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Death Knight Spellbook

Death Knights are a hero class, which means they start at higher level. Death Knights are a melee class with an emphasis on causing diseases and using dark magic.

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1. AssimilationPassiveAssimilationThe cooldown of Anti-Magic Zone is reduced by 60 sec and its duration is increased by 2 sec.Select to inspect details and sound files
2. Blood DrawPassiveBlood DrawWhen you fall below 30% health you drain health from nearby enemies, the damage you take is reduced by 10% and your Death Strike cost is reduced by 10 for 8 sec. Can only occur every 2 min.Select to inspect details and sound files
3. Blood MistPassiveBlood MistWhen you cast Dancing Rune Weapon, you become enveloped in a blood mist that surrounds you for 8 sec, increasing your Parry by 5%. Deals Shadow damage every 1 sec sec to enemies within yds. Every time it deals damage you gain 2 Runic Power, up to a maximum of 10 Runic Power. Deals reduced damage beyond 8 targets.Select to inspect details and sound files
4. Blood ScentPassiveBlood ScentIncreases Leech by 3%.Select to inspect details and sound files
5. Bloodied BladePassiveBloodied BladeParrying an attack grants you a charge of Bloodied Blade, increasing your Strength by 0.5.1%, up to.1% for 15 sec. At [character value] stacks, your next parry consumes all charges to unleash a Heart Strike at 300% effectiveness, and increases your Strength by 10% for 6 sec.Select to inspect details and sound files
6. Boiling PointPassiveBoiling PointHeart Strike has a chance to make your next Blood Boil empowered, dealing 50% increased damage and echoing after 3 sec.Select to inspect details and sound files
7. BrittlePassiveBrittleYour diseases have a chance to weaken your enemy causing your attacks against them to deal 6% increased damage for 5 sec.Select to inspect details and sound files
8. CarnagePassiveCarnageConsumption now contributes to your Mastery: Blood Shield. Each time an enemy strikes your Blood Shield, the cooldown of Consumption has chance to be reset.Select to inspect details and sound files
9. Coil of DevastationPassiveCoil of DevastationDeath Coil deals 10% increased damage and causes the target to take an additional 30% of the direct damage dealt over 4 sec.Select to inspect details and sound files
10. ColdthirstPassiveColdthirstSuccessfully interrupting an enemy with Mind Freeze grants 10 Runic Power and reduces its cooldown by 3 sec.Select to inspect details and sound files
11. Doomed BiddingPassiveDoomed BiddingConsuming Sudden Doom summons forth a Lesser Ghoul to assist you for 8 sec.Select to inspect details and sound files
12. Enduring StrengthPassiveEnduring StrengthWhen Pillar of Frost expires, your Strength is increased by 8% for 6 sec. This effect lasts 2 sec longer, up to 20 sec, for each Obliterate and Frostscythe critical strike during Pillar of Frost.Select to inspect details and sound files
13. EverfrostPassiveEverfrostRime empowered Howling Blast deals 50% increased damage to secondary targets. Remorseless Winter deals 6% increased damage to enemies it hits, stacking up to [character value] times.Select to inspect details and sound files
14. Everlasting BondPassiveEverlasting BondSummons 1 additional copy of Dancing Rune Weapon and increases its duration by 4 sec.Select to inspect details and sound files
15. Festering ScythePassiveFestering ScytheFestering Strike now follows up with a Festering Scythe that costs no Runes. Festering Scythe Slashes through all enemies within 14 yds in front of you, dealing Shadow damage and hastening all of your plagues on targets hit to deal damage 35% faster for 25 sec.Select to inspect details and sound files
16. Foul InfectionsPassiveFoul InfectionsYour diseases deal 10% more damage and have a 5% increased chance to critically strike.Select to inspect details and sound files
17. Frostbound WillPassiveFrostbound WillConsuming Rime reduces the cooldown of Empower Rune Weapon by 6 sec.Select to inspect details and sound files
18. Frozen DominionPassiveFrozen DominionPillar of Frost now summons a Remorseless Winter that lasts sec longer. Each enemy Remorseless Winter damages grants you[character percentage] Mastery, up to[character percentage] for 15 sec.Select to inspect details and sound files
19. Ghoulish FrenzyPassiveGhoulish FrenzyDark Transformation increases the attack speed and damage of you and your Monstrosity by 5% for 15 sec.Select to inspect details and sound files
20. Gloom WardPassiveGloom WardAbsorbs are 15% more effective on you.Select to inspect details and sound files
21. Grave MasteryPassiveGrave MasteryCritical strike damage of your minions is increased by 15%Select to inspect details and sound files
22. HyperpyrexiaPassiveHyperpyrexiaYour Runic Power spending abilities have a chance to additionally deal 30% of the damage dealt over 4 sec.Select to inspect details and sound files
23. Improved Death StrikePassiveImproved Death StrikeDeath Strike's cost is reduced by 5, and its healing is increased by 15%.Select to inspect details and sound files
24. Improved Heart StrikePassiveImproved Heart StrikeHeart Strike damage increased by 15%.Select to inspect details and sound files

1. Menacing MagusPassiveMenacing MagusYour Magus of the Dead Shadow Bolt now fires a volley of Shadow Bolts at up to 8 nearby enemies. Your Lord of the Dead Frostbolts now chain to 3 additional enemies.Select to inspect details and sound files
2. Necromancer's CunningPassiveNecromancer's CunningWhen your Lesser Ghouls expire, they explode in viscera, dealing Shadow damage to enemies nearby.Select to inspect details and sound files
3. Plague InfusionPassivePlague InfusionYour Blood Plague critical hits have a chance to reduce the cooldown of your Blood Boil by 0.25.2 sec.Select to inspect details and sound files
4. Plague MasteryPassivePlague MasteryCritical strike damage of your diseases is increased by 25%Select to inspect details and sound files
5. Proliferating ChillPassiveProliferating ChillChains of Ice affects 1 additional nearby enemy.Select to inspect details and sound files
6. Putrid EchoesPassivePutrid EchoesPutrefy deals 20% increased damage, has 2 additional charges and consumes up to 2 available charges.Select to inspect details and sound files
7. Rune MasteryPassiveRune MasteryConsuming a Rune has a chance to increase your Strength by 3% for 8 sec.Select to inspect details and sound files
8. Runic CommandPassiveRunic CommandIncreases your maximum Runic Power by 5. Increases Rune regeneration rate by 10%.Select to inspect details and sound files
9. Sanguinary BurstPassiveSanguinary BurstWhen Blood Mist ends it deals Shadow damage to [character value] nearby enemies, healing you for[character percentage] of the damage dealt. The damage is increased by 2% for every 1 Runic Power spent while Blood Mist was active.Select to inspect details and sound files
10. SuppressionPassiveSuppressionDamage taken from area of effect attacks reduced by 3%. When suffering a loss of control effect, this bonus is increased by an additional 6% for 6 sec.Select to inspect details and sound files
11. The Long WinterPassiveThe Long WinterWhile Pillar of Frost is active your auto-attack critical strikes increase its duration by 1 sec, up to a maximum of 4 sec.Select to inspect details and sound files
12. Unholy BondPassiveUnholy BondIncreases the effectiveness of your Runeforge effects by 20%.Select to inspect details and sound files
13. Unholy EndurancePassiveUnholy EnduranceIncreases Lichborne duration by 2 sec and reduces the cooldown by 30 sec.Select to inspect details and sound files
14. Unholy MomentumPassiveUnholy MomentumIncreases Haste by 2%.Select to inspect details and sound files
15. Vestigial ShellPassiveVestigial ShellCasting Anti-Magic Shell grants [character value] nearby allies a Lesser Anti-Magic Shell that Absorbs up to magic damage and reduces the duration of harmful Magic effects against them by 50%.Select to inspect details and sound files
16. Deathly BlowsPassiveDeathly Blows[character value][Frost Strike damage is increased by 35% and Glacial Advance damage is increased by 5%. Reaper's Mark grants 3 charges of Bonegrinder if it is known.]?c1[Death Strike damage increased by 12%.][]Select to inspect details and sound files
17. Echoing FuryPassiveEchoing FuryReaper's Mark deals 5% increased damage. Casting [character value]?[Dancing Rune Weapon][Reaper's Mark] grants [character value]?[1][1] stacks of Exterminate with [character value]?[100][100]% first scythe and [character value]?[100][100]% second scythe effectiveness.Select to inspect details and sound files
18. Frigid ResolvePassiveFrigid ResolveThe effectiveness of Permafrost is increased by 100%[character value][ and Exterminate grants Permafrost equal to 10% of the damage dealt.]?c2[.][] Permafrost Your auto attack damage grants you an absorb shield equal to 50% of the damage dealt.Select to inspect details and sound files
19. Let Terror ReignPassiveLet Terror ReignCasting Obliterate or Frostscythe orders Trollbane to cast his Obliterate or Frostscythe alongside you at 100% effectiveness.Select to inspect details and sound files
20. Ride or Die!PassiveRide or Die!Pillar of Frost summons forth Trollbane for 6 sec.Select to inspect details and sound files
21. Thrill of BloodPassiveThrill of BloodEssence of the Blood Queen additionally increases your Mastery by 0.2.1% per stack. Dread Plague deals 10% and Virulent Plague deals 10% increased damage.Select to inspect details and sound files
22. TransfusionPassiveTransfusionVampiric Strike increases the damage of your Lesser Ghouls by 10% for 8 sec. Multiple applications may overlap.Select to inspect details and sound files
23. Unholy ArmamentsPassiveUnholy ArmamentsThe abilities that Horsemen cast deal 5% increased damage. Your Ghoul and skeletal archer deals 10% and Lesser Ghouls deal 20% increased damage.Select to inspect details and sound files
24. Bitter ChillPvP TalentBitter ChillChains of Ice reduces the target's Haste by 8%. Frost Strike refreshes the duration of Chains of Ice.Select to inspect details and sound files

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Necromancer's Cunning

Unholy

When your Lesser Ghouls expire, they explode in viscera, dealing Shadow damage to enemies nearby.

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Type

Passive

School

Shadow

Cast

Instant

Range

0 yd

Cooldown

No spell cooldown recorded

Cost

No resource cost recorded

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