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Blood Death Knight

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  • 60 players
  • Last Updated: 2 days ago

This page is automatically generated by looking up the top 50 Blood Death Knight on the Blitz 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

Rahbekius

Rahbekius

<Melk Trupp>Kazzak (eu)

Talents (class)

Wraith Walk
Asphyxiate

Talents (spec)

Gorefiend's Grasp

Talents (hero)

Vampiric Speed
Desecrate
Bloody Fortitude
Pact of the San'layn

Talents (pvp)

Last Dance
Decomposing Aura
Spellwarden
Rankoneblood

Rankoneblood

<fbg>Sargeras (us)

Talents (class)

Wraith Walk
Asphyxiate

Talents (spec)

Abomination Limb

Talents (hero)

Rune Carved Plates
Reaper's Onslaught
Death's Messenger

Talents (pvp)

Last Dance
Bloodforged Armor
Spellwarden
Ozempicodell

Ozempicodell

<유독한>Ravencrest (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)

Last Dance
Decomposing Aura
Bloodforged Armor

Stat Priority

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

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

25% of the best players use this combination
Galactic Aspirant's Insignia of Alacrity

Galactic Aspirant's Insignia of Alacrity

Equip: Your spells and abilities have a chance to grant 134 primary stat for 20 sec.

Galactic Aspirant's Medallion

Galactic Aspirant's Medallion

Use: Removes all movement impairing effects and all effects which cause loss of control of your character. (2 Min Cooldown)

15% of the best players use this combination
Galactic Gladiator's Insignia of Alacrity

Galactic Gladiator's Insignia of Alacrity

Equip: Your spells and abilities have a chance to grant 176 primary stat for 20 sec.

Galactic Aspirant's Medallion

Galactic Aspirant's Medallion

Use: Removes all movement impairing effects and all effects which cause loss of control of your character. (2 Min Cooldown)

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 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 234 for 10 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 Flawless Versatile Peridot
Flawless Versatile Peridot

Flawless Versatile Peridot

19%

+16 Haste & +7 Versatility

Flawless Masterful Lapis

Flawless Masterful Lapis

10%

+16 Versatility & +7 Mastery

Enduring Heliotrope

Enduring Heliotrope

8%

+23 Primary Stat and +5% Damage Reduction when affected by Crowd Control

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 Prismatic Focusing Iris on a Ring 2 item
Prismatic Focusing Iris

Prismatic Focusing Iris

43%

Equip: Your spells and abilities have a chance to activate the Iris, firing a focused beam of light at your target and dealing 769 Arcane damage every second for 4 sec. Each unique gem color you have socketed empowers the Iris, causing it to deal 1% additional damage per.

  • Ring 250%
  • Ring 142%
  • Neck8%
Stabilizing Gemstone Bandolier

Stabilizing Gemstone Bandolier

23%

Equip: Double the gems, double the power! All Jewelcrafting embellishments operate at double strength.

  • Ring 143%
  • Ring 236%
  • Wrist14%
  • Neck7%
Arcanoweave Lining

Arcanoweave Lining

17%

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 37 and your ally's Primary Stat by 9.

  • Wrist60%
  • Back20%
  • Legs10%
  • Waist10%

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.
Back icon

Back

Goblin Glider

5%
Chest icon

Chest

Enchant Chest - Mark of the Worldsoul

33%

Enchant Chest - Mark of the Worldsoul

Enchant Chest - Mark of Nalorakk

30%

Enchant Chest - Mark of Nalorakk

Feet icon

Feet

Enchant Boots - Farstrider's Hunt

37%

Enchant Boots - Farstrider's Hunt

Enchant Boots - Shaladrassil's Roots

10%

Enchant Boots - Shaladrassil's Roots

Legs icon

Legs

Forest Hunter's Armor Kit

55%

+41 Agility/Strength & +115 Stamina

Blood Knight's Armor Kit

7%

+41 Agility/Strength & +27 Armor

Main Hand icon

Main Hand

Rune of Sanguination

73%

Rune of Sanguination

Rune of the Fallen Crusader

12%

Rune of the Fallen Crusader

Ring icon

Ring

Enchant Ring - Silvermoon's Tenacity

37%

Enchant Ring - Silvermoon's Tenacity

Enchant Ring - Thalassian Versatility

25%

Enchant Ring - Thalassian Versatility

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
98.3%
Death Strike
98.3%
Raise Dead
90%
Runic Attenuation
98.3%
Improved Death Strike
98.3%
Cleaving Strikes
83.3%
Mind Freeze
96.7%
Blinding Sleet
88.3%
Gloom Ward
88.3%
2 / 2
Wraith Walk
95%
Unholy Momentum
98.3%
2 / 2
Control Undead
0%
Enfeeble
15%
Coldthirst
43.3%
Proliferating Chill
45%
Permafrost
66.7%
Veteran of the Third War
98.3%
Death Pact
58.3%
Brittle
78.3%
Blood Bond
3.3%
Icy Talons
88.3%
Death Notes
18.3%
Anti-Magic Zone
75%
Death Defiance
48.3%
Unholy Bond
98.3%
Ice Prison
8.3%
Asphyxiate
98.3%
Assimilation
23.3%
Anti-Magic Barrier
96.7%
Grip of the Dead
88.3%
Suppression
61.7%
Blood Scent
63.3%
Unholy Endurance
95%
Osmosis
46.7%
Insidious Chill
70%
Runic Protection
96.7%
Blood Draw
85%
Rune Mastery
98.3%
2 / 2
Subduing Grasp
31.7%
Will of the Necropolis
98.3%
2 / 2
Null Magic
96.7%
Unyielding Will
8.3%
Death's Echo
98.3%
Vestigial Shell
26.7%

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
98.3%
Marrowrend
98.3%
Blood Boil
98.3%
Vampiric Blood
98.3%
Bone Collector
98.3%
Ossuary
96.7%
Improved Vampiric Blood
50%
2 / 2
Improved Heart Strike
63.3%
2 / 2
Relish in Blood
78.3%
Leeching Strike
10%
Heartbreaker
76.7%
Foul Bulwark
50%
Dancing Rune Weapon
98.3%
Hemostasis
98.3%
Perseverance of the Ebon Blade
35%
Bloodworms
23.3%
Gorefiend's Grasp
98.3%
Improved Bone Shield
96.7%
Insatiable Blade
98.3%
Deadly Reach
73.3%
Rapid Decomposition
95%
Boiling Point
71.7%
Lifeblood
58.3%
Everlasting Bond
98.3%
Voracious
98.3%
Blood Feast
31.7%
Plague Infusion
75%
Bloody Reflection
45%
Iron Heart
98.3%
Bloodied Blade
50%
Coagulopathy
96.7%
Blood Mist
70%
Sanguine Ground
95%
Bloodshot
73.3%
Consumption
6.7%
Red Thirst
73.3%
Sanguinary Burst
55%
Purgatory
76.7%
Carnage
1.7%
Umbilicus Eternus
53.3%
Dance of Midnight
278.3%

Best PvP Talents

Last Dance

Last Dance

83%

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

Decomposing Aura

Decomposing Aura

67%

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

Bloodforged Armor

Bloodforged Armor

62%

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

Spellwarden

Spellwarden

52%

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

Rot and Wither

Rot and Wither

10%

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

Death Chain

Death Chain

8%

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.

Murderous Intent

Murderous Intent

7%

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.

Price of Progress

Price of Progress

5%

You sacrifice 1% of your health every 1 sec and in exchange you cannot be slowed below 90% of normal speed, and you are immune to forced movement effects and knockbacks. Lasts until canceled.

Strangulate

Strangulate

2%

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