Rune Strike

Rune Strike
Rune Strike Melee   range 30 Runic Power Instant Requires Melee Weapon Strike the target for 175% weapon damage. This attack cannot be dodged, blocked, or parried.
Usable by
Class	Death knight
Properties
Type	Offensive
School	Physical
Casting time	Instant
Cooldown	(GCD 1 sec)
Talents
Specialization	Blood
Level required	65
Other information
Requirements	Requires Melee Weapon
TCG image

• Rune Strike
• Meleerange
• 30 Runic Power
• Instant
• Strike the target for 175% weapon damage. This attack cannot be dodged, blocked, or parried.

“

When the runes on their blades glow, you had best turn and run. - Kalatine Carmichael TCG

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Rune Strike is a death knight ability learned at level 65 for death knights with the blood specialization. It modifies the next melee swing to deal 175% weapon damage; it is impossible to dodge, block or parry. The damage done causes considerable bonus threat.

Modified by

• [Runic Empowerment] (talent)

Triggers

• [Blood Tap] (talent)
• [Runic Corruption] (talent)

Tips and tricks

• When tanking a group of mobs, make sure to switch target frequently so that not all of your Rune Strikes hit the same target. Switching to a new target after landing a Rune Strike will help you build more threat on all of the mobs.
• Rune Strike causes more threat (and outright damage) per point of runic power than [Death Coil], so care should be taken when using that ability to make sure that you have enough runic power left to use Rune Strike.

Patch changes

• Patch 4.1.0 (26-Apr-2011): Rune Strike and Festering Strike now correctly have their damage increased by Might of the Frozen Wastes.
  
• Patch 3.3.3 (2010-03-23): This ability can now proc Necrosis and Blood-Caked Blade.
  
• Patch 3.3.0 (08-Dec-2009): Threat generated by this ability increased by approximately 17%.
  
• Patch 3.0.8 (2009-01-20): Damage decreased from 200% to 150% but threat increased to 150% from 100%.
  

External links

• Wowhead
• Thottbot
• WoWDB