Degeneration
Degeneration 5yd range 1 unholy rune Instant Requires melee weapon Instantly attack the target, dealing 60% weapon damage and inflicting a disease dealing X over 21 sec. Any existing heal over time spells on the target become corrupted, dramatically increasing the damage done by the disease and removing the healing effect.
Usable by
Class	Death knight
Properties
Type	Offensive, Utility
School	Shadow
Talents
Improvement talents	Dirge
Other information
Ranks	3
Requirements	Requires melee weapon
Related debuff
Disease Degeneration Disease dealing Shadow damage every 3 sec seconds. Duration: 21 seconds

• Degeneration
• 5yd range
• 1 unholy rune
• Instant
• Instantly attack the target, dealing 60% weapon damage and inflicting a disease dealing X over 21 sec. Any existing heal over time spells on the target become corrupted, dramatically increasing the damage done by the disease and removing the healing effect.

Degeneration is a Death knight ability that allows the death knight to not only damage a target, but also corrupt any healing spells (HoTs) currently on them. This spell was removed in the beta phase of testing.

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