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Runic Corruption
Spell shadow rune
  • Runic Corruption
  • Level 11 Unholy death knight ability
  • Passive
  • Each Runic Power you spend has a 1.6% chance to increase your Rune regeneration rate by 100% for 3 sec.
Properties
Class Death knight
Other information
Level learned 11
Improvements Ability deathknight remorselesswinters [Runic Mastery]
Related buff
Spell shadow rune
  • Runic Corruption
  • Rune regeneration rate increased by 100%.
  • Duration: 3 seconds

Runic Corruption is a passive Unholy death knight ability.

Patch changes[]

  • Dragonflight Patch 10.0.0 (2022-10-25): Now learned at level 11 (was 21).
  • Shadowlands Patch 9.0.1 (2020-10-13): Proc chance increaed to 1.6% per Runic Power spent (was 1.4%). Now learned at level 21 (was 55).
  • Battle for Azeroth Patch 8.0.1 (2018-07-17): Proc chance increaed to 1.4% per Runic Power spent (was 1%).
  • Legion Patch 7.1.5 (2017-01-10): Now has a 1% chance to proc per Runic Power spent (was a 1.25% chance).
  • Legion Patch 7.0.3 (2016-07-19): Now a passive ability available only to Unholy death knights. Chance per Runic Power reduced from 1.5% to 1.25%.
  • Warlords of Draenor Hotfix (2014-10-14): Blood Tap, Runic Corruption, and Runic Empowerment should no longer incorrectly trigger when attempting to cast Death Coil against an invalid target.
  • Warlords of Draenor Patch 6.0.2 (2014-10-14):
    • Now procs with a 1.5% chance per Runic Power spent instead of 45% from Death Coil, Frost Strike, or Rune Strike.
    • Now a level 60 talent (down from level 75).
  • Mists of Pandaria Hotfix (2013-09-24): Runic Corruption activating multiple times should no longer cause the ability to extend its duration by an incorrect amount.
  • Mists of Pandaria Patch 5.4.0 (2013-09-10): Fixed a bug that caused Spell deathknight bloodpresence [Improved Blood Presence] and Runic Corruption to incorrectly increase activation rates of some trinkets and effects.
  • Mists of Pandaria Patch 5.0.4 (2012-08-28): Redesigned as a level 60 talent (was a Tier 3 Unholy talent). When you land a damaging Spell shadow deathcoil [Death Coil], Spell deathknight empowerruneblade2 [Frost Strike], or Spell deathknight darkconviction [Rune Strike], your rune generation rate is increased by 100% for 3 sec.
    Old: Reduces the cost of your Death Coil by 3/6, and causes your Runic Empowerment ability to no longer refresh a depleted rune, but instead to increase your rune regeneration rate by 50/100% for 3 sec.
  • Cataclysm Patch 4.0.6 (2011-02-08): Runic Corruption procs while the aura is already active now add 3 seconds to the existing aura duration, instead of simply refreshing/overwriting the existing aura.
  • Cataclysm Patch 4.0.1 (2010-10-12): Added.

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