Horn of Winter

Horn of Winter
Horn of Winter (2 ranks) Death knight ability 20 sec cooldown Instant The Death Knight blows the Horn of Winter, which generates 10 runic power and increases total Strength and Agility of all party or raid members within 30 yards by X. Lasts 2 min.
Properties
Class	Death knight
School	Physical
Cooldown	20 seconds
Related buff
Horn of Winter Increases your total Strength and Agility by X. Duration: 2 minutes

[[Category:death knight abilities]][[Category:death knight abilities]]

Horn of Winter is a group buff that Death Knights can cast, increasing strength and agility. The ability also generates a small amount of runic power when used. The buff should be kept up at all times, as the attack power gained from the strength and the critical strike chance gained from the agility will increase your damage done significantly. As a tank, the extra strength will increase your damage (and therefore threat), as well as your chance to parry through [Forceful Deflection], while the agility will boost your armor and chance to dodge.

Rank table

Rank	Level	Stat increase	Runic Power generated	Cost
1	65	86	10	10
2	75	155	10	10

Improvement

Glyph of Horn of Winter Minor Glyph When used outside of combat, your Horn of Winter ability causes a brief, localized snow flurry. Requires Level 25

Notes

• Horn of Winter does not stack with [Strength of Earth Totem], [Battle Shout] or [Roar of Courage], nor does it stack with scrolls that increase strength or agility.
• The spell grants runic power to you even if you have a more powerful effect already on you preventing the buff from being applied (such as a shaman with talents to improve their Strength of Earth Totem).
• Horn of Winter is one of the death knight's three abilities that generate runic power at no rune cost, the others being [Blood Tap] and [Empower Rune Weapon].

Tips and tactics

• Horn of Winter should be used before every pull for the free runic power. It should also be used any time you have a spare global cooldown to generate some extra runic power and to make sure the buff does not fall off. This applies even if a shaman in the group is using Strength of Earth Totem, as the extra runic power is always useful.
• If you are grouped with a shaman, you can ask the shaman to use [Stoneskin Totem] instead of Strength of Earth Totem. In addition to granting extra armor to the tank, it will also increase your attack power if you have the [Bladed Armor] talent. Note however that Stoneskin Totem does not stack with a paladins' [Devotion Aura].

Patch changes

• Patch 3.2.0 (2009-08-04): Learning rank 2 of this ability caused players to unlearn rank 1, such that it no longer appears in their spellbook. It is now possible to relearn that rank, and death knights will no longer "forget" rank 1 when they learn rank 2.
  
• Patch 3.0.8 (2009-01-20): Now has no cost and grants 10 runic power in addition to its stat buff, but has a 20 second cooldown.
  

External links

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