Necrotic Strike
Necrotic Strike Melee range Instant Requires Melee Weapon A vicious strike that deals 150% weapon damage, absorbs the next X healing received by the target, and clouds the target's mind, slowing their casting speed by 50% (25% on player targets). Lasts 10 sec.
Usable by
Class	Death knight
Properties
Type	Offensive
School	Physical
Cooldown	(GCD 1 sec)
Level required	83
Other information
Requirements	Requires Melee Weapon
Related buff
Necrotic Strike The next X healing received will be absorbed. Spell casting slowed by 50%. Duration: 10 seconds
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• Necrotic Strike
• Melee range
• Instant
• A vicious strike that deals 150% weapon damage, absorbs the next X healing received by the target, and clouds the target's mind, slowing their casting speed by 50% (25% on player targets). Lasts 10 sec.

Necrotic Strike is a death knight ability learned at level 83. It deals weapon damage and applies a debuff that absorbs an amount of healing based on the damage done.

This ability is meant to bring back some of the old flavor from when death knights could dispel heal-over-time (HoT) effects. It also gives the class a bit more PvP utility without simply replicating a [Mortal Strike]-style effect.

Patch changes

• Patch 4.0.6 (8-Feb-2011): Necrotic Strike’s absorption effect is now reduced by the target’s resilience. In addition, its debuff duration has been reduced to 10 seconds, down from 15. 
  
• / Patch 4.0.1 (12-Oct-2010): Added. 
  

External links

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