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195 abilities in Retail
Blood · tank
Frost · melee
Unholy · meleePriority by spec
What to press at level 90, top first, with the reason for each.
Blood · tank
Death StrikeHeal · No cooldown: press it when the steps above it are not ready.
Dancing Rune WeaponCooldown · A big cooldown: use it at the start of a hard fight or when many enemies are grouped.
Death and DecayTwo or more enemies · For two or more enemies: use it when a pack is on you.
Reaper's MarkRotation · A big cooldown: use it at the start of a hard fight or when many enemies are grouped.
MarrowrendRotation · No cooldown: press it when the steps above it are not ready.
Frost · melee
Pillar of FrostUtility · A big cooldown: use it at the start of a hard fight or when many enemies are grouped.
Frostwyrm's FuryCooldown · A big cooldown: use it at the start of a hard fight or when many enemies are grouped.
Empower Rune WeaponRotation · On a 30 s cooldown: press it as soon as it is ready, before the steps below it.- Reaper's MarkRotation · A big cooldown: use it at the start of a hard fight or when many enemies are grouped.
FrostscytheRotation · No cooldown: press it when the steps above it are not ready.
Unholy · melee
Raise DeadTwo or more enemies · Summon a ghoul to fight with you; keep it out as Unholy.
OutbreakRotation · No cooldown: press it when the steps above it are not ready.
Army of the DeadCooldown · Use it to recover your resource before you run out, not after.
Dark TransformationRotation · A big cooldown: use it at the start of a hard fight or when many enemies are grouped.
Death CoilUtility · No cooldown: press it when the steps above it are not ready.
Physical(79)
Horn of WinterLevel 1 · 2 ranks
LeapLevel 1 · 2 ranks
Raise SkulkerLevel 1
Rune StrikeLevel 1- Shambling RushLevel 1 · 2 ranks
- Sludge BelcherLevel 1
Dark CommandLevel 9
Ancient PowerLevel 10
AsphyxiateLevel 10
Blood FeastLevel 10
Bloodied BladeLevel 10 · 2 ranks
Boiling PointLevel 10 · 2 ranks
BonegrinderLevel 10 · 2 ranks
BrittleLevel 10
CoagulopathyLevel 10
ConsumptionLevel 10 · 8 ranks
Cryogenic ChamberLevel 10 · 2 ranks
Dance of MidnightLevel 10 · 2 ranks- Dancing Rune WeaponLevel 10 · 6 ranks
- Death StrikeLevel 10 · 2 ranks
- Enduring StrengthLevel 10 · 2 ranks
EnfeebleLevel 10
Festering ScytheLevel 10 · 4 ranks
Festering StrikeLevel 10
Frigid ExecutionerLevel 10
FrostreaperLevel 10 · 3 ranks
Ghoulish FrenzyLevel 10 · 2 ranks
Grave MasteryLevel 10
Heart StrikeLevel 10 · 4 ranks
HemostasisLevel 10
Ice PrisonLevel 10
Icebound FortitudeLevel 10
Icy OnslaughtLevel 10
Insidious ChillLevel 10
Killing StreakLevel 10- MarrowrendLevel 10
Necromancer's CunningLevel 10
ObliterateLevel 10 · 6 ranks
ObliterationLevel 10
Perseverance of the Ebon BladeLevel 10- Pillar of FrostLevel 10
PurgatoryLevel 10
Rage of the Frozen ChampionLevel 10
Raise AbominationLevel 10
Rune MasteryLevel 10
Runic AttenuationLevel 10
Sanguine GroundLevel 10
Subduing GraspLevel 10
Sudden DoomLevel 10 · 2 ranks
SuppressionLevel 10
Umbilicus EternusLevel 10
Unholy AuraLevel 10 · 2 ranks
Unholy StrengthLevel 10
Vampiric BloodLevel 10
Wraith WalkLevel 10
Blood BeastLevel 12
Shell ShieldLevel 14
GnawLevel 22 · 2 ranks
HuddleLevel 22 · 2 ranks
Monstrous BlowLevel 22- Putrid BulwarkLevel 22
Path of FrostLevel 27
Apocalypse NowLevel 71
Blood-Soaked GroundLevel 71
Death's MessengerLevel 71 · 3 ranks
Gift of the San'laynLevel 71
Incite TerrorLevel 71
Rune Carved PlatesLevel 71 · 2 ranks
TransfusionLevel 71 · 2 ranks
Vampiric AuraLevel 71 · 2 ranks
Vampiric SpeedLevel 71
Visceral StrengthLevel 71 · 3 ranks
ClawLevel ? · 3 ranks
Death GripLevel ? · 3 ranks
Foul MenagerieLevel ?- GeistLevel ?
- Raise DeadLevel ? · 3 ranks
- SkeletonLevel ?
Skulker ShotLevel ?
Shadow(70)
- Blood ShieldLevel 1
- Recently Used Death StrikeLevel 1
- Death's AdvanceLevel 9
- LichborneLevel 9
Anti-Magic ZoneLevel 10 · 4 ranks- Army of the DeadLevel 10 · 5 ranks
- AssimilationLevel 10
BlightfallLevel 10 · 3 ranks
Blood BoilLevel 10
Blood BondLevel 10 · 3 ranks
Blood DrawLevel 10 · 3 ranks
Blood MistLevel 10 · 3 ranks
Bloody ReflectionLevel 10
Clawing ShadowsLevel 10 · 2 ranks
Coil of DevastationLevel 10
Commander of the DeadLevel 10 · 2 ranks
Control UndeadLevel 10
Corpse ExploderLevel 10- Dark TransformationLevel 10 · 3 ranks
Death GateLevel 10
Death PactLevel 10
Gorefiend's GraspLevel 10
Grip of the DeadLevel 10
HeartbreakerLevel 10- Infected ClawsLevel 10
- Leeching StrikeLevel 10
LifebloodLevel 10
Lord of the DeadLevel 10
OssuaryLevel 10- OutbreakLevel 10 · 3 ranks
PutrefyLevel 10 · 4 ranks
Rapid DecompositionLevel 10
ReapingLevel 10 · 2 ranks- Relish in BloodLevel 10
Sanguinary BurstLevel 10 · 2 ranks
Scourge StrikeLevel 10 · 3 ranks
Summon GargoyleLevel 10
Unholy DevotionLevel 10
VoraciousLevel 10
Lesser Anti-Magic ShellLevel 14
EpidemicLevel 18
Raise AllyLevel 19
Necrotic BoltLevel 22 · 2 ranks
Shadow BoltLevel 22 · 2 ranks
Withering GraspLevel 22
Blood PlagueLevel 23
Blood StrikeLevel 23
Bone ShieldLevel 23
Death's CaressLevel 23
Runic CorruptionLevel 23
Death ChargeLevel 71- DesecrateLevel 71 · 3 ranks
- Infliction of SorrowLevel 71 · 2 ranks
Mograine's MightLevel 71
Newly TurnedLevel 71 · 2 ranks- On a Paler HorseLevel 71 · 2 ranks
Pact of the ApocalypseLevel 71- The Blood is LifeLevel 71 · 2 ranks
Vampiric StrikeLevel 71 · 4 ranks
Anti-Magic ShellLevel ? · 4 ranks- ApocalypseLevel ? · 2 ranks
Blighted ArrowLevel ? · 4 ranks
BonestormLevel ? · 2 ranks- Corrupted BloodLevel ?
- Death and DecayLevel ? · 5 ranks
- Death CoilLevel ? · 4 ranks
DefileLevel ? · 3 ranks
GraveyardLevel ? · 3 ranks
Shadow and FlameLevel ? · 4 ranks- Sweeping ClawsLevel ? · 2 ranks
Frost(30)
Frost ShieldLevel 1
RazoriceLevel 1
Arctic AssaultLevel 10
AvalancheLevel 10
Blinding SleetLevel 10 · 2 ranks
Breath of SindragosaLevel 10 · 8 ranks
Chosen of FrostbroodLevel 10 · 2 ranks
ColdthirstLevel 10- EverfrostLevel 10
Frost StrikeLevel 10 · 3 ranks
FrostbaneLevel 10 · 5 ranks- FrostscytheLevel 10 · 3 ranks
- Frostwyrm's FuryLevel 10 · 4 ranks
Frozen DominionLevel 10
Gathering StormLevel 10
Howling BladesLevel 10 · 2 ranks
Howling BlastLevel 10 · 2 ranks
HyperpyrexiaLevel 10
Icy Death TorrentLevel 10
Icy TalonsLevel 10
Inexorable AssaultLevel 10 · 2 ranks
Killing MachineLevel 10- Mind FreezeLevel 10
Murderous EfficiencyLevel 10
SuperstrainLevel 10
Remorseless WinterLevel 19
FrostboltLevel 22 · 3 ranks- Frost FeverLevel 23
Chains of IceLevel ? · 3 ranks
Glacial AdvanceLevel ?
Other(16)
Necrotic CoilLevel 1 · 3 ranks- Empower Rune WeaponLevel 10 · 2 ranks
Forbidden KnowledgeLevel 10
Runic OverflowLevel 10
Soul ReaperLevel 10 · 4 ranks- Gargoyle StrikeLevel 14
A Feast of SoulsLevel 71 · 2 ranks
Bind in DarknessLevel 71- Expelling ShieldLevel 71
ExterminateLevel 71 · 4 ranks- Reaper's MarkLevel 71 · 4 ranks
Soul RuptureLevel 71 · 2 ranks
Swift and PainfulLevel 71- Trollbane's Icy FuryLevel 71
Wave of SoulsLevel 71 · 4 ranks
Necrotic StrikeLevel ?
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