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Grim Reaper

Grim Reaper1 point

Reaper's Mark explosion deals up to 30% increased damage based on your target's missing health.

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TypeTalent
Ranks1 point
ClassDeath Knight
Specializations3
Tree sectionDeathbringer hero talent tree
Row3 of 5
Opens at1 points spent
Game build12.1.5
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Tree position

In the Blood Death Knight talent tree, Grim Reaper sits in the Deathbringer hero talent tree, row 3 of 5. It is a single-point node. Its row opens once 1 points are spent in Deathbringer.

Connected above

The tree draws a line into Grim Reaper from Wither Away.

Connected below

Grim Reaper leads on to Dark Talons or Reaper's Onslaught.

  • 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.

  • 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.

Same row

Also on this row: Soul Rupture, Pact of the Deathbringer or Rune Carved Plates and Deathly Blows.

  • Soul Rupture

    When Reaper's Mark explodes, it deals 10% of the damage dealt to nearby enemies.

  • 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.

  • Deathly Blows

    Reaper's Mark grants 3 charges of Bonegrinder if it is known.]?c1[Death Strike damage increased by 20%.][]

Talent trees

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

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Grim Reaper 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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