Conflict and Strife

Conflict and Strife
Conflict and Strife Major Power: Conflict Passive Teaches you the following PvP Talent, and allows its use against all enemies of Azeroth. <Talent Name> <Talent description> Minor Power: Strife Passive Your spells and abilities have a chance to increase your Versatility by 39 for 8 sec, stacking up to 5 times. Being the victim of a loss of control or movement impairing effect also grants a stack of Strife.
Properties
Rank 2	Conflict increases the defensive benefit from your Versatility by 50% while you are stunned. Strife lasts 14 seconds.
Rank 3	Conflict grants a stack of Strife when you dispel, interrupt, or apply a loss of control effect. Strife stacks up to 8 times.
Rank 4	Conflict gains an enhanced appearance.

Conflict and Strife is an Azerite Essence obtained from rated PvP content.

Source

• Rank 1 is learned from  [Finger-Bone Trophy of Battle], purchased for 250 [Honor] from  Marshal Gabriel in Boralus or  Xander Silberman in Zuldazar.
• Rank 2 is learned from  [Etched Bone Trophy of the Vanquished], purchased for 500 [Honor] from Marshal Gabriel or Xander Silberman while at a PvP rating of at least 1,000.
• Rank 3 is learned from  [Rib-Bone Choker of Dominance], purchased for 1,000 [Honor] from Marshal Gabriel or Xander Silberman while at a PvP rating of at least 1,400.

The subject of this section could only be obtained prior to patch 9.0.1.

• Rank 4 was learned from  [Polished Skull Trophy], earned by reaching Elite rank in PvP and opening your next weekly PvP War Chest.

PvP talent

The Major Power grants a different PvP talent for each class and spec. The talent granted by Conflict can be used in any content, including PvE.

Class	Spec	Spell
Death knight	Blood	[Rot and Wither]
	Frost	[Chill Streak]
	Unholy	[Necrotic Strike] & [Necrotic Wounds]*
Demon hunter	Havoc	[First of the Illidari]
	Vengeance	[Cleansed by Flame]
Druid	Balance	[Thorns]
	Feral	[Thorns]
	Guardian	[Sharpened Claws]
	Restoration	[Reactive Resin]
Hunter	All specs	[High Explosive Trap]
Mage	All specs	[Netherwind Armor]
Monk	Brewmaster	[Hot Trub]
	Mistweaver	[Chrysalis]
	Windwalker	[Reverse Harm]
Paladin	Holy	[Divine Favor]
	Protection	[Steed of Glory]
	Retribution	[Unbound Freedom]
Priest	Discipline	[Purification]
	Holy	[Holy Ward]
	Shadow	[Void Shift]
Rogue	All specs	[Maneuverability]
Shaman	Elemental	[Lightning Lasso]
	Enhancement	[Thundercharge]
	Restoration	[Ancestral Gift]
Warlock	Affliction	[Rot and Decay]
	Demonology	[Nether Ward]
	Destruction	[Demon Armor]
Warrior	Arms	[Sharpen Blade]
	Fury	[Battle Trance]
	Protection	[Thunderstruck]

* [Necrotic Strike] has been removed from the PvP talents pane and replaced with [Necrotic Wounds]. However, Conflict wasn't updated to match this change and, as a result, it grants both.

Notes and trivia

• Conflict's visual effect reportedly triggers when you kill a player in an arena, or when you capture a node or flag in a battleground. One hotfix notes that it also triggers when you interrupt a target.
• This essence was mentioned in the April Fools' Day patch 8.8.8.88888 notes: "Conflict and Strife is now only obtainable through Fishing."

Patch changes

• Patch 9.1.0 (2021-06-29): Now additionally grants [Necrotic Wounds] for Unholy death knights.
  
• Patch 9.0.1 (2020-10-13):
  • Source changed; was looted from the weekly PvP War Chest after meeting various requirements.
  • Now grants a different talent for Blood death knights (was [Unholy Command]), Restoration druids (was [Overgrowth]), mages (was [Temporal Shield]), Mistweaver monks (was [Way of the Crane]), Discipline priests (was [Premonition]), and Affliction warlocks (was [Endless Affliction]).
    
• Hotfix (2020-06-09):
  • Conflict and Strife (Major – Rank 2) now increases the defensive benefit of your Versatility by 50% while stunned (was 100%).
  • Resolved an issue that prevented Conflict Rank 2's effect from providing additional defensive benefit from Versatility under the effects of certain class stuns.
    
• Hotfix (2019-08-20): Learning new ranks of Conflict and Strife should now properly grant achievements such as  [Power Up].
  
• Hotfix (2019-08-14): Conflict and Strife's Rank 4 visual should now properly display when PvP events are triggered such as capturing a flag or interrupting a target.
  
• Hotfix (2019-07-18): Resolved an issue that caused some abilities granted by Conflict and Strife to be taught to a character twice.
  
• Hotfix (2019-07-17):
  • Conflict and Strife now uses a character's specialization PvP talent icon as the active ability button.
  • Fixed an issue that caused some PvP talents to display in the chat window that they have been learned when entering PvP combat, or have the PvP talent through Conflict and Strife.
    
• Patch 8.2.0 (2019-06-25): Added.
  

External links

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