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Festering Strike
Spell deathknight festering strike
  • Festering Strike
  • Row 1 Unholy death knight talent
  • Replaces Spell deathknight darkconviction [Rune Strike]
  • Melee range
  • 2 Runes
  • Instant
  • Requires Melee Weapon
  • Strikes for (116% of Attack power) Physical damage and infects the target with 2-3 Festering Wounds.

    Spell yorsahj bloodboil purpleoilFestering Wound
    A pustulent lesion that will burst on death or when damaged by Scourge Strike, dealing (22.77% of Attack power) Shadow damage and generating 3 Runic Power.
Properties
Class Death knight
School Physical
Cooldown None/Global Cooldown
Improvements Ability druid infectedwound [Bursting Sores], Ability deathknight festermight [Festermight], Spell deathknight festering strike [Improved Festering Strike], Ability racial aberration [Necrotic Wounds], Ability deathwing bloodcorruption death [Reaping]
Related debuff
Spell yorsahj bloodboil purpleoil
  • Festering Wound
  • Suffering from a wound that will deal (22.77% of Attack power) Shadow damage when damaged by Scourge Strike.
  • Duration: 30 seconds

Festering Strike is a Unholy death knight ability that applies Festering Wound.

Patch changes[]

  • Dragonflight Hotfix (2023-07-31): Festering Wound damage is now increased by 230% in PvP combat (was 250%).
  • Dragonflight Patch 10.1.5 (2023-07-11): Festering Wound damage is now increased by 250% in PvP combat.
  • Dragonflight Patch 10.1.0 (2023-05-02): Festering Wound damage increased by 10%.
  • Dragonflight Patch 10.0.0 (2022-10-25): Now a row 1 Unholy talent (was a level 10 Unholy ability).
  • Shadowlands Patch 9.0.1 (2020-10-13): Now learned at level 10 (was 55).
  • Battle for Azeroth Patch 8.2.0 (2019-06-25): Festering Strike and Festering Wounds damage increased by 15%.
  • Legion Patch 7.0.3 (2016-07-19): Redesigned. Now deals Physical damage and infects the target with 2 to 4 stacks of Festering Wound.
  • Warlords of Draenor Patch 6.2.3 (2015-11-17): Damage has been increased by 10%.
  • Warlords of Draenor Hotfix (2015-01-13): Festering Strike's damage has been increased by 28%.
  • Warlords of Draenor Patch 6.0.2 (2014-10-14): Damage increased by 12.5%. Now has a new icon.
  • Mists of Pandaria Patch 5.0.4 (2012-08-28): Now an Unholy specialization ability. Weapon damage increased from 150% to 200%.
  • Cataclysm Patch 4.0.1 (2010-10-12): Added.

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