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Blood Boil

Blood Boil
1 Blood
Instant
Requires Death Knight
Requires level 55

Deals (60% of Attack power) Shadow damage to all enemies within 10 yards, and spreads your existing diseases from your target to all other enemies hit

Blood
refreshing them to full duration. Also increases the healing from your next Death Strike by 20%

Unholy
The Rune spent on this ability will become a Death Rune when it activates. Death Runes count as any type of Rune

Spell Details

Duration

n/a

School

Shadow

Mechanic

n/a

Dispel type

Disease

GCD category

Normal

Cost

1 Blood

Range

0 yards (Self)

Cast time

Instant

Cooldown

n/a

GCD

1 second

Effect #1

School Damage (Shadow)
Value: 1
Radius: 10 yards

Effect #2

Give Power (Runic Power)
Value: 100

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Blood Death Knight Guide

Death Knight DPS Guide
(Frost/Unholy)

Overview of
Tanking and
All Tank Specs

Warlords of Draenor Death
Knight Changes

Comments

Comment by Nadirah

Requires level 56.
Training cost 56s.

2(Range^2)+Range+Cost=56!

Spooky

Comment by Keelerak

does this spreads only blood boil and icy touch, ro all dk´s diseases? (such as ebon plague)

Comment by Noromis

Pestilence+Blood Boil= awesome AoE

Comment by ronko

Seems this spreads diseases to stealthed enemy units too. I was dueling a rogue when I pulled a mob accidentally. Applied diseases to the mob and hit pestilence - It broke the stealth and rogue was infected with both diseases.

Comment by Gettor

Current description of this spell is not accurate, because it also spreads Ebon Plague (link to sufficient talent, which causes this disease).
Also i noted that if another DK is fighting something and they infect target with their own diseases, your pestilence won't spread them. Only yours.

Comment by sluggolito

Spread the joy!

Comment by Derren

If you're not lvl60 and tanking: dots,pestilence,blood boil helps.

Pestilence is ur friend! Dont forget to go blood presence if u tank. :P

Comment by somebody1002

Maybe it's obvious to most but I had to do some testing to be sure.

If you apply frost fever and blood plague to target A, use pestilence to spread your diseases to target B, then when the duration of your diseases is almost over you cast pestilence on target B to spread your diseases back to target A, the new diseases on target A will still tick for half the damage of diseases applied using icy touch and plague strike.

Or in short, your diseases will never tick for less than 50% of their normal damage no matter how many times you spread them via pestilence.

Comment by CrusaderFelbane

Now, with Dark Simulacrum, a skilled Death Knight can have seven diseases at a time.

Comment by Surge479

Anyone know if this is spell reflect able by warriors?

Comment by Desedris

This spell spreads your diseases to all enemies within 10 yards relative to where you're standing, not your targeted and diseased enemy to whom is being spread.

Comment by vindurza

first spell sent to Egypt

Comment by Whoisthiscook

It would seem they are abandoning Pestilence instead of Blood Boil. I wonder if it'll keep the Blood Boil visual?

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