Plague Strike

Plague Strike
	Plague Strike; Level 55 death knight ability; Melee range; 1 Unholy; Instant; A vicious strike that deals X% weapon damage plus X and infects the target with Blood Plague, a disease dealing Shadow damage over time.;
Properties
Class	Death knight
School	Physical
Cooldown	None/Global Cooldown
Other information
Level learned	55
Requirements	Melee weapon
Related buff
	Disease ; Blood Plague ; Deals Shadow damage over 15 sec ; Duration: 15 seconds ;

Plague Strike in Hearthstone.

Plague Strike is a Death knight ability that damages the target and applies [Blood Plague]. Unholy Death knights can also use this ability to apply [Frost Fever] in addition to its other effects. Death Knights start with this ability.

Improvements

Specialization

Frost
- [Threat of Thassarian] When dual-wielding, your Death Strikes, Obliterates, Plague Strikes, and Frost Strikes also deal damage with your off-hand weapon, and your Frost Strike damage is increased by 50%.
Unholy
- [Ebon Plaguebringer] Increases the damage your diseases deal by 60%, causes your Plague Strike to also apply Frost Fever, and causes your Blood Plague to also apply the Physical Vulnerability effect.

Gallery

Plague Strike in the Trading Card Game.

Patch changes

Patch 7.0.3 (2016-07-19): Removed.
Patch 4.0.1 (2010-10-12): Damage increased from 50% to 100% weapon damage to facilitate the runic system change. Constants changed too. Blood Plague now has a standard duration of 21 seconds.
Patch 3.1.0 (2009-04-14): No longer removes heal over time effects. Plague Strike's damage increased quite a bit to compensate. (from 30% Weapon Damage to 50% - flat damage unchanged)
Patch 3.0.2 (2008-10-14): Added.