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Blood Death Knight

  • Solo Shuffle
  • 50 players
  • Last Updated: 16 hours ago

This page is automatically generated by looking up the top 50 Blood Death Knight on the Solo Shuffle 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!

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Stat Priority

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

Best Races

The best race for a Blood Death Knight for the Alliance is Human and for the Horde is Blood Elf

Best Items

Trinket Combinations

15% of the best players use this combination
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.

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)

15% 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)

5% 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.

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

Enduring Heliotrope

Enduring Heliotrope

9%

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

Flawless Masterful Lapis

Flawless Masterful Lapis

7%

+16 Versatility & +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 Prismatic Focusing Iris on a Ring 1 item
Prismatic Focusing Iris

Prismatic Focusing Iris

56%

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 152%
  • Ring 248%
Stabilizing Gemstone Bandolier

Stabilizing Gemstone Bandolier

15%

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

  • Ring 133%
  • Ring 222%
  • Neck22%
  • Back11%
  • Feet11%
Devouring Banding

Devouring Banding

10%

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.

  • Main Hand50%
  • Back17%
  • Wrist17%
  • Head17%

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

5%
Chest icon

Chest

Enchant Chest - Mark of the Worldsoul

42%

Enchant Chest - Mark of the Worldsoul

Enchant Chest - Mark of Nalorakk

27%

Enchant Chest - Mark of Nalorakk

Feet icon

Feet

Enchant Boots - Farstrider's Hunt

41%

Enchant Boots - Farstrider's Hunt

Enchant Boots - Shaladrassil's Roots

15%

Enchant Boots - Shaladrassil's Roots

Legs icon

Legs

Forest Hunter's Armor Kit

63%

+41 Agility/Strength & +115 Stamina

Blood Knight's Armor Kit

8%

+41 Agility/Strength & +27 Armor

Main Hand icon

Main Hand

Rune of Sanguination

58%

Rune of Sanguination

Rune of the Fallen Crusader

27%

Rune of the Fallen Crusader

Ring icon

Ring

Enchant Ring - Zul'jin's Mastery

31%

Enchant Ring - Zul'jin's Mastery

Enchant Ring - Thalassian Haste

31%

Enchant Ring - Thalassian Haste

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
91.5%
Death Strike
91.5%
Raise Dead
86.4%
Runic Attenuation
91.5%
Improved Death Strike
91.5%
Cleaving Strikes
86.4%
Mind Freeze
91.5%
Blinding Sleet
83.1%
Gloom Ward
76.3%
2 / 2
Wraith Walk
84.7%
Unholy Momentum
91.5%
2 / 2
Control Undead
0%
Enfeeble
10.2%
Coldthirst
44.1%
Proliferating Chill
40.7%
Permafrost
55.9%
Veteran of the Third War
91.5%
Death Pact
44.1%
Brittle
79.7%
Blood Bond
3.4%
Icy Talons
84.7%
Death Notes
15.3%
Anti-Magic Zone
72.9%
Death Defiance
40.7%
Unholy Bond
91.5%
Ice Prison
6.8%
Asphyxiate
91.5%
Assimilation
22%
Anti-Magic Barrier
91.5%
Grip of the Dead
79.7%
Suppression
67.8%
Blood Scent
59.3%
Unholy Endurance
91.5%
Osmosis
30.5%
Insidious Chill
76.3%
Runic Protection
88.1%
Blood Draw
83.1%
Rune Mastery
91.5%
2 / 2
Subduing Grasp
25.4%
Will of the Necropolis
91.5%
2 / 2
Null Magic
89.8%
Unyielding Will
3.4%
Death's Echo
91.5%
Vestigial Shell
30.5%

Deathbringer

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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
91.5%
Marrowrend
91.5%
Blood Boil
91.5%
Vampiric Blood
91.5%
Bone Collector
91.5%
Ossuary
89.8%
Improved Vampiric Blood
35.6%
2 / 2
Improved Heart Strike
72.9%
2 / 2
Relish in Blood
62.7%
Leeching Strike
11.9%
Heartbreaker
81.4%
Foul Bulwark
39%
Dancing Rune Weapon
91.5%
Hemostasis
91.5%
Perseverance of the Ebon Blade
22%
Bloodworms
18.6%
Gorefiend's Grasp
84.7%
Improved Bone Shield
89.8%
Insatiable Blade
91.5%
Deadly Reach
78%
Rapid Decomposition
91.5%
Boiling Point
74.6%
Lifeblood
57.6%
Everlasting Bond
91.5%
Voracious
91.5%
Blood Feast
20.3%
Plague Infusion
71.2%
Bloody Reflection
44.1%
Iron Heart
89.8%
Bloodied Blade
55.9%
Coagulopathy
91.5%
Blood Mist
69.5%
Sanguine Ground
89.8%
Bloodshot
74.6%
Consumption
6.8%
Red Thirst
67.8%
Sanguinary Burst
55.9%
Purgatory
61%
Carnage
3.4%
Umbilicus Eternus
42.4%
Dance of Midnight
252.5%

Best PvP Talents

Last Dance

Last Dance

80%

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

Decomposing Aura

Decomposing Aura

69%

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

44%

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

Spellwarden

Spellwarden

39%

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

Death Chain

Death Chain

10%

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.

Rot and Wither

Rot and Wither

8%

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

Murderous Intent

Murderous Intent

8%

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.

Strangulate

Strangulate

5%

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