Putrefy
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.
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 DoomDread 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 StrikeAn 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 MasteryCritical strike damage of your diseases is increased by 25%
Grave MasteryCritical strike damage of your minions is increased by 15%
Same row
Also on this row: Clawing Shadows and Dark Transformation.
Clawing ShadowsFor each stack of Clawing Shadows, your Scourge Strike chains to an additional enemy. Each subsequent chain deals 10% reduced damage.
Dark TransformationCorrupt 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).
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)