Death knight abilities

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For death knight abilities and talents on Classic servers, see Death knight abilities (Classic).

Death knight abilities are abilities used by death knights. Most abilities are shared between all specializations, while some are only specific to one (or two) specializations.

Death knight abilities use either runes or Runic Power and are divided into the trees of Frost, Blood and Unholy.

Class abilities

All death knights automatically learn the following spells at the specified level, regardless of specialization.

Specialization abilities

The three death knight specializations are Blood (tanking), Frost (melee DPS) and Unholy (melee DPS).

For an exploration of each death knight specialization, see Death knight specializations.

Talents

Talents become available at level 10. They can be changed at any time outside of combat, except during a PvP match or Mythic+ dungeon. A talented ability cannot be changed while it is on cooldown.

Row 5 is locked until 8 points are spent, and row 8 is locked until 20 points are spent.

Class talents

Row Talent Ranks Requirement
1 [Icebound Fortitude] 1 Automatic for Frost
[Death Strike] 1 Automatic for Blood
[Raise Dead] 1 Automatic for Unholy
2 [Runic Attenuation] 1 Icebound Fortitude
[Improved Death Strike] 1 Death Strike
[Cleaving Strikes] 1 Raise Dead
3 [Mind Freeze] 1 Runic Attenuation
[Blinding Sleet] 1 Runic Attenuation
[Gloom Ward] 2 Runic Attenuation OR Improved Death Strike
[March of Darkness]/
[Wraith Walk]		 1 Improved Death Strike
[Unholy Momentum] 2 Improved Death Strike OR Cleaving Strikes
[Control Undead] 1 Cleaving Strikes
[Enfeeble] 1 Cleaving Strikes
4 [Coldthirst] 1 Mind Freeze
[Proliferating Chill] 1 Mind Freeze OR Blinding Sleet OR Gloom Ward
[Permafrost] 1 Gloom Ward
[Veteran of the Third War] 1 Gloom Ward OR March of Darkness/Wraith Walk OR Unholy Momentum
[Death Pact] 1 Unholy Momentum
[Brittle] 1 Unholy Momentum OR Control Undead OR Enfeeble
[Blood Bond] 1 Enfeeble
5 [Icy Talons] 1 Coldthirst OR Proliferating Chill OR Permafrost
[Death Notes] 1 Permafrost
[Anti-Magic Zone] 1 Permafrost OR Veteran of the Third War OR Death Pact
[Death Defiance] 1 Death Pact
[Unholy Bond] 1 Death Pact OR Brittle OR Blood Bond
6 [Ice Prison] 1 Icy Talons
[Asphyxiate]/
[Death's Reach]		 1 Icy Talons OR Death Notes OR Anti-Magic Zone
[Assimilation] 1 Anti-Magic Zone
[Anti-Magic Barrier] 1 Anti-Magic Zone OR Death Defiance OR Unholy Bond
[Grip of the Dead] 1 Unholy Bond
7 [Suppression] 1 Ice Prison OR Asphyxiate/Death's Reach
[Blood Scent] 1 Asphyxiate/Death's Reach OR Assimilation OR Anti-Magic Barrier
[Unholy Endurance] 1 Anti-Magic Barrier OR Grip of the Dead
8 [Osmosis] 1 Suppression
[Insidious Chill] 1 Suppression OR Blood Scent
[Runic Protection] 1 Blood Scent OR Unholy Endurance
[Blood Draw] 1 Unholy Endurance
9 [Rune Mastery] 2 Osmosis OR Insidious Chill
[Subduing Grasp] 1 Insidious Chill OR Runic Protection
[Will of the Necropolis] 2 Runic Protection OR Blood Draw
10 [Null Magic] 1 Rune Mastery
[Unyielding Will] 1 Rune Mastery OR Subduing Grasp
[Death's Echo] 1 Subduing Grasp
[Vestigial Shell] 1 Will of the Necropolis

Specialization talents

Hero talents

Hero talents become available at level 71. They can be changed at any time outside of combat, except during a PvP match or Mythic+ dungeon. A talented ability cannot be changed while it is on cooldown.

A new point is gained at each level, so that every talent node can be unlocked at level 80.

PvP talents

PvP talents become available at level 20. Up to 3 PvP talents may be active at any given time (with additional slots becoming available at levels 30 and 40).

These talents are active in the open world with War Mode turned on, as well as during instanced PvP. They have no effect in dungeons and raids.

Runeforging

Main article: Runeforging

The Runeforging skill allows death knights to augment their weapons with various runes at any runeforge. A weapon can only have one rune at a time. It is similar to Enchanting but with no recipes or materials required.

Name Level Description
[Rune of Razorice] 8 Causes extra weapon damage as Frost damage and applies a stacking Frost vulnerability debuff.
[Rune of the Fallen Crusader] 8 Has a chance to heal you for 4% and increase total Strength by 15% for 15 sec.
[Rune of the Stoneskin Gargoyle] 8 Increases Armor by 5% and all stats by 5%.
[Rune of Unending Thirst] 20 Increases Movement Speed by 5%, and heals and grants extra Haste and Movement Speed on each kill.
[Rune of Sanguination] 32 Increases the damage of [Death Strike] based on the enemy's missing health, and heals when falling below 35% health.
[Rune of the Apocalypse] 44 Has a chance to apply one of four debuffs on ghoul attacks.
[Rune of Spellwarding] 48 Deflects 3% of all spell damage, and has a chance to create a shield that absorbs spell damage and slows enemy cast speed.

Glyphs

Glyphs are items that can change a spell or ability's visual appearance. Most glyphs are crafted by scribes, are color-coded by class, and can be applied as early as level 11. They can be removed at any time outside of combat using  [Vanishing Powder].

Glyph Used on
 [Glyph of Cracked Ice] [Path of Frost]
 [Glyph of Foul Menagerie] [Army of the Dead]
 [Glyph of the Chilled Shell] [Anti-Magic Shell]
 [Glyph of the Crimson Shell] [Anti-Magic Shell]
 [Glyph of the Geist] [Raise Dead]
 [Glyph of the Skeleton] [Raise Dead]

See also

Playable classes
Classes
About death knights
Abilities by class
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