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Vampiric Speed

Vampiric Speed1 point

Death's Advance and Wraith Walk movement speed bonuses are increased by 10%. Activating Death's Advance or Wraith Walk increases 4 nearby allies movement speed by 20% for 5 sec.

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TypeTalent
Ranks1 point
ClassDeath Knight
Specializations3
Tree sectionSan'layn hero talent tree
Row2 of 5
Opens at1 points spent
Choice withNewly Turned
Game build12.1.5
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Tree position

In the Blood Death Knight talent tree, Vampiric Speed sits in the San'layn hero talent tree, row 2 of 5. It is a single-point node. Its row opens once 1 points are spent in San'layn.

Choice node

Vampiric Speed shares its node with Newly Turned. A character takes one of the two.

  • Newly Turned

    Raise Ally revives players at full health and grants you and your ally an absorb shield equal to 20% of your maximum health.

Connected above

The tree draws a line into Vampiric Speed from Vampiric Strike.

Connected below

Vampiric Speed leads on to Infliction of Sorrow.

  • Infliction of Sorrow

    When Vampiric Strike damages an enemy affected by your Blood Plague, it extends the duration of the disease by 3.1 sec, and deals 10% of the remaining damage to the enemy.

Same row

Also on this row: Blood-Soaked Ground or Desecrate, Vampiric Aura or Bloody Fortitude and Thrill of Blood.

  • Blood-Soaked Ground

    While you are within your Death and Decay, your physical damage taken is reduced by 8% and your chance to gain Vampiric Strike is increased by 5%.

  • Desecrate

    Death and Decay deals its damage 33.3333% faster.

  • Vampiric Aura

    Your Leech is increased by 2%. While Lichborne is active, the Leech bonus of this effect is increased by 100%, and it affects 4 allies within 12 yds.

  • Bloody Fortitude

    Icebound Fortitude reduces all damage you take by up to an additional 20% based on your missing health. Killing an enemy that yields experience or honor reduces the cooldown of Icebound Fortitude by 3 sec.

  • Thrill of Blood

    Dread Plague deals 20% and Virulent Plague deals 10% increased damage.

Talent trees

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

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Vampiric Speed 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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