Gathering Storm
Tree position
In the Frost Death Knight talent tree, Gathering Storm sits in the Frost specialization talents, row 5 of 11. It is a single-point node. Its row opens once 8 points are spent in Frost Talents.
Connected above
The tree draws a line into Gathering Storm from Biting Cold.
Biting ColdRemorseless Winter damage is increased by 35%. The first time Remorseless Winter deals damage to 3 different enemies, you gain Rime.
Connected below
Gathering Storm leads on to Frigid Executioner and Northwinds.
Frigid ExecutionerRunic Empowerment has a 25% chance to refund 1 additional Runes.
NorthwindsHowling Blast now hits an additional target with maximum effectiveness. Rime increases Howling Blast damage done by an additional 75%.
Same row
Also on this row: Inexorable Assault, Frostreaper, Pillar of Frost and Icy Onslaught.
Inexorable AssaultObliterate and Frostscythe consume up to 3 stacks, dealing an additional (26.3% of Attack Power) Frost damage for each stack consumed.
FrostreaperObliterate deals 10% increased damage and has a chance to tether the souls of its target and a nearby enemy to yours. Frost Strike severs the tethers, dealing (411.8% of Attack Power) Shadowfrost damage to both foes.
Pillar of FrostThe power of frost increases your Strength by 20% for 12 sec.
Icy OnslaughtFrost Strike and Glacial Advance now cause your next Frost Strike and Glacial Advance to deal 15% increased damage and cost 5 more Runic Power. This effect stacks until the next Runic Empowerment.
Talent trees
Gathering Storm is in the talent tree of 3 specializations. Death Knight: Blood (Tank), Frost (DPS), Unholy (DPS).
Gathering Storm 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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