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For other uses, see Soul Reaper (disambiguation).
Soul Reaper
Ability deathknight soulreaper
  • Soul Reaper
  • Row 10 death knight talent
  • Melee range
  • 1 Rune
  • 6 sec cooldown
  • Instant
  • Requires Melee Weapon
  • Strike an enemy for (37.4% of Attack power) Shadowfrost damage and afflict the enemy with Soul Reaper.

    After 5 sec, if the target is below 35% health this effect will explode dealing an additional (171.6% of Attack power) Shadowfrost damage to the target. If the enemy that yields experience or honor dies while afflicted by Soul Reaper, gain Runic Corruption.
Properties
Class Death knight
School Shadowfrost
Cooldown 6 seconds
Talents
Talent required Inv sword 1h felfireraid d 01 [Unholy Bond]
Improvements Ability deathwing bloodcorruption death [Reaping]
Related debuff
Ability deathknight soulreaper
  • Magic
  • Soul Reaper
  • Afflicted by Soul Reaper, if the target is below 35% health this effect will explode dealing an additional (171.6% of Attack power) Shadowfrost damage.
  • Duration: 5 seconds

Soul Reaper is a death knight class talent.

Patch changes[]

  • Dragonflight Hotfix (2023-04-10): Damage increased by 15%. Unholy specialization only.
  • Dragonflight Hotfix (2022-12-19): Damage increased by 10%.
  • Dragonflight Patch 10.0.0 (2022-10-25): Now a row 10 class talent (was a level 35 Unholy talent). Damage type changed from Shadow to Shadowfrost.
  • Shadowlands Hotfix (2020-10-20): The additional Shadow damage from Soul Reaper's explosion is now correctly affected by Mastery.
  • Shadowlands Patch 9.0.1 (2020-10-13): Now requires level 35 (was 60). Redesigned.
    Previous effect: Rip out an enemy's soul, dealing (80% of Attack power) Shadow damage over 8 sec. If the enemy that yields experience or honor dies while afflicted by Soul Reaper, you gain 10% Haste for 8 sec. Generates 2 Rune.
  • Battle for Azeroth Patch 8.0.1 (2018-07-17): Now requires level 60 (was 100). Redesigned.
    Previous effect: Strike an enemy's soul for 371% Shadow damage, afflicting them with Soul Reaper for 5 sec. Bursting a Festering Wound on an enemy afflicted by Soul Reaper grants 7% Haste for 15 sec, stacking up to 3 times.
  • Legion Patch 7.1.5 (2017-01-10): Damage increased by 6%.
  • Legion Patch 7.0.3 (2016-07-19): Now a level 100 Unholy talent (was a level 87 ability for all three specs). Redesigned.
    Previous effect: Strikes an enemy for 85% Physical damage and afflicts the target with Soul Reaper. After 5 sec, if the target is below 35% health, this effect will deal (333.7% of Attack power) additional Shadowfrost damage. If the enemy dies before this effect triggers, the Death Knight gains 50% haste for 5 sec.
  • Warlords of Draenor Patch 6.2.3 (2015-11-17): Damage has been increased by 10%.
  • Mists of Pandaria Hotfix (2013-11-25): Soul Reaper's effect to cause additional damage if the target falls below 35% health after 5 seconds should now trigger even if the Death Knight is dead.
  • Mists of Pandaria Patch 5.4.0 (2013-09-10): Initial damage component has been increased by 30%. If the target is below 35% health after 5 seconds the amount of Shadow Damage dealt has been increased by 20%.
  • Mists of Pandaria Patch 5.0.4 (2012-08-28): Added.

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