An unholy pacts grants you the ability to fight on through damage that would kill mere mortals. When you would sustain fatal damage, you instead are wrapped in a Shroud of Purgatory, absorbing incoming healing equal to the amount of damage prevented, lasting 3 sec. If any healing absorption remains when Shroud of Purgatory expires, you die. Otherwise, you survive. This effect may only occur every 3 min.
Usable by
Class
Death knight
Properties
School
Physical
Talents
Talented
Yes
Level required
57
Related buff
Shroud of Purgatory
Absorbing the next X healing received. If any amount of heal absorption remains when this effect expires, you die.
Duration: 3 seconds
Related debuff
Perdition
You have recently benefited from Purgatory and cannot benefit from it again.
Duration: 3 minutes
Purgatory (Passive)
Passive
An unholy pacts grants you the ability to fight on through damage that would kill mere mortals. When you would sustain fatal damage, you instead are wrapped in a Shroud of Purgatory, absorbing incoming healing equal to the amount of damage prevented, lasting 3 sec. If any healing absorption remains when Shroud of Purgatory expires, you die. Otherwise, you survive. This effect may only occur every 3 min.
Purgatory is a passive Death knight talent available at level 57.
Patch 5.0.4 (28 August 2012): Added. 
