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Post by
Godwynn
Something along the lines of
this
for leveling... not entirely sure of course.
I'd like to PvP with my Death Knight at 80 and for that I thought something like
this
(this needs more help/critique I think, far less sure about Unholy)
C&C obviously encouraged.
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Post by
turkeytime
OK heres the deal, i ve been close to 1 week trying to make the best tanking spec, for raids high end , i mean its obvius the DK wont be a MT, but an OT for spellcasting bosses, still there is much a DK will have to do in raids, as u can see the number of aoes is amasing, and imo DKs will finish the pally aoe tanking, i belive there will still be pally tanks, since the whole expansion is friking scourge etc i belive big boss fight in high end raid will be undead and the damage and threat made by holy will be the king at those fights. back to the DK, since so many ppl will be going DK, im close to sure every guild will have that guy that wants to be dps instead of tank, just like ret, so theres rly no need at all to have a tank spec with anything in blood, theres 1 question tho, Bone shield or unbreakable armor? if u pick bone shield u cant get blade barrier on blood, but with unbreakable armor u cant, u still need the antimagic zone on unholy. and beside a 20sec duration buff doesnt buy me, imo i prefer to put on bone shield while buffing since its duration is 5min, u will have it back again once u pull, but for aoe tanking its not that great thats where unbreakable armor will truly shine, depends on what the content of the raid becomes after all, still for a starting spec this is what i came up with, have in mind without trying the skills yet , the first tiers of unholy dont rly matter just the dodge one, and seams like icy touch will be ur main agro maker, or taunt like stuff. i would make a macro for a taunt with icy touch, activating deathchill and casting icy touch on targets target, for tanking rly u would have to macro most of the spells, since there are many aoes to make it easier to keep up the striking with the aoe.many ppl chose a lot of the talents that buff unholy strikes like plaguestrike and all that but i doubt as a tank that ud be throwing that, since ud probably waste ur rune on keeping the aoes and having to save for a usefull icy touch taunt if u loose agro :) so keep in mind this is a full aoe tank, spec with the anti magic buffs to make u an amasing aoe spell resistant tank, what we all needed :P
finaly heres the spec
http://wotlk.wowhead.com/?talent=jZGtxtccdo0RZcgu0t0kgx0o0o
btw thx for reading all that :P
Post by
turkeytime
now i realize i screwed up on it heres the new spec
http://wotlk.wowhead.com/?talent=j0LZGtxtcczo0oZcgu0t0kgx0o0o
i forgot to put the blade barrier on last spec, this makes bone shield close to unbreakble armor, but been more flexible cuz of the duration of 5min, would have to play to see if howling wind is as great as it sounds, seams like an amasing skill to do before saying "start aoe" since it blows up everything around the target in 10 yards.
Post by
Sabinox
I'm still not sure of how my spec will actually be... i need to play the DK b4 taking any decision...but in any case, a possible tank spec could be something like this...
http://wotlk.wowhead.com/?talent=jbxGVh0cZGg0xhsbRhRVoZ0xM
Where the "unholy command" is usefull to reduce the AoE taunt cooldown, the "veteran of the third war" stamina bonus is good enough(and STR for increasing threat) and obviously "unbreakable armor" that in critical situations can give the healer more time to cast bigger heals.... in any case i think bone shield is kinda crap, just like the Priest Barrier...i mean it could work good in solo PvE, but i think it's sh1t against instance elites...and what about the "Anti-Magic Zone"? i think it could only stop 1 AoE spell b4 dispelling, since it blocks only 10000+2xAP damage...that means around, 15000 dmg, or something like that...if i remember well the last boss in heroic BF does almost 10000 dmg with his aoe...
anyway...it's just an idea....
Post by
turkeytime
imo that build is more like a starter up, for 5mans and dps, it will rly hold u up, but i doubt itll help u much on 25man raids end game. and if u read the skills from the DK there are various spell reistances , and self cast bubble like anti spell just like the one the warewolfs use on sfk. so the anti magic zone is just to avoid an aoe from a certain boss that would other wise kill every1, and theres the impruvement, so itll end up absorbing more than 20,000 dmg on raid gear, imo is sweat, since every1 in the raid can stand in it , making it even easier to just throw a death and decay on it to , if the fights got adds
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Post by
Stetzer
I understand that these builds may change before Wrath actually hits the shelves. I'm just looking for input on these two builds for the current beta build. Both are Unholy builds.
Pvp:
http://wotlk.wowhead.com/?talent=jZhg0zZfMGI0bogeqocsut
Tanking:
http://wotlk.wowhead.com/?talent=j0xZhg0zZfgRI0bogeo0csuu
Just looking to see what other people may have taken for talents so I can continue to lock down a build. Also, did Blizzard buff the Gargoyle yet or have plans to? At the moment, I really don't see myself taking the talent unless someone can give me a good argument to why it is useful.
On more thing I'd like to throw in here. Do you think it is a safer bet to spec tank for raiding or dps? I like doing both, but I don't really want to have to go through a lot of hassle to get a spot in a raid if one is highly unaccepted compared to the other. Looking forward to some good discussion.
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Post by
Rawnox
I guess that blood is the best leveling build because you don't have any downtime, you get healed by Vendetta and Bloodworms and you can also use Rune Tap every 30sec.
http://wotlk.wowhead.com/?talent=jfmMqIcIcf0xzAoG0xt
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