and DoTs , but many mobs do as well . Hunter sting abilities are also considered poison debuffs . Druids ( with Cure Poison and Abolish Poison ) , Paladins ( Purify , Cleanse ) and Shamans ( Cure Poison , Poison Cleansing Totem ) can remove these . Those with the First Aid secondary skill can create Anti - Venom s to cure poison as well . The Jungle Remedy potions carried by the various spellcasters at Kurzen ' s Compound in Stranglethorn Vale are also a very useful way to combat poisoning , and finally Dwarves can invoke Stoneform to cleanse themselves of all Poison effects for free once every three minutes . Typeless effects . There are also many lasting effects which do not have a dispel type ; there are no general spells that remove these . However , there may still be hope : the ones that impose a specific mechanic upon the target may be susceptible to removal by certain items and abilities that can remove this specific mechanic ( for example , Luffa and Stoneform can remove bleed effects , while Tranquilizing Shot can remove frenzy effects ) . Some lasting effects , however , must simply run their course and expire with time . Most typeless effects can also be removed using the paladin ' s Divine Shield and Divine Intervention , the mage ' s Ice Block , or the alchemist ' s Potion of Petrification ( prior to Patch 3 . 2 . 0 ) .