An Overview of Death Knight Class Changes in the War Within Patch 11.0.2

Last updated on Aug 18, 2024 at 15:06 by Stan 2 comments

The following page covers the latest Death Knight changes in World of Warcraft.

1.

Death Knight Class Guides for the War Within Patch 11.0.2

If you are looking for Death Knight class guides, please visit one of the guides linked below.

2.

General Death Knight Changes in the War Within Patch 11.0.2

  • Death Strike Icon Death Strike can now only heal the Death Knight for a percentage of damage taken from a given damage event once. Death Strikes that heal the minimum health amount do not count as using damage events in this way.
  • Unholy Strength Icon Unholy Strength (Rune of the Fallen Crusader) now heals for 4% maximum health (was 6%).
  • Enfeeble Icon Enfeeble reduces damage dealt to you by 12% (was 15%).
  • Anti-Magic Barrier Icon Anti-Magic Barrier reduces Magic damage taken by 8% (was 10%).
  • An issue causing Raise Abomination Icon Raise Abomination to deal less damage than it should has been fixed.
3.

Blood Death Knight Changes in the War Within Patch 11.0.2

  • All damage increased by 10%.
  • A new aura, Coagulating Blood Icon Coagulating Blood, shows the amount of recently taken damage that will be used to calculate the value of your next Death Strike Icon Death Strike. The aura description lists the value as a flat amount and the number of stacks shows it as a percentage of your current health.
  • Blood Shield Icon Blood Shield’s cap is now 50% of the Death Knight’s maximum health (was 100%) and the cap is no longer temporarily increased by Vampiric Blood Icon Vampiric Blood.
  • Bone Shield Icon Bone Shield increases Armor by 100% of Strength (was 80%).
  • Leeching Strike Icon Leeching Strike now heals for 0.25% maximum health for each target hit (was 0.5%).
  • Dancing Rune Weapon Icon Dancing Rune Weapon increases Parry chance by 35% (was 40%).
  • Each active Dancing Rune Weapon Icon Dancing Rune Weapon generates 3 Runic Power when mirroring Heart Strike Icon Heart Strike (was 5).
  • Everlasting Bond Icon Everlasting Bond increases Dancing Rune Weapon Icon Dancing Rune Weapon’s duration by 6 seconds (was 8 seconds).
  • Blooddrinker Icon Blooddrinker reduces the damage the enemy deals to you by 15% (was 20%).
  • Bonestorm Icon Bonestorm damage increased by 20%.
  • Bonestorm Icon Bonestorm heals you for 2% of your maximum health (was 3%), up to a maximum of 10% (was 15%).
  • Bonestorm Icon Bonestorm now consumes up to 5 Bone Shield Icon Bone Shield charges (was 10).
  • Bonestorm Icon Bonestorm now lasts 2 seconds per Bone Shield Icon Bone Shield charge spent (was 1 second).
  • Consumption Icon Consumption’s Blood Plague Icon Blood Plague damage occurs 30% more quickly (was 50%) and duration reduced to 6 seconds (was 8 seconds).
  • Rapid Decomposition Icon Rapid Decomposition’s Blood Plague Icon Blood Plague and Death and Decay Icon Death and Decay now deal damage 15% faster (was 18%).
  • Coagulopathy Icon Coagulopathy now increases Blood Plague Icon Blood Plague damage by 25% per stack (was 30%).
4.

Frost Death Knight Changes in the War Within Patch 11.0.2

  • All ability damage reduced by 5%.
  • Glacial Advance Icon Glacial Advance damage reduced by 15%.
  • Icy Death Torrent Icon Icy Death Torrent damage reduced by 15%.
  • Frost Strike Icon Frost Strike damage increased by 8%.
  • Obliterate Icon Obliterate damage increased by 8%.
  • Breath of Sindragosa Icon Breath of Sindragosa damage increased by 12%.
  • Shattered Frost Icon Shattered Frost now deals 60% of the damage to nearby enemies (was 65%).
  • Enduring Strength Icon Enduring Strength now grants 15% Strength (was 20%).
  • Shattering Blade Icon Shattering Blade now causes the next Frost Strike Icon Frost Strike when consuming 5 Razorice Icon Razorice stacks to be increased by 115% (was 125%).
  • Glacial Advance Icon Glacial Advance’s global cooldown is now properly reduced by Haste.
  • Frostscythe Icon Frostscythe’s global cooldown is now properly reduced by Haste.
  • Cryogenic Chamber Icon Cryogenic Chamber now has a 30 second duration.
  • Cryogenic Chamber Icon Cryogenic Chamber now resets at the beginning of a raid encounter and Mythic+ dungeon.
  • Cryogenic Chamber Icon Cryogenic Chamber now displays the amount of damage event it stored as stacks.
  • Icy Death Torrent Icon Icy Death Torrent now deals reduced damage beyond 5 targets (was 8). The tooltip will be updated to reflect this change at a later date.
  • Pillar of Frost Icon Pillar of Frost is now displayed on the personal resource display.
5.

Unholy Death Knight Changes in the War Within Patch 11.0.2

  • All ability damage reduced by 10%.
  • Clawing Shadows Icon Clawing Shadows damage increased by 25%.
  • Ebon Fever Icon Ebon Fever now increases damage diseases deal by 12% (was 15%).
  • Bursting Sores Icon Bursting Sores now increases Festering Wound Icon Festering Wound damage by 16% (was 20%).
  • Bursting Sores Icon Bursting Sores damage reduced by 8%.
  • Superstrain Icon Superstrain now applies Blood Plague Icon Blood Plague and Frost Fever Icon Frost Fever at 75% (was 80%).
  • Raise Abomination Icon Raise Abomination now costs 1 Rune to summon.
  • An issue with Unholy Blight Icon Unholy Blight applying Virulent Plague Icon Virulent Plague to the player’s current target instead of enemies in proximity has been resolved.
6.

General Death Knight PvP Changes in the War Within Patch 11.0.2

  • Necrotic Aura Icon Necrotic Aura (PvP Talent) has been removed.
  • Vestigial Shell Icon Vestigial Shell’s reduction in Magic effect duration is now 60% effective in PvP combat.
  • Veteran of the Third War Icon Veteran of the Third War’s Stamina bonus is now 50% effective in PvP combat.
6.1.

Blood Death Knight PvP Changes in the War Within Patch 11.0.2

  • Decomposing Aura Icon Decomposing Aura now displays the reduced amount of health on the frames of the units it’s affecting.
6.2.

Frost Death Knight PvP Changes in the War Within Patch 11.0.2

  • Frost Fever Icon Frost Fever damage is no longer increased by 137% in PvP combat.
7.

More War Within Patch 11.0.2 Class Changes

You can find other Patch 11.0.2 class changes linked below.

8.

Changelog

  • 18 Aug. 2024: Updated for the War Within launch.
  • 23 Jul. 2024: Updated for the War Within pre-patch.
  • 06 May 2024: Updated for Patch 10.2.7.
  • 19 Mar. 2024: Updated for Patch 10.2.6.
  • 13 Jan. 2024: Reviewed for Patch 10.2.5.
  • 24 Oct. 2023: Page added.
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