Blood Death Knight BiS Gear
Every slot, enchant and gem for the Blood Death Knight at the Phase 4 ceiling: Icecrown Citadel 25 and Ruby Sanctum. Hover any item for the full Wowhead tooltip.
About this gear set
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Stat Priorities
- Hit
- Strength
- Armor Penetration
- Expertise
Caps & Requirements
Spell hit matters more than usual for Blood because of the hybrid nature of DK damage.
Tundra Stalker talent reduces the actual gear requirement.
Best Races
Blood Fury, and if you run an axe, +5 expertise from Axe Specialization. Expertise is a priority stat for every DK spec, so racial expertise is worth a lot of gear budget.
Sword / Mace Specialization covers 2H sword and mace users with +3 expertise; Every Man for Himself for utility.
Notes
EHP baseline: Solid stamina gems dominate; activate meta with minimal hybrid gems.
The Blood Death Knight list in short
This is the Best in Slot list for the Blood Death Knight in WotLK 3.3.5a Phase 4: the strongest realistic gear from Icecrown Citadel 25, Ruby Sanctum and Trial of the Grand Crusader. It covers 16 equipment slots with the enchant, the gems and the close alternatives for every piece, in 3 builds (Tank EHP, Tank Threat and Dps).
In short: the Tank EHP build uses the Shadowmourne as the main weapon and the Sigil of the Hanged Man in the sigil slot; its trinkets are Deathbringer's Will and Sharpened Twilight Scale; the head slot is Sanctified Scourgelord Helmet and the chest is Sanctified Scourgelord Battleplate.
Stat priority: Hit, then Strength, then Armor Penetration, then Expertise. The caps and the best races for this spec are in the panels above the notes.
3 builds for the Blood Death Knight
Tank EHP shown on the sheet
high confidenceBlood DK EHP/armor raid-tank profile; PTS/SFF, heavy stamina and Stoneskin Gargoyle.
Tank Threat
medium high confidenceAggro/threat Blood tank profile: retains tank armor/trinkets but swaps to a maximum-threat weapon configuration.
All slots of this build
- Head Broken Ram Skull Helm
- Neck Bile-Encrusted Medallion Alt: Noose of Malachite
- Shoulders Sanctified Scourgelord Pauldrons
- Back Royal Crimson Cloak Alt: Sentinel's Winter Cloak
- Chest Sanctified Scourgelord Chestguard
- Wrist Gargoyle Spit Bracers Alt: Bracers of Dark Reckoning
- Hands Sanctified Scourgelord Handguards
- Waist Verdigris Chain Belt Alt: Belt of Broken Bones
- Legs Sanctified Scourgelord Legguards Alt: Legguards of Lost Hope
- Feet Treads of Impending Resurrection Alt: Grinning Skull Greatboots
- Ring Devium's Eternally Cold Ring
- Ring Juggernaut Band Alt: Ashen Band of Endless Courage
- Trinket Sindragosa's Flawless Fang
- Trinket Petrified Twilight Scale Alt: Juggernaut's Vitality
- Main hand Shadowmourne Alt: Oathbinder, Charge of the Ranger-General
- Sigil Sigil of the Bone Gryphon Alt: Sigil of Insolence
Dps
medium high confidenceNiche Blood DPS final profile with Shadowmourne and ArP/Strength physical itemization.
All slots of this build
- Head Sanctified Scourgelord Helmet
- Neck Lana'thel's Chain of Flagellation Alt: Penumbra Pendant, Ahn'kahar Onyx Neckguard
- Shoulders Sanctified Scourgelord Shoulderplates
- Back Winding Sheet
- Chest Sanctified Scourgelord Battleplate
- Wrist Polar Bear Claw Bracers Alt: Umbrage Armbands
- Hands Aldriana's Gloves of Secrecy Alt: Sanctified Scourgelord Gauntlets
- Waist Coldwraith Links
- Legs Sanctified Scourgelord Legplates Alt: Scourge Reaver's Legplates
- Feet Blood-Soaked Saronite Stompers Alt: Apocalypse's Advance
- Ring Might of Blight
- Ring Ashen Band of Endless Might
- Trinket Deathbringer's Will Alt: Signet of Twilight
- Trinket Death's Choice Alt: Death's Verdict
- Main hand Shadowmourne Alt: Glorenzelg, High-Blade of the Silver Hand
- Sigil Sigil of Virulence Alt: Sigil of the Hanged Man, Havoc's Call, Blade of Lordaeron Kings *
Common questions
QWhat is the best weapon for a Blood Death Knight?
In the Tank EHP build the pick is the Shadowmourne as the main weapon and the Sigil of the Hanged Man in the sigil slot.
QWhich stats should a Blood Death Knight stack?
The priority for this spec is Hit, then Strength, then Armor Penetration, then Expertise. The caps to plan around are hit: 8% melee (263) · spell 446, 368 with the 3% raid debuff, 263 with Draenei; expertise: 26 expertise (214 rating base); armor penetration: 1400 rating (theoretical cap).
QWhich race is best for a Blood Death Knight?
For the Death Knight the best races are Horde: Orc and Alliance: Human. The reason for each is in the Best Races panel on this page.
QWhat does this Blood Death Knight list assume?
The Tank EHP build assumes: Tank role; EHP priority. Confidence in this gear set is high.