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Blood Death Knight

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  • 50 players
  • Last Updated: 23 hours 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

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<Pøxyù>Soulflayer (eu)

Talents (class)

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Talents (spec)

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Talents (hero)

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Talents (pvp)

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Змейвнтр

<Рак Гейминг>Soulflayer (eu)

Talents (class)

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Talents (spec)

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Talents (hero)

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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

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

30% of the best players use this combination
Galactic Gladiator's Medallion

Galactic Gladiator's Medallion

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

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.

7% 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 706 Haste for 15 sec. All Vanguard of the Light volunteers within 40 yards also gain 176 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 37 Strength for 12 sec. Multiple applications may overlap.

7% 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)

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

20%

+16 Haste & +7 Versatility

Flawless Masterful Lapis

Flawless Masterful Lapis

16%

+16 Versatility & +7 Mastery

Flawless Versatile Amethyst

Flawless Versatile Amethyst

15%

+16 Mastery & +7 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 Prismatic Focusing Iris on a Ring 2 item
Prismatic Focusing Iris

Prismatic Focusing Iris

50%

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 140%
  • Neck10%
Arcanoweave Lining

Arcanoweave Lining

37%

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.

  • Wrist36%
  • Back27%
  • Waist27%
  • Feet9%
Stabilizing Gemstone Bandolier

Stabilizing Gemstone Bandolier

20%

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

  • Ring 142%
  • Ring 242%
  • Wrist17%

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

Flexweave Underlay

3%

Goblin Glider

3%
Chest icon

Chest

Enchant Chest - Mark of the Worldsoul

52%

Enchant Chest - Mark of the Worldsoul

Enchant Chest - Mark of Nalorakk

22%

Enchant Chest - Mark of Nalorakk

Feet icon

Feet

Enchant Boots - Farstrider's Hunt

55%

Enchant Boots - Farstrider's Hunt

Enchant Boots - Shaladrassil's Roots

10%

Enchant Boots - Shaladrassil's Roots

Hands icon

Hands

Heavy Knothide Armor Kit

12%

+3 Stamina

Legs icon

Legs

Forest Hunter's Armor Kit

68%

+41 Agility/Strength & +115 Stamina

Blood Knight's Armor Kit

7%

+41 Agility/Strength & +27 Armor

Main Hand icon

Main Hand

Rune of Sanguination

57%

Rune of Sanguination

Rune of the Fallen Crusader

23%

Rune of the Fallen Crusader

Ring icon

Ring

Enchant Ring - Silvermoon's Tenacity

60%

Enchant Ring - Silvermoon's Tenacity

Enchant Ring - Zul'jin's Mastery

33%

Enchant Ring - Zul'jin's 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
90%
Death Strike
91.7%
Raise Dead
85%
Runic Attenuation
90%
Improved Death Strike
91.7%
Cleaving Strikes
81.7%
Mind Freeze
86.7%
Blinding Sleet
85%
Gloom Ward
78.3%
2 / 2
Wraith Walk
90%
Unholy Momentum
91.7%
2 / 2
Control Undead
0%
Enfeeble
18.3%
Coldthirst
46.7%
Proliferating Chill
45%
Permafrost
53.3%
Veteran of the Third War
91.7%
Death Pact
58.3%
Brittle
68.3%
Blood Bond
1.7%
Icy Talons
85%
Death Notes
18.3%
Anti-Magic Zone
73.3%
Death Defiance
55%
Unholy Bond
91.7%
Ice Prison
5%
Asphyxiate
91.7%
Assimilation
26.7%
Anti-Magic Barrier
91.7%
Grip of the Dead
86.7%
Suppression
53.3%
Blood Scent
65%
Unholy Endurance
85%
Osmosis
30%
Insidious Chill
70%
Runic Protection
90%
Blood Draw
73.3%
Rune Mastery
91.7%
2 / 2
Subduing Grasp
18.3%
Will of the Necropolis
91.7%
2 / 2
Null Magic
88.3%
Unyielding Will
8.3%
Death's Echo
91.7%
Vestigial Shell
28.3%

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
91.7%
Marrowrend
91.7%
Blood Boil
91.7%
Vampiric Blood
91.7%
Bone Collector
91.7%
Ossuary
90%
Improved Vampiric Blood
51.7%
2 / 2
Improved Heart Strike
51.7%
2 / 2
Relish in Blood
80%
Leeching Strike
6.7%
Heartbreaker
66.7%
Foul Bulwark
55%
Dancing Rune Weapon
91.7%
Hemostasis
91.7%
Perseverance of the Ebon Blade
18.3%
Bloodworms
31.7%
Gorefiend's Grasp
90%
Improved Bone Shield
90%
Insatiable Blade
91.7%
Deadly Reach
70%
Rapid Decomposition
88.3%
Boiling Point
68.3%
Lifeblood
60%
Everlasting Bond
91.7%
Voracious
91.7%
Blood Feast
26.7%
Plague Infusion
65%
Bloody Reflection
40%
Iron Heart
90%
Bloodied Blade
51.7%
Coagulopathy
90%
Blood Mist
61.7%
Sanguine Ground
86.7%
Bloodshot
65%
Consumption
3.3%
Red Thirst
70%
Sanguinary Burst
38.3%
Purgatory
76.7%
Carnage
0%
Umbilicus Eternus
56.7%
Dance of Midnight
270%

Best PvP Talents

Last Dance

Last Dance

72%

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

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

55%

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

Spellwarden

Spellwarden

50%

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

Rot and Wither

Rot and Wither

12%

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

Strangulate

Strangulate

8%

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

Death Chain

Death Chain

7%

Chains 3 enemies together, dealing 10.3 Shadow damage and causing 20% of all damage taken to also be received by the others in the chain. Lasts for 10 sec.

Dark Simulacrum

Dark Simulacrum

5%

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.

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.