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Blood Death Knight

  • Rated Battlegrounds
  • 26 players
  • Last Updated: 14 hours ago

This page is automatically generated by looking up the top 50 Blood Death Knight on the Rated Battlegrounds 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

Gypo

Gypo

<Beach Justice>Scilla (us)

Talents (class)

March of Darkness
Death's Reach

Talents (spec)

Gorefiend's Grasp

Talents (hero)

Newly Turned
Blood-Soaked Ground
Vampiric Aura
Pact of the San'layn

Talents (pvp)

Last Dance
Decomposing Aura
Spellwarden
Necrophobiá

Necrophobiá

<UNC MAXXING>Mal'Ganis (us)

Talents (class)

Wraith Walk
Death's Reach

Talents (spec)

Gorefiend's Grasp

Talents (hero)

Vampiric Speed
Blood-Soaked Ground
Vampiric Aura
Sanguine Scent

Talents (pvp)

Rot and Wither
Last Dance
Decomposing Aura
Snagyoaunty

Snagyoaunty

Sargeras (us)

Talents (class)

Wraith Walk
Asphyxiate

Talents (spec)

Abomination Limb

Talents (hero)

Rune Carved Plates
Dark Talons
Death's Messenger

Talents (pvp)

Dark Simulacrum
Bloodforged Armor
Spellwarden

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

27% 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.

19% 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 30 Strength for 12 sec. Multiple applications may overlap.

8% of the best players use this combination
Solarflare Prism

Solarflare Prism

Equip: Your damaging abilities have a chance to unleash the prism's radiant light, increasing your Critical Strike by 222 for 10 sec, further increased by 1 for every 1% of the target's missing health, up to a maximum of 272.

Algeth'ar Puzzle Box

Algeth'ar Puzzle Box

Use: Solve a puzzle, increasing your Mastery by 861 for 20 sec. (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 Deadly Amethyst
Flawless Deadly Amethyst

Flawless Deadly Amethyst

18%

+16 Mastery & +7 Critical Strike

Flawless Masterful Lapis

Flawless Masterful Lapis

16%

+16 Versatility & +7 Mastery

Flawless Masterful Garnet

Flawless Masterful Garnet

15%

+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

69%

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.

  • Wrist61%
  • Back17%
  • Waist11%
  • Feet11%
Hunt

Hunt

27%

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

15%

Equip: Your spells and abilities have a chance to activate the Iris, firing a focused beam of light at your target and dealing 754 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.

  • Neck50%
  • Ring 225%
  • Ring 125%

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

Goblin Glider

8%
Chest icon

Chest

Enchant Chest - Mark of the Worldsoul

58%

Enchant Chest - Mark of the Worldsoul

Enchant Chest - Mark of Nalorakk

19%

Enchant Chest - Mark of Nalorakk

Feet icon

Feet

Enchant Boots - Farstrider's Hunt

54%

Enchant Boots - Farstrider's Hunt

Enchant Boots - Lynx's Dexterity

23%

Enchant Boots - Lynx's Dexterity

Hands icon

Hands

Heavy Knothide Armor Kit

4%

+3 Stamina

Legs icon

Legs

Forest Hunter's Armor Kit

92%

+41 Agility/Strength & +115 Stamina

Blood Knight's Armor Kit

4%

+41 Agility/Strength & +27 Armor

Main Hand icon

Main Hand

Rune of Sanguination

38%

Rune of Sanguination

Rune of the Fallen Crusader

31%

Rune of the Fallen Crusader

Ring icon

Ring

Enchant Ring - Zul'jin's Mastery

58%

Enchant Ring - Zul'jin's Mastery

Enchant Ring - Silvermoon's Tenacity

42%

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
88.5%
Death Strike
88.5%
Raise Dead
88.5%
Runic Attenuation
88.5%
Improved Death Strike
88.5%
Cleaving Strikes
88.5%
Mind Freeze
88.5%
Blinding Sleet
80.8%
Gloom Ward
80.8%
2 / 2
March of Darkness
80.8%
Unholy Momentum
88.5%
2 / 2
Control Undead
7.7%
Enfeeble
23.1%
Coldthirst
42.3%
Proliferating Chill
34.6%
Permafrost
65.4%
Veteran of the Third War
88.5%
Death Pact
34.6%
Brittle
73.1%
Blood Bond
0%
Icy Talons
84.6%
Death Notes
30.8%
Anti-Magic Zone
80.8%
Death Defiance
34.6%
Unholy Bond
88.5%
Ice Prison
3.8%
Asphyxiate
88.5%
Assimilation
26.9%
Anti-Magic Barrier
88.5%
Grip of the Dead
73.1%
Suppression
73.1%
Blood Scent
46.2%
Unholy Endurance
76.9%
Osmosis
11.5%
Insidious Chill
84.6%
Runic Protection
88.5%
Blood Draw
76.9%
Rune Mastery
84.6%
2 / 2
Subduing Grasp
19.2%
Will of the Necropolis
88.5%
2 / 2
Null Magic
84.6%
Unyielding Will
3.8%
Death's Echo
80.8%
Vestigial Shell
15.4%

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
88.5%
Marrowrend
88.5%
Blood Boil
88.5%
Vampiric Blood
88.5%
Bone Collector
88.5%
Ossuary
88.5%
Improved Vampiric Blood
34.6%
2 / 2
Improved Heart Strike
61.5%
2 / 2
Relish in Blood
65.4%
Leeching Strike
7.7%
Heartbreaker
73.1%
Foul Bulwark
34.6%
Dancing Rune Weapon
88.5%
Hemostasis
88.5%
Perseverance of the Ebon Blade
19.2%
Bloodworms
15.4%
Gorefiend's Grasp
80.8%
Improved Bone Shield
88.5%
Insatiable Blade
88.5%
Deadly Reach
69.2%
Rapid Decomposition
88.5%
Boiling Point
69.2%
Lifeblood
46.2%
Everlasting Bond
88.5%
Voracious
88.5%
Blood Feast
19.2%
Plague Infusion
73.1%
Bloody Reflection
26.9%
Iron Heart
88.5%
Bloodied Blade
42.3%
Coagulopathy
88.5%
Blood Mist
73.1%
Sanguine Ground
88.5%
Bloodshot
73.1%
Consumption
23.1%
Red Thirst
76.9%
Sanguinary Burst
42.3%
Purgatory
80.8%
Carnage
7.7%
Umbilicus Eternus
50%
Dance of Midnight
253.8%

Best PvP Talents

Last Dance

Last Dance

58%

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

Spellwarden

Spellwarden

42%

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

Bloodforged Armor

Bloodforged Armor

42%

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

Decomposing Aura

Decomposing Aura

38%

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

Rot and Wither

Rot and Wither

15%

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

Dark Simulacrum

Dark Simulacrum

15%

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.

Death Chain

Death Chain

12%

Chains 3 enemies together, dealing 10.2 Shadow damage and causing 20% of all damage taken to also be received by the others in the chain. Lasts for 10 sec.

Price of Progress

Price of Progress

4%

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.

Murderous Intent

Murderous Intent

4%

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.