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Defile
Spell deathknight defile
  • Defile
  • Row 6 Unholy death knight talent
  • Replaces Spell shadow deathanddecay [Death and Decay]
  • 30 yd range
  • 1 Rune
  • 20 sec cooldown
  • Instant
  • Defile the targeted ground, dealing (55% of Attack Power) Shadow damage to all enemies over 10 sec.

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

    Every sec, if any enemies are standing in the Defile, it grows in size, dealing increased damage, and increasing your Mastery by 1%, up to 8%.
Properties
Class Death knight
School Shadow
Cooldown 20 seconds
Talents
Talent required Spell shadow contagion [Unholy Blight]
Improvements Spell deathknight necroticplague [Pestilence]

Defile is an Unholy death knight talent.

Trivia[]

  • This talent is presumably based on the Lich King's ability of the same name.
  • This talent was mentioned in the April Fools' Day patch 9.0.5.0.5 notes: "Defile damage doubled in one dungeon, making it de-better to de-use in De Other Side."

Patch changes[]

  • Dragonflight Patch 10.0.7 (2023-03-21):
    • Defile now works with the Spell deathknight necroticplague [Pestilence] talent.
    • Defile now has additional functionality - If an enemy is inside Defile, it grants 1% Mastery every second, stacking up to 8% Mastery.
    • Defile is no longer a choice node with Spell shadow deathsembrace [Unholy Pact] and has replaced Pestilent Pustules within the specialization tree (previously located uner Spell shadow painspike [Sudden Doom] and Ability fiegndead [All Will Serve].
  • Dragonflight Patch 10.0.0 (2022-10-25): Now a row 6 Unholy talent (was a level 45 Unholy talent). Scourge Strike and Clawing Shadows now hit 7 nearby enemies (was 4).
  • Shadowlands Hotfix (2021-08-30): Fixed an issue where Defile would activate Inv misc food legion gooslime multi [Kevin's Oozeling].
  • Shadowlands Patch 9.0.1 (2020-10-13):
    • Now requires level 45 (was 90) and has a 20 second cooldown (was 25).
    • Now causes Spell deathknight scourgestrike [Scourge Strike] and Warlock curse shadow [Clawing Shadows] to hit 4 enemies near the target (was all enemies near the target).
    • Now has an additional effect – If any enemies are standing in the Defile, it deals increasing damage every second.
  • Battle for Azeroth Patch 8.0.1 (2018-07-17): Now requires level 90 (was 100), has a 25 second cooldown (was 30 seconds), and deals Shadow damage (was Shadowfrost). No longer increases your mastery.
  • Legion Patch 7.2.5 (2017-06-13): Damage increased by 38%.
  • Legion Patch 7.1.5 (2017-01-10): Damage increased by 20%, and Mastery per stack increased to 300 (was 200).
  • Legion Patch 7.0.3 (2016-07-19):
    • No longer available to Blood or Frost death knights.
    • Now has no cost (previously cost 1 Unholy Rune).
    • Every 1 second, if there are enemies standing in it, Defile now increases your mastery, stacking up to 10 times. No longer increases its damage if there are enemies standing in it.
    • While you remain within your Defile, it now causes Spell deathknight scourgestrike [Scourge Strike] and Warlock curse shadow [Clawing Shadows] to hit all enemies near the target.
  • Warlords of Draenor Patch 6.2.3 (2015-11-17): Damage has been increased by 10%.
  • Warlords of Draenor Patch 6.1.0 (2015-02-24): Now only reduces damage taken for Blood Death Knights.
  • Warlords of Draenor Hotfix (2014-10-30): Should no longer be growing in radius and damage by more than the intended amount.
  • Warlords of Draenor Hotfix (2014-10-16): Damage increased by 20%.
  • Warlords of Draenor Patch 6.0.2 (2014-10-14): Added.

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