Scourge Strike

Scourge Strike1 point

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.

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TypeTalent

Ranks1 point

ClassDeath Knight

Specializations3

Tree sectionUnholy specialization talents

Row2 of 11

Game build12.1.5

Tree position

In the Unholy Death Knight talent tree, Scourge Strike sits in the Unholy specialization talents, row 2 of 11. It is a single-point node.

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The tree draws a line into Scourge Strike from Outbreak.

Outbreak
Inflicts the target with Dread Plague and Virulent Plague. A malicious plague that deals (439.1% of Attack Power) Shadow damage over 24 sec. Explodes for (184.5% of Attack Power) Shadow damage to nearby enemies and infects one when the host dies. Can only be applied to 1 hosts at a time. An infectious plague that spreads to all nearby enemies, dealing (202.9% of Attack Power) Shadow damage over 24 sec.

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Scourge Strike leads on to Clawing Shadows and Putrefy.

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

Same row

Also on this row: Sudden Doom.

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.