1 Talk

Army of the Dead

Army of the Dead
Army of the Dead 10 min cooldown 1 Blood 1 Unholy 1 frost Channeled Summons an entire legion of Ghouls to fight by your side. The Ghouls will swarm the area, taunting and fighting anything they can. While channelling Army of the Dead, you will take less damage equal to your Dodge plus Parry chance.
Usable by
Class	Death knight
Properties
Type	Utility
School	Unholy
Cooldown	10 min
Talents
Improvement talents	Night of the Dead
Other information
Ranks	1
Related buff
Army of the Dead Summoning Ghouls. Duration: 6 secs

File:Artimus-armyofthedead.jpg

A human death knight and his army of the dead

"You're no use to me alive."
—Saeryn Dusksorrow^[1]

Army of the Dead is learned by Death knights at level 80. It was the first Death knight ability to be announced. It is a channeled ability which summons a number of ghouls to fight for the death knight. These creatures run around and attack nearby hostile targets at random.

Unlike most other guardian pets, ghouls cannot benefit from Bloodlust/Heroism directly. However, if these spells are active on the player prior to summoning the ghouls, they will benefit from the added haste. Additionally, effects that increase damage done by a percentage, such as Blood Presence or Bone Shield will not increase their damage, however, the haste added from Unholy Presence will. Attack power effects will not aid them yet strength will. This means that while Battle Shout or Blessing of Might are useless for the ghouls, Horn of Winter or Unbreakable Armor is useful.

It is also worth noting that the adds will not taunt bosses in raids. Bosses in any 5 man dungeon or adds on raid boss encounters will be taunted by the ghouls.

1 Background
2 Improvements
3 Taunt effectiveness
4 Patch changes
5 References
6 External links

BackgroundEdit

This is a variation of a spell type, commonly used by Death knights in previous games, called Raise Dead in Warcraft II, Animate Dead in Warcraft III, and Undead Minions in the RPG.

ImprovementsEdit

Night of the Dead decreases cooldown by 2/4 minutes

Taunt effectiveness Edit

Level ?? bosses are immune to the taunt effect, but that does not mean that all mobs at least three levels higher than you will be, so do not make that mistake. For example, adds on the Valithria Dreamwalker encounter are Level 83 (non-skulled) but they are still affected by taunts cast by Level 80 Army of the Dead ghouls.

Patch changesEdit

Patch 3.3.0 (2009-12-08): The cooldown on this ability has been reduced from 20 minutes to 10 minutes. Army Ghoul damage dropped by 50%. Cannot be used in Arenas.
Patch 3.0.2 (2008-10-14): Added.