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Threat of Thassarian

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Threat of Thassarian
  • When dual-wielding, your Death Strikes, Obliterates, Plague Strikes, Rune Strikes, Blood Strikes and Frost Strikes have a X% chance to also deal damage with your off-hand weapon.
Usable by
ClassDeath knight
Properties
LocationFrost, Tier 8
AffectsDeath Strike, Obliterate, Plague Strike, Blood Strike, Frost Strike
Ranks3
Requirements
Points required35
Talent requiredNone

Threat of Thassarian is a talent in the Frost tree, you will need to spend 38 points in Frost to max it.

This is a key talent that makes dual wielding competitive for death knights. Normally only the main hand weapon is taken in to account for 'strikes' such as Blood Strike and Obliterate, severely reducing their damage when dual wielding instead of using a 2-hander. This talent 'fixes' that problem for deep frost death knights.

Rank table

Rank Chance
1 30%
2 60%
3 100%

Patch changes

  • Patch 3.2.2 (2009-09-22): Threat of Thassarian now also causes Rune Strike to use both weapons when dual-wielding.
  • Patch 3.2.0 (2009-08-04): Added.

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