WoW Cataclysm closed beta death knight spell, ability, mastery and talent list
The WoW Cataclysm closed beta has officially begun and the NDA has lifted. MMO-Champion is one of the first out of the gate to post a complete list of the current death knight spells, abilities and talents, including masteries, new spells and recent dev … [Read More...]
[DK DPS] Gear guide for new level 80 DPS Death Knights
Daniel Whitcomb at WoW.com has posted a guide to gearing your brand new level 80 DPS Death Knight. The top of the article has links to great guides on speccing for Blood, Frost and Unholy as well as previously published DK gear guides. The rest of the … [Read More...]
[Frost] Alternate Frost Death Knight DPS builds
Last week Daniel Whitcomb of WoW.com posted his recommended Frost DPS spec for Death Knights. This week he covers the popular alternate Frost DPS DK talent builds as well as Sigil choices. This guide is current as of WoW Patch 3.3.3. … [Read More...]
[Frost DK] Guide to Frost DPS for Patch 3.3.3
Though Frost spec will be primarily DPS in the Cataclysm expansion, it doesn't hurt to know how it currently works. After all, it's going to be about six more months before the new changes drop unless Blizzard drops them earlier than the expansion … [Read More...]
Blizzard developer Twitter chat notes for Death Knights
On Friday, Blizzard held a Twitter dev chat about the upcoming Cataclysm expansion and the recently announced class changes. Here's the Death Knight parts: Death Knight Q: With the change to death knight tanking, Blood being the tank spec, what … [Read More...]
WoW Death Knight Cataclysm class changes announced
Today Blizzard laid out the plan for massive changes to the Death Knight class scheduled to take effect with the launch of the WoW Cataclysm expansion. Details below: World of Warcraft: Cataclysm will bring with it several changes to class talents and … [Read More...]
Death Knight Cataclysm class changes: Blood will be the tanking spec
Though the more comprehensive overview of changes coming to the Death Knight class with the Cataclysm expansion won't arrive until tomorrow, Blizzard posted one of the biggest changes yesterday: We're doing our Cataclysm preview on the death … [Read More...]
Death Knight changes on the Patch 3.3.3 PTR
Daniel Whitcomb has combed through the Patch 3.3.3 PTR notes for the Death Knight changes and found plenty for the Frost, Blood and Unholy specs. Talents, Glyphs and general abilities are all covered. … [Read More...]
The basics of the Unholy DPS DK spec
Daniel Whitcomb of WoW.com continues his series of beginner guides for Death Knight specs, this time covering the Unholy DPS spec. He covers the strengths and weaknesses of the spec, reviews the recommended talent build, lists the stats to look for on … [Read More...]
The basics of the Blood DPS DK spec
Daniel Whitcomb of WoW.com has posted a basics guide for Blood spec Death Knights with an emphasis on DPS. His Blood 101 piece covers the pros and cons of the spec, what stats to look for in gear, talent builds and leveling, damage rotations, glyphs, … [Read More...]
Icecrown Citadel Crimson Hall gear guide for Death Knights
Daniel Whitcomb at WoW.com continues his DK gear guides for Frostwing Halls, this time focusing on DPS and Tank gear for The Crimson Halls. He covers both 10-man and 25-man DK drops from the Blood Princes and Blood Queen, Lana'thel. … [Read More...]
Icecrown Citadel Plagueworks gear guide for Death Knights
Daniel Whitcomb, the Death Knight columnist at WoW.com continues his ICC DK gear guide, this time focusing on drops in the Plagueworks. He covers DPS and tank gear from Festergut, Rotface and Professor Putricide in both 10 and 25-man encounters. … [Read More...]
Icecrown Citadel Lower Spire gear guide for Death Knights
Daniel Whitcomb, the DK columnist at WoW.com, has listed all the 10-man and 25-man gear that drops for Death Knights in ICC: The Lower Spire. His list includes all the bosses and covers both DPS and Tanking gear. … [Read More...]
Tanking weapons for Death Knights
The pwnwear Death Knight blog has created a list of tanking weapons that drop from 10-man and 25-man raids. They cover both 1h and 2h weapons with links and analysis. … [Read More...]
Death Knight Blood spec for best single target dps
The Death Knight Tactics blog has a guide to arguably the best single target dps spec, Blood. The arguable part comes into play since theoretically Blood should be tops, but in application Unholy is currently coming out slightly ahead. This may change … [Read More...]
Consolidated guide to tanking Icecrown Citadel bosses
The pwnwear Death Knight blog has gathered all the popular Icecrown Citadel tanking guides and listed links to them by boss. A great resource that allows you to compare different strats. … [Read More...]
AoE DPS spec for Unholy Death Knights
The Death Knight Tactics blog has a guide to AoE DPS for Unholy DK's that includes suggested rotations, glyphs, strengths and weaknesses. The guide doesn't have tooltips active so you'll have to cross reference the icons used to explain rotation. … [Read More...]
Emblem of Frost gear guide for Death Knights
Daniel Whitcomb at WoW.com has posted his gear guide for Death Knights collecting Emblems of Frost from Icecrown Citadel and random heroics. He covers T9, T10, non-tier plate, sigils and cloaks. … [Read More...]
Gem guide for Death Knight tanking
The pwnwear DK blog has a clear and concise gemming guide for tanking Death Knights. He looks at the debate between stacking for avoidance vs stamina as well. … [Read More...]
More Death Knight AddOn recommendations
The Typhoon Andrew DK has listed their own set of DK AddOns for others to try including Rune Watch, DK Presence Alert, DOT timers, Power Aura Plus and ZOMGbuffs. … [Read More...]