Touch of Death

Touch of Death
Touch of Death Level 10 monk ability Melee range 3 min cooldown Instant You exploit the enemy target's weakest point, instantly killing them. Only usable on creatures that have less health than you. Rank 2: Touch of Death reduces delayed Stagger damage by 200% of damage dealt. Rank 2: Touch of Death spawns 3 Chi Spheres, granting 1 Chi when you walk through them.
Properties
Class	Monk
School	Physical
Cooldown	3 minutes
Other information
Level learned	10
Rank levels	52 (rank 2)
Improvements	[Fatal Flying Guillotine], [Fatal Touch], [Forbidden Technique], [Improved Touch of Death], [Meridian Strikes], [Pressure Points]

Touch of Death is a monk ability.

Notes

• Rank 2 was turned into a talent in Dragonflight, but Rank 3 was not renamed to Rank 2, making Touch of Death an unusual spell with Rank 1 and Rank 3 but no Rank 2.

Patch changes

• Hotfix (2023-04-07): Fixed an issue that allowed Touch of Death to be cast on targets at a higher health threshold than intended.
  
• Patch 10.0.0 (2022-10-25): Rank 2 converted into the [Improved Touch of Death] talent. Rank 3 removed for Mistweaver.
  
• Hotfix (2021-07-27): Fixed an issue that could cause Touch of Death to be unable to be used on targets at the correct health threshold.
  
• Patch 9.0.5 (2021-03-09): Touch of Death is now affected by [Mastery: Combo Strikes].
  
• Hotfix (2021-01-14): Touch of Death will now reset its cooldown at the end of boss encounters.
  
• Patch 9.0.2 (2020-11-17): Rank 3 added at level 52:
  • Brewmaster: Clears [Stagger] damage based on 200% of damage dealt.
  • Mistweaver: Touch of Death increases the Monk's Physical damage for 10 seconds.
  • Windwalker: Touch of Death spawns 3 Chi Spheres, granting 1 Chi when you walk through them.
    
• Patch 9.0.1 (2020-10-13):
  • Redesigned as a level 10 ability for all monks (was a level 24 Windwalker ability). You exploit the enemy target's weakest point, instantly killing them. Only usable on creatures that have less health than you. Now has a 3 minute cooldown (was 2 minutes).
  • Rank 2 added at level 44: Touch of Death can now be used on targets with less than 15% health remaining, dealing 35% of your maximum health in damage.

  Old: Inflict mortal damage on an enemy, causing the target to take damage equal to 35% of your maximum health after 8 sec, reduced against players. During the 8 sec duration, 10% of all other damage you deal to the target will be added to the final damage dealt.
  

• Patch 8.1.0 (2018-12-11): Damage reduced to 35% of your maximum health (was 50%).
  
• Patch 7.3.0 (2017-08-29): Damage is now increased by Versatility.
  
• Patch 7.1.0 (2016-10-25): Damage reduced to 50% of your maximum health (was 100%).
  
• Patch 7.0.3 (2016-07-19): Redesigned as a level 24 Windwalker ability (was a level 22 ability for all monks). Now deals damage after 8 seconds equal to the monk's health, with reduced effectiveness against player. No longer costs Chi and cooldown increased from 1.5 minutes to 2 minutes.

  Old: nstantly kills a creature with less health than the Monk's maximum health. Can also be used on tough targets when they are below 10% health, dealing damage equal to the Monk's maximum health to them.
  

• Patch 6.0.2 (2014-10-14): Touch of Death is no longer available to Mistweaver monks, and is usable on targets that have 10% or less health remaining, or have less current health than your maximum health. The rules against players remain unchanged.
  
• Patch 5.0.4 (2012-08-28): Added.
  

External links

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