Essence Break

Essence Break
	Essence Break; Row 10 Havoc demon hunter talent; 10 yd range; 40 sec cooldown; Instant; Requires Melee Weapon; Slash all enemies in front of you for (250% of Attack power) Chaos damage, and increase the damage your Chaos Strike and Blade Dance deal to them by 80% for 4 sec. Deals reduced damage beyond 8 targets.;
Properties
Class	Demon hunter
School	Chaos
Cooldown	40 seconds
Talents
Talent required	[Know Your Enemy] or [Cycle of Hatred]
Related buff
	; Essence Break ; The Demon Hunter's Chaos Strike and Blade Dance inflict 80% additional damage. ; Duration: 4 seconds ;

Essence Break is a Havoc demon hunter talent.

Patch changes

Hotfix (2024-03-12): Damage bonus for [Chaos Strike]/ [Blade Dance] reduced to 40% (was 50%) in PvP combat.
Hotfix (2023-11-21): Damage bonus reduced to 50% (was 65%) in PvP combat.
Hotfix (2023-08-21):
- Damage is now reduced by 10% in PvP combat (was reduced by 20%).
- Bonus damage for Chaos Strike and Blade Dance is now reduced by 19% in PvP combat (was reduced by 38%).
Hotfix (2023-01-09): Damage bonus for Chaos Strike and Blade Dance reduced by 37.5% in PvP Combat.
Hotfix (2022-12-12):
- Damage reduced by 8%.
- Damage reduced by 20% in PvP combat.
Patch 10.0.0 (2022-10-25): Cooldown increased to 40 seconds (was 20 seconds). Now a row 10 Havoc talent (was a level 40 Havoc talent).
Patch 9.0.1 (2020-10-13): Dark Slash has been renamed to Essence Break. Now also increases Blade Dance's damage. Level reduced from 106 to 40.
Patch 8.0.1 (2018-07-17): Added.