"There is only one way to ease the pain: death." - Rantuko Grimtouch^{TCG #?}

Blood Boil is a Death Knight area of effect damage spell that causes additional damage to diseased targets. Unlike Death and Decay, Blood Boil does not generate any Runic Power when used outside of combat.

Contents 1 Rank table 2 Improvements 3 Notes 4 Tips and tactics 5 Patch changes 6 References 7 External links

Rank table Edit

Rank	Level	Damage	Cost
1	58	89 - 107	58
2	66	116 - 140	6 60
3	72	149 - 181	36
4	78	180 - 220	36

Improvements Edit

• Bloody Strikes increases damage by 15/30%
• Might of Mograine increases critical damage by 15/30/45%

Notes Edit

Prior to Patch 3.1.0, Blood Boil did no damage to targets with no diseases on them. Hence one would first stack the target with diseases, then use Pestilence to spread them to nearby mobs and then use Blood Boil. This is still an effective method of boosting Blood Boil's damage, however Blood Boil can now be used to do some damage even to undiseased enemies. Using Blood Boil in this fashion is primarily useful when tanking or for killing swarms of low-health targets.

Tips and tactics Edit

• As a tank, Blood Boil is very useful for picking up stray mobs while your other AoE abilities are on cooldown.
• Blood Boil can be used to activate Blade Barrier when you can't be in melee range for some reason, such as when kiting or just before attacking a boss.

Patch changes Edit

• Patch 3.1.2 (2009-05-19): If no target is available for Blood Boil to hit, the spell will now cast and consume a blood rune but generate no runic power. 
  
•  Hotfix (2009-04-16): "Blood Boil should no longer penetrate Ice Block or Divine Shield. ^[1]"
  
• Patch 3.1.0 (2009-04-14):
  • Damage increased to make up for Pestilence no longer doing damage.
  • Now does some damage to undiseased targets and extra damage to diseased targets. Its radius has been decreased. 
    
• Patch 3.0.2 (2008-10-14): Added. 
  

References Edit

External linksEdit

• Wowhead
• Thottbot
• DB MMO-Champion

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