Bloodlust

This article is about the World of Warcraft ability. For the Warcraft III ability, see Shaman (Warcraft III).

Bloodlust
Bloodlust Level 70 shaman ability 21.5% of base mana 5 min cooldown Instant Increases melee, ranged, and spell casting speed by 30% for all party and raid members. Lasts 40 sec. Allies receiving this effect will become Sated and be unable to benefit from Bloodlust or Time Warp again for 10 min.
Properties
Class	Shaman
Race(s)	Orc, Tauren, Troll, Goblin
School	Nature
Cooldown	5 minutes
Other information
Level learned	70
Related buff
Magic Bloodlust Melee, ranged, and spell casting speed increased by 30%. Duration: 40 seconds
Related debuff
Sated Cannot benefit from Bloodlust. Duration: 10 minutes

[[Category:shaman abilities]][[Category:shaman abilities]]

"It's scary even when someone other than an ogre mage casts it." - Moala Stonebinder

Bloodlust is an instant cast Horde shaman buff that increases melee, ranged and spell haste by 30% for all party and raid members for 40 seconds. Bloodlust is available only to Horde shamans; Alliance shamans instead learn [Heroism]. The two spells are identical in every way except for the name. It is one of the four bloodlust effects.

Improvements

• [Mental Quickness]

Notes

See the article on bloodlust effects for notes and tactics relevant to all abilities of this type.

All targets affected by Bloodlust receive a 10 minute debuff called Sated, preventing them from being affected by another bloodlust effect for the duration of the debuff.

Lore

File:Bloodlust.png

Bloodlust seen in young Durotan.

In the TCG.

• Bloodlust is defined as "a strong desire for bloodshed."

• Bloodlust is a spell that increases a creature's size, strength, and attack speed. It appeared in Warcraft II and Warcraft III.

• According to the RPG, Bloodlust requires a drop of blood mixed with earth to cast.

Trivia

• It is a common misconception that Bloodlust preceded [Heroism] in World of Warcraft, possibly because shamans were only available to the Horde up until the the first expansion. In fact, both World of Warcraft abilities were not added until The Burning Crusade expansion, which added them simultaneously. However, Bloodlust did appear in the strategy games, Warcraft II and Warcraft III, that preceded World of Warcraft.

• Bloodlust was available to the Horde Ogre Mage in Warcraft II and the orc Shaman in Warcraft III.

• Bloodlust and Heroism are some of the only faction-specific class abilities in the game.

Patch changes

• Patch 4.0.6 (2011-02-08): Bloodlust, [Heroism], [Time Warp] and [Ancient Hysteria] can no longer be cast while in Arenas.
  
• Patch 3.1.0 (2009-04-14): Cooldown reduced to 5 minutes, but Sated now last 10 minutes.
  
• Patch 2.0.1 (2006-12-05): Added.
  

See also

• Bloodlust TCG card

External links

• Wowhead
• WoWDB