Bloodthirst

Bloodthirst
	Bloodthirst; Row 1 Fury warrior talent; Melee range; 4.5 sec cooldown; Instant; Requires Melee Weapon; Assault the target in a bloodthirsty craze, dealing (80.3% of Attack power) Physical damage and restoring 3% of your health.; ; Generates 8 Rage.;
Properties
Class	Warrior
School	Physical
Cooldown	4.5 seconds
Improvements	[Bloodcraze], [Cold Steel, Hot Blood], [Deft Experience], [Fresh Meat], [Improved Bloodthirst], [Vicious Contempt]

Bloodthirst is a tier 1 Fury warrior talent.

Notes

The healing effects from Bloodthirst are not modified by buffs or gear that boost healing.

Trivia

Bloodthirst is one of Garrosh's basic abilities in Heroes of the Storm.

Patch changes

Hotfix (2023-05-10): Fixed an issue where Bloodthirst would not appropriately deal damage when chained via Whirlwind if at least 1 target was immune.
Patch 10.1.0 (2023-05-02): Damage increased by 6% in PvP combat.
Patch 10.0.5 (2023-01-24): Damage increased by 10%.
Patch 10.0.0 (2022-10-25): Now a row 1 Fury talent (was a level 10 Fury ability).
Patch 8.0.1 (2018-07-17): Now has a consistent chance to Enrage you, instead of relying on critical strikes.
Hotfix (2017-06-13): Bloodthirst's heal is reduced by 25% in PvP situations.
Patch 7.1.0 (2016-10-25): Damage increased by 8%.
Hotfix (2016-09-23):
- Bloodthirst damage increased by 12%.
- Bloodthirst's heal is no longer reduced in PvP.
Patch 7.0.3 (2016-07-19): No longer has an additional 40% chance to be a critical strike. Damage increased by 350%, now restores 4% of maximum health (up from 1%).
Hotfix (2014-12-08): Bloodthirst's damage has increased by 20%, and has an additional 40% chance to be a critical strike (up from 30%).
Hotfix (2014-10-17): Damage reduced by 17%.
Patch 6.0.2 (2014-10-14):
- [Bloodsurge]'s effects have been merged into baseline Bloodthirst and no longer reduce [Wild Strike]'s global cooldown. Its spell alert has moved to the top slot instead of the left and right slots, and now has 2 charges (down from 3 charges).
- Bloodthirst now replaces [Heroic Strike] for Fury Warriors.
- Bloodthirst now has 30% additional Critical Strike chance (instead of double the normal Critical Strike chance).
Hotfix (2013-09-23): Bloodthirst's damage has been increased by 20%.
Hotfix (2012-09-20): Bloodthirst now does 90% weapon damage (down from 100%).
Patch 5.0.4 (2012-08-28): Now generates 10 Rage instead of consuming Rage and restores health on hit rather on next 3 attacks. Has double the normal chance to be a critical strike.
Patch 4.0.6 (2011-02-08): Damage has been increased by approximately 30%.
Patch 4.0.3a (2010-11-23): Damage has been reduced by approximately 17%.
Patch 3.1.3 (2009-06-02): Cooldown reduced from 5 seconds to 4 seconds, and rage cost reduced from 30 rage to 20 rage.
Patch 3.0.8 (2009-01-20): Charges have been decreased to 3, but the effect has been raised to 1% per charge.
Patch 3.0.3 (2008-11-04): Cooldown reduced to 5 sec. Percentage of damage from attack power raised from 45% to 50%.
Patch 3.0.2 (2008-10-14): Now restores health based on a % of total health.
Patch 1.12.0 (2006-08-22): This ability will now correctly benefit from attack power bonuses versus specific creature types.
Patch 1.6.1 (2005-08-02): Damage bonus increased to 40% of attack power.
Patch 1.6.0 (2005-07-12): Design changed. Bloodthirst is now an instant melee attack that causes damage equal to 30% of the warrior's attack power. In addition, the next 5 successful melee attacks will restore health.