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Blood Death Knight

  • Battleground Blitz
  • 50 players
  • Last Updated: 17 hours ago

See what 50 high-rated Battleground Blitz 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

Rahbek

Rahbek

<Melk Trupp>Kazzak (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
Clockwerk

Clockwerk

Auchindoun (eu)

Talents (Class)

Wraith Walk
Asphyxiate

Talents (Specialization)

Gorefiend's Grasp

Talents (Hero)

Rune Carved Plates
Dark Talons
Expelling Shield

Talents (PvP)

Strangulate
Last Dance
Spellwarden
Arthaslegend

Arthaslegend

<GoreTide>Magtheridon (eu)

Talents (Class)

Wraith Walk
Death's Reach

Talents (Specialization)

Gorefiend's Grasp

Talents (Hero)

Rune Carved Plates
Dark Talons
Death's Messenger

Talents (PvP)

Last Dance
Bloodforged Armor
Price of Progress

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 Blood Elf

Most Used Items

Trinket Combinations

14% 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.

12% 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.

6% 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 Versatile Amethyst
Flawless Versatile Amethyst

Flawless Versatile Amethyst

19%

+16 Mastery & +7 Versatility

Flawless Quick Amethyst

Flawless Quick Amethyst

11%

+16 Mastery & +7 Haste

Flawless Versatile Peridot

Flawless Versatile Peridot

10%

+16 Haste & +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

64%

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 47 and your ally's Primary Stat by 12.

  • Wrist47%
  • Back19%
  • Feet17%
  • Waist8%
  • Shoulders4%
  • Hands2%
  • Chest2%
  • Legs2%
Prismatic Focusing Iris

Prismatic Focusing Iris

10%

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.

  • Ring 263%
  • Ring 138%
Sunfire Silk Lining

Sunfire Silk Lining

4%

Equip: Healing and damage from periodic effects can increase Strength by 8 for 15 sec, stacking up to 5 times.

  • Wrist50%
  • Hands50%

Most Used Enchants

Percentages use the 50 characters in this dataset. A value above 100% means the enchant appears more than 50 times, usually because the same enchant is applied to both rings.
Back icon

Back

Goblin Glider

2%
Chest icon

Chest

Enchant Chest - Mark of the Worldsoul

48%

Enchant Chest - Mark of the Worldsoul

Enchant Chest - Mark of Nalorakk

42%

Enchant Chest - Mark of Nalorakk

Feet icon

Feet

Enchant Boots - Farstrider's Hunt

72%

Enchant Boots - Farstrider's Hunt

Enchant Boots - Shaladrassil's Roots

10%

Enchant Boots - Shaladrassil's Roots

Hands icon

Hands

Falco Strikes

12%

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Heat Wave

12%

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Legs icon

Legs

Forest Hunter's Armor Kit

90%

+41 Agility/Strength & +115 Stamina

Blood Knight's Armor Kit

4%

+41 Agility/Strength & +27 Armor

Main Hand icon

Main Hand

Rune of Sanguination

48%

Rune of Sanguination

Rune of the Fallen Crusader

32%

Rune of the Fallen Crusader

Ring icon

Ring

Enchant Ring - Zul'jin's Mastery

52%

Enchant Ring - Zul'jin's Mastery

Enchant Ring - Eyes of the Eagle

50%

Enchant Ring - Eyes of the Eagle

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 50 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
94%
Runic Attenuation
100%
Improved Death Strike
100%
Cleaving Strikes
92%
Mind Freeze
98%
Blinding Sleet
92%
Gloom Ward
90%
2 / 2
March of Darkness
98%
Unholy Momentum
100%
2 / 2
Control Undead
2%
Enfeeble
14%
Coldthirst
54%
Proliferating Chill
40%
Permafrost
86%
Veteran of the Third War
100%
Death Pact
36%
Brittle
84%
Blood Bond
0%
Icy Talons
96%
Death Notes
26%
Anti-Magic Zone
94%
Death Defiance
26%
Unholy Bond
100%
Ice Prison
4%
Death's Reach
100%
Assimilation
24%
Anti-Magic Barrier
100%
Grip of the Dead
92%
Suppression
70%
Blood Scent
56%
Unholy Endurance
96%
Osmosis
34%
Insidious Chill
88%
Runic Protection
88%
Blood Draw
90%
Rune Mastery
100%
2 / 2
Subduing Grasp
20%
Will of the Necropolis
100%
2 / 2
Null Magic
98%
Unyielding Will
10%
Death's Echo
100%
Vestigial Shell
18%

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
62%
2 / 2
Improved Heart Strike
82%
2 / 2
Relish in Blood
52%
Leeching Strike
2%
Heartbreaker
82%
Foul Bulwark
56%
Dancing Rune Weapon
100%
Hemostasis
100%
Perseverance of the Ebon Blade
6%
Bloodworms
28%
Gorefiend's Grasp
96%
Improved Bone Shield
98%
Insatiable Blade
100%
Deadly Reach
80%
Rapid Decomposition
98%
Boiling Point
68%
Lifeblood
50%
Everlasting Bond
100%
Voracious
100%
Blood Feast
20%
Plague Infusion
52%
Bloody Reflection
32%
Iron Heart
100%
Bloodied Blade
66%
Coagulopathy
100%
Blood Mist
48%
Sanguine Ground
100%
Bloodshot
92%
Consumption
8%
Red Thirst
94%
Sanguinary Burst
30%
Purgatory
92%
Carnage
0%
Umbilicus Eternus
68%
Dance of Midnight
100%
4 / 4

Most Used PvP Talents

Last Dance

Last Dance

84%

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

Decomposing Aura

Decomposing Aura

64%

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

52%

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

Bloodforged Armor

Bloodforged Armor

50%

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

Strangulate

Strangulate

12%

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

Price of Progress

Price of Progress

10%

You sacrifice 1% of your health every 1.5 sec and in exchange you cannot be slowed below 100% of normal speed, and you are immune to forced movement effects and knockbacks. Lasts until canceled.

Murderous Intent

Murderous Intent

6%

You focus the assault on this target, increasing their damage taken by 3% for 10 sec. Each unique player that attacks the target increases the damage taken by an additional 3%, stacking up to 6 times. Your melee attacks refresh the duration of Focused Assault.

Death Chain

Death Chain

6%

Chains 4 enemies together, dealing 61.7 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

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.