Comments on: Leveling a Blood-spec Death Knight

By: Queklain of Feathermoon

Queklain of Feathermoon — Mon, 13 Apr 2009 15:49:57 +0000

@Seth: It gives you absolutely no benefits while leveling, since the majority of leveling is still done solo. And the 4% from Blood Aura does not stack with the 4% you get from Blood Presence.

As for 3.1′s Improved Blood Presence… well, we’ll have to wait and see, but my feeling on that is that it’s designed to be more “tanky,” but increased healing includes self-healing, which could be beneficial for up-and-coming leveling DKs too.

By: Seth

Seth — Mon, 13 Apr 2009 07:12:46 +0000

Is blood aura not worth pointing into?

By: tom

tom — Sun, 01 Mar 2009 02:38:54 +0000

hey br0o which a good way i will be at unholy i dont know which way is agood i did with blood and t

By: Queklain of Feathermoon

Queklain of Feathermoon — Mon, 16 Feb 2009 17:51:58 +0000

@j: Leaving Acherus, I used Glyphs of Obliterate, Death Strike (not worth it anymore IMO), Horn of Winter, and Pestilence. If I were doing it again, I’d take Glyph of Rune Tap instead of Death Strike.

At 70: add Glyph of Blood Tap.

At 80: it’s really up to you, because now you’ll be deciding on the role you want to play and the spec you want to use for endgame or PvP or whatnot.

By: j

Mon, 16 Feb 2009 10:45:08 +0000

Which glyph’s did you use while leveling? Thanks!

By: Linedan

Linedan — Sat, 14 Feb 2009 14:36:00 +0000

Great guide, thanks for it! I swapped my level 63 DK over to your straight Blood spec, 54/0/0 currently…the amount of pain she’s bringing is insane. She’s ripping through stuff like crazy, even elites. I’m going to miss that snazzy starter saronite as she starts to put on the Outlands quest-reward clown suit, though…

By: baalcat

baalcat — Thu, 12 Feb 2009 18:33:07 +0000

Nice post.

I’m currently leveling my DK (undead of course) in unholy, but thinkng of switching to blood for pure damage. The post has given me some ideas as to what to do. Thanks

By: Queklain of Feathermoon

Queklain of Feathermoon — Mon, 09 Feb 2009 16:21:00 +0000

@T$: I do in my end-game specs. But while leveling I didn’t find it necessary; my diseases were never in danger of falling off even after I finished a full rotation and dumped all my RP, so there was no lack of DOT uptime.

By: T$

T$ — Mon, 09 Feb 2009 16:19:57 +0000

You don’t go for Epidemic? It’s an extra 6 seconds of diseases for only 2 points. And it will also will boost your rotations because you’ll have diseases up longer for Blood Strikes, Heart Strikes, etc

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