Sacrificial Pact

For the warlock talent previously called Sacrificial Pact, see [Dark Pact].

Sacrificial Pact
Sacrificial Pact Row 3 death knight talent 20 Runic Power 2 min cooldown Instant Sacrifice your ghoul to deal (75% of Attack power) Shadow damage to all nearby enemies and heal for 25% of your maximum health. Deals reduced damage beyond 8 targets.
Properties
Class	Death knight
School	Shadow
Cooldown	2 minutes
Talents
Talent required	[Cleaving Strikes]

Sacrificial Pact is a death knight ability that sacrifices the death knight's ghoul to inflict AoE shadow damage to their enemies and heal themselves for a portion of their maximum health.

It is an exclusive choice node with [Enfeeble].

Tips and tactics

• For unholy death knights, it's recommended that you only use this ability if [Raise Dead] is close to or already off cooldown.
• Blood death knights arguably benefit the most due to their specialization being impacted the least by the loss of the ghoul. Sacrificial Pact also benefits from their [Vampiric Blood] ability, making for a potent self-heal in emergencies.

Patch changes

• Patch 11.0.0 (2024-07-23): Now a choice node with [Enfeeble].
  
• Patch 10.0.0 (2022-10-25): Now a row 3 class talent (was a level 54 ability).
  
• Patch 9.1.5 (2021-11-02): Sacrificial Pact is no longer maximum target capped and now deals reduced damage beyond 8 targets
  
• Patch 9.0.2 (2020-11-17): Added.
  

External links

• Wowhead
• WoWDB