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Death knight abilities (WoW)  

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Presences

The Death Knight will have three presences they can choose from at any time to best fit their current task (PvE, Tank or PvP). They are as follows:

  • Blood - Increases damage done by 15% and returns back 4% of the damage done as health.
  • Unholy - Increases attack speed by 15% and lowers the global cooldown by 0.5 seconds.
  • Frost - Increases armor by 45% and threat generated by 25%.

Talents

Blood

Spell Rune Cost APC Description
Death Strike 1 Unholy N/A A deadly attack that deals 60% weapon damage. If the target dies within 3 seconds and yields experience or honor, Death Strike heals the Death Knight for 1310.
Blood Strike 1 Blood 0.6 Instantly strike the enemy, causing 60% weapon damage plus 164 for each disease on the target.
Strangulate Runic Power 0.2 Strangle an enemy consuming all available Runic Power to silence the target for a maximum of 5 seconds and dealing up to 434 shadow damage at the end of the effect.
Blood Boil None 0.1 Causes all disease effects on targets within 30 yards to painfully erupt, consuming the diseases and forcing the target to attack the Death Knight for 3 sec.
Death Pact 2B N/A Sacrifice an undead minion, healing the Death Knight for 2600 health.
Blood Tap None N/A Immedietly activates a Blood Rune and converts it to a Death Rune. This rune counts as a Blood, Unholy or Frost Rune. Lasts 10 seconds.
Rune Tap 1 Blood N/A (Talent:Blood) Converts 1 Blood Rune into 300 health. (1 Minute Cooldown)
Mark of Blood 1 Blood / 1 Unholy N/A (Talent:Blood) Place a Mark of Blood on an enemy. Whenever the marked target is healed all party members receive 5% of that healing. If a marked that grants experience or honor is killed, all party members are healed for 10% of their total health. Each person can be healed for a maximum of 300 per mark. Lasts 3 minutes.
Hysteria 1 Blood / 1 Unholy N/A (Talent:Blood) Induces a friendly unit into a killing frenzy for 30 seconds, increasing their physical damage by 20%, but causing them to suffer damage equal to 1% of their base health every second. (2 Minute Cooldown)
Heart Strike 1 Blood N/A (Talent:Blood) A debilitating attack that lowers the target's total health by 20%, up to 3000, for 30 seconds.
Dancing Rune Weapon 10 Runic Power N/A (Talent:Blood) Unleashes all available runic power to summon a second rune weapon that fights on its own for 1 second per 10 runic power, doing the same attacks that you do. (1 Minute Cooldown)

Unholy

Spell Rune Cost APC Description
Plague Strike 1 Blood / 1 Unholy N/A A viscous strike that deals weapon damage plus 71 and plagues the target, dealing 704 Shado damage over 12 seconds.
Death Coil Runic Power ~0.217 Unleashes all available Runic Power, causing up to 1322 Shadow damage to a non-Undead enemy target or healing up to 1983 damage from a friendly Undead target.
Death and Decay 1 Blood / 2 Unholy 0.039 211 shadow damage inflicted every 2 sec to all targets in the effected area for 8 seconds. Has a chance to cause affected targets to cower in fear.
Anti-Magic Shell 1 Unholy N/A Surrounds the Death Knight in an Anti-Magic Shell, absorbing 75% of the damage dealt by the next harmful spell. Damage absorbed by Anti-Magic Shell energizes the Death Knight with additional Runic Power. Lasts 5 sec.
Degeneration 1 Unholy N/A Instantly attack the target dealing 60% weapon damage and inflicting a disease that deals 182 over 12 seconds. This disease will also corrupt an existing heal over time spell, dramatically increasing the damage dealt.
Army of the Dead 2 Unholy N/A Summons an army of your best ghouls to fight for you.
Raise Dead 2 Unholy N/A Raise a Ghoul from a nearby corpse to fight by your side. If the corpse is not humanoid, corpse dust is required.
Death Grip 1 Unholy N/A Harness the unholy energy that surrounds and binds all matter, drawing the target towards the Death Knight and forcing the enemy to attack the Death Knight for 4 second.
Lichborne 2 Unholy N/A (Talent:Unholy) Draw upon unholy energy to become undead for 30 seconds. While undead, you are immune to Charm, Fear, and Sleep effects, and your horrifying visage causes melee attacks to have an additional 25% chance to miss you. (5 Minute Cooldown)
Corpse Explosion 10 Runic Power N/A (Talent:Unholy) Unleashes all available runic power to cause a targeted corpse to explode for 12 Shadow damage per 10 runic power to all enemies within 20 yards.
Bone Armor 1 Frost / 1 Unholy N/A (Talent:Unholy) The caster is surrounded by 4 whirling bones. Each bone reduces the next spell or melee attack by 40% but is then consumed. Lasts 5 minutes. (30 Second Cooldown)
Anti-Magic Zone 1 Unholy N/A (Talent:Unholy) Places a large, static Anti-Magic Zone which can protect any party members inside it. The Anti-Magic Zone absorbs 75% of the damage dealt by the next harmful spell. Absorbs up to 10000 damage. (10 Second Cooldown)
Summon Gargoyle 1 Blood / 1 Unholy N/A (Talent:Unholy) A Gargoyle flies into the area and bombards the target with Shadow damage for # (5 Minute Cooldown)
Unholy Blight 10 Runic Power N/A (Talent:Unholy) A creeping swarm of unholy insects surrounds the caster for a 10 yard radius. All enemies caught in the swarm take 120 damage and are plagued with a disease that can stack up to 3 times. Persists for 1 sec per 10 runic power. (1 Minute Cooldown)

Frost

Spell Rune Cost APC Description Icy Touch 1F 0.2 Deals 583 Frost Damage and reduces the targets ranged, melee attack and casting speed by 15% for 22 sec. Mind Freeze 1F 0.1 Strike the target's mind with cold, dealing 237 Frost Damage and interrupting spellcasting while also preventing any spell in that school from being cast for 3 seconds. Icebound FortitudeRunic Power N/A Consumes all availible Runic Power, causing the Death Knight to become immune to Stun effect and increasing armor by 50% for up to 12 seconds. Does not remove existing stun effects. Empower Rune Weapon None N/A Empower your rune weapon, immediately activatine one of each rune type. Chains of Ice2F N/A Freezes the target in place for 4 seconds. The target regains 10% of their movement speec each second after breaking free of the chains. Frozen Rune Weapon 1F N/A (Talent:Frost) Imbue your rune weapon with frost, causing 4.23376623377 to 13.04 additional frost damage, based on the speed of the weapon. Also has a chance to cause your target to be vulnerable to Frost damage. Lasts 10 minutes. Deathchill None N/A (Talent:Frost) When activated, increases your critical strike chance with Frost spells by 100% for the next 6 seconds. Minute Cooldown Howling Blast1F N/A (Talent:Frost) Blast the target with a frigid wind dealing 719 Frost damage to all enemies within 10 yards. Deals triple damage to frozen targets. Minute Cooldown Frost Strike1F N/A (Talent:Frost) A strong attack that increases melee damage by 200 and causes your attack to deal Frost damage. Has a 30% chance to freeze the target. Hungering Cold10 Runic Power N/A (Talent:Frost) Unleashes all available runic power to eradicate all heat from around the Death Knight, freezing enemies within 10 yards and preventing them from performing any action for 2 sec per 10 runic power. Enemies are considered frozen, but any damage will break the ice. (1 Minute Cooldown)

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