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Putrefy

Putrefy1 point

Summon a Lesser Ghoul to strike the enemy for (199.7% of Attack Power) Shadow damage and have them explode for (139.4% of Attack Power) Shadow damage to nearby enemies.

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TypeTalent
Ranks1 point
ClassDeath Knight
Specializations3
Tree sectionUnholy specialization talents
Row3 of 11
Game build12.1.5
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Tree position

In the Unholy Death Knight talent tree, Putrefy sits in the Unholy specialization talents, row 3 of 11. It is a single-point node.

Connected above

The tree draws a line into Putrefy from Sudden Doom and Scourge Strike.

  • Sudden Doom

    Dread Plague has a 35% chance to exhilarate you, making your next Death Coil or Epidemic cost 15 less Runic Power and deal 35% increased damage.

  • Scourge Strike

    An unholy strike that deals (135% of Attack Power) Shadow damage and causing your plagues on the target to erupt, dealing their damage an additional time at 35% effectiveness. Applies Virulent Plague or spreads it to a nearby enemy.

Connected below

Putrefy leads on to Plague Mastery or Grave Mastery.

  • Plague Mastery

    Critical strike damage of your diseases is increased by 25%

  • Grave Mastery

    Critical strike damage of your minions is increased by 15%

Same row

Also on this row: Clawing Shadows and Dark Transformation.

  • Clawing Shadows

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

  • Dark Transformation

    Corrupt and evolve your Ghoul into a Monstrosity, greatly empowering its abilities for 15 sec. Death Coil and Epidemic extends the duration of this effect by 1.1 sec.

Talent trees

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

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Putrefy 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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