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This page is about the Druid ability. For the former hunter talent, see Lacerate (Hunter).

Lacerate
Lacerate Melee range 3 sec cooldown Instant cast Requires Bear Form Lacerates the enemy target, dealing X bleed damage and an additional X over 15 sec. Stacks up to 3 times. Each time Lacerate hits, it has a 25% chance to reset the cooldown on Mangle.
Usable by
Class	Druid
Properties
Type	Offensive
School	Physical
Cooldown	3 sec (GCD 1.5 sec)
Level required	38
Other information
Requirements	Requires Bear Form
Related debuff
Lacerate Suffering X damage every 3 sec. Duration: 15 seconds
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Lacerate is a druid ability learned at level 38. It is a stacking bleed effect usable only in Bear Form.

Modified by

This ability is used similar to a warrior's Sunder Armor, though it does not generate as much threat. However, Lacerate can crit, which increases the threat caused.
The damage over time is divided into 5 3-second ticks (one-fifth of the damage each tick). Reapplying Lacerate renews the DoT debuff to its full 15-second duration.

Very good skill for single target tanking. The tanking rotation generating the most threat is: Mangle as often as possible; while Mangle is on cooldown, use Lacerate; if you still have excess rage, use Maul in parallel.
When tanking multiple mobs at once, Swipe (Bear) is usually a better choice than Lacerate.

Patch 4.2.0 (28-Jun-2011): Lacerate initial base damage has been increased to 3608, up from 2089. Initial damage attack power scaling has been decreased to 5.52%, down from 7.66%. Periodic base damage has been increased to 69, up from 16. Periodic damage attack power scaling has been decreased to 0.369%, down from 0.512%.
Patch 4.1.0 (26-Apr-2011): Lacerate bonus threat has been removed and replaced with increased initial damage done.
Patch 4.0.6 (8-Feb-2011): Lacerate damage has been reduced by approximately 20%.
Patch 2.4.0 (25-Mar-2008): This ability now deals additional damage based on the attack power of the Druid. Introduced attack power scaling: Every 20 Attack Power adds 1 damage, per stack, over 15 seconds. Mangle further enhances this value.
Patch 2.1.0 (22-May-2007): The tooltip has been adjusted to indicate it does initial bleed damage when the ability first lands.