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.
Tree position
In the Unholy Death Knight talent tree, Dark Transformation sits in the Unholy specialization talents, row 3 of 11. It is a single-point node.
Connected above
The tree draws a line into Dark Transformation from Sudden Doom.
Sudden DoomDread Plague has a 35% chance to exhilarate you, making your next Death Coil or Epidemic cost 15 less Runic Power and deal 35% increased damage.
Connected below
Dark Transformation leads on to Necromancer's Cunning.
Necromancer's CunningWhen your Lesser Ghouls expire, they explode in viscera, dealing Shadow damage to enemies nearby.
Same row
Also on this row: Clawing Shadows and Putrefy.
Clawing ShadowsFor each stack of Clawing Shadows, your Scourge Strike chains to an additional enemy. Each subsequent chain deals 10% reduced damage.
PutrefySummon 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.
Talent trees
Dark Transformation is in the talent tree of 3 specializations. Death Knight: Blood (Tank), Frost (DPS), Unholy (DPS).
Dark Transformation Changes by patch
Tracked changes to this talent between game data builds, newest first.
- First tracked in the game data (patch 12.1.0)