Expelling Shield

In the Blood Death Knight talent tree, Expelling Shield sits in the Deathbringer hero talent tree, row 4 of 5. It is a single-point node. Its row opens once 1 points are spent in Deathbringer.

Choice node

Expelling Shield shares its node with Death's Messenger. A character takes one of the two.

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  Death's Messenger

  Reduces the cooldowns of Lichborne and Raise Dead by 30 sec.

Connected above

The tree draws a line into Expelling Shield from Pact of the Deathbringer or Rune Carved Plates.

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  Pact of the Deathbringer

  When you suffer a damaging effect equal to 25% of your maximum health, you instantly cast Death Pact at 50% effectiveness. May only occur every 2 min. When a Reaper's Mark explodes, the cooldowns of this effect and Death Pact are reduced by 5 sec.

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  Rune Carved Plates

Connected below

Expelling Shield leads on to Exterminate.

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  Exterminate

  After Reaper's Mark explodes, your next 2 Marrowrends cost 1 Runes and summon 2 scythes to strike your enemies. Deals reduced damage beyond 8 targets.

Same row

Also on this row: Swift and Painful, Dark Talons or Reaper's Onslaught and Echoing Fury.

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  Swift and Painful

  If no enemies are struck by Soul Rupture, you gain 15% Strength for 8 sec. Wave of Souls is 100% more effective on the main target of your Reaper's Mark.

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  Dark Talons

  Marrowrend and Heart Strike have a 25% chance to grant 3 stacks of Icy Talons and increase its maximum stacks by the same amount for 6 sec. Runic Power spending abilities count as Shadowfrost while Icy Talons is active.

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  Reaper's Onslaught

  Reduces the cooldown of Reaper's Mark by 15 sec, but the amount of Marrowrends empowered by Exterminate is reduced by 1.

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  Echoing Fury

  Reaper's Mark deals 5% increased damage.