Introduction
This guide was written by Reholy, and has been updated for the Midnight Launch
You can often find Reholy helping other Blood DK’s learn or master the spec over on the DK Class Discord, or his own.
Whenever he isn’t there, he’s probably pushing High M+ or Raiding on stream.
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Blood Death Knight Overview
Blood Death Knight has one of the most reactive tanking playstyles, generating RP on the move while full-healing ourselves from within an inch of death by using
Death Strike. We have many tools and cooldowns that further compliment our rotational gameplay, leading to intuitive gameplay decisions throughout all content.
Strengths:
- A toolkit that can handle both physical and magic damage profiles well.
- Excellent self-sustain.
- Raid and M+ utility via Death Grip Gorefiend's Grasp Anti-Magic Zone.
- Hero talents that have a direct impact on gameplay and class strength.
- Easy access to cheat death via Purgatory.
- Many forms of Immunity:
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- Knockback (Death's Advance)
- Stun (Icebound Fortitude)
- Charm (Lichborne)
- Sleep (Lichborne)
- Roots (Wraith Walk)
- Magical Debuffs (Anti-Magic Shell)
Weaknesses:
- Limited Mobility options, via Death's Advance and Wraith Walk.
- Survival is tied to taking damage and healing it back.
- Immediate results of poor gameplay result in death.
What has changed
With the launch of Midnight, each class and spec receives new Apex Talents.
Blood Death Knight receives Dance Of Midnight, which is designed to enhance our core ability Heart Strike and to make Dancing Rune Weapon stronger and more frequent at the cost of the spec-tree points we acquire through levelling to 90.
Alongside this, Blood Death Knight specifically receives a plethora of changes directly to our talents and both talent trees, seeing a complete reshuffle of positions and new pathways being made to allow for more freedom.