Unholy Presence

Unholy Presence
Unholy Presence Level 70 death knight ability 1 Unholy Rune 1 second cooldown Instant Infuses the death knight with unholy fury, increasing attack speed by 15%, movement speed by 15% and reducing the global cooldown on all abilities by 0.5 sec. Only one Presence may be active at a time.
Properties
Class	Death knight
School	Shadow
Cooldown	1 second
Other information
Level learned	70
Improvements	[Improved Blood Presence], [Improved Frost Presence], [Improved Unholy Presence], [Subversion]
Related buff
Unholy Presence Attack speed increased 15%. Movement speed increased by 15%. Global cooldown on all abilities reduced by 0.5 sec.

"Embrace death, and the heavy burden of life will be lessened."
—Ahikara

Unholy Presence is a death knight Presence.

Glyphs

• Glyph of Shifting Presences

Tips

• Unholy Presence can be useful when running long distances on foot, such as when recovering from a wipe in an instance, as it increases the Death Knight's movement speed. For shorter distances, the rune cost of switching to Unholy Presence and then back to [Blood Presence] or [Frost Presence] again is generally not worth the brief speed boost.

Background

Unholy Presence is likely derived from the Haste ability used by the Death Knight unit in Warcraft II and the Unholy Aura ability used by the Death Knights of Warcraft III.

Patch changes

• Patch 7.0.3 (2016-07-19): Removed.
  
• Patch 5.4.0 (2013-09-10): Now grants a flat 10% Haste to all things, up from Haste for melee (attack speed and Rune regeneration) only. The movement speed buff remains unchanged.
  
• Patch 5.0.4 (2012-08-28): No longer reduces the global cooldown on abilities.
  
• Patch 4.0.1 (2010-10-12): Now increases attack speed by 10% (was 15%) and also increases rune regeneration by 10%. Assuming a new Presence will now consume any stored Runic Power.
  
• Patch 3.3.0 (2009-12-08): The animation for activating this presence will no longer also have the animation for [Blood Presence] played at the same time.
  
• Patch 3.0.2 (2008-10-14): Added.
  

See also

• [Blood Presence]
• [Frost Presence]
• Unholy Presence, TCG card

Other versions

• Cataclysm Classic

  Unholy Presence
  Unholy Presence Level 70 death knight ability Instant You are infused with unholy fury, increasing attack speed and rune regeneration by 10%, and movement speed by 15%, and reducing the global cooldown on your abilities by 0.5 sec. Only one Presence may be active at a time, and assuming a new Presence will consume any stored Runic Power.
  Properties
  Class	Death knight
  School	Shadow
  Cooldown	None/Global Cooldown
  Other information
  Level learned	70
  Improvements	[Improved Blood Presence], [Improved Frost Presence], [Improved Unholy Presence]
  Related buff
  Unholy Presence Attack speed and rune regeneration increased 10%. Movement speed increased by 15%. Global cooldown reduced by 0.5 sec.

External links

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