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For the Wrath of the Lich King Classic talent, see Spell shadow plaguecloud [Outbreak].
Outbreak
Spell deathvortex
  • Outbreak
  • Row 3 Unholy death knight talent
  • 30 yd range
  • 1 Rune
  • Instant
  • Deals (10% of Attack power) Shadow damage to the target and infects all nearby enemies with Virulent Plague.

    Ability creature disease 02Virulent Plague
    A disease that deals (112.5% of Attack power) Shadow damage over 27 sec. It erupts when the infected target dies, dealing (24% of Attack power) Shadow damage to nearby enemies.
Properties
Class Death knight
School Shadow
Cooldown None/Global Cooldown
Talents
Talent required Spell deathknight scourgestrike [Scourge Strike]
Improvements Spell shadow creepingplague [Ebon Fever], Spell deathvortex [Life and Death], Spell deathknight explode ghoul [Superstrain]
Related debuff
Ability creature disease 02
  • Disease
  • Virulent Plague
  • Suffering (12.5% of Attack power) Shadow damage every 3 sec.
    Erupts for (24% of Attack power) damage split among all nearby enemies when the infected dies.
  • Duration: 27 seconds

Outbreak is an Unholy death knight ability that applies Virulent Plague.

Trivia[]

  • This ability was mentioned in the April Fools' Day patch 6.1.4 Evil Patch Notes: "Outbreak no longer applies Spell deathknight bloodplague [Blood Plague] and Spell deathknight frostfever [Frost Fever]. Instead, it applies a new, airborne version of a virus first encountered 30 years ago. Enemy players will have to work together to develop a new serum to cure the virus before the military bombs the whole city."

Patch changes[]

  • Dragonflight Patch 10.1.5 (2023-07-11): Virulent Plague's duration is no longer reduced by 45% in PvP combat.
  • Dragonflight Patch 10.0.5 (2023-01-24): Virulent Plague no longer deals increased damage in PvP combat (was increased by 30%).
  • Dragonflight Patch 10.0.0 (2022-10-25): Now a row 3 Unholy talent (was a level 17 Unholy ability).
  • Shadowlands Patch 9.1.5 (2021-11-02): Virulent Plague damage increased by 30% in PvP combat.
  • Shadowlands Hotfix (2021-02-08): Virulent Plague is no longer reduced by 10% when engaged in combat with enemy players.
  • Battle for Azeroth Hotfix (2020-01-21): Resolved an issue that allowed Virulent Plague to spread to Explosives found in Mythic Keystone dungeons.
  • Shadowlands Patch 9.0.1 (2020-10-13): Now learned at level 17 (was 55). Duration of Virulent Plague increased to 27 seconds (was 21 seconds).
  • Battle for Azeroth Hotfix (2018-08-10):
    • Virulent Plague deals 10% less damage when engaged in combat with enemy players.
    • Virulent Explosion deals 10% less damage when engaged in combat with enemy players.
  • Legion Hotfix (2017-02-21):
    • Virulent Plague damage-over-time damage increased 67%.
    • Damage of Virulent Plague has been reduced against players to offset the baseline increase above, leaving it unchanged in PvP.
  • Legion Patch 7.0.3 (2016-07-19): Redesigned as a level 55 Unholy ability (was a level 81 baseline ability). Now deals Shadow damage, and causes the target and nearby enemies to be infected with Virulent Plague.
    Old: Instantly applies Blood Plague and Frost Fever to the target enemy.
  • Cataclysm Patch 4.0.1 (2010-10-12): Added.

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