Rune of the Apocalypse

Rune of the Apocalypse
	Rune of the Apocalypse; Level 44 death knight ability; 5 sec cast; Engrave your weapon with a rune that gives your ghoul's attacks a chance to apply one of the following debuffs to the target, Death: Healing Reduction, War: Increases damage taken from the Death Knight, Famine: Reduces damage dealt to the Death Knight, Pestilence: Slows the target and deals damage over time.; ; Modifying your rune requires a Runeforge in Ebon Hold.;
Properties
Class	Death knight
School	Physical
Cooldown	None/Global Cooldown
Other information
Level learned	44
Affects	Risen Ally
Related debuffs
	; Death ; Reduces healing done by 5%. ; Duration: 6 seconds ; Max stacks: 3; ; ; War ; Increases damage taken from <name> by 4%. ; Duration: 10 seconds ; Max stacks: 3; ; ; Famine ; Reduces damage dealt to <name> by 5%. ; Duration: 6 seconds ; Max stacks: 3; ; ; Pestilence ; Suffering (150% of Attack power) shadow damage over 6 sec and slowed by 15%. ; Duration: 6 seconds ; Max stacks: 3;

Rune of the Apocalypse is a death knight [Runeforging] spell available at level 44.

Notes

Multiple debuffs from this rune can be active on a target at the same time.
The debuffs are applied by your ghoul's [Claw] ability. Members of your [Army of the Dead] cannot apply them.
This rune is based on [Armies of the Damned], an artifact trait that was present on the Unholy artifact [Apocalypse].
Like Armies of the Damned (and [Apocalypse] itself), Rune of the Apocalypse is a reference to the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse: War, Famine, Pestilence, and Death.

Patch 11.0.0 (2024-07-23): Updated:
- War Effect – Damage taken increased to 4% (was 1%) and duration increased to 10 seconds (was 6 seconds).
- Pestilence Effect – Damage increased by 500%.
- Famine Effect – Damage dealt to the caster reduced to 5% (was 2%).
- Death Effect – Healing reduction increased to 5% (was 1%).
Patch 9.0.1 (2020-10-13): Added.

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Rune of the Apocalypse
Rune of the Apocalypse Level 44 death knight ability 5 sec cast Engrave your weapon with a rune that gives your ghoul's attacks a chance to apply one of the following debuffs to the target, Death: Healing Reduction, War: Increases damage taken from the Death Knight, Famine: Reduces damage dealt to the Death Knight, Pestilence: Slows the target and deals damage over time. Modifying your rune requires a Runeforge in Ebon Hold.
Properties
Class	Death knight
School	Physical
Cooldown	None/Global Cooldown
Other information
Level learned	44
Affects	Risen Ally
Related debuffs
Death Reduces healing done by 5%. Duration: 6 seconds Max stacks: 3 War Increases damage taken from <name> by 4%. Duration: 10 seconds Max stacks: 3 Famine Reduces damage dealt to <name> by 5%. Duration: 6 seconds Max stacks: 3 Pestilence Suffering (150% of Attack power) shadow damage over 6 sec and slowed by 15%. Duration: 6 seconds Max stacks: 3