- For the TCG card, see Army of the Dead. For other similarly-named articles, see Army of the Damned (disambiguation).
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Properties | |
Class | Death knight |
School | Shadow |
Cooldown | 8 min |
Talents | |
Talent required | [Magus of the Dead]/ [Ruptured Viscera] or [Eternal Agony] or [Coil of Devastation] |
Improvements | [Magus of the Dead], [Ruptured Viscera] |
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- "You're no use to me alive."
—Saeryn Dusksorrow[1]
Army of the Dead is an Unholy death knight ability, and the first death knight ability to be announced. It is a channeled ability which summons a number of ghouls to fight for the death knight. These creatures run around and attack nearby hostile targets at random.
Unlike most other guardian pets, ghouls cannot benefit from [Bloodlust]/ [Heroism] directly. However, if these spells are active on the player prior to summoning the ghouls, they will benefit from the added haste.
Background[]
This is a variation of a spell type, commonly used by death knights in previous games, called Raise Dead in Warcraft II, Animate Dead in Warcraft III, and Undead Minions in the RPG.
Images[]
Army of the Dead in Hearthstone.
Patch changes[]
- Hotfix (2023-07-12): Resolved an issue causing Army of the Dead to summon fewer ghouls than intended in non-PvP combat.
- Patch 10.1.5 (2023-07-11):
- Now usable in arena and rated battleground matches.
- Now summons 4 ghouls instead of 8 in PvP combat.
- Ghoul damage is now increased by 20% in PvP combat.
- Hotfix (2023-04-10): Damage increased by 10%.
- Patch 10.0.0 (2022-10-25): Now a row 8 Unholy talent (was a level 44 Unholy ability).
- Patch 9.0.1 (2020-10-13): Level reduced from 82 to 44.
- Patch 8.0.1 (2018-07-17): Duration reduced to 30 seconds (was 40). Cooldown reduced to 8 minutes (was 10).
- Patch 7.2.0 (2017-03-28): Ghoul model updated.
- Patch 7.1.5 (2017-01-10): Ghoul damage has been increased.
- Patch 7.0.3 (2016-07-19): Now available only to Unholy. Ghouls no longer taunt enemies.
- Patch 6.0.2 (2014-10-14): Now deals 75% less damage.
- Patch 5.0.4 (2012-08-28): Channeling time reduced from 6 to 4 sec.
- Patch 3.3.0 (2009-12-08): Cooldown reduced from 20 minutes to 10 minutes. Ghoul damage reduced by 50%. Cannot be used in Arenas.
- Patch 3.0.2 (2008-10-14): Added.
See also[]
- Army of the Dead, TCG card