An Overview of Death Knight Class Changes in the War Within Patch 11.0.5

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• New Talent: Reaper's Onslaught — Reduces the cooldown of Reaper's Mark by 15 seconds, but the number of Marrowrends/ Obliterates empowered by Exterminate is reduced by 1.
• New Talent: Swift and Painful — If no enemies are struck by Soul Rupture, you gain 10% Strength for 8 seconds. Wave of Souls is 100% more effective on the main target of your Reaper's Mark.
• New Talent: Reaper of Souls — When you apply Reaper's Mark, the cooldown of your Soul Reaper is reset, your next Soul Reaper costs no runes and it explodes regardless of the target’s remaining health. Soul Reaper damage increased by 20%.
• Grim Reaper has been updated — Reaper's Mark initial strike grants Killing Machine/3 charges of Bone Shield. Reaper’s Mark explosion deals up to 30% increased damage based on your target’s missing health.
• Wither Away has been updated — Blood Plague/ Frost Fever deals its damage 100% faster, and the second scythe of Exterminate applies Blood Plague/Frost Fever.
• Dark Talons has been updated — Marrowrend and Heart Strike/ Consuming Killing Machine or Rime has a 25% chance to grant 3 stacks of Icy Talons and increase its maximum stacks by the same amount for 6 seconds. Runic Power spending abilities count as Shadowfrost while Icy Talons is active.
• Bind in Darkness has been updated — Rime empowered Howling Blast deals 30% increased damage to its main target. Blood Boil deals 10% increased damage, and is now Shadowfrost. Shadowfrost damage applies 2 stacks to Reaper's Mark and 4 stacks when it is a critical strike.
• Painful Death's effects are now baseline to Exterminate. Exterminate empowers 2 Obliterates/ Marrowrends to summon the scythes baseline.
• Rune Carved Plates now reduces the magic and the physical damage you take by 1.5% per stack (was 2%).

The following talents have been removed:

• Blood Fever
• Painful Death
• Swift End

• Gift of the San'layn has been updated — While Dancing Rune Weapon is active, you gain Gift of the San'layn (was Vampiric Blood).

• Arctic Assault now fires a Glacial Advance at 80% effectiveness (was 100%).

You can find other Patch 11.0.5 class changes linked below.