Priest talent · row 6 of Shadow, from level 35 (30 with Talented 5/5) · Physical

Early Demise

Increases Shadow Word: Death's critical strike chance on targets at or below 20% health by 15/30%.

Game files · build 1.60.1.70245New in ForeverRead from the WoW Forever beta client, build 1.60.1.70245.

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Fixed an issue where Shadow Word: Death was always benefitting from the Early Demise talent regardless of the target's health %.
The files The health check is server logic. Neither Shadow Word: Death (1309636) nor Early Demise (1310076, 15/30% crit at or below 20% health) changed in 70170.
Shadow Word: Death Early Demise Development Notes, October 1
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Early Demise: (New row 6 talent.) Increases Shadow Word: Death’s critical strike chance on targets below 20% health.
The files Shadow row 6 (25 points spent). The tooltip adds 15/30% Shadow Word: Death crit on targets at or below 20% health.
Early Demise Class deep dives: Priest and Warrior

69876 Sep 16First beta build we archived. No changes in the client files since.