Proqt
Legend
Hello to everyone! Pretty new here to the forums myself, however been pretty active in the 19 (for many years) and only recently (past few months) in the 70 bracket. I'm currently swapping between my Priest, Druid and Rogue however I'm keen to start up a Death Knight and was wondering on your opinions of them in the bracket, as well as a few questions for any would be veteran 70 DKs.
Nesyla threw up a basic chardev guide to all the classes and their respective specs on the forums as I'm sure majority of you are more than aware of, however I'd like to question anyone who plays a Death Knight, or knows much about them, on their opinions on the gear sets and whether there are any better items that can be acquired.
1. Blood Flag Carrier Sets
a: 682 Resilience, 18700 HP
b: 867 Resilience, 16300 HP
The question mainly being is the 8% damage reduction worth the 2400 HP loss and 600 AP loss? I don't plan to be playing blood all to much, however it could make for some fun every now and then, and I enjoy that so I will definitely be farming a FC set to mess around in.
2. Frost DPS: Dual Wield vs. Two Hander
a: Dual-wield - 2061 AP, 60.14% Haste, 25.98% Crit + Hitcap to 73
A small question regarding weapons here, would it not be more beneficial to take dual-glaives for the 450 haste proc? I'm not 100% sure what that factors into as an overall haste stat.
b: Two-hander - 2189 AP, 64.13% Haste, 25.30% Crit + Hitcap to 70
Basing my judgement purely on stats alone it would seem that two-hander looks better, however not by much. Mounting Vengeance and Hand would give you a 100 AP advantage over two-hander making it a better comparison but is the 4% haste loss to much on it's own? Another thing to factor in (however this may take me months on end of farming before it was viable at all) is the dual-glaive haste proc. Would the factored uptime and icd be enough to sway dual-glaive over either of the above two's base damage/haste, or are people merely using them for sex appeal?
3. Unholy DPS
a: 2593 AP, 24.23% Haste, 25.61% Crit + Spell-hit to 71
Vastly superior when it comes to attack power, I can't help but to notice the massive loss in haste and it makes me wonder, without Mastery at 70 is Unholy all that viable as a spec? I'd like to hear peoples opinions on the spec itself and how it's played at 70 along with a comparison to Frost/Blood as far as survivability and damage are concerned.
I personally haven't witnessed many DK's in the US bracket (horde-side) other than the few randoms who gear up brutal with Hellfire gems and call themselves twinks , where-as I believe there a few of you on the EU realms who are true enough twinks for me to base a final judgement on the class itself as far as viability is concerned. I want to thank anyone who helps me with my questions in advance and hope to see many of you in battlegrounds shortly!
Nesyla threw up a basic chardev guide to all the classes and their respective specs on the forums as I'm sure majority of you are more than aware of, however I'd like to question anyone who plays a Death Knight, or knows much about them, on their opinions on the gear sets and whether there are any better items that can be acquired.
1. Blood Flag Carrier Sets
a: 682 Resilience, 18700 HP
b: 867 Resilience, 16300 HP
The question mainly being is the 8% damage reduction worth the 2400 HP loss and 600 AP loss? I don't plan to be playing blood all to much, however it could make for some fun every now and then, and I enjoy that so I will definitely be farming a FC set to mess around in.
2. Frost DPS: Dual Wield vs. Two Hander
a: Dual-wield - 2061 AP, 60.14% Haste, 25.98% Crit + Hitcap to 73
A small question regarding weapons here, would it not be more beneficial to take dual-glaives for the 450 haste proc? I'm not 100% sure what that factors into as an overall haste stat.
b: Two-hander - 2189 AP, 64.13% Haste, 25.30% Crit + Hitcap to 70
Basing my judgement purely on stats alone it would seem that two-hander looks better, however not by much. Mounting Vengeance and Hand would give you a 100 AP advantage over two-hander making it a better comparison but is the 4% haste loss to much on it's own? Another thing to factor in (however this may take me months on end of farming before it was viable at all) is the dual-glaive haste proc. Would the factored uptime and icd be enough to sway dual-glaive over either of the above two's base damage/haste, or are people merely using them for sex appeal?
3. Unholy DPS
a: 2593 AP, 24.23% Haste, 25.61% Crit + Spell-hit to 71
Vastly superior when it comes to attack power, I can't help but to notice the massive loss in haste and it makes me wonder, without Mastery at 70 is Unholy all that viable as a spec? I'd like to hear peoples opinions on the spec itself and how it's played at 70 along with a comparison to Frost/Blood as far as survivability and damage are concerned.
I personally haven't witnessed many DK's in the US bracket (horde-side) other than the few randoms who gear up brutal with Hellfire gems and call themselves twinks , where-as I believe there a few of you on the EU realms who are true enough twinks for me to base a final judgement on the class itself as far as viability is concerned. I want to thank anyone who helps me with my questions in advance and hope to see many of you in battlegrounds shortly!
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