WoW: The War Within Deathbringer Death Knight Hero Talents

In World of Warcraft: The War Within, one of the new Hero Talents for the Death Knight class is the Deathbringer. It is one of three Hero Talents available for Death Knight alongside San’layn and Ride of the Apocalypse. Deathbringer is available to both Frost and Blood Death Knights. Here are all of the Hero Talents for Deathbringer Death Knight in WoW: The War Within.

All Deathbringer Death Knight Hero Talents

Deathbringer excels at melee combat using the Power of the Maw. Enhancing their melee attacks with the Maw, these are the Hero Talents available for Deathbringer Death Knight:

• Reaper’s Mark (2 Runes, Melee Range, Instant) – 1 min cooldown – Viciously slice into the soul of your enemy, dealing 13,200 Shadowfrost damage and applying Reaper’s Mark. Each time you deal Shadow or Frost damage, add a stack of Reaper’s Mark. After 12 sec or reaching 40 stacks, the mark explodes, dealing 1,838 damage per stack. Reaper’s Mark travels to an unmarked enemy nearby if the target dies, or explodes below 35% health when there are no enemies to travel to. This explosion cannot occur again on a target for 3 min.
• Wave of Souls (Passive) – Reaper’s Mark unleashes a dark wave forwards and back, dealing 9,488 Shadowfrost damage both ways to all enemies caught in its path. Wave of Souls critical strikes cause enemies to take 5% increased Shadowfrost damage for until canceled, stacking up to 2 times, and the wave back is always a critical strike.
• Blood Fever (Passive) – Your Blood Plague has a chance to deal 30% increased damage as Shadowfrost.
• Bind in Darkness (Passive) – Shadowfrost damage applies 2 stacks to Reaper’s Mark and 4 stacks when it is a critical strike. Additionally, Blood Boil deals Shadowfrost damage.
• Soul Rupture (Passive) – Reaper’s Mark explosion causes a piece of the target’s soul to tear out and spiral outwards, dealing 20% of the explosion’s damage to enemies it passes through. Enemies hit by this effect deal 5% reduced physical damage to you for 10 sec.
• Grim Reaper (Passive) – Reaper’s Mark explosion deals up to 30% increased damage based on your target’s missing health, and applies Soul Reaper to targets below 35% health.
• 2 Possible Choices
  • Death’s Bargain (Passive) – When you suffer a damaging effect equal to 25% of your maximum health, you instantly cast Death Pact at 50% effectiveness. May only occur every 2 min. When a Reaper’s Mark explodes, the cooldowns of this effect and Death Pact are reduced by 5 sec.
  • Rune Carved Plates (Passive) – Each Rune spent reduces the magic damage you take by 2% and each Rune generated reduces the physical damage you take by 2% for 5 sec, up to 5 times.
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  • Swift End (Passive) – Reaper’s Mark’s cost is reduced by 1 Rune and its cooldown is reduced by 30 sec.
  • Painful Death (Passive) – Exterminate empowers an additional Obliterate but now reduces its cost by 1 Rune, and its first scythe has a 50% increased chance to apply Reaper’s Mark.
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  • Dark Talons (Passive) – Marrowrend and Heart Strike has a 25% chance to increase the maximum stacks of an active Icy Talons by 1, up to 2 times. While Icy Talons is active, your Runic Power spending abilities also count as Shadowfrost damage.
  • Wither Away (Passive) – Blood Plague deals its damage in half the duration and the second scythe of Exterminate applies Blood Plague.
• 2 Possible Choices
  • Death’s Messenger (Passive) – Reduces the cooldowns of Lichborne and Raise Dead by 30 sec.
  • Expelling Shield (Passive) – When an enemy deals direct damage to your Anti-Magic Shell, their cast speed is reduced by 10% for 6 sec.
• Exterminate (Passive) – After Reaper’s Mark explodes, your next Marrowrend costs no Rune and summons 2 scythes to strike your enemies. The first scythe strikes your target for 36,066 Shadowfrost damage and has a 20% chance to apply Reaper’s Mark, the second scythe strikes all enemies around your target for 12,022 Shadowfrost damage.