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For old builds before Patch 4.0.1, see Death knight builds/Archive.

Death Knights can be either Blood, Frost or Unholy. Blood is the Death Knight's dedicated tanking tree, Frost is a dual-wield melee DPS tree, Unholy is the AoE tree with a permanent pet.

Currently, the builds are given for level 80. Level 85 will be available with the upcoming World of Warcraft: Cataclysm expansion.

Death knights, often abbreviated to DK, are melee fighters that wield dark magic and runeforged weapons. The death knight is the first hero class of World of Warcraft, introduced in the Wrath of the Lich King expansion. Each death knight begins at level 8 in a phased, instanced area known as Plaguelands: The Scarlet Enclave. Originally, only one death knight could be created per realm per. Death knight races Death knight quests Death knight abilities Death knight specializations Death knight talents Death knight PvP talents Death knight glyphs Death knight builds Death knight tactics Death knight trainers Death knight sets Starting a death knight Death knight PvE guide Death knight PvP guide.

Talent
  • 1Leveling Builds
  • 2PvE Builds
  • 3PvP Builds

Leveling Builds

Blood

The death knight talents are split into three trees: Blood, Frost, and Unholy. With Cataclysm, changes were made to the DK trees. Blood became the defined tanking tree, making it easier to decide between specs, and enabling the Mastery system to work on the DK abilities. Frost and Unholy are the remaining DPS trees, similar to Warriors and their two DPS specs. Blizzard Entertainment is offering a Talent Calculator for World of Warcraft players to look at the upcoming changes and new Death Knight class. Are you curious about the changes and additions in store for class talents in Wrath of the Lich King? The new interactive talent trees for every class are now live.

Frost

2H Frost Levelling (7/31/3)

PurposeLevelling Build Using Two-Hand Weapons
Talent Link(s)Wowhead
Tested patchUntested

Leveling in frost can be done either while dual-wielding or using a 2H weapon. Early indications show that 2H leveling may be more efficient as fights tend to be shorter, favouring the extra damage from [Obliterate] from a 2H weapon. Current (4.0.3) 2H Frost levelling build is very limited in personal talent point variation, but gets the job done well.[1] This build does not include any dual-wield talents at the expense of focusing on 2H weapon supremacy.

Unholy

Death Knight Wrath Talent Calculator Full

Wrath

PvE Builds

Blood

Tanking (33/0/8)

PurposeTanking
Talent Link(s)Wowhead
Tested patchUntested

A basic tanking build. Not tested. Has the self-healing that the blood talent tree is famous for while also including as much survivability as possible, and panic buttons. Reaches into the unholy tree to improve Unholy Command and Death & Decay.

Tanking (33/8/0)

PurposeTanking
Talent Link(s)Wowhead
Tested patchUntested

A tanking build. Very similar to the one above, but instead of going unholy on the side, it goes into frost, for more runic power, range and speed, and for Lichborne.

Frost

Frost DPS (7/31/3)

Death Knight Wrath Talent Calculator Download

PurposePvE DPS for groups and raiding
Talent Link(s)Wowhead
Tested patchUntested

Frost is the designated tree for dual-wielding dps, and this spec, from [[1]], has the basics for that.

Unholy

Unholy DPS (3/3/31)

PurposePvE DPS for groups and raiding
Talent Link(s)Wowhead
Tested patchUntested

Death Knight Wrath Talent Calculator Free

A basic unholy dps spec. 4 points are left unallocated depending on what you need.

PvP Builds

Blood

Frost

Unholy

References

  1. ^Consider, Elitist Jerks. Frost DPS, Cataclysm 4.0.3, Elitist Jerks Forums. Retrieved on 2011-02-08.

External Links

Official Community Sites
Death knight Forums (US)
Fan Site Resources
MMO-Champion Death knight Forums
Icy Veins Blood, Frost, and Unholy Death Knight Raiding Guides (Mists of Pandaria)
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