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Blood Death Knight

  • 2v2
  • 19 players
  • Last Updated: 22 hours 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)

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Talents (spec)

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Talents (hero)

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Talents (pvp)

Mesx

Mesx

<Tsu>Illidan (us)

Talents (class)

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Talents (spec)

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Talents (hero)

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Talents (pvp)

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

Stat Priority

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

16% of the best players use this combination
Light Company Guidon

Light Company Guidon

Equip: You are a volunteer of the Vanguard of the Light.

Use: Lead the charge to gain 633 Haste for 15 sec. All Vanguard of the Light volunteers within 40 yards also gain 158 Speed for 6 sec. (1 Min 30 Sec Cooldown)

Gaze of the Alnseer

Gaze of the Alnseer

Equip: Your damage and healing has a chance to grant you Alnsight for 12 sec. While active, casting spells and abilities manifests unstable Alnscorned and consumes their essence to grant you 34 Strength for 12 sec. Multiple applications may overlap.

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.

Vessel of Tortured Souls

Vessel of Tortured Souls

Equip: Your spells and abilities have a chance to awaken a soul within the vessel. Each soul you collect increases your Strength by 36 for 1 min.

5% of the best players use this combination
Rotting Globule

Rotting Globule

Use: Cover yourself in four fetid pustules, absorbing 182,271 damage for 15 sec. Each time the shield loses 25% of its value, a pustule erupts, dealing 4,729 Plague damage split among nearby enemies. If all pustules erupt, the final burst deals 2,702 additional Plague damage. (2 Min Cooldown)

Kroluk's Warbanner

Kroluk's Warbanner

Equip: Your melee attacks have a chance to summon an elite Axethrower who hurls an axe at your target, inflicting 15,988 Physical damage.

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

15%

+32 Primary Stat

Flawless Deadly Amethyst

Flawless Deadly Amethyst

13%

+16 Mastery & +7 Critical Strike

Flawless Masterful Garnet

Flawless Masterful Garnet

13%

+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

63%

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.

  • Wrist58%
  • Back25%
  • Waist17%
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%
Prismatic Focusing Iris

Prismatic Focusing Iris

16%

Equip: Your spells and abilities have a chance to activate the Iris, firing a focused beam of light at your target and dealing 748 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 133%
  • Neck33%
  • Ring 233%

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

58%

Enchant Chest - Mark of the Worldsoul

Enchant Chest - Mark of Nalorakk

11%

Enchant Chest - Mark of Nalorakk

Feet icon

Feet

Enchant Boots - Farstrider's Hunt

37%

Enchant Boots - Farstrider's Hunt

Enchant Boots - Lynx's Dexterity

11%

Enchant Boots - Lynx's Dexterity

Legs icon

Legs

Forest Hunter's Armor Kit

74%

+41 Agility/Strength & +115 Stamina

Thalassian Scout Armor Kit

5%

+24 Agility/Strength

Main Hand icon

Main Hand

Rune of Sanguination

58%

Rune of Sanguination

Rune of the Fallen Crusader

21%

Rune of the Fallen Crusader

Ring icon

Ring

Enchant Ring - Zul'jin's Mastery

42%

Enchant Ring - Zul'jin's Mastery

Enchant Ring - Amani Mastery

26%

Enchant Ring - Amani Mastery

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
84.2%
Death Strike
84.2%
Raise Dead
78.9%
Runic Attenuation
84.2%
Improved Death Strike
84.2%
Cleaving Strikes
78.9%
Mind Freeze
84.2%
Blinding Sleet
78.9%
Gloom Ward
78.9%
2 / 2
March of Darkness
84.2%
Unholy Momentum
84.2%
2 / 2
Control Undead
5.3%
Enfeeble
5.3%
Coldthirst
42.1%
Proliferating Chill
10.5%
Permafrost
73.7%
Veteran of the Third War
84.2%
Death Pact
10.5%
Brittle
84.2%
Blood Bond
0%
Icy Talons
84.2%
Death Notes
42.1%
Anti-Magic Zone
84.2%
Death Defiance
10.5%
Unholy Bond
84.2%
Ice Prison
0%
Asphyxiate
84.2%
Assimilation
63.2%
Anti-Magic Barrier
84.2%
Grip of the Dead
78.9%
Suppression
57.9%
Blood Scent
47.4%
Unholy Endurance
78.9%
Osmosis
10.5%
Insidious Chill
78.9%
Runic Protection
84.2%
Blood Draw
73.7%
Rune Mastery
84.2%
2 / 2
Subduing Grasp
5.3%
Will of the Necropolis
84.2%
2 / 2
Null Magic
84.2%
Unyielding Will
0%
Death's Echo
84.2%
Vestigial Shell
5.3%

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
84.2%
Marrowrend
84.2%
Blood Boil
84.2%
Vampiric Blood
84.2%
Bone Collector
84.2%
Ossuary
84.2%
Improved Vampiric Blood
52.6%
2 / 2
Improved Heart Strike
47.4%
2 / 2
Relish in Blood
78.9%
Leeching Strike
0%
Heartbreaker
73.7%
Foul Bulwark
52.6%
Dancing Rune Weapon
84.2%
Hemostasis
78.9%
Perseverance of the Ebon Blade
26.3%
Bloodworms
0%
Gorefiend's Grasp
84.2%
Improved Bone Shield
84.2%
Insatiable Blade
84.2%
Deadly Reach
73.7%
Rapid Decomposition
84.2%
Boiling Point
73.7%
Lifeblood
36.8%
Everlasting Bond
84.2%
Voracious
84.2%
Blood Feast
10.5%
Plague Infusion
31.6%
Bloody Reflection
5.3%
Iron Heart
84.2%
Bloodied Blade
73.7%
Coagulopathy
84.2%
Blood Mist
31.6%
Sanguine Ground
84.2%
Bloodshot
78.9%
Consumption
10.5%
Red Thirst
84.2%
Sanguinary Burst
21.1%
Purgatory
84.2%
Carnage
0%
Umbilicus Eternus
63.2%
Dance of Midnight
252.6%

Best PvP Talents

Last Dance

Last Dance

53%

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

Bloodforged Armor

Bloodforged Armor

53%

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

Decomposing Aura

Decomposing Aura

42%

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

Strangulate

Strangulate

21%

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

Dark Simulacrum

Dark Simulacrum

16%

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.

Spellwarden

Spellwarden

16%

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

Death Chain

Death Chain

5%

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.

Rot and Wither

Rot and Wither

5%

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