Raise Dead (death knight ability)

Raise Dead
Raise Dead 30 yd  range 2 min cooldown Instant Raises a ghoul to fight by your side. You can have a maximum of one ghoul at a time. Lasts 1 min.
Usable by
Class	Death knight
Properties
Type	Utility
School	Physical
Casting time	Instant
Cooldown	2 min (GCD 1 sec)
Talents
Specialization	Unholy
Level required	56
Related buff
Raise Dead A Risen Ally is in your service. Duration: 1 minute
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• Raise Dead
• 30 yd  range
• Instant
• Raises a ghoul to fight by your side. You can have a maximum of one ghoul at a time. Lasts 1 min.

“

Do not be mistaken - I will gladly trade your life for a more obedient soldier. - Randolphe Mortimer TCG

”

Raise Dead is a death knight ability learned at level 56 for those with the Unholy specialization. It allows the death knight to raise a Risen Ghoul to fight for a limited time. This creature can perform a number of attacks including fear, apply disease, stun, cause a target bleed, and pummel.

With Master of Ghouls (Unholy specialization), the ghoul becomes a permanent pet under the death knight's control.

Modified by

• Glyph of the Geist
• Glyph of the Skeleton

Background

• Raise Dead and other similar abilities have been a staple of the Warcraft series, commonly used by practitioners of necromancy, including Necrolyte units in Warcraft, Death Knight units in Warcraft II, and Necromancer units in Warcraft III.

Patch changes

• Patch 6.0.2 (14-October-2014): Raise Dead is now only available to Unholy Death Knights.
  
• Patch 3.3.3 (2010-03-23): It is no longer possible when this ability is used in conjunction with temporary pets from quests for the ability to get permanently stuck on cooldown.
  
• Patch 3.3.0 (08-Dec-2009): It is no longer possible under some circumstances to use a Risen Ghoul to cause neutral guards to attack opposite faction players.
  
• Patch 3.2.0 (04-Aug-2009): This spell will no longer give two errors when the casting player lacks the reagent to cast it.
  
• Patch 3.1.0 (14-Apr-2009): Duration lowered to 60 sec. and cooldown lowered to 3 min. The cooldown on this ability now begins when the pet dies rather than when it is summoned. This pet now despawns instantly when it dies. In addition, this ability can no longer be used while riding any type of vehicle. The Risen Ghoul is also now properly immune to Charm, Fear, Sleep, and Horror.
  
• Patch 3.0.8 (2009-01-20): Raise Dead has now been split into two spells:
  • Raise Dead now raises a ghoul or pet ghoul (if talented). Requires  [Corpse Dust] if no humanoid corpse is nearby.
  • Raise Ally now raises a fallen party member and has no reagent. Available at level 72.
    

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