Howling Blast

This article is about the Death Knight ability. For the Pet Battle ability, see [Howling Blast]. For the trading card, see Howling Blast. For the glyph, see  [Glyph of Howling Blast].

Howling Blast
Howling Blast Row 2 Frost death knight talent 30 yd range 1 Rune Instant Blast the target with a frigid wind, dealing (14.7% of Attack Power + 14.7% of Off-hand Attack Power) Frost damage to that foe, and reduced damage to all other enemies within 10 yards, infecting all targets with Frost Fever. Frost Fever A disease that deals (114.1% of Attack power + 114.1% of Off-hand Attack power) Frost damage over 24 sec and has a chance to grant the Death Knight 5 Runic Power each time it deals damage.
Properties
Class	Death knight
School	Frost
Cooldown	None/Global Cooldown
Talents
Talent required	[Frost Strike]
Other information
Improvements	[Avalanche], [Delirium], [Icebreaker], [Improved Rime], [Obliteration], [Rage of the Frozen Champion], [Wither Away]
Related debuff
Disease Frost Fever Suffering (21.4% of Attack power) Frost damage every 3 sec. Duration: 24 seconds

Howling Blast is a Frost death Knight ability that allows the death knight to blast several targets around them for frost damage, and applies Frost Fever to multiple targets.

Gallery

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  Howling Blast in Hearthstone.

Patch changes

• Patch 11.0.0 (2024-07-23): Damage increased by 23%.
  
• Patch 10.1.5 (2023-07-11): Damage is now increased by 30% in PvP combat.
  
• Hotfix (2023-05-15): Howling Blast damage increased by 6%.
  
• Patch 10.0.0 (2022-10-25): Now a row 2 Frost talent (was a level 10 Frost ability).
  
• Patch 9.0.1 (2020-10-13): Level reduced from 55 to 10. Now deals reduced damage on secondary targets.
  
• Hotfix (2017-03-29): Howling Blast will now correctly deal its area damage if it kills the primary target.
  
• Patch 7.1.0 (2016-10-25): Damage increased by 50%.
  
• Hotfix (2016-09-23): Howling Blast damage increased by 10%.
  
• Patch 7.0.3 (2016-07-19): Direct damage reduced by 50%, AoE damage reduced by 57.5%.
  
• Patch 6.2.3 (2015-11-17): Damage has been increased by 10%.
  
• Patch 6.2.0 (2015-06-23): Now deals 20% more damage.
  
• Hotfix (2013-10-03): Howling Blast should no longer incorrectly grant a radius bonus when cast while the Death Knight is moving.
  
• Patch 5.4.0 (2013-09-10): Now deals 15% more damage.
  
• Hotfix (2013-03-12): Howling Blast had its area-of-effect splash damage equal to 50% of the damage taken by the primary target (down from 65%).
  
• Patch 5.2.0 (2013-03-05): Now deals 8% more damage to the primary target. Damage to other enemies in the area-of-effect remains unchanged.
  
• Hotfix (2012-10-01): Howling Blast and Unholy Blight now properly spread their diseases to the primary target as well as other targets within range.
  
• Patch 5.0.4 (2012-08-28): Now a level 55 Frost ability (was a tier 7 Frost talent). Range increased from 20 to 30 yd. Now also infects all targets with Frost Fever.
  
• Hotfix (2011-05-19): Damage has been reduced by approxomately 8-9%.
  
• Patch 4.1.0 (2011-04-26): Damage has been increased by 20%. To compensate, the area-of-effect splash now does 50% of the single-target damage, down from 60%. The net result of this change leaves the area-of-effect damage roughly the same as 4.0.6 numbers. In addition, Howling Blast now has a facing requirement.
  
• Patch 4.0.6 (2011-02-08): Now deals 40% less damage to all targets other than the primary target of the spell.
  
• Patch 4.0.1 (2010-10-12): Cost reduced to one frost rune, down from one frost and one unholy. Moved from tier 11 to tier 7.
  
• Patch 3.1.0 (2009-04-14): Base damage and scaling doubled. This ability no longer deals bonus damage to targets with Frost Fever. 8-second cooldown. Swapped positions with [Hungering Cold] in the talent tree.
  
• Patch 3.0.8a (2009-01-27): The 5 second cooldown will now display correctly.
  
• Patch 3.0.8 (2009-01-20): Now has a 5 second Cooldown.
  
• Patch 3.0.2 (2008-10-14): Added.
  

Other versions

• Wrath Classic

  Howling Blast
  Howling Blast (4 ranks) Tier 11 Frost death knight talent 20 yd range 1 Frost Rune 1 Unholy Rune 8 sec cooldown Instant Blast the target with a frigid wind dealing 198 to 214 Frost damage to all enemies within 10 yards.
  Properties
  Class	Death knight
  School	Frost
  Cooldown	8 seconds
  Other information
  Improvements	[Chill of the Grave], [Glacier Rot], [Guile of Gorefiend], [Icy Reach], [Killing Machine], [Merciless Combat]
  Glyphs	[Glyph of Howling Blast]

• Cataclysm Classic

  Howling Blast
  Howling Blast Tier 7 Frost death knight talent 20 yd range 1 Frost Rune 8 sec cooldown Instant Blast the target with a frigid wind, dealing (197 + (44% of Attack power) Frost damage to that foe, and (98.5 + (22% of Attack power) Frost damage to all other enemies within 10 yards.
  Properties
  Class	Death knight
  School	Frost
  Cooldown	8 seconds
  Talents
  Talent required	[Hungering Cold]
  Other information
  Improvements	[Chill of the Grave], [Icy Reach], [Merciless Combat]
  Glyphs	[Glyph of Howling Blast]

External links

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