Death Knight

Last Updated: 11/08/08 (9138)

Class Overview

From WoWWiki

The Death Knight is the first Hero Class in World of Warcraft. All races can be Death Knights.

The criteria for creating a Death Knight is the existence of a level 55+ character on the player's account. Once that criteria is met, the player can create one Death Knight per realm on any realm where they have a level 55+ character. This limitation is not permanent. Blizzard has announced its intention to allow the creation of Death Knight characters on realms where the player does not have a level 55+ character, though this option will not be available right away at the release of the expansion (this measure is being taken to prevent flooding of Death Knight characters onto newer realms). (Source) This is a separate character from your original one and can be created as soon as one of the existing characters in your account reaches level 55. After making a Death Knight, you will not lose the access to any of your existing characters.

The Death Knight will start at level 55 in a necropolis floating over the Eastern Plaguelands (See Ebon Hold ), with multiple spells and abilities ready to use, including a level 60 equivalent skeletal Deathcharger mount.

An NPC on a Skeleton Gryphon

Through the Death Knight-specific quests in this necropolis, the character learns to master the power of the Death Knight and learns to use this new power for their will. Quests will take them outside the necropolis and into an area within the Eastern Plaguelands. They will start with various greens and blues for equipment. (Starting Gear Images can bee seen in our Images section.) Death Knights will use new items called Sigils for their relic slot. (Sigil Example)

As of Live Beta Build 8681, Deathknights also have access to a class-specific Flying Mount, the Winged Steed of the Ebon Blade. It is a skeletan gryphon. (See the image at left.) This mount is unique in that its speed adjusts to the player's riding ability. If a player has epic flying mount training, the mount will be a 280% speed mount. If not, it will be 100% speed in the air. That may account for its high cost: 960 gold. The current Model of this mount has been confirmed a placeholder.

The death knight combines martial prowess with dark, necromantic energies. Players might be familiar with the death knight from previously released Warcraft games -- most recently, in the campaigns for Warcraft III: Reign of Chaos and the Warcraft III: The Frozen Throne expansion, the former paladin Arthas became a death knight and wrought havoc across Azeroth before fusing with the spirit of Ner'zhul to become the Lich King. It is important to note that these particular Death Knights are based upon those created by the Lich King in Warcraft III, not those of Orcish origin as seen in WarCraft II.

Appearance & Sound

As of Live Beta Build 8770, Death Knight have been updated in appearance and sound.

Death Knight characters' voices are modulated to be slightly deeper, rougher, and more "evil-sounding," with a slight echo effect. This applies to all voice emotes. There is an option in the sound menu to turn this modulation on and off. (Screenshot) Below is a video showing off a variety of voice emotes with the new sound:

Death Knights also now have glowing blue eyes and different "undead" skins available to them upon character creation. (All normal skins are still available as well.) Scroll through them below.

Death Knights also have a different background on the character creation/selection screens, regardless of what race they are. See a screenshot of it here.

Death Knight Combat

The death knight uses a unique rune-based resource system to govern his spells and abilities. Three rune types exist: blood, frost, and unholy, each with an attached color and symbol. A Death Knight has two of each type of rune on their weapon. In Beta Build 8634, this rune system was changed, removing the ability to customize the amounts of each type of rune on the weapon. The 2B/2U/2F set-up is now permanent and unchangable.

Death Knights now customize their weapons through the class' Runeforging ability. Runeforging uses a specialized Rune Forge, which can be found in Ebon Hold (part of the Death Knight starting area) and possibly in other major locations like Dalaran City (unconfirmed). This ability allows Death Knights to attach runes to their weapons which give a variety of passive combat buffs.

In addition, whenever the Death Knight uses a rune ability against a foe, it will build up a certain amount of Runic Power. This Runic Power is used by certain abilities, which completely drain all the Runic Power that has been accumulated. The more power stored, the more effective the ability.

(For more information on Runes, Runic Power, and Runeforging, see the Damage Mechanics tab.)

The Death Knight's Role

In general, the death knight can be considered a hybrid class that combines damage dealing and tanking. They will wear plate armor, and be able to dual wield or use two-handed blade weapons and maces. Like druids, they will tank without shields. Their tanking mechanics will most likely be high armor as indicated by Frost Presence, and by having a high chance to parry. Blizzard has said that their tanking niche will be caster-type enemies. A common assumption among fans is that Hero Classes will be overpowered, however Blizzard has stated on announcing the Death Knight that they will be of similar strength and value to existing classes.

Developers have stated that they do not want the Death Knight to be left in one role depending on their spec. All specs should be able to tank, PvP, or DPS equally well if correctly talented and geared. (WWI)

(For more informations on specific talents and abilities, see the Abilities tab.)

Death Knight Quests

The last half of the new Death Knight starting quests require you to head to Orgrimmar, where the NPCs at times fear you, and at times attack. Here are some more screenshots from that part of the journey:

Gamon gets in on the Death Knight hate:

The Death Knight starting experience has also been extended.

Part 1: A new ongoing event has been added to the Death Knight starting area. After the final battle event in the instanced zone, when a new Death Knight ports back to Acherus, it is now under attack by the Scourge!

Part 2: Death Knight's now have to earn their place among the major city factions. When a new Death Knight enters a major city, they are greeted by NPCs throwing fruit and spitting on them. Eventually they must earn the trust of their faction. More details when the World Servers come back up.

Below are some screenshots from the event at Acherus:

Death Knights are unique in that while they deal a good amount of damage with spell effects, they have no reliance on +spell damage armor and weapons. Instead their damage is derived from the base damage + some fraction of their attack power in the following form:

 NetDamage = BaseDMG + AttackPower * APC

Where APC equals the Attack Power Coefficient. This value is unique to the individual spell, and the estimated value is listed for each ability below.

The second Death Knight mechanic, Runic Power (RP) functions in much the same way, where the duration and/or damage of an ability requiring RP to activate is given as follows:

 Duration = RP/100 * MaxDuration
 NetDamage = RP/100 * BaseDMG + AttackPower * APC

Death Knights receive 2 Attack Power per 1 Strength, and none from Agility, similar to Warriors and Bearform Druids.

Death Knights also receive a passive bonus to critical strike damage, called Runic Focus: Unlike most casters, a Death Knight's spells cause double damage on critical hits.

Runes

Runes are the Death Knight's "power," their version of mana/rage/energy. Runes come in three different "flavors" and most Death Knight abilities requires some combination of runes to use. Death Knights come with a configuration of two of each of these runes and, as of Beta Build 8634, that configuration is unchangeable. (Source)

There is a fourth rune type, Death, that can be activated by certain abilities and can be used as any rune type when you are out of one.

Currently, runes have a recharge time of 10 seconds from the time of activation. This can be talented down to 5 seconds on a percentage based proc with the "XXX Rune Mastery" talents found in each talent tree.

Runic Power

Runic power, gauged by a blue bar under the health bar, is the Death Knight's hybrid of rage and combo points. It is generated by all single-target abilities that do not drain it. The Blood Elf ability Arcane Torrent will also restore 10 runic power per charge of Mana Tap. Thus far, all abilities using it drain it completely. Unless the ability description says otherwise, 100 runic power is required for the ability to have its tooltip potency. Using it with less runic power will result in less damage/healing, or a shorter duration, hence the "up to ..." wording of the description. While out of combat, runic power decays at the same rate as rage.

Runeforging

Deathknights have their own "Profession" known as Runeforging which allows the crafting of a variety of runes that provide passive combat buffs to the Death Knight. Runeforged enchants do not stack with other weapon enchants. (Source)

Runeforging requires a specialized Rune Forge found in either version of Ebon Hold, the Death Knight starting area or the Eastern Plaguelands version.

You currently start with two Runes that you can forge: Rune of Cinderglacier: Affixes your rune weapon with a rune that has a chance to increase your Frost and Shadow spell damage by 20% for your next 2 spells that deal frost or shadow damage. Rune of Razorice: Affixes your rune weapon with a rune that causes 1% extra weapon damage as Frost damage and has a chance to increase Frost vulnerability. Obtainable at level 57: Rune of Spellbreaking: Affixes your one-handed rune weapon with a rune that deflects 2% of all spell damage and reduces the duration of Silence effects by 50%. Rune of Spellshattering: Affixes your two-handed rune weapon with a rune that deflects 4% of all spell damage and reduces the duration of Silence effects by 50%. Obtainable at level 60: Rune of Lichbane: Affixes your rune weapon with a rune that adds 2% extra weapon damage as Fire damage or 4% versus Undead targets. Obtainable at level 63: Rune of Swordbreaking: Affixes your one-handed rune weapon with a rune that increases Parry chance by 2% and reduces the duration of Disarm effects by 50%. Rune of Swordshattering: Affixes your two-handed rune weapon with a rune that increases Parry chance by 4% and reduces the duration of Disarm effects by 50%. Obtainable at level 70: Rune of the Fallen Crusader: Affixes your rune weapon with a rune that has a chance to heal you for 3% and increase total Strength by 30% for 15 sec. It is expected that as Blizzard Entertainment adds more content that more runes will become available, especially between 70 and 80. Forged Rune Graphical Effects(pre-8770) Images thanks to WoW Insider: Cinderglacier Fallen Crusader Frostfever Lichbane Spellbreaking Swordbreaking

Ebon Hold Has Four Main Rune Forges. Thanks to WoW Insider. An Ebon Hold Rune Forge. Thanks to WoW Insider. A Gnome Deathknight Runeforging. Click here to see a video! Thanks to Joy's Live Beta Stream.

The addition of more Forged Runes is a possibility, especially ones that provide similar effects to popular high-end weapon enchants like Mongoose. (Source)

Notes on listed Abilities/Talents: Abilities and Talent description may not match WoWHead tooltips. All information listed here is based on the very latest updates to Blizzard's official talent calculators and patch notes, which are more up-to-date than the in-game builds from which WoWHead draws its data. We are not responsible for discrepancies in WoWHead's database.

Presences

The Death Knight will have three presences they can choose from at any time (similar to stances) to best fit their current task. They are as follows:

• Blood Presence: Increases damage done by 15% and heals the Death Knight by 2% of damage dealt. Only damage dealt to targets that grant experience or honor can trigger this heal.
• Frost Presence: Increases armor by 60%, increases health by 10%, reduces spell damage taken by 5%, and increases threat generated by 45%.
• Unholy Presence: Increases attack speed by 15%, increases movement speed by 15%, and reduces the global cooldown on all Death Knight abilities by 0.5 sec.

Blood

Trainable Abilities

	Spell	Cost	APC	Cooldown	Description
	Blood Boil		0.0635	None	Causes any of the Death Knight's diseases on the target, and all enemies within 30 yards of the target, to painfully erupt, dealing 117 to 143 Shadow damage. (Rank 4) (Instant)
	Blood Strike		N/A	None	Instantly strike the enemy, causing 50% weapon damage plus 191, and an additional 95.5 bonus damage per disease. (Rank 6) (Instant, 5 yd range)
	Blood Tap	15% of base health	N/A	1 Minute	Immediately activates a Blood Rune and temporarily converts it into a Death Rune. This rune counts as a Blood, Unholy, or Frost Rune. Lasts 20 sec. (Rank 1) (Instant)
	Dark Command	None	N/A	8 Seconds	Commands the target to attack you, but has no effect if the target is already attacking you. (Instant, 20 yd range)
	Death Pact	40 Runic Power	N/A	2 Minutes	Sacrifices an undead minion, healing the Death Knight for 20% of his/her maximum health. (Instant, 30 yd range)
	Pestilence		0.04	10 Seconds	Causes 65 to 79 Shadow damage to the target and all targets within 10 yards and spreads any diseases on the target to the additional targets. (Rank 5) (Instant, 5 yd range)
	Strangulate		0.2	2 Minutes	Strangulates an enemy, silencing them for 5 sec, and deals 180 Shadow damage at the end of the effect. (Rank 5) (Instant, 30 yd range)

Talented Abilities

	Spell	Cost	APC	Cooldown	Description
	Rune Tap		N/A	1 Minute	Converts 1 Blood Rune into 10% of your maximum health. (Talent: Blood: Tier 3) (Instant)
	Mark of Blood		N/A	3 Minutes	Place a Mark of Blood on an enemy. Whenever the marked enemy deals damage to a target, that target is healed for 4% of its maximum health. Lasts for 20 sec. (Talent: Blood: Tier 5) (Instant, 30 yd range)
	Hysteria		N/A	2 Minutes	Induces a friendly unit into a killing frenzy for 30 sec. The target is Enraged, which increases their physical damage by 20%, but causes them to suffer damage equal to 1% of their maximum health every second. (Talent: Blood: Tier 7) (Instant, 30 yd range)
	Vampiric Blood		N/A	1 Minutes	Increases health generated through spells and effects by 50% for 20 seconds. (Talent: Blood: Tier 8) (Instant)
	Heart Strike		N/A	None	Rank 6: Instantly strike the enemy, causing 60% weapon damage plus 220.8, and an additional 110.4 bonus damage per disease. Prevents target from using haste effects for 10 sec. (Talent: Blood: Tier 9) (1 Talent Rank/6 Trained Ranks) (Rank 6: Next melee attack, 5 yd range)
	Dancing Rune Weapon	50 Runic Power	N/A	3 Minute	Unleashes all available runic power to summon a second rune weapon that fights on its own for 10 sec plus 1 sec per 5 additional runic power, doing the same attacks as the Death Knight. (Talent: Blood: Tier 11) (Instant)

Frost

Trainable Spells

	Spell	Cost	APC	Cooldown	Description
	Chains of Ice		N/A	None	Shackles the target with frozen chains, reducing their movement to zero. The target regains 10% of their movement each second for 10 sec. (Rank 1) (1 Unholy 1 Frost, Instant, 20 yd range)
	Empower Rune Weapon	None	N/A	5 Minutes	Empower your rune weapon, immediately activating all your runes and generating 25 runic power. (Rank 1) (Instant, 5 min Cooldown)
	Horn of Winter	20 Runic Power	N/A	None	The Death Knight blows the Horn of Winter, increasing total Strength and Agility of all party or raid members within 30 yards by 155. Lasts 2 min. (Rank 2)
	Icebound Fortitude	20 Runic Power	N/A	1 Minute	The Death Knight freezes their blood to become immune to Stun effects and reduce all damage by 50% for 12 sec. Does not remove existing Stun effects. (Rank 1) (Instant)
	Icy Touch		0.1	None	Rank 5: Chills the target for 227 to 245 Frost damage and infects them with Frost Fever, a disease that reduces melee and ranged attack speed by 14% for 12 sec. (Rank 5) (1 Talent Rank/5 Trained Ranks) (Rank 5: Instant, 20 yd range)
	Mind Freeze	20 Runic Power	N/A	10 Seconds	Strike the target's mind with cold, interrupting spellcasting while also preventing any spell in that school from being cast for 4 sec. (Rank 4) (Instant, 5 yd range)
	Obliterate		N/A	None	A brutal instant attack that deals 100% weapon damage plus 292, and an additional [1.46e + 006 / 10000] bonus damage per disease, but consumes the diseases. (Rank 4) (Instant, 5 yd range)
	Path of Frost		N/A	None	The Death Knight's freezing aura creates ice beneath his/her feet, allowing him/her and his/her party or raid to walk on water for 10 min. Works while mounted. Any damage will cancel the effect. (Instant)
	Rune Strike	20 Runic Power	N/A	5 Seconds	Strike the target for 200% weapon damage plus [200 * AP * 10 / 10000]. Only usable after an attack is dodged or parried. Can't be dodged, blocked, or parried. (Instant, 5 sec cooldown, 5 yd range)

Talented Abilities

	Spell	Cost	APC	Cooldown	Description
	Lichborne	None	N/A	3 Minutes	Draw upon unholy energy to become undead for 15 sec. While undead, you are immune to Charm, Fear and Sleep effects, and your horrifying visage causes melee attacks to have an additional 25% chance to miss you. (Talent: Frost: Tier 3) (Instant)
	Deathchill	None	N/A	2 Minutes	When activated, makes your next Icy Touch, Howling Blast, Frost Strike or Obliterate a critical hit if used within 30 sec. (Talent: Frost: Tier 5) (Rank 1) (Instant)
	Howling Blast		0.0755	6 Seconds	Blast the target with a frigid wind dealing 259 to 281 Frost damage to all enemies within 10 yards. Deals double damage to targets infected with Frost Fever. (Talent: Frost: Tier 7) (Rank 5) (Instant, 30 yd range)
	Unbreakable Armor		N/A	1 Minutes	Increases your armor by 25% and total strength by 10% for 20 seconds. (Talent: Frost: Tier 8) (Instant)
	Frost Strike	40 Runic Power	N/A	None	Rank 6: Instantly strike the enemy, causing 60% weapon damage plus 150 as Frost damage. Can't be dodged, blocked, or parried. (Talent: Frost: Tier 9) (1 Talent Rank/6 Trained Ranks) (Rank 6: Instant, 5 yd range)
	Hungering Cold	60 Runic Power	N/A	1 Minute	Purges the earth around the Death Knight of all heat. Enemies within 10 yards are trapped in ice, preventing them from performing any action for 10 sec and infecting them with Frost Fever. Enemies are considered Frozen, but any damage other than diseases will break the ice. (Talent: Frost: Tier 11) (Rank 1) (Instant)

Unholy

Trainable Spells

	Spell	Cost	APC	Cooldown	Description
	Anti-Magic Shell	20 Runic Power	N/A	1 Minute	Surrounds the Death Knight in an Anti-Magic Shell, absorbing 75% of the damage dealt by harmful spells and preventing application of harmful magical effects. Damage absorbed by Anti-Magic Shell energizes the Death Knight with additional runic power. Lasts 5 sec. (Rank 1) (Instant)
	Army of the Dead		N/A	20 Minutes	Summons an entire legion of Ghouls to fight by your side. The Ghouls will swarm the area, taunting and fighting anything they can. While channeling Army of the Dead, you will take less damage equal to your Dodge plus Parry chance. (Rank 1) (Channeled)
	Death and Decay		0.023/tick	30 Seconds	Corrupts the ground targeted by the Death Knight, causing 62 Shadow damage every sec that targets remain in the area for 10 sec. This ability produces a high amount of threat. (Rank 4) (Instant, 30 yd range, 30 sec cooldown)
	Death Coil	40 Runic Power	0.15	None	Fire a blast of unholy energy, causing 443 Shadow damage to an enemy target or healing 664.5 damage from a friendly Undead target. (Rank 5) (Instant, 30 yd range)
	Death Gate		N/A	1 Minute	Returns you to Ebon Hold. (Rank 1) (10 sec Cast)
	Death Grip	None	N/A	35 Seconds	Harness the unholy energy that surrounds and binds all matter, drawing the target toward the Death Knight and forcing the enemy to attack the Death Knight for 3 sec. (Rank 1) (Instant, 30 yd range)
	Death Strike		N/A	None	A deadly attack that deals 60% weapon damage plus 178.2 and heals the Death Knight for a percent of damage done for each of <his/her> diseases on the target. (Rank 5) (Instant, 5 yd range)
	Plague Strike		N/A	None	A vicious strike that deals 30% weapon damage plus 113.4 and infects the target with Blood Plague, a disease dealing Shadow damage over time. The strike removes one heal over time effect from the target. (Rank 6) (Instant, 5 yd range)
	Raise Dead	None	N/A	5 Minutes	Raises a Ghoul to fight by your side. If no humanoid corpse that yields experience or honor is available, you must supply Corpse Dust to complete the spell. If the corpses of friendly players are raised, they will have control over the Ghoul. You can have a maximum of one Ghoul at a time. (Rank 1) (Instant, 30 yd range)
	Acherus Deathcharger	None	N/A	None	Summons a Deathcharger, which serves as a mount. Speed is increased by 100%. (Rank 1) (3 sec cast)

Talented Abilities

	Spell	Cost	APC	Cooldown	Description
	Corpse Explosion		0.04	None	Rank 5: Cause a corpse to explode for 220 Shadow damage to all enemies within 20 yards. Will use a nearby corpse if the target is not a corpse. Does not affect mechanical or elemental corpses. (Talent: Unholy: Tier 3) (1 Talented Rank/5 Trained Ranks) (Rank 5: Instant, 30 yd range)
	Summon Gargoyle	50 Runic Power	0.15	3 Minutes	A gargoyle flies into the area and bombards the target with Nature damage modified by the Death Knight's attack power. Persists for 10 sec plus 1 sec per 8 runic power up to 1 min. (Talent: Unholy: Tier 5) (Instant, 30 yd range)
	Anti-Magic Zone		N/A	2 Minutes	Places a large, stationary Anti-Magic Zone that reduces spell damage done to party or raid members inside it by 75%. The Anti-Magic Zone lasts for 30 sec or until it absorbs [10000 + 2 * AP] spell damage. (Talent: Unholy: Tier 7) (Instant, 20 yd range)
	Bone Shield		N/A	1 Minute	The Death Knight is surrounded by 4 whirling bones. While at least 1 bone remains, he or she takes 40% less damage from all sources and deals 2% more damage with all attacks, spells and abilities. Each damaging attack that lands consumes 1 bone. Lasts 5 mins. (Talent: Unholy: Tier 8) (Instant, 30 second cooldown)
	Scourge Strike		N/A	None	Rank 4: An unholy strike that deals 65% of weapon damage as Shadow damage plus 196.95, and an additional 98.475 bonus damage per disease. (Talent: Unholy: Tier 9) (1 Talented Rank/4 Trained Ranks) (Rank 4: Instant, 5 yd Range)
	Unholy Blight	60 Runic Power	0.01/tick	None	Rank 4: A vile swarm of unholy insects surrounds the Death Knight for a 10 yard radius. Enemies caught in the area take 48 Shadow damage per sec. Lasts 20 sec. (Talent: Unholy: Tier 11) (1 Talented Rank/4 Trained Ranks) (Rank 4: Instant)

Abilities cross checked using these sites. ^[1] http://www.mmo-champion.com ^[2] http://deathknight.info/wiki/ ^[3] http://wotlk.wowhead.com

Current APC values provided by ^[4]Beaulshevik

Notes on listed Abilities/Talents: Abilities and Talent description may not match WoWHead tooltips. All information listed here is based on the very latest updates to Blizzard's official talent calculators and patch notes, which are more up-to-date than the in-game builds from which WoWHead draws its data. We are not responsible for discrepancies in WoWHead's database.

Ranks for All Abilities

	Ability	Rank	Level	School	Description
	Blood Boil	Rank 01	58	Blood	Causes any of the Death Knight's diseases on the target, and all enemies within 30 yards of the target, to painfully erupt, dealing 59 to 71 Shadow damage. (Requires Runic Power, Instant, 15 sec cooldown, 5 yd range)
	Blood Boil	Rank 02	66	Blood	Causes any of the Death Knight's diseases on the target, and all enemies within 30 yards of the target, to painfully erupt, dealing 77 to 93 Shadow damage. (Requires Runic Power, Instant, 15 sec cooldown, 5 yd range)
	Blood Boil	Rank 03	72	Blood	Causes any of the Death Knight's diseases on the target, and all enemies within 30 yards of the target, to painfully erupt, dealing 99 to 121 Shadow damage. (Requires Runic Power, Instant, 15 sec cooldown, 5 yd range)
	Blood Boil	Rank 04	78	Blood	Causes any of the Death Knight's diseases on the target, and all enemies within 30 yards of the target, to painfully erupt, dealing 117 to 143 Shadow damage. (Requires Runic Power, Instant, 15 sec cooldown, 5 yd range)
	Blood Presence	Rank 01	55	Blood	Strengthens the Death Knight with the presence of blood, increasing damage by 15% and healing the Death Knight by 2% of damage dealt. Only one Presence may be active at a time. (Instant, 1 sec cooldown, 5 yd range)
	Blood Strike	Rank 01	55	Blood	Instantly strike the enemy, causing 50% weapon damage plus 65, and an additional 32.5 bonus damage per disease. (Instant, 1 Blood, 5 yd range)
	Blood Strike	Rank 02	59	Blood	Instantly strike the enemy, causing 50% weapon damage plus 73.75, and an additional 36.875 bonus damage per disease. (Instant, 1 Blood, 5 yd range)
	Blood Strike	Rank 03	64	Blood	Instantly strike the enemy, causing 50% weapon damage plus 86.75, and an additional 43.375 bonus damage per disease. (Instant, 1 Blood, 5 yd range)
	Blood Strike	Rank 04	69	Blood	Instantly strike the enemy, causing 50% weapon damage plus 102.75, and an additional 51.375 bonus damage per disease. (Instant, 1 Blood, 5 yd range)
	Blood Strike	Rank 05	74	Blood	Instantly strike the enemy, causing 50% weapon damage plus 156.25, and an additional 78.125 bonus damage per disease. (Instant, 1 Blood, 5 yd range)
	Blood Strike	Rank 06	80	Blood	Instantly strike the enemy, causing 50% weapon damage plus 191, and an additional 95.5 bonus damage per disease. (Instant, 1 Blood, 5 yd range)
	Blood Tap	Rank 01	64	Blood	Immediately activates a Blood Rune and temporarily converts it into a Death Rune. This rune counts as a Blood, Unholy, or Frost Rune. Lasts 20 sec. (Instant, Costs 841 Health, 1 min cooldown)
	Dancing Rune Weapon	Rank 01	60	Blood	Unleashes all available runic power to summon a second rune weapon that fights on its own for 10 sec plus 1 sec per 5 additional runic power, doing the same attacks as the Death Knight. (Talent: Tier 11) (50 Runic Power, Instant, 3 min cooldown)
	Dark Command	Rank 01	65	Blood	Commands the target to attack you, but has no effect if the target is already attacking you. (Instant, 10 sec cooldown, 20 yd range)
	Death Pact	Rank 01	66	Blood	Sacrifices an undead minion, healing the Death Knight for 20% of his or her maximum health. (40 Runic Power, 30 yd range)
	Heart Strike	Rank 01	55	Blood	Instantly strike the enemy, causing 60% weapon damage plus 75, and an additional 37.5 bonus damage per disease. Prevents target from using haste effects for 10 sec. (Talent: Tier 9) (1 Blood, Next melee, 5 yd range)
	Heart Strike	Rank 02	59	Blood	Instantly strike the enemy, causing 60% weapon damage plus 85.2, and an additional 42.6 bonus damage per disease. Prevents target from using haste effects for 10 sec. (Talent: Tier 9) (1 Blood, Next melee, 5 yd range)
	Heart Strike	Rank 03	64	Blood	Instantly strike the enemy, causing 60% weapon damage plus 100.2, and an additional 50.1 bonus damage per disease. Prevents target from using haste effects for 10 sec. (Talent: Tier 9) (1 Blood, Next melee, 5 yd range)
	Heart Strike	Rank 04	69	Blood	Instantly strike the enemy, causing 60% weapon damage plus 118.5, and an additional 59.25 bonus damage per disease. Prevents target from using haste effects for 10 sec. (Talent: Tier 9) (1 Blood, Next melee, 5 yd range)
	Heart Strike	Rank 05	74	Blood	Instantly strike the enemy, causing 60% weapon damage plus 180.3, and an additional 90.15 bonus damage per disease. Prevents target from using haste effects for 10 sec. (Talent: Tier 9) (1 Blood, Next melee, 5 yd range)
	Heart Strike	Rank 06	80	Blood	Instantly strike the enemy, causing 60% weapon damage plus 220.8, and an additional 110.4 bonus damage per disease. Prevents target from using haste effects for 10 sec. (Talent: Tier 9) (1 Blood, Next melee, 5 yd range)
	Hysteria	Rank 01	55	Blood	Induces a friendly unit into a killing frenzy for 30 sec. The target is Enraged, which increases their physical damage by 20%, but causes them to suffer damage equal to 1% of their maximum health every second. (Talent: Tier 7) (1 Blood 1 Unholy, Instant, 2 min cooldown, 30 yd range)
	Mark of Blood	Rank 01	55	Blood	Place a Mark of Blood on an enemy. Whenever the marked enemy deals damage to a target, that target is healed for 4% of its maximum health. Lasts for 20 sec. (Talent: Tier 5) (1 Blood 1 Unholy, 30 yd range, Instant, 3 min cooldown)
	Pestilence	Rank 01	56	Blood	Causes 27 to 33 Shadow damage to the target and all targets within 10 yards and spreads any diseases on the target to the additional targets. (1 Blood Rune, Instant, 5 yd range)
	Pestilence	Rank 02	62	Blood	Causes 32 to 38 Shadow damage to the target and all targets within 10 yards and spreads any diseases on the target to the additional targets. (1 Blood Rune, Instant, 5 yd range)
	Pestilence	Rank 03	68	Blood	Causes 41 to 49 Shadow damage to the target and all targets within 10 yards and spreads any diseases on the target to the additional targets. (1 Blood Rune, Instant, 5 yd range)
	Pestilence	Rank 04	74	Blood	Causes 54 to 66 Shadow damage to the target and all targets within 10 yards and spreads any diseases on the target to the additional targets. (1 Blood Rune, Instant, 5 yd range)
	Pestilence	Rank 05	79	Blood	Causes 65 to 79 Shadow damage to the target and all targets within 10 yards and spreads any diseases on the target to the additional targets. (1 Blood Rune, Instant, 5 yd range)
	Rune Tap	Rank 01	55	Blood	Converts 1 Blood Rune into 10% of your maximum health. (Talent: Tier 3) (1 Blood, Instant, 1 min cooldown)
	Strangulate	Rank 01	59	Blood	Strangulates an enemy, silencing them for 5 sec, and deals 80 Shadow damage at the end of the effect. (1 Blood, Instant, 30 yd range, 2 min cooldown)
	Strangulate	Rank 02	65	Blood	Strangulates an enemy, silencing them for 5 sec, and deals 95 Shadow damage at the end of the effect. (1 Blood, Instant, 30 yd range, 2 min cooldown)
	Strangulate	Rank 03	69	Blood	Strangulates an enemy, silencing them for 5 sec, and deals 110 Shadow damage at the end of the effect. (1 Blood, Instant, 30 yd range, 2 min cooldown)
	Strangulate	Rank 04	74	Blood	Strangulates an enemy, silencing them for 5 sec, and deals 150 Shadow damage at the end of the effect. (1 Blood, Instant, 30 yd range, 2 min cooldown)
	Strangulate	Rank 05	79	Blood	Strangulates an enemy, silencing them for 5 sec, and deals 180 Shadow damage at the end of the effect. (1 Blood, Instant, 30 yd range, 2 min cooldown)
	Vampiric Blood	Rank 01	45	Blood	Increases health generated through spells and effects by 50% for 20 seconds. (Talent: Tier 8) (1 Blood, Instant, 1 min cooldown)
	Chains of Ice	Rank 01	56	Frost	Shackles the target with frozen chains, reducing their movement to zero. The target regains 10% of their movement each second for 10 sec. (1 Frost, Instant, 20 yd range)
	Deathchill	Rank 01	55	Frost	When activated, makes your next Icy Touch, Howling Blast, Frost Strike or Obliterate a critical hit if used within 30 sec. (Talent: Tier 5) (Instant, 2 min cooldown)
	Empower Rune Weapon	Rank 01	68	Frost	Empower your rune weapon, immediately activating all your runes and generating 25 runic power. (Instant, 5 min cooldown)
	Frost Presence	Rank 01	57	Frost	The death knight takes on the presence of frost, increasing total health by 10%, armor contribution from items by 60%, and reducing spell damage taken by 5%. Increases threat generated. Only one Presence may be active at a time. (Instant, 1 sec cooldown, 5 yd range)
	Frost Strike	Rank 01	55	Frost	Instantly strike the enemy, causing 60% weapon damage plus 52.2 as Frost damage. Can't be dodged, blocked, or parried. (Talent: Tier 9) (40 Runic Power, Instant, 5 yd range)
	Frost Strike	Rank 02	60	Frost	Instantly strike the enemy, causing 60% weapon damage plus 61.8 as Frost damage. Can't be dodged, blocked, or parried. (Talent: Tier 9) (40 Runic Power, Instant, 5 yd range)
	Frost Strike	Rank 03	65	Frost	Instantly strike the enemy, causing 60% weapon damage plus 69 as Frost damage. Can't be dodged, blocked, or parried. (Talent: Tier 9) (40 Runic Power, Instant, 5 yd range)
	Frost Strike	Rank 04	70	Frost	Instantly strike the enemy, causing 60% weapon damage plus 85.2 as Frost damage. Can't be dodged, blocked, or parried. (Talent: Tier 9) (40 Runic Power, Instant, 5 yd range)
	Frost Strike	Rank 05	75	Frost	Instantly strike the enemy, causing 60% weapon damage plus 120.6 as Frost damage. Can't be dodged, blocked, or parried. (Talent: Tier 9) (40 Runic Power, Instant, 5 yd range)
	Frost Strike	Rank 06	80	Frost	Instantly strike the enemy, causing 60% weapon damage plus 150 as Frost damage. Can't be dodged, blocked, or parried. (Talent: Tier 9) (40 Runic Power, Instant, 5 yd range)
	Horn of Winter	Rank 01	65	Frost	The Death Knight blows the Horn of Winter, increasing total Strength and Agility of all party or raid members within 30 yards by 86. Lasts 2 min. (20 Runic Power, Instant.)
	Horn of Winter	Rank 02	75	Frost	The Death Knight blows the Horn of Winter, increasing total Strength and Agility of all party or raid members within 30 yards by 155. Lasts 2 min. (20 Runic Power, Instant.)
	Howling Blast	Rank 01	55	Frost	Blast the target with a frigid wind dealing 99 to 107 Frost damage to all enemies within 10 yards. Deals double damage to targets infected with Frost Fever. (Talent: Tier 7) (1 Frost, Instant, 6 sec cooldown, 30 yd range)
	Howling Blast	Rank 02	60	Frost	Blast the target with a frigid wind dealing 117 to 127 Frost damage to all enemies within 10 yards. Deals double damage to targets infected with Frost Fever. (Talent: Tier 7) (1 Frost, Instant, 6 sec cooldown, 30 yd range)
	Howling Blast	Rank 03	70	Frost	Blast the target with a frigid wind dealing 162 to 176 Frost damage to all enemies within 10 yards. Deals double damage to targets infected with Frost Fever. (Talent: Tier 7) (1 Frost, Instant, 6 sec cooldown, 30 yd range)
	Howling Blast	Rank 04	75	Frost	Blast the target with a frigid wind dealing 221 to 239 Frost damage to all enemies within 10 yards. Deals double damage to targets infected with Frost Fever. (Talent: Tier 7) (1 Frost, Instant, 6 sec cooldown, 30 yd range)
	Howling Blast	Rank 05	80	Frost	Blast the target with a frigid wind dealing 259 to 281 Frost damage to all enemies within 10 yards. Deals double damage to targets infected with Frost Fever. (Talent: Tier 7) (1 Frost, Instant, 6 sec cooldown, 30 yd range)
	Hungering Cold	Rank 01	60	Frost	Purges the earth around the Death Knight of all heat. Enemies within 10 yards are trapped in ice, preventing them from performing any action for 10 sec and infecting them with Frost Fever. Enemies are considered Frozen, but any damage other than diseases will break the ice. (Talent: Tier 11) (6