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Blood Death Knight

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  • 31 players
  • Last Updated: 3 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

Эваердк

Эваердк

<Элуна>Blackscar (eu)

Talents (class)

Wraith Walk
Death's Reach

Talents (spec)

Gorefiend's Grasp

Talents (hero)

Vampiric Speed
Blood-Soaked Ground
Bloody Fortitude
Sanguine Scent

Talents (pvp)

Last Dance
Decomposing Aura
Bloodforged Armor
Rahbekius

Rahbekius

<Melk Trupp>Kazzak (eu)

Talents (class)

Wraith Walk
Asphyxiate

Talents (spec)

Gorefiend's Grasp

Talents (hero)

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

Talents (pvp)

Last Dance
Decomposing Aura
Spellwarden
Rahbekias

Rahbekias

<Rahbek>Kazzak (eu)

Talents (class)

Wraith Walk
Asphyxiate

Talents (spec)

Gorefiend's Grasp

Talents (hero)

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

Talents (pvp)

Last Dance
Decomposing Aura
Spellwarden

Stat Priority

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

Best Races

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

Best Items

Trinket Combinations

81% of the best players use this combination
Astral Gladiator's Medallion

Astral Gladiator's Medallion

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

Astral Gladiator's Insignia of Alacrity

Astral Gladiator's Insignia of Alacrity

Equip: Your spells and abilities have a chance to grant 55 primary stat for 20 sec.

6% of the best players use this combination
Astral Aspirant's Insignia of Alacrity

Astral Aspirant's Insignia of Alacrity

Equip: Your spells and abilities have a chance to grant 44 primary stat for 20 sec.

Astral Aspirant's Medallion

Astral Aspirant's Medallion

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

3% of the best players use this combination
Cursed Stone Idol

Cursed Stone Idol

Use: Channel for 1 sec to invoke the wrath of the idol, increasing your Critical Strike by 202 for 15 sec. The force slams the earth, dealing 8,086 Nature damage to all nearby enemies and increasing Critical Strike by 10 per enemy hit, up to a maximum of 252. (1 Min 30 Sec Cooldown)

Astral Antenna

Astral Antenna

Equip: The antenna has a chance to detect and draw ambient arcane energy towards you, granting 126 Critical Strike for 10 sec. Multiple applications may overlap.

Best Sockets

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

Masterful Emerald

15%

+10 Haste and +3 Mastery

Quick Onyx

Quick Onyx

15%

+147 Mastery and +49 Haste

Versatile Emerald

Versatile Emerald

10%

+10 Haste and +3 Versatility

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 Elemental Focusing Lens on a Ring 2 item
Elemental Focusing Lens

Elemental Focusing Lens

174%

Equip: Your damaging spells and abilities have a chance to deal 478 damage to your target. The magic school chosen is based upon your selection of socketed Khaz Algar gems.

  • Ring 246%
  • Ring 143%
  • Neck11%
Dawnthread Lining

Dawnthread Lining

6%

Equip: Your gear warms with Woven Dawnthread and gains 6 Critical Strike when over 80% health.

  • Waist50%
  • Wrist50%
Duskthread Lining

Duskthread Lining

6%

Equip: Your gear cools with Woven Duskthread and gains 6 Versatility when over 80% health.

  • Shoulders50%
  • Feet50%

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.
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Back

Chant of Burrowing Rapidity

Chant of Burrowing Rapidity

65%

Permanently enchants a cloak with ancient magic that chants with power, granting 12 Speed and causing the cooldown of your Hearthstone to recover 15% faster while in Khaz Algar. Cannot be applied to items lower than level 70.

Chant of Leeching Fangs

Chant of Leeching Fangs

26%

Permanently enchants a cloak with ancient magic that chants with power, granting 18 Leech and heal for 1,527 every 5 sec while out of combat. Cannot be applied to items lower than level 70.

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Chest

Crystalline Radiance

Crystalline Radiance

87%

Permanently enchants a chestpiece with Earthen rune magic to increase your Intellect by 34. Cannot be applied to items lower than level 70.

Oathsworn's Strength

Oathsworn's Strength

10%

Permanently enchants a chestpiece to increase your Strength by 24 and Stamina by 12. Cannot be applied to items lower than level 70.

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Feet

Scout's March

Scout's March

77%

Permanently enchants a pair of boots with a scout's swiftness, increasing Speed by 12. Cannot be applied to items lower than level 70.

Defender's March

Defender's March

16%

Permanently enchants a pair of boots with a defender's tenacity, increasing Stamina by 41. Cannot be applied to items lower than level 70.

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Legs

Stormbound Armor Kit

Stormbound Armor Kit

97%

Use: Apply a Stormbound Armor Kit to your leg armor, causing it to permanently gain 8 Agility or Strength. Additionally, the item also gains 8 Stamina. (1 Sec Cooldown)

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Main Hand

Rune of Sanguination

61%

Rune of Sanguination

Rune of the Fallen Crusader

19%

Rune of the Fallen Crusader

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Ring

+21 Haste

+21 Haste

71%

Permanently enchants a ring with Beledar's radiance, increasing Haste by 15. Cannot be applied to items lower than level 70.

+21 Mastery

+21 Mastery

55%

Permanently enchants a ring with Beledar's radiance, increasing Mastery by 15. Cannot be applied to items lower than level 70.

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Wrist

+66 Speed

+66 Speed

77%

Permanently enchants bracers with ancient magic that chants with power, granting 46 Speed. Cannot be applied to items lower than level 70.

+43 Leech

+43 Leech

13%

Permanently enchants bracers with ancient magic that chants with power, granting 38 Leech. Cannot be applied to items lower than level 70.

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
90.3%
Death Strike
90.3%
Raise Dead
87.1%
Runic Attenuation
90.3%
Improved Death Strike
90.3%
Cleaving Strikes
83.9%
Mind Freeze
90.3%
Blinding Sleet
80.6%
Gloom Ward
64.5%
2 / 2
Wraith Walk
67.7%
Unholy Momentum
80.6%
2 / 2
Control Undead
0%
Enfeeble
3.2%
Coldthirst
25.8%
Proliferating Chill
77.4%
Permafrost
19.4%
Veteran of the Third War
80.6%
Death Pact
25.8%
Brittle
67.7%
Blood Bond
9.7%
Icy Talons
90.3%
Death Notes
0%
Anti-Magic Zone
58.1%
Death Defiance
19.4%
Unholy Bond
74.2%
Ice Prison
3.2%
Asphyxiate
90.3%
Assimilation
9.7%
Anti-Magic Barrier
80.6%
Grip of the Dead
61.3%
Suppression
54.8%
Blood Scent
64.5%
Unholy Endurance
64.5%
Osmosis
12.9%
Insidious Chill
48.4%
Runic Protection
22.6%
Blood Draw
45.2%
Rune Mastery
58.1%
2 / 2
Subduing Grasp
19.4%
Will of the Necropolis
61.3%
2 / 2
Null Magic
41.9%
Unyielding Will
0%
Death's Echo
61.3%
Vestigial Shell
9.7%

San'layn

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Infliction of Sorrow
76.2%
Incite Terror
100%
Inevitable
76.2%
The Blood is Life
76.2%
Blood-Soaked Ground
100%
Vampiric Strike
100%
Gift of the San'layn
100%
Pact of the San'layn
76.2%
Bloody Fortitude
76.2%
Vampiric Speed
76.2%
Frenzied Bloodthirst
100%
Transfusion
47.6%
Thrill of Blood
47.6%
Visceral Strength
47.6%
Heart Strike
90.3%
Marrowrend
90.3%
Blood Boil
90.3%
Vampiric Blood
90.3%
Bone Collector
90.3%
Ossuary
90.3%
Improved Vampiric Blood
35.5%
2 / 2
Improved Heart Strike
71%
2 / 2
Relish in Blood
74.2%
Leeching Strike
3.2%
Heartbreaker
83.9%
Foul Bulwark
12.9%
Dancing Rune Weapon
90.3%
Hemostasis
90.3%
Perseverance of the Ebon Blade
41.9%
Bloodworms
29%
Gorefiend's Grasp
83.9%
Improved Bone Shield
83.9%
Insatiable Blade
90.3%
Deadly Reach
67.7%
Rapid Decomposition
80.6%
Boiling Point
32.3%
Lifeblood
54.8%
Everlasting Bond
90.3%
Voracious
90.3%
Blood Feast
22.6%
Plague Infusion
48.4%
Bloody Reflection
38.7%
Iron Heart
74.2%
Bloodied Blade
54.8%
Coagulopathy
64.5%
Blood Mist
54.8%
Sanguine Ground
71%
Bloodshot
61.3%
Consumption
16.1%
Red Thirst
41.9%
Sanguinary Burst
51.6%
Purgatory
64.5%
Carnage
0%
Umbilicus Eternus
22.6%
Dance of Midnight
0%

Best PvP Talents

Last Dance

Last Dance

84%

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

Spellwarden

Spellwarden

58%

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

Decomposing Aura

Decomposing Aura

55%

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

45%

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

Price of Progress

Price of Progress

10%

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

3%

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

Death Chain

Death Chain

3%

Chains 3 enemies together, dealing 10.4 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

3%

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.