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Blood Death Knight

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  • Last Updated: 6 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

Scotygrippen

Scotygrippen

Black Dragonflight (us)

Talents (class)

Wraith Walk
Death's Reach

Talents (spec)

Gorefiend's Grasp

Talents (hero)

Rune Carved Plates
Reaper's Onslaught
Death's Messenger

Talents (pvp)

Dark Simulacrum
Bloodforged Armor
Spellwarden
Ártháslegend

Ártháslegend

Magtheridon (eu)

Talents (class)

Wraith Walk
Death's Reach

Talents (spec)

Gorefiend's Grasp

Talents (hero)

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

Talents (pvp)

Last Dance
Bloodforged Armor
Price of Progress
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 Kul Tiran and for the Horde is Orc

Best Items

Trinket Combinations

66% 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.

10% 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.

6% 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 Badge of Ferocity

Galactic Gladiator's Badge of Ferocity

Use: Increases primary stat by 208 for 15 sec. (1 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

26%

+16 Haste & +7 Versatility

Flawless Masterful Lapis

Flawless Masterful Lapis

19%

+16 Versatility & +7 Mastery

Enduring Heliotrope

Enduring Heliotrope

16%

+23 Primary Stat and +5% Damage Reduction when affected by Crowd Control

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 Back item
Arcanoweave Lining

Arcanoweave Lining

62%

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 28 and your ally's Primary Stat by 7.

  • Back39%
  • Waist23%
  • Wrist19%
  • Feet19%
Prismatic Focusing Iris

Prismatic Focusing Iris

46%

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 248%
  • Ring 143%
  • Neck9%
Devouring Banding

Devouring Banding

30%

Equip: Your damaging spells and abilities can cause you to heed the whispers and fire a Devouring Bolt at your target, dealing 966 Cosmic damage. This bolt devours their strength, seizing 91 of your highest secondary stat for you for 10 sec.

  • Waist33%
  • Feet27%
  • Back20%
  • Wrist13%
  • Main Hand7%

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

62%

Enchant Chest - Mark of the Worldsoul

Enchant Chest - Mark of Nalorakk

32%

Enchant Chest - Mark of Nalorakk

Feet icon

Feet

Enchant Boots - Farstrider's Hunt

76%

Enchant Boots - Farstrider's Hunt

Enchant Boots - Shaladrassil's Roots

8%

Enchant Boots - Shaladrassil's Roots

Hands icon

Hands

Heavy Knothide Armor Kit

12%

+3 Stamina

Legs icon

Legs

Forest Hunter's Armor Kit

92%

+41 Agility/Strength & +115 Stamina

Blood Knight's Armor Kit

2%

+41 Agility/Strength & +27 Armor

Main Hand icon

Main Hand

Rune of Sanguination

74%

Rune of Sanguination

Rune of the Fallen Crusader

14%

Rune of the Fallen Crusader

Ring icon

Ring

Enchant Ring - Zul'jin's Mastery

54%

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 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
100%
Death Strike
100%
Raise Dead
92%
Runic Attenuation
100%
Improved Death Strike
100%
Cleaving Strikes
90%
Mind Freeze
98%
Blinding Sleet
92%
Gloom Ward
74%
2 / 2
Wraith Walk
100%
Unholy Momentum
100%
2 / 2
Control Undead
2%
Enfeeble
16%
Coldthirst
56%
Proliferating Chill
78%
Permafrost
26%
Veteran of the Third War
100%
Death Pact
74%
Brittle
80%
Blood Bond
0%
Icy Talons
94%
Death Notes
8%
Anti-Magic Zone
94%
Death Defiance
68%
Unholy Bond
100%
Ice Prison
2%
Asphyxiate
100%
Assimilation
16%
Anti-Magic Barrier
100%
Grip of the Dead
96%
Suppression
50%
Blood Scent
66%
Unholy Endurance
100%
Osmosis
32%
Insidious Chill
94%
Runic Protection
92%
Blood Draw
90%
Rune Mastery
100%
2 / 2
Subduing Grasp
10%
Will of the Necropolis
100%
2 / 2
Null Magic
100%
Unyielding Will
2%
Death's Echo
100%
Vestigial Shell
34%

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
42%
2 / 2
Improved Heart Strike
68%
2 / 2
Relish in Blood
84%
Leeching Strike
0%
Heartbreaker
74%
Foul Bulwark
44%
Dancing Rune Weapon
100%
Hemostasis
100%
Perseverance of the Ebon Blade
32%
Bloodworms
56%
Gorefiend's Grasp
100%
Improved Bone Shield
98%
Insatiable Blade
100%
Deadly Reach
80%
Rapid Decomposition
98%
Boiling Point
74%
Lifeblood
54%
Everlasting Bond
100%
Voracious
100%
Blood Feast
22%
Plague Infusion
80%
Bloody Reflection
32%
Iron Heart
100%
Bloodied Blade
52%
Coagulopathy
100%
Blood Mist
80%
Sanguine Ground
100%
Bloodshot
66%
Consumption
6%
Red Thirst
60%
Sanguinary Burst
52%
Purgatory
92%
Carnage
0%
Umbilicus Eternus
46%
Dance of Midnight
100%

Best PvP Talents

Last Dance

Last Dance

90%

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

Spellwarden

Spellwarden

68%

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

Decomposing Aura

Decomposing Aura

62%

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

52%

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

Dark Simulacrum

Dark Simulacrum

10%

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

6%

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.

Strangulate

Strangulate

6%

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

Death Chain

Death Chain

4%

Chains 3 enemies together, dealing 10.5 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

2%

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