Army of the Dead

For the TCG card, see Army of the Dead. For other similarly-named articles, see Army of the Damned (disambiguation).

Army of the Dead
Army of the Dead Row 8 Unholy death knight talent 1 Rune 3 min cooldown Channeled Summons a legion of ghouls who swarms your enemies, fighting anything they can for 30 sec.
Properties
Class	Death knight
School	Shadow
Cooldown	3 minutes
Talents
Talent required	[Infected Claws] or [Menacing Magus] or [Coil of Devastation]
Other information
Improvements	[Apocalypse Now], [Magus of the Dead], [Ruptured Viscera]
Glyphs	[Glyph of Foul Menagerie]
Related buff
Army of the Dead Summoning Ghouls. Duration: 4 secs

"You're no use to me alive."
—Saeryn Dusksorrow

A human death knight and his army of the dead.

Army of the Dead is an Unholy death knight talent. It is a channeled ability which summons a number of ghouls to fight for the death knight. These creatures run around and attack nearby hostile targets at random.

Unlike most other guardian pets, ghouls cannot benefit from [Bloodlust]/ [Heroism] directly. However, if these spells are active on the player prior to summoning the ghouls, they will benefit from the added haste.

Trivia

• This is a variation of a spell type, commonly used by death knights in previous games, called Raise Dead in Warcraft II, Animate Dead in Warcraft III, and Undead Minions in the RPG.
• This was the first death knight spell to be announced.

Images

• 

  Army of the Dead in the TCG.
• 

  Army of the Dead in Hearthstone.

Patch changes

• Patch 11.0.0 (2024-07-23): Cooldown reduced to 3 minutes (was 8 minutes).
  
• Patch 10.2.0 (2023-11-07): Damage of ghouls reduced by 25%.
  
• Hotfix (2023-07-12): Resolved an issue causing Army of the Dead to summon fewer ghouls than intended in non-PvP combat.
  
• Patch 10.1.5 (2023-07-11):
  • Now usable in arena and rated battleground matches.
  • Now summons 4 ghouls instead of 8 in PvP combat.
  • Ghoul damage is now increased by 20% in PvP combat.
    
• Hotfix (2023-04-10): Damage increased by 10%.
  
• Patch 10.0.0 (2022-10-25): Now a row 8 Unholy talent (was a level 44 Unholy ability).
  
• Patch 9.0.1 (2020-10-13): Level reduced from 82 to 44. Now costs 1 Rune (was 3).
  
• Patch 8.0.1 (2018-07-17): Duration reduced to 30 seconds (was 40). Cooldown reduced to 8 minutes (was 10).
  
• Patch 7.2.0 (2017-03-28): Ghoul model updated.
  
• Patch 7.1.5 (2017-01-10): Ghoul damage has been increased.
  
• Patch 7.0.3 (2016-07-19): Now available only to Unholy. Ghouls no longer taunt enemies.
  
• Patch 6.0.2 (2014-10-14): Now deals 75% less damage.
  
• Patch 5.0.4 (2012-08-28): Channeling time reduced from 6 to 4 sec.
  
• Patch 3.3.0 (2009-12-08): Cooldown reduced from 20 minutes to 10 minutes. Ghoul damage reduced by 50%. Cannot be used in Arenas.
  
• Patch 3.0.2 (2008-10-14): Added.
  

See also

• Army of the Dead, TCG card

Other versions

• Wrath Classic

  Army of the Dead
  Army of the Dead Level 80 death knight ability 1 Blood Rune 1 Frost Rune 1 Unholy Rune 10 min cooldown Channeled Summons an entire legion of Ghouls to fight for the Death Knight. The Ghouls will swarm the area, taunting and fighting anything they can. While channelling Army of the Dead, the Death Knight takes less damage equal to <his/her> Dodge plus Parry chance.
  Properties
  Class	Death knight
  School	Shadow
  Cooldown	10 minutes
  Other information
  Level learned	80
  Improvements	[Night of the Dead]
  Related buff
  Army of the Dead Summoning Ghouls. Duration: 4 secs

External links

• Wowhead
• WoWDB

• Wowhead
• WoWDB