Hit For 10,000 Easy On Death Knight

[kelso]

Hello there. I've seen similar threads with guides to spellpower deathknights, but even then rogues were out DPSing me easily. So, I decided to play around with it, and this build is similar a fire rogue's. This guide will show you how to make a Death Knight capable of hitting up to 7.3k in one hit.

First and foremost, I'd like to say that the talent build and video (In which I don't have the best possible gear, but that's alright) are at the bottom. I would like to also add that this was tested on EvolutionWoW (3.0.9, Darkwind Realm). Furthermore, this build was designed to be able to take some damage, and it's just not pure DPS, as this build uses as much plate as possible and procs. You're not going to be getting rocked by rogues non-stop (hopefully). And yes, I know there's several other topics like this but this is designed to be the most complete. Oh, and one more thing, the glyphs and talent build are based upon private servers and not retail. /walloftext

Items

[Head]...............Helm of Diminished Pride - Item - World of Warcraft
[Neck]...............Blazefury Medallion - Item - World of Warcraft
[Shoulders]...............Elevated Lair Pauldrons - Item - World of Warcraft
[Cloak]...............Cape of the Unworthy Wizard - Item - World of Warcraft
[Chest]...............Chestplate of the Great Aspects - Item - World of Warcraft
[Waist]...............Girdle of Unity - Item - World of Warcraft
[Bracers]...............Bone-Framed Bracers - Item - World of Warcraft
[Gloves]...............Storm Gauntlets - Item - World of Warcraft
[Legs]...............Bone-Inlaid Legguards - Item - World of Warcraft
[Boots]...............Faithful Steel Sabatons - Item - World of Warcraft
[Ring1]...............Lost Jewel - Item - World of Warcraft
[Ring2]...............Band of Neglected Pleas - Item - World of Warcraft
[Trinket1]...............Darkmoon Card: Death - Item - World of Warcraft
[Trinket2]...............Darkmoon Card: Maelstrom - Item - World of Warcraft
[Weapon1]...............The Turning Tide - Item - World of Warcraft
[Weapon1]...............Fiery Retributer - Item - World of Warcraft

Enchants

Weapons...............Rune of Razorice - Spell - World of Warcraft or Enchant Weapon - Fiery Weapon - Spell - World of Warcraft
Boots...............Enchant Boots - Greater Fortitude - Spell - World of Warcraft
Bracers...............Enchant Bracers - Superior Spellpower - Spell - World of Warcraft
Chest...............Enchant Chest - Powerful Stats - Spell - World of Warcraft
Gloves...............Enchant Gloves - Exceptional Spellpower - Spell - World of Warcraft
Rings...............Enchant Ring - Greater Spellpower - Spell - World of Warcraft
Cloak...............Lightweave Embroidery - Spell - World of Warcraft
Head...............Arcanum of Burning Mysteries - Item - World of Warcraft
Legs...............Master's Spellthread - Spell - World of Warcraft
Shoulders...............Greater Inscription of the Storm - Item - World of Warcraft

Gems

No special stuff here. I didn't play around with gems that much. What I would recommend is stacking stamina to balance out your weak health, or if you're really going for the DPS stack spellpower gems.

I would recommend Runed Scarlet Ruby - Item - World of Warcraft or Solid Sky Sapphire - Item - World of Warcraft. OR, if your server has bugged Jewelcrafter's gems, then use these 2: Solid Dragon's Eye - Item - World of Warcraft or Runed Dragon's Eye - Item - World of Warcraft.

Again, I didn't play around with gems much because I'm lazy. You can mix it up if you like. Basically you're either ridiculous damage or balanced.

Glyphs

Major Glyphs
Glyph of Plague Strike - Spell - World of Warcraft
Glyph of Unbreakable Armor - Spell - World of Warcraft
Glyph of Blood Strike - Spell - World of Warcraft

Minor Glyphs don't really matter for this build as there isn't anything particularly special, so do whatever you please here.

The Talent Build and a Video

Talent Build
Talent Calculator - World of Warcraft

Firstly, I'd like to say that I didn't have any gems, any enchants and I was missing a lot of the proper gear in this video. Also, the original intentions of the video were not for this post, but just for fun so it's not exactly 100% showcase. So yeah, with the gear I posted you can do way more damage than what I do in the video.

Video
My SP DK doing some damage. - Xfire Video

Skill Rotation

I would recommend Icy Touch x2, Plague Strike x2, Blood Strike x2, and then Frost Strike once or twice. It shouldn't matter. Plus whatever other skills you can toss in there or need to use. That's pretty barebones, but assuming it's a tank and spank mob (or if you're fighting someone who likes to stand perfectly still) that's a good damage output.

Final Words and Credits

Final Words
So assuming you get everything in this guide, your character will quite literally obliterate anything in his/her path. You may get banned for being so powerful. A lot of this gear isn't particularly attainable on EvolutionWoW, however, I would just like to say in compensation they have some very powerful voting rewards which should cover the loss quite easily. If I had all the gear listed here, as well as the voting rewards hitting 12k would be an average attack most likely. Additionally, provided you cannot acquire this gear just use something similar to it, use your head, and learn the build (which isn't that hard). I am open to suggestions as to how to better spellpower death knights because I believe they should be "enjoyed" while they last.

Credits
Honestly, 2 people. My friend Bichplease on EvolutionWoW who got me started on the item-proc build, and who I created my first spellpower Death Knight with. Without him I probably would have lost interest.

And Brian Peppers on these forums, I read his post (http://www.mmowned.com/forums/emulat...our-dk-op.html) and it gave me an idea of what to do as a basis and I worked it from there.

Have fun melting faces.

Ruhmmy

[TSBowsta]

Just wanted to point this out, but you got head up there twice as helmet under enchantments, other than that, very nice and organized.

[kelso]

Just wanted to point this out, but you got head up there twice as helmet under enchantments, other than that, very nice and organized.

Thank you. All fixed now.

[siaosiaokia]

Thanks for this great guide!

[AngshumanSSJV]

FFS, This could have been made private. May not work any longer. Damn But, NICE GUIDE! KEEP IT UP! YOU'LL BE A NICE CONTRIBUTOR SOME DAY xD +Rep

[larzzon]

Great guide ! illt ry this out! Gl Contrubuting

[Hammerofthor]

Your guide is rediculously good. ^^
Especially the quoting to remove walls of text.
for that you get 2 rep (:

[Rood]

I was just wondering does this work on Live servers??

[kelso]

I was just wondering does this work on Live servers??

No. Spellpower is only bugged on emuservers. Not all, just some.

[Tripzor]

WoW thats a whole guide :P, How long did you work on that :P ? Well I dont really play a death knight but nice work. +Rep

[Jozhua]

didnt work for me at VCN :/
WEll I dont know whats the problem but my character cant hit anyone with melee..

[Flame Guardian]

Interesting, +Rep