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Blood Death Knight

  • 3v3
  • 8 players
  • Last Updated: 4 hours ago

See what 8 high-rated 3v3 characters are using, based on PvPLeaderboard’s EU and US rankings.

Where these stats come from

Starting at the top of the rankings, we work down until we have everything we need for 50 characters.

A character is ignored if their Battle.net profile is missing or incomplete, if they aren’t max level, or if their talents don’t fit the current talent tree.

Use this as a starting point, then adjust your setup for your bracket, comp, rating, and matchup.

Sources: PvPLeaderboard; Battle.net

Players

Ziggedk

Ziggedk

Kazzak (eu)

Talents (Class)

March of Darkness
Asphyxiate

Talents (Specialization)

Gorefiend's Grasp

Talents (Hero)

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

Talents (PvP)

Annehathaway

Annehathaway

<Advance>Silvermoon (eu)

Talents (Class)

March of Darkness
Death's Reach

Talents (Specialization)

Gorefiend's Grasp

Talents (Hero)

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

Talents (PvP)

Rot and Wither
Last Dance
Daitooalgowñ

Daitooalgowñ

Ravencrest (eu)

Talents (Class)

Wraith Walk
Asphyxiate

Talents (Specialization)

Gorefiend's Grasp

Talents (Hero)

Rune Carved Plates
Dark Talons
Death's Messenger

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

Most Used Races

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

Most Used Items

Trinket Combinations

38% of the best players use this combination
Voracious Heart of Ula'tek

Voracious Heart of Ula'tek

Use: Bite the heart and embrace the ravening hunger, gaining 436 Strength for 20 sec. While the hunger persists, gain a very high chance to devour a morsel of your target with every attack, dealing 13,921 Physical damage and further increasing your Strength by 48. (1 Min 30 Sec Cooldown)

Zul'jin's Guillotine Technique

Zul'jin's Guillotine Technique

Equip: You have a chance to follow up your attacks with Guillotine, hurling a massive axe in an arc at your target to deal 29,041 Physical damage. Damage increased by 2% for every 1% health the target is missing.

38% of the best players use this combination
Venomous Gladiator's Medallion

Venomous Gladiator's Medallion

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

Venomous Gladiator's Insignia of Alacrity

Venomous Gladiator's Insignia of Alacrity

Equip: Your spells and abilities have a chance to grant 270 primary stat for 20 sec.

13% of the best players use this combination
Venomous Gladiator's Insignia of Alacrity

Venomous Gladiator's Insignia of Alacrity

Equip: Your spells and abilities have a chance to grant 270 primary stat for 20 sec.

Venomous Aspirant's Medallion

Venomous Aspirant's Medallion

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

Most Used Sockets

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

Flawless Masterful Lapis

37%

+16 Versatility & +7 Mastery

Flawless Versatile Peridot

Flawless Versatile Peridot

19%

+16 Haste & +7 Versatility

Flawless Versatile Amethyst

Flawless Versatile Amethyst

12%

+16 Mastery & +7 Versatility

Most Used 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

100%

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 67 and your ally's Primary Stat by 17.

  • Wrist33%
  • Waist27%
  • Back27%
  • Feet13%
Prismatic Focusing Iris

Prismatic Focusing Iris

13%

Equip: Your spells and abilities have a chance to activate the Iris, firing a focused beam of light at your target and dealing 1,533 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.

  • Neck100%

Most Used Enchants

Percentages use the 8 characters in this dataset. A value above 100% means the enchant appears more than 8 times, usually because the same enchant is applied to both rings.
Back icon

Back

Goblin Glider

13%
Chest icon

Chest

Enchant Chest - Mark of the Worldsoul

88%

Enchant Chest - Mark of the Worldsoul

Enchant Chest - Mark of Nalorakk

13%

Enchant Chest - Mark of Nalorakk

Feet icon

Feet

Enchant Boots - Shaladrassil's Roots

38%

Enchant Boots - Shaladrassil's Roots

Enchant Boots - Farstrider's Hunt

38%

Enchant Boots - Farstrider's Hunt

Legs icon

Legs

Forest Hunter's Armor Kit

100%

+41 Agility/Strength & +115 Stamina

Main Hand icon

Main Hand

Rune of the Apocalypse

50%

Rune of the Apocalypse

Rune of Sanguination

38%

Rune of Sanguination

Ring icon

Ring

Enchant Ring - Zul'jin's Mastery

75%

Enchant Ring - Zul'jin's Mastery

Enchant Ring - Silvermoon's Tenacity

50%

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 talent popularity. The percentages show how many of the 8 characters in this dataset selected each talent.

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

Talent Tree

Talent Tree Background
Icebound Fortitude
100%
Death Strike
100%
Raise Dead
87.5%
Runic Attenuation
100%
Improved Death Strike
100%
Cleaving Strikes
87.5%
Mind Freeze
87.5%
Blinding Sleet
100%
Gloom Ward
87.5%
2 / 2
March of Darkness
100%
Unholy Momentum
100%
2 / 2
Control Undead
0%
Enfeeble
0%
Coldthirst
87.5%
Proliferating Chill
50%
Permafrost
75%
Veteran of the Third War
100%
Death Pact
50%
Brittle
100%
Blood Bond
0%
Icy Talons
100%
Death Notes
12.5%
Anti-Magic Zone
87.5%
Death Defiance
37.5%
Unholy Bond
100%
Ice Prison
0%
Asphyxiate
100%
Assimilation
12.5%
Anti-Magic Barrier
100%
Grip of the Dead
100%
Suppression
37.5%
Blood Scent
87.5%
Unholy Endurance
100%
Osmosis
25%
Insidious Chill
100%
Runic Protection
100%
Blood Draw
87.5%
Rune Mastery
100%
2 / 2
Subduing Grasp
0%
Will of the Necropolis
100%
2 / 2
Null Magic
100%
Unyielding Will
0%
Death's Echo
100%
Vestigial Shell
12.5%

San'layn

Hero class image
Infliction of Sorrow
100%
Incite Terror
100%
Inevitable
100%
The Blood is Life
100%
Blood-Soaked Ground
100%
Vampiric Strike
100%
Gift of the San'layn
100%
Pact of the San'layn
100%
Bloody Fortitude
100%
Vampiric Speed
100%
Frenzied Bloodthirst
100%
Transfusion
100%
Thrill of Blood
100%
Visceral Strength
100%
Heart Strike
100%
Marrowrend
100%
Blood Boil
100%
Vampiric Blood
100%
Bone Collector
100%
Ossuary
100%
Improved Vampiric Blood
75%
2 / 2
Improved Heart Strike
100%
2 / 2
Relish in Blood
37.5%
Leeching Strike
0%
Heartbreaker
100%
Foul Bulwark
50%
Dancing Rune Weapon
100%
Hemostasis
100%
Perseverance of the Ebon Blade
0%
Bloodworms
25%
Gorefiend's Grasp
100%
Improved Bone Shield
100%
Insatiable Blade
100%
Deadly Reach
87.5%
Rapid Decomposition
100%
Boiling Point
75%
Lifeblood
37.5%
Everlasting Bond
100%
Voracious
100%
Blood Feast
0%
Plague Infusion
37.5%
Bloody Reflection
37.5%
Iron Heart
100%
Bloodied Blade
75%
Coagulopathy
100%
Blood Mist
25%
Sanguine Ground
100%
Bloodshot
100%
Consumption
0%
Red Thirst
87.5%
Sanguinary Burst
25%
Purgatory
87.5%
Carnage
0%
Umbilicus Eternus
62.5%
Dance of Midnight
100%
4 / 4

Most Used PvP Talents

Last Dance

Last Dance

75%

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

38%

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

Bloodforged Armor

Bloodforged Armor

13%

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