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Blightburst

Blightburst1 point

The explosion effect of Putrefy extends the duration of your plagues by 3.1 sec and deals 35% of the damage they would deal over that time instantly. Putrefy now applies your plagues to unaffected targets.

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TypeTalent
Ranks1 point
ClassDeath Knight
Specializations3
Tree sectionUnholy specialization talents
Row8 of 11
Opens at20 points spent
Game build12.1.5
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Tree position

In the Unholy Death Knight talent tree, Blightburst sits in the Unholy specialization talents, row 8 of 11. It is a single-point node. Its row opens once 20 points are spent in Unholy Talents.

Connected above

The tree draws a line into Blightburst from Cycle of Death, Harbinger of Doom and Morbidity.

  • Cycle of Death

    Putrefy reduces the cooldown of Death and Decay by 1.1 sec.

  • Harbinger of Doom

    Sudden Doom triggers 30% more often and can accumulate up to 2 charges.

  • Morbidity

    Diseased enemies take 1% increased damage from you per disease they are affected.

Connected below

Blightburst leads on to Scourging and Ancient Power.

  • Scourging2 ranks

    Scourge Strike now causes your Plagues to erupt at 65% effectiveness. Clawing Shadows can now stack 1 additional times.

  • Ancient Power2 ranks

    Multiple applications may overlap.

Same row

Also on this row: Putrid Echoes and Doomed Bidding.

  • Putrid Echoes

    Putrefy deals 20% increased damage, has 2 additional charges and consumes up to 2 available charges.

  • Doomed Bidding

    Consuming Sudden Doom summons forth a Lesser Ghoul to assist you for 8 sec.

Talent trees

Blightburst is in the talent tree of 3 specializations. Death Knight: Blood (Tank), Frost (DPS), Unholy (DPS).

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Blightburst Changes by patch

Tracked changes to this talent between game data builds, newest first.

  • First tracked in the game data (patch 12.1.0)
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