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For the Wrath of the Lich King Classic talent, see Spell shadow shadowwordpain [Epidemic].
Epidemic
Spell nature nullifydisease
  • Epidemic
  • Row 4 Unholy death knight talent
  • 30 yd range
  • 30 Runic Power
  • Instant
  • Causes each of your Virulent Plagues to flare up, dealing (22.8% of Attack power) Shadow damage to the infected enemy, and an additional (9.12% of Attack power) Shadow damage to all other enemies near them.
Properties
Class Death knight
School Shadow
Cooldown None/Global Cooldown
Talents
Talent required Spell deathvortex [Outbreak]
Improvements Artifactability unholydeathknight deathsembrace [Army of the Damned], Ability creature cursed 03 [Death Rot], Spell necro deathsdoor [Eternal Agony], Spell shadow painspike [Sudden Doom]

Epidemic is an Unholy death knight talent.

Patch changes[]

  • Dragonflight Hotfix (2023-08-07): Damage increased by 8%. Does not apply to PvP.
  • Dragonflight Patch 10.0.7 (2023-03-21): Epidemic has swapped places with Spell shadow contagion [Unholy Blight] within the talent tree (was row 5).
  • Dragonflight Hotfix (2022-11-21): Now deals reduced damage beyond 8 targets.
  • Dragonflight Patch 10.0.0 (2022-10-25): Now a row 5 Unholy talent (was a level 34 Unholy ability).
  • Shadowlands Patch 9.0.1 (2020-10-13): Epidemic is no longer a Talent and will be learned by all Unholy Death Knights at level 34. Additionally, Epidemic's range has been reduced to 40 yards (was 100 yards) and will fail to cast if there are no nearby enemies afflicted with Virulent Plague.
  • Battle for Azeroth Patch 8.0.1 (2018-07-17):
    • Now a level 90 Unholy talent (was a level 57 Unholy ability).
    • Cost changed from 1 Rune to 30 Runic Power. Cooldown removed (was 10 seconds with 3 charges). Icon updated.
  • Legion Patch 7.1.5 (2017-01-10): Increased the damage of Epidemic by 6%.
  • Legion Hotfix (2016-07-26): Epidemic now strikes up to 20 nearby targets, and each AoE detonation strikes up to 6 nearby targets.
  • Legion Patch 7.0.3 (2016-07-19): Added.

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