[Class Guide] Blood Death Knight. High DPS Raiding

[Yotka]

Hello. I'm Yotka from elitist jerks - the guy that theorycrafted diseaseless blood.

#1 Expertise is 26 (not 24 or 25).
#2 Hit cap is 8% or 263 (231 with a Draenei).
#3 Spell hit cap is 11% in a raid situation (288 or 262 with a Draenei).
#4 Blood Death Knights open their rotation with DEATHSTRIKE because it isn't dependent on diseases and gives you Abom's might - more disease dps and more dps overall.

Sorry to say but your guide is an overall bad attempt.

[Multitask]

Hello. I'm Yotka from elitist jerks - the guy that theorycrafted diseaseless blood.

#1 Expertise is 26 (not 24 or 25).
#2 Hit cap is 8% or 263 (231 with a Draenei).
#3 Spell hit cap is 11% in a raid situation (288 or 262 with a Draenei).
#4 Blood Death Knights open their rotation with DEATHSTRIKE because it isn't dependent on diseases and gives you Abom's might - more disease dps and more dps overall.

Sorry to say but your guide is an overall bad attempt.

according to EJ

he soft expertise cap is a little more tricky as there are so many variable that go into it. It is a little more straightforward now that the 5 expertise on Blood Gorged was converted to 10% ArP. You want to be aiming for 25 Expertise (note "25 Expertise" not "25 Expertise Rating").

but i dont really care, just goin by what they say. im not a theorycrafter, i just go by what they say

[espboy]

Just go to elitistjerks.com

[7itanium]

I also tend to disagree on doing any expertise enchants

you should get some expertise from your gear once u get it.. and untill then hit and strength should be sufficient

[Trollblod]

Expertise - WoWWiki - Your guide to the World of Warcraft
For boss-level mobs (which are calculated as your level + 3) the soft cap is 6.5% dodge or 26 expertise (214 expertise rating), and the hard cap is 14% parry or 56 expertise (460 expertise rating). Melee DPS classes will usually focus on the soft cap, since bosses cannot Parry when attacked from behind. Some tanks will like to collect a lot of expertise in order to avoid boss parries, which may result in the Parry-Hasting effect. However, recently the boss Parry-Hasting effect has been disabled on some of the bosses. [1]More information about the bosslist can be found at the references.
Owned. Not flaming, just correcting, not the best guide as said, but thanks for contributing! **** the leechers!
But ye, you should ever, never gem/enchant expertise/hit.

[JustA]

Unholy FTW!

[eekje877]

i am still levleing a DK.. but i will keep it in mind. thanks

[Guitars595]

How to do good dps with any DK spec:
1. Set up all skills on bar
2. Plant face on keyboard
3. Roll Face
4. Profit

[superazn314]

Guitars595 you have never played a DK before ......

1) all DK skills cant be all set in one single bar

like others you think DK are a face roll class but wait untill you play one

then.. after you play one.... come back and talk shit mkay ??

thankyoucomeagain

[Edwardd]

Your first rotation starts off fine.
But why would you go back to bringing your diseases up?


IT-PS-HS-HS-DS-Raise Ghoul-DC-DS-HS-HS-HS-HS -Dump-

Dump doesn't have to mean DC, by the way.
Assuming you have the common sense to put a point into DrW then that's also an effective dump that will boost dps slightly.
Also, best blood dps guide is on elitestjerks.

Edit:
Also, what yotka said, you can start off your rotation with DS, for a burst through the first rotation, then basically switch to what I have above.
The rotation I posted is courtesy of elitestjerks by the way.

[westhong]

to be fair to say, it's a nice post for beginners to learn, how, and the idea of a blood DK should be.

however, the expertise is not accurate anyways, good try

[DjKuja]

i'm using unholy spec (stolen from elitistjerks) with smaller gear score and i'm pulling the same amount of dps in 10 mans, in aoe fights my dps is even bigger.

[reveng_]

Where is discussion of GoDD? Where is discussion of when to change to GoDD over GoD? Where is discussion of when to gem ArP to softcap?