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Essence Break
Spell shadow ritualofsacrifice
  • Essence Break
  • Row 10 Havoc demon hunter talent
  • 10 yd range
  • 40 sec cooldown
  • Instant
  • Requires Melee Weapon
  • Slash all enemies in front of you for (250% of Attack power) Chaos damage, and increase the damage your Chaos Strike and Blade Dance deal to them by 80% for 4 sec. Deals reduced damage beyond 8 targets.
Properties
Class Demon hunter
School Chaos
Cooldown 40 seconds
Talents
Talent required Ability demonhunter eyeofleotheras [Know Your Enemy]
Related buff
Spell shadow ritualofsacrifice
  • Essence Break
  • The Demon Hunter's Chaos Strike and Blade Dance inflict 80% additional damage.
  • Duration: 4 seconds

Essence Break is a Havoc demon hunter talent.

Patch changes[]

  • Dragonflight Hotfix (2023-08-21):
    • Damage is now reduced by 10% in PvP combat (was reduced by 20%).
    • Bonus damage for Ability demonhunter chaosstrike [Chaos Strike] and Ability demonhunter bladedance [Blade Dance] is now reduced by 19% in PvP combat (was reduced by 38%).
  • Dragonflight Hotfix (2023-01-09): Damage bonus for Chaos Strike and Blade Dance reduced by 37.5% in PvP Combat.
  • Dragonflight Hotfix (2022-12-12):
    • Damage reduced by 8%.
    • Damage reduced by 20% in PvP combat.
  • Dragonflight Patch 10.0.0 (2022-10-25): Cooldown increased to 40 seconds (was 20 seconds). Now a row 10 Havoc talent (was a level 40 Havoc talent).
  • Shadowlands Patch 9.0.1 (2020-10-13): Dark Slash has been renamed to Essence Break. Now also increases Blade Dance's damage. Level reduced from 106 to 40.
  • Battle for Azeroth Patch 8.0.1 (2018-07-17): Added.

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