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Empower Rune Weapon

Empower Rune Weapon1 point

Drain the will of your enemy to empower your rune weapon, dealing (260% of Attack Power) Shadowfrost damage and reduced damage to enemies nearby, gaining 40 Runic Power, and grants you Killing Machine.

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

In the Frost Death Knight talent tree, Empower Rune Weapon sits in the Frost specialization talents, row 3 of 11. It is a single-point node.

Connected above

The tree draws a line into Empower Rune Weapon from Obliterate and Howling Blast.

  • Howling Blast

    Blast the target with a frigid wind, dealing Frost damage and applying Frost Fever to the target. A disease that deals Frost damage over 24 sec and has a chance to grant the Death Knight 4 Runic Power each time it deals damage.

Connected below

Empower Rune Weapon leads on to Runic Overflow, Frostbound Will and Runic Command.

  • Runic Overflow2 ranks

    Increases Frost Strike and Glacial Advance damage by 10%.

  • Frostbound Will

    Consuming Rime reduces the cooldown of Empower Rune Weapon by 6 sec.

  • Runic Command2 ranks

    Increases your maximum Runic Power by 5. Increases Rune regeneration rate by 10%.

Same row

Also on this row: Killing Machine and Frostscythe.

  • Killing Machine

    Your auto attack critical strikes have a chance to make your next Obliterate deal Frost damage and critically strike, or make your next Frostscythe critically strike for 4 times the normal damage.

  • Frostscythe

    A sweeping attack that strikes all enemies in front of you for (48% of Attack Power) Frost damage. Deals reduced damage beyond 5 targets. Consumes Killing Machine to have its critical strikes deal 4 times the normal damage.

Talent trees

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

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Empower Rune Weapon 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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