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Blood Death Knight

  • Rated Battlegrounds
  • 32 players
  • Last Updated: 15 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

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
Kindavion

Kindavion

<Exílium>Ragnaros (us)

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
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

Stat Priority

Values are relative to the highest stat. The stat priority for a Blood Death Knight is
Mastery > Haste > Critical Strike > 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

22% 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.

6% 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 248 for 10 sec, further increased by 1 for every 1% of the target's missing health, up to a maximum of 304.

Light Company Guidon

Light Company Guidon

Equip: You are a volunteer of the Vanguard of the Light.

Use: Lead the charge to gain 590 Haste for 15 sec. All Vanguard of the Light volunteers within 40 yards also gain 147 Speed for 6 sec. (1 Min 30 Sec 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 Masterful Lapis
Flawless Masterful Lapis

Flawless Masterful Lapis

23%

+16 Versatility & +7 Mastery

Flawless Versatile Amethyst

Flawless Versatile Amethyst

12%

+16 Mastery & +7 Versatility

Indecipherable Eversong Diamond

Indecipherable Eversong Diamond

12%

+32 Primary Stat

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

66%

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.

  • Wrist57%
  • Back29%
  • Feet5%
  • Chest5%
  • Waist5%
Prismatic Focusing Iris

Prismatic Focusing Iris

25%

Equip: Your spells and abilities have a chance to activate the Iris, firing a focused beam of light at your target and dealing 748 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 150%
  • Ring 250%
Hunt

Hunt

22%

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%

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

53%

Enchant Chest - Mark of the Worldsoul

Enchant Chest - Mark of Nalorakk

25%

Enchant Chest - Mark of Nalorakk

Feet icon

Feet

Enchant Boots - Farstrider's Hunt

56%

Enchant Boots - Farstrider's Hunt

Enchant Boots - Lynx's Dexterity

9%

Enchant Boots - Lynx's Dexterity

Hands icon

Hands

Heavy Knothide Armor Kit

3%

+3 Stamina

Legs icon

Legs

Forest Hunter's Armor Kit

75%

+41 Agility/Strength & +115 Stamina

Blood Knight's Armor Kit

6%

+41 Agility/Strength & +27 Armor

Main Hand icon

Main Hand

Rune of Sanguination

31%

Rune of Sanguination

Rune of the Fallen Crusader

25%

Rune of the Fallen Crusader

Ring icon

Ring

Enchant Ring - Zul'jin's Mastery

63%

Enchant Ring - Zul'jin's Mastery

Enchant Ring - Silvermoon's Tenacity

28%

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
93.8%
Death Strike
93.8%
Raise Dead
87.5%
Runic Attenuation
93.8%
Improved Death Strike
93.8%
Cleaving Strikes
87.5%
Mind Freeze
93.8%
Blinding Sleet
81.3%
Gloom Ward
87.5%
2 / 2
March of Darkness
93.8%
Unholy Momentum
93.8%
2 / 2
Control Undead
6.3%
Enfeeble
18.8%
Coldthirst
34.4%
Proliferating Chill
28.1%
Permafrost
75%
Veteran of the Third War
93.8%
Death Pact
34.4%
Brittle
81.3%
Blood Bond
3.1%
Icy Talons
87.5%
Death Notes
37.5%
Anti-Magic Zone
93.8%
Death Defiance
34.4%
Unholy Bond
93.8%
Ice Prison
3.1%
Asphyxiate
90.6%
Assimilation
37.5%
Anti-Magic Barrier
93.8%
Grip of the Dead
78.1%
Suppression
75%
Blood Scent
43.8%
Unholy Endurance
81.3%
Osmosis
15.6%
Insidious Chill
90.6%
Runic Protection
90.6%
Blood Draw
71.9%
Rune Mastery
93.8%
2 / 2
Subduing Grasp
18.8%
Will of the Necropolis
93.8%
2 / 2
Null Magic
93.8%
Unyielding Will
9.4%
Death's Echo
90.6%
Vestigial Shell
18.8%

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
93.8%
Marrowrend
93.8%
Blood Boil
93.8%
Vampiric Blood
93.8%
Bone Collector
93.8%
Ossuary
93.8%
Improved Vampiric Blood
40.6%
2 / 2
Improved Heart Strike
65.6%
2 / 2
Relish in Blood
84.4%
Leeching Strike
3.1%
Heartbreaker
78.1%
Foul Bulwark
34.4%
Dancing Rune Weapon
93.8%
Hemostasis
93.8%
Perseverance of the Ebon Blade
28.1%
Bloodworms
21.9%
Gorefiend's Grasp
93.8%
Improved Bone Shield
93.8%
Insatiable Blade
93.8%
Deadly Reach
62.5%
Rapid Decomposition
90.6%
Boiling Point
84.4%
Lifeblood
46.9%
Everlasting Bond
93.8%
Voracious
93.8%
Blood Feast
9.4%
Plague Infusion
71.9%
Bloody Reflection
21.9%
Iron Heart
93.8%
Bloodied Blade
37.5%
Coagulopathy
93.8%
Blood Mist
71.9%
Sanguine Ground
93.8%
Bloodshot
78.1%
Consumption
25%
Red Thirst
78.1%
Sanguinary Burst
43.8%
Purgatory
84.4%
Carnage
3.1%
Umbilicus Eternus
50%
Dance of Midnight
278.1%

Best PvP Talents

Last Dance

Last Dance

53%

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

Bloodforged Armor

Bloodforged Armor

47%

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

Spellwarden

Spellwarden

44%

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

25%

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

Dark Simulacrum

Dark Simulacrum

16%

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.

Strangulate

Strangulate

9%

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

Death Chain

Death Chain

9%

Chains 3 enemies together, dealing 10.1 Shadow damage and causing 20% of all damage taken to also be received by the others in the chain. Lasts for 10 sec.

Murderous Intent

Murderous Intent

3%

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.