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This article is about the Death Knight ability. For the Pet Battle ability, see Peticon-elemental Spell frost arcticwinds [Howling Blast]. For the trading card, see Howling Blast. For the glyph, see Inv glyph primedeathknight [Glyph of Howling Blast].
Howling Blast
Spell frost arcticwinds
  • Howling Blast
  • Row 2 Frost death knight talent
  • 30 yd range
  • 1 Rune
  • Instant
  • Blast the target with a frigid wind, dealing [ 11.3% of Attack Power + 11.3% of Off-hand Attack Power ] Frost damage to that foe, and reduced damage to all other enemies within 10 yards, infecting all targets with Frost Fever.

    Spell DeathKnight FrostFeverFrost Fever
    A disease that deals [(171.2% of Attack power) * [(Attack power * 0.98)] Frost damage over 24 sec and has a chance to grant the Death Knight 5 Runic Power each time it deals damage.
Properties
Class Death knight
School Frost
Cooldown None/Global Cooldown
Talents
Talent required Spell deathknight empowerruneblade2 [Frost Strike]
Improvements Spell frost icestorm [Avalanche], Spell festergutgas [Delirium], Ability mage icewall [Icebreaker], Spell frost freezingbreath [Improved Rime], Spell deathknight frostfever [Invigorating Freeze], Inv axe 114 [Obliteration], Spell mage frostbomb [Rage of the Frozen Champion]
Related debuff
Spell deathknight frostfever
  • Disease
  • Frost Fever
  • Suffering (21.4% of Attack power) Frost damage every 3 sec.
  • Duration: 24 seconds

Howling Blast is a Frost death Knight ability that allows the death knight to blast several targets around them for frost damage, and applies Frost Fever to multiple targets.

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Patch changes[]

  • Dragonflight Hotfix (2023-08-21): Frost Fever damage increased by 30% in PvP combat.
  • Dragonflight Patch 10.1.5 (2023-07-11): Damage is now increased by 30% in PvP combat.
  • Dragonflight Hotfix (2023-05-15):
    • Howling Blast damage increased by 6%.
    • Frost Fever damage increased by 12%.
  • Dragonflight Hotfix (2023-02-06): Frost Fever damage increased by 15%.
  • Dragonflight Patch 10.0.0 (2022-10-25): Now a row 2 Frost talent (was a level 10 Frost ability).
  • Shadowlands Patch 9.0.1 (2020-10-13): Level reduced from 55 to 10. Now deals reduced damage on secondary targets.
  • Legion Hotfix (2017-03-29): Howling Blast will now correctly deal its area damage if it kills the primary target.
  • Legion Patch 7.1.0 (2016-10-25): Damage increased by 50%.
  • Legion Hotfix (2016-09-23): Howling Blast damage increased by 10%.
  • Legion Patch 7.0.3 (2016-07-19):
    • Direct damage reduced by 50%, AoE damage reduced by 57.5%.
    • Frost Fever damage increased by 111%. Now also has a chance to grant the Death Knight 5 Runic Power each time it deals damage.
  • Warlords of Draenor Patch 6.2.3 (2015-11-17): Damage has been increased by 10%.
  • Warlords of Draenor Patch 6.2.0 (2015-06-23): Now deals 20% more damage.
  • Mists of Pandaria Hotfix (2013-10-03): Howling Blast should no longer incorrectly grant a radius bonus when cast while the Death Knight is moving.
  • Mists of Pandaria Patch 5.4.0 (2013-09-10): Now deals 15% more damage.
  • Mists of Pandaria Hotfix (2013-03-12): Howling Blast had its area-of-effect splash damage equal to 50% of the damage taken by the primary target (down from 65%).
  • Mists of Pandaria Patch 5.2.0 (2013-03-05): Now deals 8% more damage to the primary target. Damage to other enemies in the area-of-effect remains unchanged.
  • Mists of Pandaria Hotfix (2012-10-01): 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 a level 55 Frost ability (was a tier 7 Frost talent). Range increased from 20 to 30 yd. Now also infects all targets with Frost Fever.
  • Cataclysm Hotfix (2011-05-19): Damage has been reduced by approxomately 8-9%.
  • Cataclysm Patch 4.1.0 (2011-04-26): Damage has been increased by 20%. To compensate, the area-of-effect splash now does 50% of the single-target damage, down from 60%. The net result of this change leaves the area-of-effect damage roughly the same as 4.0.6 numbers. In addition, Howling Blast now has a facing requirement.
  • Cataclysm Patch 4.0.6 (2011-02-08): Now deals 40% less damage to all targets other than the primary target of the spell.
  • Cataclysm Patch 4.0.1 (2010-10-12): Cost reduced to one frost rune, down from one frost and one unholy. Moved from tier 11 to tier 7.
  • Wrath-Logo-Small Patch 3.1.0 (2009-04-14): Base damage and scaling doubled. This ability no longer deals bonus damage to targets with Frost Fever. 8-second cooldown. Swapped positions with Inv staff 15 [Hungering Cold] in the talent tree.
  • Wrath-Logo-Small Patch 3.0.8a (2009-01-27): The 5 second cooldown will now display correctly.
  • Wrath-Logo-Small Patch 3.0.8 (2009-01-20): Now has a 5 second Cooldown.
  • Wrath-Logo-Small Patch 3.0.2 (2008-10-14): Added.

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