Блад ДК (дд) — PvE гайд WotLK 3.3.5a — гайд WOW-TOPS.SU

Complete PvE guide for Blood DK (dd) 3.3.5a: talents 51/0/20, rotation, stats, glyphs, stones, enchantments and BiS under CLK 25 ger. (ilvl 277).

Specialization Overview

Blood DK as a DD is the simplest and most durable death knight melee spec in 3.3.5a. The rotation is priority and forgiving: diseases, Death Strike on ice + unholy, Heart Strike spam on bloody runes and death runes, draining the power of the runes with Death Face. Spec brings the raid Power of Abomination (+10% AP) and Hysteria, scales well with Strength and ArP and is fully unleashed with Dark Sorrow. In terms of DPS ceiling, it is inferior to Frost and Ancholic, but wins in stability and usefulness.

Strengths

Strong raid buffs: Abomination Strength (+10% AP for the entire raid) and Hysteria on the best melee damage dealer
Very simple priority rotation - almost impossible to 'break', ideal for mastering DK
Huge self-heal (Death Strike, Rune Grab, Vampiric Blood) - best survivable melee damage
Excellent scaling with strength and ArP, maximum synergy with Shadowmourne

Weaknesses

DPS ceiling is lower than that of frost and ancholic DK in full encore
The 2T10 bonus (+10% to Obliterate/Scourge Strike) does not work on Heart Strike - the set is taken for the sake of 4T10 and stats
Weak mobility, like all DCs: no dashes, dps sags on run-ups
Dependence on uptime on the target and on competent management of runes/rune power

Races

Orc S 🔴Horde

Blood Fury, Ax Specialization

The best choice of the Horde: Blood Fury is an AP burst for Hysteria and DRV, and Ax Specialization gives mastery for an encore weapon (Dark Mourn - axe).

Troll A 🔴Horde

Berserking

Berserk is a strong cooldown on attack speed, works well under Bloodied Blade and procs. Slightly weaker than an orc due to the lack of a bonus to axes.

Blood Elf B 🔴Horde

Arcane Torrent

The magical stream replenishes a little runic power every 2 minutes - nice, but weaker than the orc and troll.

Man A 🔵 Alliance

Sword Specialization, Mace Specialization

Top Alliance according to wowtbc: mastery of swords/bludgeons. A nuance: with Dark Sorrow (axe), the racial bonus disappears - then the draenei are no worse.

Draenei A 🔵 Alliance

Heroic Presence

The presence of a hero - +1% accuracy for yourself and the group, always works with any weapon. The most stable choice of the Alliance under Dark Mourn.

Dwarf B 🔵 Alliance

Mac Specialization

Mastery of blunt weapons is only relevant while you are playing with a mace; the bonus does not work with an encore axe.

Professions

Engineering

Hyper-accelerators for gloves (+340 attack speed for 12 sec), Nitro-accelerators, network

Best profession for dps: glove boosters - strongest on-use, synergy with Bloodied Blade, plus mobility through Nitro.

Jewelcrafting

3 unique Dragon's Eye stones (+34 stats instead of +20)

A stable +42 Strength (or ArP) on top of regular gems is the second strongest bonus.

Blacksmithing

Additional sockets for bracers and gloves

Two extra sockets = +40 Strength/ArP. Goes great with jewelry.

Enchanting

Enchant Rings: 2×(+40 AP)

Standard parity bonus, like most professions.

Inscription

Enhanced Shoulder Inscription (+120 AP, +15 crit)

Replaces the shoulder charm of the Sons of Hodir with a stronger one - the same parity bonus.

Alchemy

Mixture: enhanced and extended infusion

Equivalent to a parity bonus + savings on infusions.

Talents

Standard Blood DD (Blood + Unholy)

51/0/20

Blood: 51 Ice: 0 Unholy: 20

The main build for all TsLK/RS content. Blood to Dancing Rune Weapon (51), the remainder to Unholy for Necrosis, Bloodied Blade, Sickness and Ravenous Dead. Last point (Epidemic/3rd point of the Bloodied Blade/Smell of Blood) - taste: The smell of blood is valuable in fights with passive AoE damage. An alternative is a variant with the Ice branch (Black Ice, Endless Winter) instead of Unholy, and is played less often.

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Key Talents

Blade Armor 5/5 Required

AP from armor - free damage in any build, a must-have.

Death Rune Lord 3/3 Required

Ice + Unholy turn into death runes after Death Strike - the foundation of the rotation, gives 4 Heart Strikes in a row.

Bloody Strikes 3/3 Required

+45% to Heart Strike and +30% to Blood Boil - the main damage talent.

Veteran of the Third War 3/3 Required

+6% strength and +6 skill is a must.

Bloody Revenge 3/3 Required

Up to +9% physical damage after crits - almost constant uptime.

The Power of Abomination 2/2 Required

+10% AP for the raid and +2% strength for yourself. We take it even if there is an enkh shaman - for the sake of personal power.

Unholy Frenzy 1/1 Required

+20% fizuron to the best mile for 30 sec - apply to yourself or the top fury-war/cat according to CD.

Inexorable Rock 3/3 Required

A hit to the heart gives you a chance for a free Death Coil - a lot of free damage.

Mograine's Power 3/3 Required

+45% crit damage of Death Strike and Heart Strike.

Bloodsucker 5/5 Required

+10% damage above 75% HP and +10% to your ArP. Strengthens the already existing ArP - with an encore the value increases.

Dancing Rune Weapon 1/1 Required

51st talent: a copy of the weapon duplicates attacks - strong CD, press with Hysteria and trinkets.

Necrosis 5/5 Required

+20% damage to basic attacks with dark magic - free damage without conditions.

Blood-Tempered Blade 3/3

Proc with auto attacks; value increases with attack speed (Hyper Accelerators, Heroism).

Soreness 3/3

+15% to Death Coil and -15 sec CD of Death and Decay.

Pathogenicity 3/3 Required

+3% spell hit - important: Death Coil and Icy Touch - spells.

Ravenous Dead 3/3

+3% strength and ghoul buff.

Glyphs

Basic glyphs

Glyph of Death Strike Required

+1% Death Strike damage per 5 runic power (up to +25%). The DC is pressed every cycle - a required glyph.

Symbol of the black death Required

+15% to Death Face. With Sudden Doom and Morbidity - a must.

Symbol of illness Required

Pestilence refreshes diseases on all targets - it saves runes on reapplying LP/UC and gives more Heart Strikes.

Alternative: Glyph of Dancing Rune Weapon - in battles where you have time for two DRVs

Small Glyphs

Blood drain symbol

Blood drain no longer costs health - you hit the CD for free.

Glyph of Winter's Horn

+1 minute to the Horn of Winter - update the buff less often.

Symbol of the resurrection of the dead

Summon a ghoul without a reagent.

Characteristics

The priority of stats is the same as that of any power melee, with one peculiarity: a noticeable part of the blood’s damage is darkness spells (Death Coil, Necrosis, diseases), therefore, in addition to the melee cap of accuracy, a spell hit is also desirable (closed by Malignancy and the Misery/Improved magical fire debuff). After the caps on accuracy and skill - strength and ArP, the value of ArP increases with Blood Gorged (+10%) and the Will of Deadly proc.

Hit8% = 263 ratings (mili-cap); spell cap 368 / 289 with Misery - not completely knocked out, don't chase

Misses with the main hits - a direct loss of DPS and disruption of rune rotation.

Expertise26 (6.5%)

Removes boss dodges. Cap is required - an orc with an ax needs less rating.

Strength

Main stat: AP, scale with all hits, enhanced by Veteran and Abomination Strength.

Armor Penetration (ArP)

A very strong stat in the encore: Blood Gorged adds +10% to the existing ArP, the Will of the Deadly proc adds more. In top gear, gems are used instead of strength (according to sim/speedsheet).

Critical Strike

Feeds Bloody Vengeance and Might of Mograine.

Haste

More auto attacks → more Necrosis, Bloodied Blade and runic power. Not going to do it on purpose.

Rotation

Blood is a priority spec around runes: diseases always hang around, ice + unholy pairs go into Death Strike (and become death runes), bloody runes and death runes go into Heart Strike, the power of the runes is merged with Death Face. The main thing is not to let runes and runic power stand idle and maintain 100% uptime of diseases through Pestilence with the Symbol of Disease.

Boss Pool (Opener)

Reign of Unholy

buff

Before the battle - for casting Army of the Dead at speed.

Army of the Dead

Cooldown

10 seconds before the pool.

Power of Blood

buff

6 seconds before the pool - combat stance dd (+15% damage).

Horn of Winter

buff

1 sec before the pool + speed potion prepot.

Icy Touch

dot

First illness (Chills).

Plague Strike

dot

Second disease (Blood Plague). Immediately press trinkets, race and Hysteria.

Death Strike

nuke

Pair ice + unholy → death runes.

A blow to the heart

nuke

Both are bloody runes.

Dancing Rune Weapon

Cooldown

Ghoul and DRV for all buffs.

Runic Weapon Enhancement

Cooldown

Refresh of all runes → another cycle of DC + XC×2.

Blood drain

Cooldown

We activate the death rune and spam HP.

Face of Death

Filler

We update diseases (Symbol of disease) and drain the power of runes. Next is the usual priority.

Priority in battle

Icy Touch

dot

Hold both dots 100% of the time; after the first application, update only with Pestilence (Symbol of Disease).

Death Strike

nuke

For each pair of ice + unholy - converts them into death runes (+25% damage from the glyph at 25+ CP).

A blow to the heart

nuke

All blood runes and death runes are the main generator of damage and procs for Sudden Doom.

Face of Death

Filler

After draining the power of the runes, do not let it drip; Sudden Doom procs go away automatically.

Blood drain

Cooldown

According to CD (with the glyph free) - an extra death rune = an extra Strike to the heart.

Horn of Winter

buff

Support if appointed; in pauses - extra power of runes.

AoE rotation

Pestilence

AoE

We spread diseases throughout the entire pack.

Death and Decay

AoE

By AC on 3+ targets (Soreness reduces AC).

Blood Boiling

AoE

Instead of Heart Strike on 5+ targets (HP already hits the second target).

Cooldowns

Unholy Frenzy

Cooldown

According to CD for yourself or the strongest physical DD (furi-var/cat). Removes 1% HP per second - don’t use it at low HP.

Dancing Rune Weapon

Cooldown

Under Hysteria, trinkets and heroism; requires 60 CP.

Runic Weapon Enhancement

Cooldown

During a burst window or when runes are out of sync.

Army of the Dead

Cooldown

Only on pre-pull - in battle the cast is too long.

Tips

Never drain the power of runes: 100+ CP means you have lost the Faces of Death.
Update diseases with Pestilence in advance (2-3 seconds before the decline), and not after - the loss of uptime of pillboxes also affects Necrosis.
With 4T10, the bonus (+3% damage when all runes are on CD) is almost constant for the blood - just don’t keep the runes idle.
During run-ups and transitions, drain the accumulated CP with Death Coil as you approach the boss.
Keep your HP above 75% for Blood Gorged - self-healing with Death Strike helps with this.

Stones

First, the caps of accuracy (263) and skill (26) are covered with stones, then everything is in ArP (in an encore with the Will of the Deadly) or by force, if there is still little passive ArP. The meta is activated by one Nightmare Tear in a blue nest - we ignore the colored bonuses of the nests, except for the strong ones (+6/8 to strength for a red stone).

Enchantments

Slot	Enchantment	Bonus	Alternative
Head	Magic sign of suffering	+50 attack power, +20 crit	—
Shoulders	Great Ax Mark	+40 attack power, +15 crit (Sons of Hodir - Exalted)	Master's Inscription of the Ax (scribes)
Cloak	Enchant Cloak - Speed II	+23 speed	Flexweave Underlay (engineers)
Chest	Enchant Chest - All Stats VII	+10 to all stats	—
Wrists	Enchant Bracer - Assault II	+50 attack power	Blacksmith socket + stone
Gloves	Enchant Gloves - Crusher	+44 attack power	Hyper Accelerators (Engineers)
Belt	Eternal Belt Buckle	Additional slot	—
Legs	Frostscale Leg Armor	+75 attack power, +22 crit	—
Shoes	Enchant Boots - Assault II	+32 attack power	Tuskarr's Vitality - +15 stamina and running speed
Weapons	Rune of the Fallen Knight	Proc: +15% strength and heal for 15 sec	—

Consumables

flask

Flask of Endless Rage

+180 attack power

The only infusion option for physical dd.

food

Dracofin Angelfish Fillet

+40 to strength, +40 to endurance

Best food; Fish Feast is an acceptable replacement for the raid.

potion prepull

Potion of Speed

+500 speed for 15 sec

Prepot 1-2 seconds before the pool - does not eat up the potion's combat cooldown.

potion combat

Potion of Speed

+500 speed for 15 sec

The second potion is in the burst window: Hysteria + DRV + chiroism.

potion combat

Potion of Indestructibility

+3500 armor for 2 min

Situational for survival (Kullopuz, 3rd phase of the Professor) - the armor also feeds Blade armor.

Advice

Don’t forget Spiced Mammoth Treats for the ghoul and no sharpening stone/oil is required - the DK has runes on his weapon. Speed prep is required on every tray.

Best Items (BiS)

Patch: ICC (TsLK) + Ruby Sanctum, mode 25 ger. (ilvl 277)

Assembly for 4T10 (277): shooting range - head/shoulders/chest/legs, gloves - not set. Dream Weapon - Dark Mourn; While she is gone, take Glorenzelg (Glorenzelg, CL 25 ger., item 50730) or Bryntroll from Marrowgar. Aldriana's leather gloves are a legal encore in terms of stats, don't be confused by the armor type.

Set bonus

2T10 (+10% to Obliterate/Scourge Strike) for Heart Strike does NOT work, but 4T10 - +3% to all damage for 15 sec, when all runes are on cooldown - the blood hangs almost constantly. Plus the items themselves are 277 - the best in slots with stats.

Slot	Item	Source
Head	Sanctified Scourgelord's Helmet T	Token: Saurfang/Professor/Blood Queen/Sindragosa, CLK 25 ger.
Neck	Lana'thel's Tormenting Chain	Blood Queen Lana'thel, TsLK 25 ger.
Shoulders	Blessed Scourgelord's Plate Shoulders T	Token: TsLK bosses 25 ger.
Cloak	Flowing Shroud	Rotface, TsLK 25 ger.
Chest	Sanctified Scourgelord Battleplate T	Token: TsLK bosses 25 ger.
Wrists	Northern Bear Claw Bracers	Air combat (Gunship Battle), TsLK 25 ger.
Gloves	Aldriana's Gloves of Stealth	Rotface, TsLK 25 ger. Skin, but better stats; shooting gallery gloves 51311 - replacement without loss of armor
Belt	Bond of the Cold Spirit	Valitria the Dreamer, TsLK 25 ger.
Legs	Consecrated Legplates of the Scourgelord T	Token: TsLK bosses 25 ger.
Shoes	Bloodied Saronite Boots	Lady Death Whisper, TsLK 25 ger.
Ring 1	Ash Ring of Unlimited Power	Ashen Alliance - Exalted
Ring 2	Power of Rot	Tukhlopuz (Festergut), TsLK 25 her.
Accessory 1	Will of the Deadly One	Deadly Saurfang, CLK 25 ger.
Accessory 2	Choosing Death	Gemini Valkyries, IR 25 ger. (ToGC)
Weapons	Dark Mourn	Legendary: chain of the Ash Alliance in CLK 25. Not yet - Glorenzelg (CL 25 ger.)
Relic	Seal of the Hanged Man	Vendor - 30 Ice Emblems

Purchase procedure

Relic - Sigil of the Hanged Man (30 Emblems of Ice) - first thing, cheap and strong
Legs (t10, 95 emblems) → upgrade to 277 Sign of Consecration (ger.)
Head (t10, 95 emblems) → upgrade to 277
Chest (t10, 95 emblems) → upgrade to 277
Shoulders (T10, 60 emblems) → upgrade to 277 - 4T10 assembled

Blood DK (dd) - PvE guide WotLK 3.3.5a

Specialization Overview

Races

Professions

Talents

Glyphs

Basic glyphs

Small Glyphs

Characteristics

Rotation

Boss Pool (Opener)

Priority in battle

AoE rotation

Cooldowns

Stones

Enchantments

Consumables

Best Items (BiS)

Purchase procedure