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Death Grip
Death Grip 30 yd range 35 sec cooldown Instant Harness the unholy energy that surrounds and binds all matter, drawing the target toward the death knight and forcing the enemy to attack the death knight for 3 sec.
Usable by
Class	Death knight
Properties
Type	Offensive
School	Physical
Cooldown	35 sec
Talents
Improvement talents	Unholy Command
Related debuff
Death Grip Taunted. Duration: 4 sec

Hey, you, with the face, c'mere...

"I find your excess of resistance disturbing." - Vanessa Fairgraves ^{TCG #?}

Death Grip is a death knight ability that pulls the target directly to the death knight and forces it to attack. Based off testing on Growl and Dark Command this ability likely no longer suffers from a miss chance, prior to Patch 4.0.1, this ability could miss, preventing the target moving to the caster, however the forced attack function remains.

Death Grip functions like other taunt abilities, granting the death knight the threat of the mob's current highest-aggro target, in addition to forcing the mob to attack the death knight for 3 seconds. Some mobs (especially bosses) are immune to the forced movement mechanic, but the taunt effect remains.

This is a great way to make your group hate you. Death Gripping a mob away from the tank will make it hit you instead, and make it difficult for the tank to regain aggro.

This is also a great way to make your group like you. Caster mobs are difficult for a tank to deal with. Stand next to the tank and grip the caster over. Then switch to another target, letting the tank's AOE abilities build threat on the caster. It's now safely tanked.

1 Improvements
2 Trivia
3 Glyphs
4 Patch changes
5 External links

Improvements Edit

Unholy Command reduces the cooldown of Death Grip by 5/10 seconds

Trivia Edit

Using death grip on a warrior with [Spell Reflection] up will send you hurtling towards the warrior instead of the warrior hurtling towards you.

If two death knights Death Grip each other simultaneously, they will be pulled to each other's previous location.

Glyphs Edit

2020

Glyph of Death Grip
Major Glyph
Classes: Death Knight
Requires Level 55
Item Level 55Disenchants into:
Not disenchantable
Use: When you deal a killing blow that grants honor or experience, the cooldown of your Death Grip is refreshed.
Sell Price: 37 50

Patch changesEdit

/ Patch 4.0.1 (2010-10-12): Removed miss chance of this effect. (Untested, based of testing on Growl and Dark Command)

External links Edit

Info

Other

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