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Clawing Shadows

Clawing Shadows1 point

For each stack of Clawing Shadows, your Scourge Strike chains to an additional enemy. Each subsequent chain deals 10% reduced damage.

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TypeTalent
Ranks1 point
ClassDeath Knight
Specializations3
Tree sectionUnholy specialization talents
Row3 of 11
Game build12.1.5
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Tree position

In the Unholy Death Knight talent tree, Clawing Shadows sits in the Unholy specialization talents, row 3 of 11. It is a single-point node.

Connected above

The tree draws a line into Clawing Shadows from Scourge Strike.

  • Scourge Strike

    An unholy strike that deals (135% of Attack Power) Shadow damage and causing your plagues on the target to erupt, dealing their damage an additional time at 35% effectiveness. Applies Virulent Plague or spreads it to a nearby enemy.

Connected below

Clawing Shadows leads on to Foul Infections.

  • Foul Infections

    Your diseases deal 10% more damage and have a 5% increased chance to critically strike.

Same row

Also on this row: Putrefy and Dark Transformation.

  • Putrefy

    Summon a Lesser Ghoul to strike the enemy for (199.7% of Attack Power) Shadow damage and have them explode for (139.4% of Attack Power) Shadow damage to nearby enemies.

  • Dark Transformation

    Corrupt and evolve your Ghoul into a Monstrosity, greatly empowering its abilities for 15 sec. Death Coil and Epidemic extends the duration of this effect by 1.1 sec.

Talent trees

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

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Clawing Shadows 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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