Strangulate
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| Strangulate | |
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| Class | Death knight |
| Properties | |
| Type | Offensive |
| School | Shadow |
| Cooldown | 1 min (GCD 1 sec) |
| Level required | 58 |
| Related debuff | |
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| TCG image | |
| “ | I find your lack of faith disturbing.
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Strangulate is a death knight ability learned at level 58. It uses a blood rune to silence the target for up to five seconds.
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Modified by
- Glyph of Strangulate
- Item Level 25
- Major Glyph
- Classes: Death Knight
- Requires Level 25
- Use: Permanently teaches you this glyph.
Increases the Silence duration of your Strangulate ability by 2 sec when used on a target who is casting a spell. - Sell Price: 1

Notes
- This is probably a tribute to Star Wars' Darth Vader, himself a dark, fallen warrior with mystic powers, who often used the Force to choke those who displeased him.
- When tanking, this can be used to make a caster mob run into melee range with you.
Patch changes
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Patch 5.2.0 (5-Mar-2013): Strangulate's cooldown has been reduced to 60 seconds (was 2 minutes).
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Patch 3.3.0 (08-Dec-2009): Updated tooltip to include the functionality that this ability also interrupts spellcasting on NPCs.
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Patch 3.2.0 (04-Aug-2009): This ability will also apply a 3 second interrupt effect against non-player controlled targets, making it more versatile against creatures immune to silencing effects.
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Patch 3.1.0 (14-Apr-2009): No longer does damage and has been reduced to 1 rank.
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