Use it to pull the caster into your AoE and out from areas where he may aggro a patrol, but be sure to use Line of Sight to pull the rest of the casters, too. Only the Frost tree is designed for dual-wielding, however, and other specs will have massively reduced threat generation if they do so.ĭeath Grip is great for pulling casters.

It is possible to dual wield while tanking. Only Blood specced death knights in Blood Presence should be used for tanking.īlood Presence is essential for tanking, as it increases your threat generation. Death and Decay causes high aggro on the caster. Death Grip taunts enemies, which isn't usually a good idea unless the alternative is a clothie taking the hits. Do not Death Grip or Death and Decay in an instance while DPSing unless you know what you are doing.However, it is advised that you do NOT DPS in blood spec as your DPS will be very low and you may accidentally pull the tank's agrro. Even if you are specced in blood tree, use Frost Presence or Unholy Presence when you are DPS. It is advised that talent points and glyph space be invested in abilities that help the entire group, and abilities that increase the generation of Death Runes.īlood Presence should ONLY be used if you are the tank. It is advised to put your higher DPS weapon in the main hand to maximize damage output when possible.ĭeath knight skills scale off Attack Power, not Spell Power. Prior to Cataclysm, tanking was possible in any of the 3 talent trees Frost being traditional-style and unholy for magic bosses.īlood spec is the death knight tanking spec, while Frost spec and Unholy spec are the DPS specs.ĭeath knights are able to dual wield and use two-handed weapons, however, this is only advised for the properly spec'ed Frost death knights. Frost death knights often have Improved Icy Talons which increases the melee and ranged attack speed of all party and raid members within 100 yards by 10%, and their own attack speed by an additional 5%.Unholy death knights provide Ebon Plaguebringer, increasing all magic damage done to the affected targets by 13%.Blood death knights give Abomination's Might, increasingly raidwide attack power by 10%.All death knights will often use Frost Fever, causing frost damage every 3 seconds and reducing the target's melee and ranged attack speed by 20% for 21 seconds.All death knights provide Horn of Winter, a straight buff to strength and agility.Death knights provide several buffs or debuffs to a raid:.Each has its own 10-second cooldown modified by Haste. Death knights have 6 runes: 2 blood, 2 frost, and 2 unholy.1 Death knight PvE abilites and raid utilityĭeath knight PvE abilites and raid utility.

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