Crimson Tempest

For the Season of Discovery rune, see [Crimson Tempest].

Crimson Tempest
Crimson Tempest Row 5 Assassination rogue talent Melee range 30 Energy Instant Requires Melee Weapon Finishing move that slashes all enemies within 10 yards, causing victims to bleed. Lasts longer per combo point. Deals extra damage when multiple enemies are afflicted, increasing by 20% per target, up to 100%. Deals reduced damage beyond 5 targets. 1 point : (248.4344% of Attack Power) over 6 sec 2 points: (310.543% of Attack Power) over 8 sec 3 points: (372.6516% of Attack Power) over 10 sec 4 points: (434.7602% of Attack Power) over 12 sec 5 points: (496.8688% of Attack Power) over 14 sec
Properties
Class	Rogue
School	Physical
Cooldown	None/Global Cooldown
Radius	10 yards
Talents
Talent required	[Thrown Precision]
Other information
Improvements	[Follow the Blood], [Sanguine Blades]
Related debuff
Crimson Tempest Bleeding for (31.0543% of Attack power) damage every 2 sec. Duration: 6-14 seconds

Crimson Tempest is an Assassination rogue talent.

Patch changes

• Patch 11.0.2 (2024-08-13): Damage increased by 19%.
  
• Patch 10.2.0 (2023-11-07):
  • No longer has an instant damage component.
  • Now has an initial damage over time tick on application.
  • Damage per tick reduced by 29%.
  • Duration increased by 2 seconds.
  • Now deals bonus damage when multiple enemies are afflicted, increased by 20% per target, up to 100%.
  • Now deals reduced damage beyond 5 targets (was 8).
    
• Patch 10.0.0 (2022-10-25): Now a row 5 Assassination talent (was a level 50 Assassination talent).
  
• Patch 9.1.5 (2021-11-02): No longer maximum target capped and instead deals reduced damage beyond 8 targets.
  
• Patch 9.0.5 (2021-03-09): Fixed an issue that prevented Crimson Tempest from triggering [Alacrity].
  
• Patch 9.0.1 (2020-10-13): Damage increased by 30% and now capped at 8 targets. Now available at level 50 (was 100).
  
• Hotfix (2018-08-10): Damage reduced by 10%.
  
• Patch 8.0.1 (2018-07-17): Re-added as a level 100 Assassination talent.
  
• Patch 7.0.3 (2016-07-19): Removed.
  
• Hotfix (2015-02-17): Refreshing or expiring Crimson Tempest should no longer incorrectly remove other Rogues' Sanguinary Veins.
  
• Patch 6.0.2 (2014-10-14): Crimson Tempest's periodic damage now has rolling periodic behavior, meaning that remaining damage from the previous application is added into the newly-applied periodic-damage effect.
  
• Hotfix (2012-09-14): Crimson Tempest should now stack correctly with Sanguinary Veins and Mastery: Executioner.
  
• Patch 5.0.4 (2012-08-28): Added.
  

External links

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