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Blood Death Knight

  • 2v2
  • 22 players
  • Last Updated: 2 days ago

This page is automatically generated by looking up the top 50 Blood Death Knight on the 2v2 leaderboard. The data on this page is updated every 24 hours in order for the data to be as relevant as possible.

This page only shows what the best players in the world are using. This might not apply to every skill bracket in Mythic+. Use this page as the starting point of your journey, and don’t be afraid to stray away from what is presented on this page!

Players

Ashenruin

Ashenruin

<Chaotic Despair>Sargeras (us)

Talents (class)

March of Darkness
Asphyxiate

Talents (spec)

Gorefiend's Grasp

Talents (hero)

Rune Carved Plates
Reaper's Onslaught
Death's Messenger

Talents (pvp)

Rot and Wither
Last Dance
Decomposing Aura
Tathalys

Tathalys

<Suramar Wine Club>Argent Dawn (eu)

Talents (class)

Wraith Walk
Asphyxiate

Talents (spec)

Abomination Limb

Talents (hero)

Rune Carved Plates
Dark Talons
Death's Messenger

Talents (pvp)

Strangulate
Last Dance
Dark Simulacrum
Runicbeam

Runicbeam

<Blood Moon Order>Silvermoon (eu)

Talents (class)

Wraith Walk
Asphyxiate

Talents (spec)

Gorefiend's Grasp

Talents (hero)

Vampiric Speed
Blood-Soaked Ground
Bloody Fortitude
Pact of the San'layn

Talents (pvp)

Decomposing Aura
Dark Simulacrum
Bloodforged Armor

Stat Priority

Values are relative to the highest stat. The stat priority for a Blood Death Knight is
Haste > Critical Strike > Mastery > Versatility

Best Races

The best race for a Blood Death Knight for the Alliance is Human and for the Horde is Orc

Best Items

Trinket Combinations

9% of the best players use this combination
Solarflare Prism

Solarflare Prism

Equip: Your damaging abilities have a chance to unleash the prism's radiant light, increasing your Critical Strike by 222 for 10 sec, further increased by 1 for every 1% of the target's missing health, up to a maximum of 272.

Heart of Wind

Heart of Wind

Equip: Your spells and abilities have a chance to awaken the Heart of Wind, surrounding you with strong gales that increase your Haste by 247 for 10 sec.

5% of the best players use this combination
Glorious Crusader's Keepsake

Glorious Crusader's Keepsake

Equip: During combat you have a chance to become consumed by Fanatical Inspiration, increasing your highest secondary by 247 for 15 sec. Party members also equipped with the keepsake have their lowest secondary increased by 24 for 15 sec.

Holy Retributor's Order

Holy Retributor's Order

Equip: The light blesses your weapon granting your attacks a chance to deal 2,877 additional Holy damage and heal you for 26,468 health.

5% of the best players use this combination
Solarflare Prism

Solarflare Prism

Equip: Your damaging abilities have a chance to unleash the prism's radiant light, increasing your Critical Strike by 211 for 10 sec, further increased by 1 for every 1% of the target's missing health, up to a maximum of 258.

Heart of Ancient Hunger

Heart of Ancient Hunger

Equip: Your attacks have a chance to increase your Critical Strike by 708 and size, diminishing over 12 sec.

Best Sockets

Values are based on the total amount of sockets of all players. The most popular socket for a Blood Death Knight is Indecipherable Eversong Diamond
Indecipherable Eversong Diamond

Indecipherable Eversong Diamond

16%

+32 Primary Stat

Flawless Versatile Amethyst

Flawless Versatile Amethyst

10%

+16 Mastery & +7 Versatility

Flawless Masterful Garnet

Flawless Masterful Garnet

8%

+16 Critical Strike & +7 Mastery

Best Embellishments

Embellishments are specific abilities that can be added onto a piece of gear or weapons to add an equip bonus. The most popular embellishment for a Blood Death Knight is Arcanoweave Lining on a Wrist item
Arcanoweave Lining

Arcanoweave Lining

50%

Equip: Your spells and abilities have a chance to draw in a mana wyrm that will empower you and an ally with Arcanoweave Insight, increasing your Strength by 44 and your ally's Primary Stat by 11.

  • Wrist55%
  • Back18%
  • Waist18%
  • Feet9%
Hunt

Hunt

32%

Equip: Your spells and abilities have the chance to grant 85 secondary stats for 15 sec based on the target creature's type.

  • Main Hand100%
Loa Worshiper's Band

Loa Worshiper's Band

18%

Equip: Your damaging spells and abilities have a chance to charge the band, calling forth the avatar of a Loa to assist you in combat. Each unique socketed gem color in your gear allows for different Loa to be summoned. These effects range from dealing damage to your foes or granting you temporary power.

  • Ring 275%
  • Ring 125%

Best Enchants

Percentages are calculated in relation to 50 players. If an enchant has a value of more than 100%, it means the enchant is found more than 50 times. This usually happens when the same enchant is applied to both rings.
Chest icon

Chest

Enchant Chest - Mark of the Worldsoul

55%

Enchant Chest - Mark of the Worldsoul

Enchant Chest - Mark of Nalorakk

18%

Enchant Chest - Mark of Nalorakk

Feet icon

Feet

Enchant Boots - Farstrider's Hunt

23%

Enchant Boots - Farstrider's Hunt

Enchant Boots - Lynx's Dexterity

14%

Enchant Boots - Lynx's Dexterity

Legs icon

Legs

Forest Hunter's Armor Kit

59%

+41 Agility/Strength & +115 Stamina

Thalassian Scout Armor Kit

5%

+24 Agility/Strength

Main Hand icon

Main Hand

Rune of Sanguination

50%

Rune of Sanguination

Rune of the Fallen Crusader

23%

Rune of the Fallen Crusader

Ring icon

Ring

Enchant Ring - Nature's Fury

27%

Enchant Ring - Nature's Fury

Enchant Ring - Silvermoon's Tenacity

27%

Enchant Ring - Silvermoon's Tenacity

Talents

The new talent system is not as straight-forward as the talent systems from previous expansions. Many talents are situational, and choosing your talents should be done based on the content you are doing. This heat map will show what talents are must-picks, which ones are situational, and which ones are rarely chosen.

Colors

The colors indicate the popularity of the talent. The numbers below indicate the percentage of the top 50 players that have chosen this talent.

  • 90% - 100% (best)
  • 50% - 89% (good)
  • 20% - 49% (situational)
  • 0% - 19% (unpopular)

Talent Tree

Talent Tree Background
Icebound Fortitude
86.4%
Death Strike
86.4%
Raise Dead
86.4%
Runic Attenuation
86.4%
Improved Death Strike
86.4%
Cleaving Strikes
86.4%
Mind Freeze
86.4%
Blinding Sleet
77.3%
Gloom Ward
86.4%
2 / 2
March of Darkness
86.4%
Unholy Momentum
86.4%
2 / 2
Control Undead
4.5%
Enfeeble
9.1%
Coldthirst
31.8%
Proliferating Chill
0%
Permafrost
86.4%
Veteran of the Third War
86.4%
Death Pact
0%
Brittle
86.4%
Blood Bond
0%
Icy Talons
86.4%
Death Notes
40.9%
Anti-Magic Zone
81.8%
Death Defiance
0%
Unholy Bond
86.4%
Ice Prison
0%
Asphyxiate
86.4%
Assimilation
68.2%
Anti-Magic Barrier
86.4%
Grip of the Dead
77.3%
Suppression
68.2%
Blood Scent
50%
Unholy Endurance
81.8%
Osmosis
13.6%
Insidious Chill
86.4%
Runic Protection
86.4%
Blood Draw
81.8%
Rune Mastery
86.4%
2 / 2
Subduing Grasp
4.5%
Will of the Necropolis
86.4%
2 / 2
Null Magic
86.4%
Unyielding Will
0%
Death's Echo
86.4%
Vestigial Shell
0%

Deathbringer

Hero class image
Swift and Painful
100%
Grim Reaper
100%
Rune Carved Plates
100%
Wave of Souls
100%
Bind in Darkness
100%
Death's Messenger
100%
Dark Talons
100%
Wither Away
100%
Soul Rupture
100%
Reaper's Mark
100%
Exterminate
100%
Echoing Fury
100%
Deathly Blows
100%
Frigid Resolve
100%
Heart Strike
86.4%
Marrowrend
86.4%
Blood Boil
86.4%
Vampiric Blood
86.4%
Bone Collector
86.4%
Ossuary
86.4%
Improved Vampiric Blood
40.9%
2 / 2
Improved Heart Strike
59.1%
2 / 2
Relish in Blood
68.2%
Leeching Strike
4.5%
Heartbreaker
86.4%
Foul Bulwark
54.5%
Dancing Rune Weapon
86.4%
Hemostasis
86.4%
Perseverance of the Ebon Blade
4.5%
Bloodworms
0%
Gorefiend's Grasp
86.4%
Improved Bone Shield
86.4%
Insatiable Blade
86.4%
Deadly Reach
81.8%
Rapid Decomposition
86.4%
Boiling Point
86.4%
Lifeblood
27.3%
Everlasting Bond
86.4%
Voracious
86.4%
Blood Feast
0%
Plague Infusion
45.5%
Bloody Reflection
0%
Iron Heart
86.4%
Bloodied Blade
77.3%
Coagulopathy
86.4%
Blood Mist
45.5%
Sanguine Ground
86.4%
Bloodshot
86.4%
Consumption
9.1%
Red Thirst
81.8%
Sanguinary Burst
36.4%
Purgatory
86.4%
Carnage
0%
Umbilicus Eternus
50%
Dance of Midnight
259.1%

Best PvP Talents

Decomposing Aura

Decomposing Aura

59%

All enemies within 8 yards slowly decay, losing up to 3% of their max health every 2 sec. Max 5 stacks. Lasts 6 sec.

Last Dance

Last Dance

50%

Reduces the cooldown of Dancing Rune Weapon by 50% and its duration by 25%.

Rot and Wither

Rot and Wither

27%

Your Death and Decay rots enemies each time it deals damage, absorbing healing equal to 100% of damage dealt.

Bloodforged Armor

Bloodforged Armor

27%

Death Strike reduces all Physical damage taken by 25% for 4 sec.

Death Chain

Death Chain

18%

Chains 3 enemies together, dealing 10.1 Shadow damage and causing 20% of all damage taken to also be received by the others in the chain. Lasts for 10 sec.

Spellwarden

Spellwarden

18%

Anti-Magic Shell is now usable on allies and its cooldown is reduced by 10 sec.

Murderous Intent

Murderous Intent

14%

You focus the assault on this target, increasing their damage taken by 3% for 6 sec. Each unique player that attacks the target increases the damage taken by an additional 3%, stacking up to 5 times. Your melee attacks refresh the duration of Focused Assault.

Strangulate

Strangulate

9%

Shadowy tendrils constrict an enemy's throat, silencing them for 4 sec.

Dark Simulacrum

Dark Simulacrum

9%

Places a dark ward on an enemy player that persists for 12 sec, triggering when the enemy next spends mana on a spell, and allowing the Death Knight to unleash an exact duplicate of that spell.