Death Knight Class Tree Changes in the Dragonflight Pre-Patch

Festermight’s maximum stacks have been decreased to 20. (was 30).
Enfeeble – Your ghouls’ attack has a 30% chance to lower the target’s movement speed and 15% of the damage they deliver to you.
Rune Mastery has been raised by two levels. Duration has been extended to 8 seconds (from 6 seconds) and now gives 3% Strength every rank.
Unholy Endurance – Increases Lichborne duration by 2 seconds and reduces damage taken by 15%.
Clenching Grasp – Death Grip reduces opponent movement speed by 50% for 6 seconds.

Blood Death Knight Changes in the Dragonflight Pre-Patch

Damage from shattering bone is decreased by 40%.
Heart Strike now produces 15 Runic Power (was 10).
Blood Feast is a new talent that heals you for 100% of the damage it takes.
Iron Heart – Blood Shield’s duration is extended by 2 seconds and absorbs 20% more damage.
Bloodshot is a new talent that increases physical damage by 25% when Blood Shield is active.
Sanguine Ground is a new talent that allows you to inflict 5% more damage and heal 5% more when standing in your Death and Decay.
Coagulopathy is a new talent that causes enemies infected by Blood Plague to suffer 5% more damage from you, and Death Strike boosts the damage of your Blood Plague by 25% for 8 seconds, stacking up to 5 times.

Blood Death Knight Talent Tree in the Dragonflight Pre-Patch

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Frost Death Knight Changes in the Dragonflight Pre-Patch

• Everfrost — Damage per stack increased to 6% (was 4%).
• Biting Cold — Increases Remorseless Winter damage by 35% (was 30%).
• Chill Streak — No longer costs Runic Power, but 1 Rune.
• Obliterate — Damage buffed by 25%.
• Howling Blast — Damage increased by 12%.
• Breath of Sindragosa — Damage increased by 15%.
• Remorseless Winter — Damage increased by 10%.
• Frost Strike — Damage increased by 20%.
• Unleashed Frenzy — Strength per stack increased to 2% (was 1%). The spell grants the Strength buff when any Runic Power ability damages an enemy.
• Pillar of Frost — Strength increased to 25% (was 20%) and Strength per Rune spent increased to 2% (was 1%).
• Frostscythe — Damage increased by 15%.
• Frigid Executioner — Obliterate damage increased to 15% (was 10%) and chance to refund 2 Runes increased to 15% (was 12%).
• Piercing Chill — Damage taken per bounce of Chill Streak increased to 10% (was 5%).
• Shattering Strike — Renamed to Shattering Blade.
• Shattering Blade — Bonus Frost Strike damage increased to 100% (was 60%).
• Anticipation — Renamed to Coldthirst.
• Rime — Increases Howling Blast damage by an additional 75%.
• Glacial Advance — No longer has a cooldown.
• Horn of Winter — Now exclusive to Frost Death Knights.
• Improved Killing Machine — Renamed to Frostreaper.
• Icecap — Pillar of Frost cooldown reduction from Frost Strike/ Frostscythe/ Obliterate critical heals reduced to 2 seconds (was 4 seconds).
• New Talent: Shattering Strike — When Frost Strike damages an enemy with 5 stacks of Rune of Razorice, it will consume them to deal an additional 60%. damage.
• Avalanche — Now applies Rune of Razorice to your targets if Howling Blast is empowered by Rime.
• Frozen Pulse has been removed.
• New Talent: Icebreaker — When empowered by Rime, Howling Blast deals 30%/60% increased damage to your primary target.

Frost Death Knight Talent Tree in the Dragonflight Pre-Patch

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Unholy Death Knight Changes in the Dragonflight Pre-Patch

• Summon Gargoyle — Duration reduced to 25 seconds (was 35). Now gain 1% damage per 1 Runic Power spent (was 2 Runic Power).
• Death Coil damage reduced by 15% and Runic Power cost reduced to 30 (was 40).
• Raise Dead — All Pet Ghoul damage reduced by 10%.
• Death Rot — Now applies to all enemies damaged by Epidemic or Death Coil (was only your primary target).
• Scourge Strike and Clawing Shadows damage increased by 20%.
• Festering Wound — Damage reduced by 10%.
• Unholy Pact — No longer grants 5% Strength.
• Festering Strike (Rank 2) renamed to Improved Festering Strike.
• Unholy Assault — Buff duration increased to 20 seconds (was 12).
• New Talent: Runic Mastery — Increases Maximum Runic Power by 10/20.
• New Talent: Plaguebringer — Scourge Strike causes your disease to occur 150% more quickly for 5 seconds.
• New Talent: Magus of the Dead — Apocalypse and Army of the Dead also summons a Magus of the Dead who hurls Frostbolts and Shadow Bolts at your foes.
• New Talent: Ruptured Viscera — When your ghouls expire, they explode in viscera dealing Shadow damage to nearby enemies.
• New Talent: Commander of the Dead — Dark Transformation also empowers your Gargoyle and Army of the Dead for 30 seconds, increasing their damage by 40%.
• New Talent: Eternal Agony — Death Coil increases the duration of Dark Transformation by 1 second.
• New Talent: Coil of Devastation — Death Coil causes your next Death Coil to also increase your Scourge Strike damage against the target by 30% for 6 seconds.
• New Talent: Superstrain — Your Virulent Plague also applies Frost Fever and Blood Plague.
• Epidemic damage increased by 20%.
• Army of the Damned — Reduces the cooldown of Apocalypse by 45 seconds (no longer reduced by Dark Transformation). No longer summons a Magus of the Dead when Apocalypse or Army of the Dead are cast.

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Unholy Death Knight Talent Tree in the Dragonflight Pre-Patch

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Death Knight PvP Changes in the Dragonflight Pre-Patch

The following Death Knight PvP changes went live in the Dragonflight Pre-Patch:

• Rot and Wither — Now available for all Death Knight specializations (was Blood only).
• Necrotic Aura — Now available for all Death Knight specializations (was Unholy only).
• Chill Streak — Removed as a PvP talent (moved into the talent tree).