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For the Wrath of the Lich King Classic talent, see Spell shadow contagion [Unholy Blight].
Unholy Blight
Spell shadow contagion
  • Unholy Blight
  • Row 5 Unholy death knight talent
  • 1 Rune
  • 45 sec cooldown
  • Instant
  • Surrounds yourself with a vile swarm of insects for 6 sec, stinging all nearby enemies and infecting them with Virulent Plague and an unholy disease that deals (27.832% of Attack power) damage over 14 sec, stacking up to 4 times.
Properties
Class Death knight
School Shadow
Cooldown 45 seconds
Radius 10 yards
Talents
Talent required Spell nature nullifydisease [Epidemic]
Related buff
Spell shadow contagion
  • Unholy Blight
  • Surrounded by a vile swarm of insects, infecting enemies within 10 yds with Virulent Plague and an unholy disease that deals damage to enemies.
  • Duration: 6 seconds
Related debuff
Spell shadow contagion
  • Disease
  • Unholy Blight
  • Suffering (3.976% of Attack power) Shadow damage every 2 sec.
  • Duration: 14 seconds
  • Max stacks: 4

Unholy Blight is an Unholy death knight talent.

Patch changes[]

  • Dragonflight Patch 10.0.7 (2023-03-21): Spell nature nullifydisease [Epidemic] has swapped places with Unholy Blight within the talent tree (was row 4).
  • Dragonflight Patch 10.0.0 (2022-10-25): Now a row 4 Unholy talent (was a level 25 Unholy talent). No longer increases damage dealt by minions.
  • Shadowlands Patch 9.0.1 (2020-10-13): Now requires level 25 (was 57). Unholy Blight's disease now stacks up to 4 times and has an additional effect – Your minions deal 3% increased damage per stack to enemies affected by Unholy Blight. Additionally, it applies Virulent Plague to enemies.
  • Battle for Azeroth Patch 8.0.1 (2018-07-17): Re-added and redesigned. Now requires level 57 (was 56) and has a cooldown of 45 seconds (was 1.5 minutes).
    Previous effect: Surrounds the Death Knight with a vile swarm of unholy insects for 10 sec, stinging all enemies within 10 yards every 1 sec, infecting them with Blood Plague and Frost Fever.
  • Legion Patch 7.0.3 (2016-07-19): Removed.
  • Mists of Pandaria Hotfix (2012-10-01): Spell frost arcticwinds [Howling Blast] and Unholy Blight now properly spread their diseases to the primary target as well as other targets within range.
  • Mists of Pandaria Patch 5.0.4 (2012-08-28): Now available to all specializations as a talent and redesigned into an active ability. Surrounds the Death Knight with a vile swarm of unholy insects for 10 sec, stinging all enemies within 10 yards every 1 sec, infecting them with Blood Plague and Frost Fever.
  • Wrath-Logo-Small Patch 3.3.3 (2010-03-23): In addition to its previous effects, this talent now also prevents diseases from being dispelled from victims afflicted by Unholy Blight.
  • Wrath-Logo-Small Patch 3.3.0 (2009-12-08): This talent now deals only 10% of Spell shadow deathcoil [Death Coil] damage as a damage-over-time effect on the target.
  • Wrath-Logo-Small Patch 3.2.0 (2009-08-04): This talent has been redesigned. It no longer deals damage to nearby targets. Instead, when you deal damage with Death Coil, the target will take periodic damage for 10 seconds equal to 20% of the damage done by Death Coil. This damage accumulates in the same way as Ignite and Ability backstab [Deep Wounds].
    Old: A vile swarm of unholy insects surrounds the Death Knight for a 10 yard radius. Enemies caught in the area take X Shadow damage per sec. Lasts 20 sec.
  • Wrath-Logo-Small Patch 3.1.0 (2009-04-14): Unholy Blight and Gargoyle have swapped places in the Unholy tree. Gargoyle is the new Unholy 51 talent.
  • Wrath-Logo-Small Patch 3.0.8 (2009-01-20):
    • Cost reduced from 60 to 40 runic power.
    • Will no longer cause spell pushback.
  • Wrath-Logo-Small Patch 3.0.2 (2008-10-14): Added.

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