Need help twinking my 85 dk for soloing purposes

[Givecake]

Hi. So i decided to give archaelogy a try, spend a few hours today and see what the rng gods have in favor for me. After a total of 2(!) solves, i had Spear of Xuen + Quilen Statuette waiting. Said and done, i'm twinking my 85 dk, he's gonna be my solo'ing machine.

Normally i find great joy in creating my own chardevs, but here i'm at loss. Problem i have is, i know nothing about death knights. I know even less about tanking, so i'm turning here for help. I know where to turn to read up on the class mechanics. What i need help with is creating a template of gear to use. Should i choose mastery pieces, even if they have int/agi? Do i need hit/exp cap? Haste/crit? What kind of avoidance do i need? Spec/talents/glyphs?

To simplify things i have 3 questions.

1) Starting out, using AH / MoP 5 mans / Jade Forest quests - What kind of setup should i aim for? Chardevs/Wowhead profiles would be appreciated. They're easy to read.
2) For my long-term goal, hunting rare spawns and whatnot - What is the absolute best in slot for a 85 dk which sole purpose is soloing raids?
3) Which spec/talent/glyph setup is recommended? I realize this may change per encounter, i'm just looking for something general to start out with.

 

[Aelobin]

Stick to strength plate gear, get the hit and expertise (soft) caps, and then it depends on what you're going to be soloing. I went for haste > mastery > crit on my 85 DK, but after some testing I realised I had more mastery than I needed so reforged most of it to crit. I still went with stam enchants where possible as some of the 85 boss abilities/phases hit very hard.

Talents do depend on the encounter, but the "default" I use are: Rolling Blood, Purgatory, Death's Advance, Death Siphon, Blood Tap. Lichborne is also a strong cooldown, especially for fights like Ascendant Council where you need more self-healing. I'm tempted to switch out Death Siphon for Death Pact as it's not as strong at 85 as it is at 80.

For major glyphs I use IT / AMS / DnD, and the only minor glyph that matters is PoF (and sometimes AotD).

If you're EU and horde (which it looks like you are), I can get you all the BoP items from the rare mobs in 1 day (just PM me your BattleTag). It's the BoE items that can be hard to get your hands on

 

[Inrehab]

Also note that you can upgrade your weapon with the new 5.1 "item upgrade" feature. I believe it scales up to ilvl 471

 

[Jaudi]

Out of curiosity how do you think a 85 Pally would be with similar gear, reforging into mastery and using meatsaw with the 442 shield (forget the name). They arent as OP as 80 pallys right now are they?