Obliterate

Obliterate
Obliterate Row 2 Frost death knight talent Melee range 2 Runes Instant A brutal attack with both weapons that deals a total of (211.8% of Attack power) Physical damage.
Properties
Class	Death knight
School	Physical
Cooldown	None/Global Cooldown
Talents
Talent required	[Frost Strike]
Other information
Improvements	[Frigid Executioner], [Improved Obliterate], [Inexorable Assault], [Killing Machine], [Mawsworn Menace], [Might of the Frozen Wastes], [Rage of the Frozen Champion], [Rime], [Trollbane's Icy Fury], [Whitemane's Famine]

"My runeblade thirsts for your soul." —Randolphe Mortimer

Obliterate is a Frost death knight ability that allows the death knight to deal high damage. It is a staple in the arsenal of Frost death knights.

Patch changes

• Hotfix (2025-05-27): Damage increased by 12% in PvP combat.
  
• Patch 11.1.0 (2025-02-25): Damage increased by 20%.
  
• Hotfix (2024-11-26): Damage increased by 12%.
  
• Hotfix (2024-10-22): Damage reduced by 6% (does not apply to PvP combat).
  
• Hotfix (2024-09-06): No longer deals increased damage in PvP (was +20%).
  
• Hotfix (2024-09-03): Damage reduced by 6%. Does not apply to PvP.
  
• Patch 11.0.2 (2024-08-13): Damage increased by 8%.
  
• Patch 11.0.0 (2024-07-23): Damage increased by 23%.
  
• Hotfix (2023-11-28): Damage increased by 8%.
  
• Hotfix (2023-07-31):
  • Damage is now increased by 20% in PvP combat (was 15%).
  • Damage is now increased by 75% when [Killing Machine] is not active in PvP combat (was 60%).
    
• Patch 10.1.5 (2023-07-11):
  • Damage is now increased by 20% in PvP combat (was 8%).
  • Damage is now increased by an additional 60% when Killing Machine is not active in PvP combat.
    
• Hotfix (2023-05-15): Obliterate damage increased by 5%.
  
• Patch 10.1.0 (2023-05-02): Damage increased by 8% in PvP combat.
  
• Patch 10.0.0 (2022-10-25): Now a row 2 Frost talent (was a level 14 Frost ability). Rank 2 removed.
  
• Patch 9.0.2 (2020-11-17): Rank 2 added at level 52 – Increases damage done by 20%.
  
• Patch 9.0.1 (2020-10-13): Now learned at level 14 (was 55). Can now be used with two-handed weapons.
  
• Patch 7.1.0 (2016-10-25): Damage increased by 20%.
  
• Hotfix (2016-09-23): Obliterate damage increased by 19%.
  
• Patch 7.0.3 (2016-07-19): No longer has a chance to cause your next [Howling Blast] or [Icy Touch] to consume no runes. Damage increased by 170% (35% for each weapon). Level reduced from 58 to 55.
  
• Hotfix (2016-03-03): Now deals 10% less damage against another player.
  
• Patch 6.2.3 (2015-11-17): Damage has been increased by 10%.
  
• Hotfix (2015-06-29): Obliterate should now correctly deal full damage against other players in PvP combat.
  
• Hotfix (2015-06-25):
  • Frost Strike and Obliterate have been reduced to their pre-6.2 damage levels.
  • Obliterate once again deals full damage to players.
    
• Patch 6.2.0 (2015-06-23): Damage has increased by 20%, but deals only 80% of normal damage against player-controlled targets.
  
• Patch 6.0.2 (2014-10-14):
  • Now deals 25% more damage on both main and off-hand weapons, but no longer deals additional damage for each disease present on the target.
  • Damage has been increased by 30%.
    
• Patch 5.4.0 (2013-09-10): Now deals 250% weapon damage (up from 230% weapon damage).
  
• Patch 5.0.4 (2012-08-28): Now a level 58 Frost specialization ability (was a level 61 ability for all specs). Weapon damage increased from 150% to 230%. Bonus damage removed.
  
• Hotfix (2011-05-19): Reduced from 160% to 150% base weapon damage.
  
• Patch 4.0.1 (2010-10-12): No longer consumes diseases.
  
• Patch 3.3.0 (2009-12-08): This ability will no longer sometimes fail to do additional damage based on diseases on the target.
  
• Patch 3.1.0 (2009-04-14): Bonus damage for diseases now increases damage done by a percentage rather than a flat amount.
  
• Patch 3.0.2 (2008-10-14): Added.
  

See also

• Obliterate, Scourgewar TCG card
• Obliterate (Class Starter 2011: Horde Death Knight), Class Starter 2011: Horde Death Knight TCG card

Other versions

• Wrath Classic

  Obliterate
  Obliterate (4 ranks) Level 61 death knight ability Melee range 1 Frost Rune 1 Unholy Rune Instant Requires Melee Weapon A brutal instant attack that deals 80% weapon damage plus 198, total damage increased 12.5% per each of your diseases on the target, but consumes the diseases.
  Properties
  Class	Death knight
  School	Physical
  Cooldown	None/Global Cooldown
  Other information
  Level learned	61
  Improvements	[Annihilation], [Chill of the Grave], [Death Rune Mastery], [Guile of Gorefiend], [Merciless Combat], [Rime], [Subversion], [Threat of Thassarian]
  Glyphs	[Glyph of Obliterate]

• Cataclysm Classic

  Obliterate
  Obliterate Level 61 death knight ability Melee range 1 Frost Rune 1 Unholy Rune Instant Requires Melee Weapon A brutal instant attack that deals 150% weapon damage plus 546. Total damage is increased by 12.5% for each of your diseases on the target.
  Properties
  Class	Death knight
  School	Physical
  Cooldown	None/Global Cooldown
  Other information
  Level learned	61
  Improvements	[Annihilation], [Blood Rites], [Chill of the Grave], [Killing Machine], [Merciless Combat], [Rime], [Threat of Thassarian]
  Glyphs	[Glyph of Obliterate]

External links

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