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Purgatory
Inv misc shadowegg
  • Purgatory
  • Row 10 Blood death knight talent
  • Passive
  • An unholy pact that prevents fatal damage, instead absorbing incoming healing equal to the damage prevented, lasting 3 sec.

    If any healing absorption remains when this effect expires, you will die. This effect may only occur every 4 min.
Properties
Class Death knight
Talents
Talent required Inv weapon shortblade 40 [Heartrend] or Ability deathknight aoedeathgrip [Tightening Grasp]
Related debuffs
Inv misc shadowegg
  • Shroud of Purgatory
  • Absorbing the next X healing received.
    If any amount of heal absorption remains when this effect expires, you die.
  • Duration: 3 seconds

Inv misc shadowegg
  • Perdition
  • You have recently benefited from Purgatory and cannot benefit from it again.
  • Duration: 4 minutes

Purgatory is a Blood death knight talent.

Notes[]

Patch changes[]

  • Dragonflight Patch 10.0.0 (2022-10-25): Now a row 10 Blood talent (was a level 50 Blood talent).
  • Shadowlands Patch 9.0.1 (2020-10-13): Now requires level 50 (was 100).
  • Battle for Azeroth Patch 8.1.0 (2018-12-11): Purgatory no longer clears on death.
  • Battle for Azeroth Hotfix (2018-09-12): Cheat death type abilities such as Purgatory are now cleared when entering Arenas.
  • Legion Patch 7.1.5 (2017-01-10):
    • Cooldown now 4 minutes (was 3 minutes). This cooldown resets on death.
    • Now always lasts 3 seconds after it activates, even if you briefly go into positive health.
  • Legion Hotfix (2016-11-22): Should now work in the Withered Army Training scenario.
  • Legion Patch 7.0.3 (2016-07-19): Now requires level 100 (was 57) and is no longer available to Unholy or Frost.
  • Warlords of Draenor Hotfix (2014-12-03): Inv cape pandaria oxtank d 02 [Qian-Ying, Fortitude of Niuzao]'s Endurance of Niuzao effect should now trigger first if the ability is not on cooldown before triggering the Purgatory talent for Death Knights.
  • Warlords of Draenor Hotfix (2014-10-16): Resolved an issue where the Purgatory talent may sometimes cause the Death Knight to be stunned permanently after dying in PvP combat.
  • Mists of Pandaria Hotfix (2013-09-12): The Endurance of Niuzao effect from the Qian-Le legendary cloak should now activate before triggering Purgatory.
  • Mists of Pandaria Hotfix (2012-12-05): After a Death Knight benefits from Purgatory, the resulting Perdition debuff now correctly shows its 3 minute timer.
  • Mists of Pandaria Patch 5.0.4 (2012-08-28): Added.

External links[]

Purgatory Shroud of Purgatory Perdition
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