Lacerate

This article is about the Druid ability. For the former hunter ability, see [Lacerate].

Lacerate
Lacerate Level 38 druid ability Melee range Instant cast Requires Bear Form Lacerates the enemy target, dealing (X + (AP * 61.6%)) bleed damage and an additional (5 * (Y + (AP * 5.12%))) over 15 sec. Stacks up to 3 times. Each time Lacerate hits, it has a 25% chance to reset the cooldown on Mangle.
Usable by
Class	Druid
Properties
Type	Offensive
School	Physical
Cooldown	None/Global Cooldown
Other information
Level learned	38
Affects	[Mangle]
Related debuff
33 Lacerate Suffering X damage every 3 sec. Duration: 15 seconds

Lacerate is a druid ability, learned at level 38. It applies a stacking bleed effect and has a chance to reset the cooldown on [Mangle] when dealing damage.

Notes

This ability is used similar to a warrior's [Sunder Armor], though it does not generate as much threat. However, Lacerate can crit, which increases the threat caused.

The damage over time is divided into 5 3-second ticks (one-fifth of the damage each tick). Reapplying Lacerate renews the DoT debuff to its full 15-second duration.

Tips and tactics

• Very good skill for single target tanking. The tanking rotation generating the most threat is: [Mangle] as often as possible; while Mangle is on cooldown, use Lacerate; if you still have excess rage, use [Maul] in parallel.
• When tanking multiple mobs at once, Thrash and [Swipe] are usually better choices than Lacerate.

Patch changes

• Patch 5.0.4 (2012-08-28): Now also has a 25% chance to reset the cooldown on Mangle.
  
• Patch 4.1.0 (2011-04-26): Bonus threat has been removed and replaced with increased initial damage done.
  
• Patch 2.4.0 (2008-03-25): This ability now deals additional damage based on the attack power of the Druid.
  

Introduced attack power scaling: Every 20 Attack Power adds 1 damage, per stack, over 15 seconds. Mangle further enhances this value.

External links

• Wowhead
• WoWDB