[Unholy DK] Using bloodtap to get 2 deathrunes ready

[olopower]

Hey everyone.

The following method will allow you to get two deathrunes up and ready to use within one global-cooldown using two abilities: Blood strike and Blood tap.

The blood tap's normal function is that it converts one bloodrune into a deathrune - and activates it (removes the rune cooldown - if it have any).
Unlike blood tap, the blood strike just converts a bloodrune into a deathrune - with cooldown.


So here's the deal;
If you use blood strike to convert one bloodrune into a deathrune and then use bloodtap - it will convert the second bloodrune into a deathrune but activate BOTH deathrunes instead of only one!
This is good because you can basically -if you are in a pinch- use this method to instantly get two death runes -without CDs- so that you can throw a second deathstrike or a second scourge strike without having to wait for rune cooldowns!




The following is my "inb4 repost defense" - don't read if you don't care!

While writing this I searched for "Reaping" as I naturally assumed that any related thread would use this word since it's the talent needed. I found these two semi-related threads.

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and one of it's reposts
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However - these are not the same as mine BUT still works occasionally.

[Jimbobcheese]

won't call repost, but will call "Working as intended"

[gifted]

@OP: rep'd, thx

@Jimbobcheese:

Blood Tap
Immediately activates a Blood Rune and converts it into a Death Rune for the next 20 sec. Death Runes count as a Blood, Frost or Unholy Rune.

clearly not working as intended, thereby a bug/exploit

[olopower]

Thank you gifted for clarifying the exploit part

edit; also thank you for the rep! didnt see at first

[Netzgeist]

1. Why "unholy dk" ? Nether bloodtab nor blood strike is inside the unholy tree, the bug should work with all specs.

2. Im not yet sure whats the presice bug. does bloodtap activate "any" deathrune (like deathstrike procs) or is it only the bloodstrike proc thats broken?

[Gihelle]

Originally Posted by d0tc0m

1. Why "unholy dk" ? Nether bloodtab nor blood strike is inside the unholy tree, the bug should work with all specs.

Reaping is a Unholy talent.

[olopower]

Originally Posted by d0tc0m

2. Im not yet sure whats the presice bug. does bloodtap activate "any" deathrune (like deathstrike procs) or is it only the bloodstrike proc thats broken?

Blood tap is supposed to convert one bloodrune into a deathrune and activate it. It seems that if you already have a deathrune on cooldown the blood tap will not only do what it's supposed to do - but it will also remove cooldown on the already existing deathrune.


Hope that made it clearer

[spaceboy]

Should work for frost too, with pestilence and blood strike creating death runes. I'll test later and let you know

[thelittleguy1300]

exact repost of my post
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[t1mPan]

Location: Inside another guy
That just freaked me out....

[SUUPERSTAR]

Repost!!!!!