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Comment by vingelbert

Hope wanes.

Comment by Whoisthiscook

Don't stand in the #@&%ing defile!

Comment by urakantu

might be used like a minor cooldown, especially when tanking multiple adds.

Comment by 911961

How does the area and, to me even more important, damage increase stack?
A. Cumulative (100, 105, 110..)
or
B. Expontential (100, 105, 110.25..)

though the difference would be only about 145% and 155% damage..

Comment by 746315

Something I think is worth taking note about this spell is it's reduced initial area: Defile has a starting radius of 8 yards. Death and Decay has a radius of 10 yards.
Keep this fact in mind when placing it so as to avoid having it "miss" some mobs.

Comment by 1225050

So, now we know that Arthas was a level 100 DK

Comment by FrostandFyre

After twenty levels, three expansions, and more cries of OP than imaginable, it's happened. The Knights of the Ebon Blade have become the new Lich Kings.

Forums, start your QQing. We feed off your tears.

Comment by Magnusmalum

Raiding will be a blast with this and Exquisite Costume Set: "The Lich King"
I can't wait!

Now we just need something similar and a costume for Illidan Stormrage

Comment by 997771

Is there a maximum radius and is there a maximum tick? I know Necrotic Plague caps at 15 stacks... Surely this must cap out somewhere/somehow but it's not in the tooltip

Comment by Skillmare

I know the duration is 10 seconds (even says so on WoW Head), but the in game tooltip gives no indication, and is very misleading if you are choosing your talent based on the tooltip.

Comment by Tithanas

One important thing about this ability is that it only reduces the damage done to you, not to your co-tank. Might not be obvious at first sight.

Comment by Vaylinn

Extremely disappointed at the animation when having high expectations as to how the Icecrown Citadel one looks like. To choose a hasty reworked tar puddle animation does not satisfy.

Comment by jokre33

Some facts:

It scales exponentially throughout its duration
It does a total of 373.07%AP damage (multiplied by Frost and Unholy Mastery of course)
It needs to tick at least 9 times on a single target to be worth it over in execute range

Comment by Arnastrasz

It's a shame this is (considered) unviable at the moment. For what looks really cool and is an easily distinguishable ability, it is not as good as Soul Reaper for DPS or Dark Arbiter for burst.

Comment by Croiz

The graphics of this skill are so bad it sometimes obstructing mechanics animation.
blizz needs to redesign it.

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Defile

Defile

Talent

Replaces Death and Decay

1 Rune / -10 Runic Power	30 yd range

Instant	20 sec recharge

1 Charges

Defile the targeted ground, dealing [((15% of Attack power) * (11) / 1)] Shadow damage to all enemies over 10 sec.

While you remain within your Defile, your [Clawing Shadows / Scourge Strike] will hit 7 enemies near the target.

Every sec, if any enemies are standing in the Defile, it grows in size and deals increased damage.

Spell Details

Duration

10 seconds

School

Shadow

Mechanic

n/a

Dispel type

n/a

GCD category

Normal

Cost

1 Rune / -10 Runic Power

Range

30 yards (Medium)

Cast time

Instant

Cooldown

n/a

GCD

1.5 seconds

Effect #1

Dummy
Radius: 8 yards
PVP Multiplier: 1
Server-side script

Effect #2

Create Area Trigger (1713)
Value: 250
PVP Multiplier: 1

Effect #3

Apply Aura: Periodic Dummy
Value: 3 every 1 second
PVP Multiplier: 1

Effect #4

Apply Aura: Absorb Damage (Arcane, Fire, Frost, Holy, Nature, Physical, Shadow)
PVP Multiplier: 1

Flags

Cannot be used while shapeshifted
Initiates Combat (Enabled Auto-Attack)
No Aura Icon
Does not require shapeshift
Starts ticking at aura application
Always AOE Line of Sight
Not In Spellbook Until Learned
Allow Class Ability Procs
Periodic Refresh Extends Duration

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