Blast the target with a frigid wind, dealing (82.5% of attack power) Frost damage to that foe, and (70.125% of attack power) Frost damage to all other enemies within 10 yards, infecting all targets with Frost Fever.
Suffering (55% of attack power) Frost damage every 3 sec.
Duration: 24 seconds
Howling Blast is a level 55 Frostdeath Knight ability that allows the death knight to blast several targets around them for frost damage, and applies [Frost Fever] to multiple targets.
Hotfix (2016-09-23): "Howling Blast damage increased by 10%."
Patch 7.0.3(2016-07-19): Direct damage reduced by 50%, AoE damage reduced by 57.5%.
Patch 6.2.3(2015-11-17): Damage has been increased by 10%.
Patch 6.2.0(2015-06-23): Now deals 20% more damage.
Hotfix (2013-10-03): "Death and Decay, Howling Blast, and Pestilence should no longer incorrectly grant a radius bonus when cast while the Death Knight is moving."
Patch 5.4.0(2013-09-10): Now deals 15% more damage.
Hotfix (2013-03-12): "Howling Blast had its area-of-effect splash damage equal to 50% of the damage taken by the primary target (down from 65%)."
Patch 5.2.0(2013-03-05): Now deals 8% more damage to the primary target. Damage to other enemies in the area-of-effect remains unchanged.
Hotfix (2012-10-01): "Howling Blast and Unholy Blight now properly spread their diseases to the primary target as well as other targets within range."
Patch 5.0.4(2012-08-28): Range increased from 20 to 30 yd. Now also infects all targets with Frost Fever.
Patch 4.1.0(2011-04-26): Damage has been increased by 20%. To compensate, the area-of-effect splash now does 50% of the single-target damage, down from 60%. The net result of this change leaves the area-of-effect damage roughly the same as 4.0.6 numbers. In addition, Howling Blast now has a facing requirement.
Patch 4.0.1(2010-10-12): Cost reduced to one frost rune, down from one frost and one unholy.
Patch 3.1.0(2009-04-14): Base damage and scaling doubled.This ability no longer deals bonus damage to targets with Frost Fever. 8-second cooldown. Swapped positions with [Hungering Cold] in the talent tree.
Patch 3.0.8a(2009-01-27): The 5 second cooldown will now display correctly.