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Empower Rune Weapon
Inv sword 62
  • Empower Rune Weapon
  • Row 10 death knight talent
  • Row 7 Frost death knight talent
  • 2 min cooldown
  • Instant
  • Empower your rune weapon, gaining 15% Haste and generating 1 Rune and 5 Runic Power instantly and every 5 sec for 20 sec.

    If you already know Empower Rune Weapon, instead gain 1 additional charge of Empower Rune Weapon.
Properties
Class Death knight
School Physical
Cooldown 2 min
Talents
Talent required Class:
Spell deathknight icytalons [Icy Talons]

FrostFrost:
Inv pet dkwhelplingfrost [Frostwhelp's Aid] or Inv misc horn 02 [Horn of Winter]
Related buff
Inv sword 62
  • Empower Rune Weapon
  • Haste increased by 15%.
    Generating 1 Rune and 5 Runic Power every 5 sec.
  • Duration: 20 seconds

Empower Rune Weapon is a death knight talent that allows the death knight to empower their rune weapon, increasing their haste and runic power generation. Frost death knights can take this talent twice to gain an extra charge.

Notes[]

  • Curiously, this ability does not require a melee weapon, unlike its name suggests.

Patch changes[]

  • Dragonflight Patch 10.1.5 (2023-07-11): Haste bonus is now 33% effective in PvP combat.
  • Dragonflight Patch 10.0.0 (2022-10-25): Now a row 10 class talent and a row 7 Frost talent (was a level 48 Frost ability). Rank 2 removed.
  • Shadowlands Patch 9.0.2 (2020-11-17): Rank 2 added: Reduces cooldown by 15 seconds.
  • Shadowlands Patch 9.0.1 (2020-10-13): Now learned at level 48 (was 57).
  • Battle for Azeroth Patch 8.0.1 (2018-07-17): Cooldown decreased to 2 minutes (was 3). Redesigned: Empower your rune weapon, gaining 15% Haste and generating 1 Rune and 5 Runic Power instantly and every 5 sec for 20 sec.
    Old: Empower your rune weapon, immediately activating all your runes and generating 25 Runic Power.
  • Legion Hotfix (2016-10-28): Both Empower Rune Weapon and Hungering Rune Weapon now have a 1 minute cooldown when the Overpowered Rune Weapon PvP talent is taken.
  • Legion Patch 7.0.3 (2016-07-19): Now only available to Frost.
  • Wrath-Logo-Small Patch 3.0.2 (2008-10-14): Added.

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