Festering Strike

Festering Strike
	Festering Strike; Row 1 Unholy death knight talent; Replaces [Rune Strike]; Melee range; 2 Runes; Instant; Requires Melee Weapon; Strikes for (139.2% of Attack power) Physical damage and infects the target with 2-3 Festering Wounds.; ; Festering Wound; A pustulent lesion that will burst on death or when damaged by Scourge Strike, dealing (25.047% of Attack power) Shadow damage and generating 3 Runic Power.;
Properties
Class	Death knight
School	Physical
Cooldown	None/Global Cooldown
Improvements	[Bursting Sores], [Festermight], [Improved Festering Strike], [Necrotic Wounds], [Reaping]
Related debuff
	; Festering Wound ; Suffering from a wound that will deal (25.047% of Attack power) Shadow damage when damaged by Scourge Strike. ; Duration: 30 seconds ;

Festering Strike is a Unholy death knight ability that applies Festering Wound.

Patch changes

Hotfix (2024-05-07): Festering Wound damage increased by 190% in PvP combat (was 180%).
Hotfix (2024-01-22): Festering Wound damage is now increased by 180% in PvP Combat (was 195%).
Hotfix (2023-12-05):
- Damage increased by 20%.
- Festering Wound damage increased by 12%. Not applied to PvP combat.
Patch 10.2.0 (2023-11-07):
- Damage increased by 20%.
- Festering Wound damage increased by 10%.
Hotfix (2023-07-31): Festering Wound damage is now increased by 230% in PvP combat (was 250%).
Patch 10.1.5 (2023-07-11): Festering Wound damage is now increased by 250% in PvP combat.
Patch 10.1.0 (2023-05-02): Festering Wound damage increased by 10%.
Patch 10.0.0 (2022-10-25): Now a row 1 Unholy talent (was a level 10 Unholy ability).
Patch 9.0.1 (2020-10-13): Now learned at level 10 (was 55).
Patch 8.2.0 (2019-06-25): Festering Strike and Festering Wounds damage increased by 15%.
Patch 7.0.3 (2016-07-19): Redesigned. Now deals Physical damage and infects the target with 2 to 4 stacks of Festering Wound.
Patch 6.2.3 (2015-11-17): Damage has been increased by 10%.
Hotfix (2015-01-13): Festering Strike's damage has been increased by 28%.
Patch 6.0.2 (2014-10-14): Damage increased by 12.5%. Now has a new icon.
Patch 5.0.4 (2012-08-28): Now an Unholy specialization ability. Weapon damage increased from 150% to 200%.
Patch 4.0.1 (2010-10-12): Added.