11.2 Death Knight
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List of Blizz 11.2 Patch Notes in Chronological Order
Death Knight 11.2 Changes
- New Talent: Unholy Momentum – Increases Haste by 2%.
Dev note: Improves DK raid utility identity beyond pure tuning; removes Abomination Limb to restore tactical Death Grip usage. - Anti-Magic Zone has been updated – Places a 6 s zone reducing magic damage taken by party/raid by 15%; 4 min cooldown.
- Assimilation has been updated – Anti-Magic Zone cooldown ↓ 60 s; duration ↑ 2 s.
- Removed Talents
- Abomination Limb
- Unholy Ground
Hero Talent Specific Changes
Deathbringer
- Exterminate has been updated:
- First scythe no longer has a chance to apply Reaper’s Mark.
- Frost: first scythe now has a 100% chance to grant Killing Machine.
- Blood: first scythe now has a 25% chance to summon a Dancing Rune Weapon for 6 s.
- Exterminate second scythe damage ↑ 20%.
Dev note: Chance-based Reaper’s Mark felt too inconsistent.
San’layn
- The Blood is Life has been updated:
- Dark Transformation/Dancing Rune Weapon now summons a Blood Beast for 10 s.
- Blood Beast now deals 15% of accumulated damage for Unholy; 25% for Blood (was 25%/50%).
- Visceral Strength (Unholy) – When Scourge Strike consumes Virulent Plague, your next Outbreak costs no Runes and casts Death Coil or Epidemic at 100% effectiveness.
- Infliction of Sorrow has been updated:
- After Gift of the San’layn ends, gain a charge of Death and Decay.
- The buff that makes Scourge Strike/Heart Strike consume Virulent Plague/Blood Plague now lasts 30 s (was 12 s).
- Manaforge Omega 2-Set – Fixed issues causing the set bonus to grant too much Mastery or not benefit from Gift of the San’layn.
Frost (Hero Talent Tree)
- Many talents have shifted positions and new pathing options added.
Rider of the Apocalypse
- Mawsworn Menace has been updated – Obliterate damage ↑ 10%; Remorseless Winter lasts +2 s.
- Frostscythe now shatters Trollbane’s Chains of Ice.
- Whitemane’s Famine – Frostscythe now adds a stack of Undeath and spreads it to a nearby enemy.
Unholy (Hero Talent Tree)
- Fixed Issue: Eternal Agony now correctly extends the duration of Dark Transformation.
Blood
General
- New Talent Skeleton
- Season 3 Tier Set
- Item IDs
- 2-set Auras and Interactions if applicable
- 4-set Auras and Interactions if applicable
Spec Changes
- No spec-specific changes this patch.
Frost
General
- New Talent Skeleton
- Season 3 Tier Set
- Item IDs
- 2-set Auras and Interactions if applicable
- 4-set Auras and Interactions if applicable
Spec Changes
- All damage increased by 10%.
- Glacial Advance
- Now baseline at level 10 (was a talent); applies Razorice; damage ↑ 25%.
- Runic Power spenders now cost 35 RP (was 40).
- Cryogenic Chamber
- Howling Blast consuming Rime stores 15% of its damage in your next Remorseless Winter; no longer replaces it.
- Frozen Dominion
- Now replaces Remorseless Winter: Pillar of Frost summons a Remorseless Winter lasting +4 s; each enemy hit ↑ Mastery by 8%, up to 40% for 15 s; duration no longer refreshes on new stacks.
- Frostreaper
- Obliterate damage ↑ 10%; chance to tether souls to a nearby enemy; Frost Strike severs tethers, dealing Shadowfrost damage.
- Breath of Sindragosa
- Redesigned three-stage channel: consumes 16 RP; deals Frost damage each second; refunds cooldown per stage; castable while moving at 70% speed.
- Empower Rune Weapon
- Redesigned: 2 charges, 30 s recharge; grants 40 RP & Killing Machine; no global cooldown (0.75 s internal CD).
- Rime
- FS & GA have a 45% chance, BoS 30% chance, to make your next Howling Blast free & empowered.
- Might of the Frozen Wastes
- Wielding a 2H weapon ↑ Obliterate & Frostscythe damage by 30%.
- Frostscythe
- Sweeping attack: hits up to 5 targets (reduced beyond 5); costs 2 Runes; no cooldown; consumes KM to triple crit damage; shatters Trollbane’s Chains of Ice.
- Cleaving Strikes – Frostscythe deals +20% damage during Remorseless Winter.
- Everfrost
- Rime-empowered Howling Blast deals +50% to secondary targets; Remorseless Winter deals +6% per hit, stacking to 10.
- Rage of the Frozen Champion
- FS & GA have +15% chance to trigger Rime; Howling Blast generates 8 RP while Rime is active; no longer a choice vs Frigid Executioner.
- Frigid Executioner
- Runic Empowerment has a 25% chance to refund an extra Rune (was 20%); no longer a choice vs Rage of the Frozen Champion.
- Frostbound Will (New) – Consuming Rime reduces Empower Rune Weapon CD by 6 s (was 4 s).
- Killing Streak (New) – Obliterate & Frostscythe consume all KM for +25% crit damage & +1.5% Haste per stack for 6 s (stacking).
- Northwinds (New) – Howling Blast hits an additional target; Rime ↑ HB damage by 75%.
- Icy Onslaught (New) – FS & GA cause your next FS/GA to deal +15% damage & cost +5 RP (stacks).
- Howling Blades (New) – Rime-empowered Howling Blast unleashes two icy blades that can grant KM.
- Frostbane (Capstone) – Casting GA can transform your next FS into Frostbane; now also triggers from Arctic Assault; tooltip updated.
- Arctic Assault – Now triggers a GA at 60% effectiveness.
- Inexorable Assault – Obliterate & Frostscythe consume up to 3 stacks (was 1) and now generate a stack every 4 s (was 8 s).
- Shattering Blade – GA now also applies Razorice; GA no longer applies Razorice baseline.
- Frostwyrm’s Fury – Cooldown 90 s (was 3 min); baseline 3 s stun; visual/animation updates; Gate 2 talent.
- Biting Cold moved to Gate 1.
- Removed Talent: Runic Strikes
Unholy
General
- New Talent Skeleton
- Season 3 Tier Set
- Item IDs
- 2-set Auras and Interactions if applicable
- 4-set Auras and Interactions if applicable
Spec Changes
- Plague Mastery (New) – Disease crit damage ↑ 25% (choice node with Grave Mastery).
- Grave Mastery (New) – Minion crit damage ↑ 15% (choice node with Plague Mastery).
- Desecrate (New) – Replaces Death and Decay after cast; deals 150% remaining DoT instantly; applies 2 Festering Wounds; grants D&D benefits.
- Legion of Souls (formerly Abomination Limb) – Summons clawing souls dealing Shadow damage & up to 6 Festering Wounds over 12 s; reduced damage beyond 5 targets; grants D&D benefits.
- All Will Serve – Raise Dead summons an additional skeletal archer that shoots Blighted Arrows.
- Blighted Arrow – Death Coil with Sudden Doom fires an extra Blighted Arrow at 80% effectiveness; Epidemic causes ricochet to up to 2 additional targets.
- Reaping – Soul Reaper’s execute increases minion damage by 10% for 8 s.
- Apocalypse – Replaces Dark Transformation if known; also summons your pet ghoul on cast.
- Decomposition – Virulent Plague has a chance to deal 100%/200% of damage dealt in the last 4 s (was 50%/100%).
- Unholy Pact – Forms a shadowy chain between you and your pet.
- Festering Scythe override aura now lasts 30 s.
- Improved Festering Strike is now a 1-point talent.
- Fixed Issue: Eternal Agony now correctly extends Dark Transformation duration.
- Removed Talents: Pestilence, Runic Mastery, Ruptured Viscera, Vile Contagion.