Asphyxiate

In the Blood Death Knight talent tree, Asphyxiate sits in the Death Knight class talents, row 6 of 10. It is a single-point node. Its row opens once 8 points are spent in Class Talents.

Choice node

Asphyxiate shares its node with Death's Reach. A character takes one of the two.

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  Death's Reach

  Increases the range of Death Grip by 10 yds. Killing an enemy that yields experience or honor resets the cooldown of Death Grip.

Connected above

The tree draws a line into Asphyxiate from Icy Talons, Anti-Magic Zone and Death Notes.

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  Icy Talons
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  Anti-Magic Zone

  Places an Anti-Magic Zone for 6 sec, reducing the magic damage taken by party or raid members by 15%.

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  Death Notes

  Raise Ally costs 30 less Runic Power.

Connected below

Asphyxiate leads on to Suppression and Blood Scent.

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  Suppression

  Damage 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.

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  Blood Scent

  Increases Leech by 3%.

Same row

Also on this row: Ice Prison, Assimilation, Anti-Magic Barrier and Grip of the Dead.

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  Ice Prison

  Chains of Ice now also roots enemies for 4 sec but its cooldown is increased to 12 sec.

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  Assimilation

  The cooldown of Anti-Magic Zone is reduced by 60 sec and its duration is increased by 2 sec.

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  Anti-Magic Barrier

  Reduces the cooldown of Anti-Magic Shell by 20 sec and increases its duration and amount absorbed by 40%.

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  Grip of the Dead