Heartbreaker
Your Heart Strike generates 2 additional Runic Power per target hit.
Tree position
In the Blood Death Knight talent tree, Heartbreaker sits in the Blood specialization talents, row 5 of 11. It is a single-point node. Its row opens once 8 points are spent in Blood Talents.
Connected above
The tree draws a line into Heartbreaker from Ossuary.
OssuaryWhile you have at least 5 Bone Shield charges, the cost of Death Strike is reduced by 5 Runic Power. Additionally, your maximum Runic Power is increased by 10.
Connected below
Heartbreaker leads on to Gorefiend's Grasp or Abomination Limb.
Gorefiend's GraspShadowy tendrils coil around all enemies of a hostile or friendly target, pulling them to the target's location and Silencing them for 3 sec.
Abomination LimbSprout an additional limb, pulling enemies further than 8 yds from you every 1 sec. The same enemy can only be pulled once every 4 sec.
Same row
Also on this row: Leeching Strike, Foul Bulwark, Dancing Rune Weapon, Hemostasis, Perseverance of the Ebon Blade and Bloodworms.

Foul BulwarkEach charge of Bone Shield increases your maximum health.
Dancing Rune WeaponSummons a rune weapon for 8 sec that mirrors your melee attacks and bolsters your defenses. While active, you gain 30% parry chance.

Perseverance of the Ebon BladeWhen Crimson Scourge is consumed, damage taken is reduced by 4% for 10 sec.
BloodwormsYour auto attacks have a chance to summon a Bloodworm. Bloodworms deal minor damage to your target for 15 sec and then burst, healing you for 15% of your missing health. If you drop below 50% health, your Bloodworms will immediately burst and heal you.
Talent trees
Heartbreaker is in the talent tree of 3 specializations. Death Knight: Blood (Tank), Frost (DPS), Unholy (DPS).
Heartbreaker Changes by patch
Tracked changes to this talent between game data builds, newest first.
- First tracked in the game data (patch 12.1.0)