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  • Two things your DK tank wants to tell you

    Two things your DK tank wants to tell you

    Posted on November 4, 2009 | 5 Comments
    1) Hold off on that AOE for just a second if you would. Death and Decay is less like a Thunder Clap and more like a Consecration: a pulsing mass of energy on the ground that steadily builds threat. It is not a huge spike...

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  • The last death knight in the US to solo Onyxia

    The last death knight in the US to solo Onyxia

    Posted on September 22, 2009 | 2 Comments
    Last night: Then, two attempts later (note to self: install a screenshot addon): Got that one in just under the wire, eh?

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  • You search, I answer

    You search, I answer

    Posted on August 7, 2009 | 1 Comment
    Pic unrelated, but Rav sent it to me just prior to posting, so there you have it. Seriously, is that cat doing The Hustle or what? Okay, so, I still get a lot of search engine hits, and I thought now would be a good...

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  • Forced Conscription: when to use Army of the Dead

    Forced Conscription: when to use Army of the Dead

    Posted on May 22, 2009 | 5 Comments
    Every max-level DK has a delightful little spell at their disposal called Army of the Dead. For those of you who haven’t seen it, quizzed your friendly local death knight about it, or read the link, here’s the lowdown on it: 6-second channel, totally unlike...

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  • Coming soon to a server near you

    Coming soon to a server near you

    Posted on May 11, 2009 | 1 Comment
    Well, I didn’t raid last night. It was an oversight, but one hopefully avoided soon. (Yes, I reserve the right to be cryptic.) However, in my don’t-feel-like-doing-anything funk resulting from aforementioned oversight, I started leveling… another Death Knight. Those starter quests go a lot quicker...

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  • Unholy again: some thoughts

    Unholy again: some thoughts

    Posted on April 23, 2009 | 3 Comments
    0/10/61 is one of the cookie-cutter builds floating around the internets for Death Knights in the brave new world that is 3.1. I’ve been trying this out, because so far I’ve been doing pretty successfully with builds that scale well with gear, and I have...

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  • Random thoughts

    Random thoughts

    Posted on March 30, 2009 | 7 Comments
    (image created with Wordle) It’s a Monday, and somehow I’ve already been awake too long. Let’s dive right in to what’s running through my head and has been happening in-game, shall we? Leave it to Blizzard to invalidate anything I was writing about two posts...

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  • Leveling unholy

    Leveling unholy

    Posted on March 27, 2009 | 2 Comments
    Gotta love it when other people do the work for you, right? Geistig over at Skeleton Jack has a great post on leveling Unholy, for those of you who like the idea of ridin’ around with your best ghoul by your side, being nigh unkillable...

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  • Sanguine ruminations

    Sanguine ruminations

    Posted on March 19, 2009 | 3 Comments
    Warning: the info in this post was posted prior to patch 3.1, and as such, while there may be some relevant information in it, large parts of it may be outdated or irrelevant. You have been warned. Been doing a little thinking about Blood-spec in...

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  • Patch 3.1: Death Knight Changes – Unholy

    Patch 3.1: Death Knight Changes – Unholy

    Posted on February 24, 2009 | 4 Comments
    Our knights of the bug swarm, summoners of gargoyles and ghouls, heavily armored warlocks – call them what you will, Unholy is a heavily-represented Death Knight spec, favored by both those who love it for what it is, and those who love it because it...

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