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Blood Death Knight

  • Rated Battlegrounds
  • 28 players
  • Last Updated: 5 hours ago

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

Outsmarted

Outsmarted

<SOMA>Stormrage (us)

Talents (class)

-

Talents (spec)

Tombstone
Consumption

Talents (hero)

Newly Turned
Bloody Fortitude
Pact of the San'layn

Talents (pvp)

Rot and Wither
Last Dance
Spellwarden
Sleyth

Sleyth

<Manquiverso>Ragnaros (us)

Talents (class)

Enfeeble

Talents (spec)

Tombstone
Consumption

Talents (hero)

Vampiric Speed
Bloody Fortitude
Pact of the San'layn

Talents (pvp)

Last Dance
Decomposing Aura
Spellwarden
Sollãn

Sollãn

<Torrent>Sargeras (us)

Talents (class)

-

Talents (spec)

Tombstone

Talents (hero)

Grim Reaper
Rune Carved Plates
Dark Talons
Death's Messenger

Talents (pvp)

Stat Priority

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

32% 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 11,910 primary stat for 20 sec.

7% 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 8,281 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)

7% 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 8,817 for 15 sec. The force slams the earth, dealing 1.7 million Nature damage to all nearby enemies and increasing Critical Strike by 440 per enemy hit, up to a maximum of 11,019. (1 Min 30 Sec Cooldown)

Improvised Seaforium Pacemaker

Improvised Seaforium Pacemaker

Equip: Repurpose a Seaforium charge to give your heart a kick, causing your first ability every 60 sec to trigger Explosive Adrenaline, granting 3,755 Critical Strike for 15 sec. While exploding, Critical Strikes cause you to blow up again, extending this duration by 1 sec, up to 15 times.

Best Sockets

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

Versatile Onyx

18%

+147 Mastery and +49 Versatility

Masterful Emerald

Masterful Emerald

10%

+147 Haste and +49 Mastery

Masterful Ruby

Masterful Ruby

7%

+147 Critical Strike and +49 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 Elemental Focusing Lens on a Ring 2 item
Elemental Focusing Lens

Elemental Focusing Lens

93%

Equip: Your damaging spells and abilities have a chance to deal 92,557 damage to your target. The magic school chosen is based upon your selection of socketed Khaz Algar gems.

  • Ring 242%
  • Ring 131%
  • Neck12%
  • Wrist8%
  • Waist4%
  • Feet4%
Dawnthread Lining

Dawnthread Lining

21%

Equip: Your gear warms with Woven Dawnthread and gains 756 Critical Strike when over 80% health.

  • Waist50%
  • Wrist33%
  • Head17%
Ascendance

Ascendance

21%

Equip: Gain Ascendance every 8 seconds spent in combat. Ascendance grants 89 of a random secondary stat for 15 sec, stacking up to 10 times. This is a Nerubian embellishment.

  • Main Hand100%

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 Leeching Fangs

Chant of Leeching Fangs

36%

Permanently enchants a cloak with ancient magic that chants with power, granting 715 Leech and heal for 9,925 every 5 sec while out of combat. Cannot be applied to items lower than level 350.

Chant of Burrowing Rapidity

Chant of Burrowing Rapidity

36%

Permanently enchants a cloak with ancient magic that chants with power, granting 175 Speed and causing the cooldown of your Hearthstone to recover 15% faster while in Khaz Algar. Cannot be applied to items lower than level 350.

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Chest

Crystalline Radiance

Crystalline Radiance

79%

Permanently enchants a chestpiece with Earthen rune magic to increase your Intellect by 520. Cannot be applied to items lower than level 350.

Oathsworn's Strength

Oathsworn's Strength

7%

Permanently enchants a chestpiece to increase your Strength by 365 and Stamina by 185. Cannot be applied to items lower than level 350.

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Feet

Scout's March

Scout's March

39%

Permanently enchants a pair of boots with a scout's swiftness, increasing Speed by 175. Cannot be applied to items lower than level 350.

Defender's March

Defender's March

36%

Permanently enchants a pair of boots with a defender's tenacity, increasing Stamina by 625. Cannot be applied to items lower than level 350.

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Legs

Stormbound Armor Kit

Stormbound Armor Kit

89%

Use: Apply a Stormbound Armor Kit to your leg armor, causing it to permanently gain 930 Agility or Strength. Additionally, the item also gains 895 Stamina. (1 Sec Cooldown)

Defender's Armor Kit

Defender's Armor Kit

4%

Use: Apply a Defender's Armor Kit to your leg armor, permanently increasing its Agility or Strength by 930. Additionally, the item also gains 980 armor. (1 Sec Cooldown)

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Ring

+315 Mastery

+315 Mastery

68%

Permanently enchants a ring with Beledar's radiance, increasing Mastery by 220. Cannot be applied to items lower than level 350.

Cursed Mastery

Cursed Mastery

39%

Permanently infuses a ring with a cursed chant, sapping 9 of your Critical Strike while granting 31 Mastery. Cannot be applied to items lower than level 350.

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Wrist

+1000 Speed

+1000 Speed

36%

Permanently enchants bracers with ancient magic that chants with power, granting 700 Speed. Cannot be applied to items lower than level 350.

+2040 Leech

+2040 Leech

25%

Permanently enchants bracers with ancient magic that chants with power, granting 1425 Leech. Cannot be applied to items lower than level 350.

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

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Best Class Talents

Tier 1

Best Hero Talents

Tier 1

Best Specialization Talents

Tier 1

Best PvP Talents

Last Dance

Last Dance

64%

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

Decomposing Aura

Decomposing Aura

50%

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

Spellwarden

Spellwarden

39%

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

Bloodforged Armor

Bloodforged Armor

39%

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

Rot and Wither

Rot and Wither

25%

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

Strangulate

Strangulate

14%

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

Death Chain

Death Chain

14%

Chains 3 enemies together, dealing 155.6 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

11%

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

7%

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.

Dark Simulacrum

Dark Simulacrum

4%

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.