petrovich Posted January 29, 2016 Posted January 29, 2016 (edited) First of all don't laught about my english becouse it sucks :D. Hello my name is Magedonia, im playing dk from 5.0 MoP, i played retail as Unholy death knight , in this guide we will see some things about unholy dk´s. Table Of Content In this guide we gonna talk about Races Talents Glyphs Macros Arena comps ROTATION Reforges Gems+Enchants Abilities Profs RACES [spoiler=Races on alliance]ALLIANCE Human, i think is the best choice for be a dk in alliance,reason? Every Man for Himself [spoiler=Races on horde]HORDE Orc, orcs got very good racial, Blood Fury , gives a lot of atack power, so that's make dk's hit more( obv ) Undead,undead´s got nice racial spell too Will of the Forsaken wich make us remove any Charm, Fear and Sleep effect, but the bad point this effect shares a 30 sec cooldown with other similar effects(like Lichborne) TALENTS In this section ill coment personality them. [spoiler=Lvl 56 Talents] undefined blood,sorry i can't found roiling blood in wowhead xD) Roiling blood is 1 of the best choices from 57 lvl talents, as description says: your Pestilence ability now also triggers pestilence if it strikesa diseased target Plague Leech : This talent it's speciality for 2vs2 or Duels w/e, it work very easy, use it when enemie is doted,and it consume the dots for give 2 dead runes(If i don't explained good sorry me) [spoiler=Lvl 57 Talents] Lichborne is the best talent in 57 ilvl talents,Draw upon unholy energy to become Undead for 10 sec, increasing Leech by 10%, and making you immune to Charm, Fear, and Sleep.This spell share cd with Will of the Forsaken [spoiler=Lvl 58 Talents] Chilblains is 1 of the best talents in lvl 58 with Asphyxiate Chilblains are better vs teams wich they have lot of movility, so you can slow them with that talent. Asphyxiate I think is the best talent here, becouse it gives stun every 30 seconds, it's very good vs class like Rogue/Druid/Pala/Monk/ and also Hunter(it replaces Strangulate) [spoiler=Lvl 60 Talents] Death Pact is very good heal talent in duels or bgs, also is very good vs double dps class in arenas Conversion it's very good vs Healer/Dps, if you are playing Dk/rdruid you should take it, but this talent got 1 "bad" thing, its becouse you waste 5 runic power every second when it's activated, but you can take runic power easy if you need heal using Chains of Ice [spoiler=Lvl 75 Talents] Blood Tap is the best talent for lvl 75, better than all 2, Blood Tap consume 5 blood charges to activate a random fully-depleted rune as a death rune(You can stack it using Death Coil 1 Death Coil = 2 stacks of Blood Tap [spoiler=Lvl 90 Talents] Desecrated Ground best spell of lvl 90, as you can read it corrupts the ground in a 8 yard radius beneath the death knight for 10 secs,standing in this corruption, you are immune to effects that cause loss of control Gorefiend's Grasp you can use it in 5c5 or bgs, you can combinate it with roiling blood GLYPHS [spoiler=Major glyphs] Glyph of Icy Touch Glyph of Shifting Presences Glyph of Anti-Magic Shell Also you can change Glyph of Anti-Magic Shell or Glyph of Shifting Presences to this Glyph of Unholy Frenzy MACROS Dk don't have lot of macros but i got some1 wich they can help you [spoiler=Burst macro]► Burst (Add Gloves before Gargoyle If you have Engineering) #showtooltip Prideful Gladiator's Badge of Victory /cast Prideful Gladiator's Badge of Victory /cast Unholy Frenzy /cast Summon Gargoyle [spoiler=Silence macro]/cast [target=focus] strangulate [spoiler=Heal macro]/showtooltip Lichborne /cast !Lichborne /cast [target=player] Death Coil /cast Death pact [spoiler=Death grip macro]/cast [target=focus] Death grip [spoiler=Dark simulacrum macro]/cast [target=focus] Dark simulacrum [spoiler=Stop cast macro]This macro is speciality for people wich they don't know when the oponent gonna make fakecast /cast Mind Freeze /cast Gnaw ARENA COMPS [spoiler=2c2]Dk/Hpal Dk/Rdru Dk/Rsham Dk/Mw( i think is the best comb for dk) With dps Dk/Warr yior(one of the best combos for double dps with dk) Dk/Rogue(if you have cordinate you can do it good aswell) Dk/Feral( Very over powered damage) Dk/Rpala Dk/Hunter( if you andour hunter cc good, you can win every teams) Dk/balance( insane damage and heal) I dont think class like shadow priests,mages,locks and shamans are not good in 2vs2 with dk,becouse or they have low movilty or they are easy to kill) [spoiler=3c3]Here we go with cleaves Ebola Cleave Feral/Dk/Heal Turbo Cleave with dk Enh/Dk/Heal TSG most easy team Warr/Dk/Heal PHD Dk/Hunt/Heal Shadow Cleave Dk/affli lock/Heal Zombie Chicken Cleave Dk/Boomy/Heal(resto shaman is the best option) Unholyplay Dk/Spriest/Heal Freedom Cleave Dk/Rpala/Heal SmokeBomb Cleave Dk/Srogue/Heal For me the best cleaves are TSG, PHDK and Freedom cleave ROTATION [spoiler=1 Rotation with burst] Plague Strike > Icy Touch 2x > Pestilence 2x > Scourge Strike >Empower Rune Weapon >Burst with ► Burst (Add Gloves before Gargoyle If you have Engineering) #showtooltip Prideful Gladiator's Badge of Victory /cast Prideful Gladiator's Badge of Victory /cast Unholy Frenzy /cast Summon Gargoyle macro > Scourge Strike 2x > Necrotic Strike 4x > Death Coil 3x ( Before use Necrotic Strike you can use the 3x Death Coil ) [spoiler=2 Rotation with out burst] Plague Strike > Festering Strike 2x > Scourge Strike > Empower Rune Weapon > Burst with the burst macro: Burst (Add Gloves before Gargoyle If you have Engineering) #showtooltip Prideful Gladiator's Badge of Victory /cast Prideful Gladiator's Badge of Victory /cast Unholy Frenzy> Scourge Strike 2x > Necrotic Strike 4x > Death Coil 3x ( you can use Death Coil before Necrotic Strike ) [spoiler=Rotation with out burst] In the rotation with out burst you need to improvise something like this Plague Strike > Chains of Ice 1x or 2x(chains of ice generate more runic power becouse your gloves bonus set add 10p more runic power,thats like 30 runic power per chains of ice) > Death Coil >Scourge Strike... etc, every 5 Blood Tap use it for Necrotic Strike also you should dispell buffs with Icy Touch+Glyph of Icy Touch, if enemies are near and 1 of them don't have dots on, and you dont want waste unholy rune use Pestilence with Roiling Blood talent REFORGES [spoiler=Mastery Critic Dk]Head-> Expertise>Critical Neck-> Expertise> Mastery Shoulders-> Expertise> Mastery ( if you have pvp shoulders, and if you have Tusks of Mannoroth don't touch reforges) Back-> Haste> Mastery Chest-> Haste>Mastery Wrist-> Haste>Critic Hands-> Hit>Mastery Waist-> Don't touch reforges Legs-> Haste>Mastery Feet-> Don't touch reforges Finger 1-> Hit>Mastery Finger 2-> Haste>mastery Weapon-> Don't touch reforges [spoiler=Mastery Haste Dk]Head-> Neck-> Expertise>Mastery Shoulders-> Expertise>Mastery Back-> Hit>Mastery Chest-> Critic>Mastery Wrist-> Don't touch reforges Hands-> Hit>Mastery Waist-> Critic>haste Legs-> Critic>Mastery Feet-> Critic>haste Finger 1-> Hit>haste Finger 2-> Critic>Mastery Weapon-> Critic>Haste GEMS [spoiler=Critic Dk] Reverberating Primal Diamond Meta gem+ Bold Primordial Ruby in red sockets+ Tense Imperial Amethyst in blue sockets + Inscribed Vermilion Onyx in yellow sockets [spoiler=Mastery Dk] Reverberating Primal Diamond Meta gem +Bold Primordial Ruby in red sockets + Tense Imperial Amethyst in blue sockets + Skillful Vermilion Onyx in yellow sockets [spoiler=Streng Dk] Reverberating Primal Diamond Meta gem + Bold Primordial Ruby in rest of sockets. ENCHANTS Enchants are very simple: Shoulder: 200 streng + 100 Critical Strike Greater Tiger Fang Inscription Back: 180 Critical strike / Or with tailoring Swordguard Embroidery http://www.wowhead.com/skill=197/tailoring Enchant Cloak - Superior Critical Strike Chest: +80 All Stats Enchant Chest - Glorious Stats Wrist: 180 Streng Enchant Bracer - Exceptional Strength Hands: 170 Streng / Or if you have engineering use Synapse Springs http://www.wowhead.com/skill=202/engineering Enchant Gloves - Super Strength Waist: +1 socket gem Living Steel Belt Buckle Legs: 285 Streng + 165 Critical Strike Angerhide Leg Armor Feet: 140 mastery + Minior Speed Increase Enchant Boots - Pandaren's Step Weapon: http://www.wowhead.com/skill=960/runeforging from dk's skill , you need to use this enchant : Rune of the Fallen Crusader it give lot of streng. PROFESSIONS Dk mainly proffesion it's tailoring, it's very important, the back enchant of tailoring gives a lot of atack power http://www.wowhead.com/skill=197/tailoring ( http://www.wowhead.com/skill=197/tailoring ) swordguard embroidery Engineering: With engineering you can enchant your Hands, that enchant make you up your streng to 1920 streng for 10 seconds.+ ( http://www.wowhead.com/skill=202/engineering ) Synapse Springs Jewelcrafting: With jewelcrafting you can buy Bold Serpent's Eye 2x ( http://www.wowhead.com/skill=755/jewelcrafting ) Blacksmithing: You can add 2 free sockets , 1 in your Hands and 1 in your Wrist ( http://www.wowhead.com/skill=164/blacksmithing ) Alchemy: Alchemy gives a flask with 320p streng ( Bold Serpent's Eye ) Bold Serpent's Eye undefined but on lvl 90 SOME SPELLS [spoiler=Never use this spells] Blood Strike Don't use this spell, it's very useless and waste 1 blood rune Don't use Pestilence becouse you already have Pestilence with 57 lvl talent Roiling blood [spoiler=Spells in special moments]You should use Death Strike when the oponent like rogue or warr start using Evasion or Die by the Sword wich make you dodge your atacks, but Death Strike is undodgeable. Use Death and Decay speciality vs rogues/druids/ or any class wich can sleath,and you can use it in arena too for make your openents run slow with Glyph of Death and Decay vs shamans it's very good glyph Use Anti-Magic Shell before any magic spell gonna hit you( i mean cc like poly, clone etc) Or you can combibate with the macro heal wich i writed in MACROS Anti-Magic Shell + the macro heal, it make you heals more You should use Death Grip when your oponent gone to away and you need to catch him, don't waste it in unecesary moments like face to face fight, you use it too for dont let a druid clone you or use any cast spell, for cancer lock portal,make poly etc etc.. If you used Plague Leech on some one and you don't have runes for dot him again use Outbreak Use Soul Reaper at 50%-40% hp, if you finish your oponent with Soul Reaper you will win some haste afther your openent died from Soul Reaper And never forget combinate Blood Presence and Unholy Presence Use blood when the dps is atacking you and the unholy when nobody is hiting you Don't forget Dark Transformation too , becouse your pet will do more damage,( you can stack it using dead coils) It's my first post/guide on this forum, i hope you will appreciate it , im really sorry for my english :D Im 2400 exp dk from retail and 2900 from private servers. HOPE THIS GUIDE HELPED YOU SOME! :D Honorable mentions to Bioshockx Ceroline Funk and Eldkpujo Edited January 29, 2016 by petrovich 1
JohnArmnjHim Posted January 29, 2016 Posted January 29, 2016 Ја зтварно незнам зашто Магедонија иде Грцка. Знаес со е Грцка сеа? Зрање.
petrovich Posted January 29, 2016 Author Posted January 29, 2016 Garodar said: Can I please geta a rotation guide? What do you mean m8?
Nemifest Posted January 29, 2016 Posted January 29, 2016 Great guide! Looks good. About the rotation burst etc. At necrotic strike, why don't u use Blood tap once > Necrotic strike > blood tap > Necrotic strike. And you generate most runic power with Chains of Ice, with your gloves bonus or set bonus, not completely clear about it. In non burst, you don't use Festering Strike? I use Plague strike 1st ( Refresh when procs occured ) Then use Festering Strike when available into Chain of ice spam to use Death coil, building Blood tap and so on. 1
petrovich Posted January 29, 2016 Author Posted January 29, 2016 Nemifest said: Great guide! Looks good. About the rotation burst etc. At necrotic strike, why don't u use Blood tap once > Necrotic strike > blood tap > Necrotic strike. And you generate most runic power with Chains of Ice, with your gloves bonus or set bonus, not completely clear about it. In non burst, you don't use Festering Strike? I use Plague strike 1st ( Refresh when procs occured ) Then use Festering Strike when available into Chain of ice spam to use Death coil, building Blood tap and so on. In non burst i dont use feestering strike becouse it make your runes gone fast,it's better use chains of ice example for generate more runic power,about blood tap necro, sometimes runes got buged and got cd, eldkpujo reported it, you can chek it, i wanted add that macro too, im using it atm, but sometiems get buged and i don't wanted to put it in guide, anyway i don't writed some times becouse my english suck and i can't not explain , i gonna complete it all
Nemifest Posted January 29, 2016 Posted January 29, 2016 petrovich said: In non burst i dont use feestering strike becouse it make your runes gone fast,it's better use chains of ice example for generate more runic power,about blood tap necro, sometimes runes got buged and got cd, eldkpujo reported it, you can chek it, i wanted add that macro too, im using it atm, but sometiems get buged and i don't wanted to put it in guide, anyway i don't writed some times becouse my english suck and i can't not explain , i gonna complete it all Ah alright. I recommend you to not use Bloodtap/Necro macro, it can bug easily.
Garodar Posted January 29, 2016 Posted January 29, 2016 petrovich said: What do you mean m8? Simple. How do I rotate my abilities out of cooldowns and how inside the cooldowns?
petrovich Posted January 29, 2016 Author Posted January 29, 2016 Garodar said: Simple. How do I rotate my abilities out of cooldowns and how inside the cooldowns? I don't understand you m9 nemifest help me xD,you need to press your abilities lol 1
Nemifest Posted January 29, 2016 Posted January 29, 2016 petrovich said: I don't understand you m9 nemifest help me xD,you need to press your abilities lol He means that he wants a guide on the rotation without using cooldowns and with cooldowns. How to do u have uptime on your abilities without using any cooldowns, and with cooldowns.
Misty Posted January 30, 2016 Posted January 30, 2016 Nice guide , just one more thing about races .. Orcs are best in horde because of stun duration reduce ( everthing above 5 sec of stun will be reduce to 5 sec example HoJ, Pet will deal more dmg and yea that trinket 1900 crit reforge to mastery is really op :3 2
Злюкмм Posted January 30, 2016 Posted January 30, 2016 Dks need rotation here? I used to think it was gargoyle > coil > silence > necrotic > soul reaper, then gg
petrovich Posted January 30, 2016 Author Posted January 30, 2016 Play dk and prove it Misty,well when i was orc i never used 1900 critic trinket,o use double pvp streng trinket,becouse dk got 2 free trinkeys(near 3 with lichborne)so double streng trinkets+blood fury it's Op
Takaa. 3 Posted January 30, 2016 Posted January 30, 2016 (edited) Why scourge strike in burst ? this is useless bad gemming for str dk : / Edited January 30, 2016 by Takaa. <3
Adlairo Posted January 30, 2016 Posted January 30, 2016 whats up with the fuckton amount of guides recently? 1
petrovich Posted January 30, 2016 Author Posted January 30, 2016 Quote Why scourge strike in burst ? this is useless bad gemming for str dk : / Takaa my son,in burst you have lot of chance for hit scourge strike.
Takaa. 3 Posted January 30, 2016 Posted January 30, 2016 u need use festering x2 and spam necros in burst , btw scourge hit 20k : /
Nemifest Posted January 30, 2016 Posted January 30, 2016 Quote u need use festering x2 and spam necros in burst ' date=' btw scourge hit 20k : /[/quote'] Yeah, exactly what I used to do with my dk. In burst, try to keep your burst DoTs up as much as possible with festering meanwhile spamming necrotic strikes, hardly used scourge strike.
pujo2 Posted January 30, 2016 Posted January 30, 2016 I pref using 2 touch of ice and 2 blood boils for full magic dmg, 2 dispels, and 2 spread dots, also make your runes charge one after the other so your rotation is more constant.
tiggar47 Posted January 30, 2016 Posted January 30, 2016 Nice Guide -.- I have enjoyed reading it. Keep up the good work :D 1
petrovich Posted January 30, 2016 Author Posted January 30, 2016 pujo2 said: I pref using 2 touch of ice and 2 blood boils for full magic dmg, 2 dispels, and 2 spread dots, also make your runes charge one after the other so your rotation is more constant. Well ye, is better use that than 2 feestrng,4x better than 2 :D,also takaa,i gives my tips from my 2900 exped,i gived my tricks etc but dk is not always necro xd
petrovich Posted January 30, 2016 Author Posted January 30, 2016 Quote Why scourge strike in burst ? this is useless bad gemming for str dk : / why is useless?
Nemifest Posted January 30, 2016 Posted January 30, 2016 petrovich said: dk is not always necro xd Well, I have to tell you. Dk's outside bg/arena, it's DoT>Kite=Survive In arena.. It's mostly just time your burst, get trinket procs etc > pop cd > DoT > build necrotic strike up > soul reaper = Done.. That's pretty much how I play, and it's good for me, your guide is good too :D
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