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Foul Infections

Foul Infections1 point

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

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TypeTalent
Ranks1 point
ClassDeath Knight
Specializations3
Tree sectionUnholy specialization talents
Row4 of 11
Game build12.1.5
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Tree position

In the Unholy Death Knight talent tree, Foul Infections sits in the Unholy specialization talents, row 4 of 11. It is a single-point node.

Connected above

The tree draws a line into Foul Infections from Clawing Shadows.

  • Clawing Shadows

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

Connected below

Foul Infections leads on to Ebon Fever, Festering Scythe and Superstrain.

  • Ebon Fever

    Plagues deal 15% more damage over time in 125% of their duration.

  • Festering Scythe

    Festering Strike now follows up with a Festering Scythe that costs no Runes. Slashes through all enemies within 14 yds in front of you, dealing (101.2% of Attack Power) Shadow damage and hastening all of your plagues on targets hit to deal damage 35% faster for 25 sec.

  • Superstrain

    Dread Plague deals damage to an additional nearby enemy at 75% effectiveness and has a chance to grant you 4 Runic Power.

Same row

Also on this row: Plague Mastery or Grave Mastery and Necromancer's Cunning.

  • Plague Mastery

    Critical strike damage of your diseases is increased by 25%

  • Grave Mastery

    Critical strike damage of your minions is increased by 15%

  • Necromancer's Cunning

    When your Lesser Ghouls expire, they explode in viscera, dealing Shadow damage to enemies nearby.

Talent trees

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

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Foul Infections 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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