Empower Rune Weapon
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.
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 BlastBlast 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.

Frostbound WillConsuming Rime reduces the cooldown of Empower Rune Weapon by 6 sec.
Runic Command2 ranksIncreases your maximum Runic Power by 5. Increases Rune regeneration rate by 10%.
Same row
Also on this row: Killing Machine and Frostscythe.
Killing MachineYour 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.
FrostscytheA 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).
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)