Blood Death Knight Herald Gear
Blood Death Knight gear for Herald of the Titans: ilvl-capped equipment for attempting Algalon at 226 average item level. Hover any item for the full Wowhead tooltip.
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Details & alternatives
Stat Priorities
- See the Herald & Argent guide for stat priorities
Caps & Requirements
Hit/expertise caps shift a lot at this gear level — the creator notes below (and the full mechanics writeup in the Herald & Argent guide) cover the real per-build requirements.
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
Real creator tips from Scatty (Vista):
- Alternative to "The Black Heart" is "Royal Seal of King Llane" (Yogg-saron 10), which has 29 stamina more, but I value that HUGE 7056 armor proc of Heart (what saved my ass numerous times) more, than 380 parry provided by Royal Seal, although its indisputable advantage is, that you can activate it, whenever it suits you the most.
- Horde players are required to use Snapper Extreme (+40hit 40 stam) food, in order to be hit capped.
- If you are an Engineer and you want to use "Reticulated Armor Webbing" (+885 Armor), instead of "Enchant Gloves - Precison" as a) Ally player - you will use Snapper Extreme (+40hit 40 stam) food, and you can also replace Vivid Eyes of Zull in weapon and shoulders for Solid majestic Zircon, which will result in 30 stam more for you! b) Horde player - you will be required to change "Boundless Ambition" neck for "Shard of the Crystal Forest" (19 Emblems of Conquest) / "Shard of Pirouetting Happiness" ( Love is in the Air event boss), than Vivid Eye of Zul (+10hit 15 stam) in shoulders, for Enduring Eye of Zul (+10 defenze 15 stam), and finally Guardian’s Dreadstone in hands for Solid Majestic Zircon. Also you will be required to use Rhinolicious Wormsteak (+40 expertise 40 stam) food, in order to maitain soft exp cap.
The Blood Death Knight list in short
This is the Herald of the Titans gear list for the Blood Death Knight: ilvl-capped equipment for attempting Algalon at 226 average item level. It covers 16 equipment slots with the enchant, the gems and the close alternatives for every piece.
In short: the Default build uses the Hammer of Crushing Whispers as the main weapon and the Sigil of Deflection in the sigil slot; its trinkets are Heart of Iron and The Black Heart; the head slot is Conqueror's Darkruned Faceguard and the chest is Conqueror's Darkruned Chestguard.
List by Scatty (Vista), from a community BiS project. Full credits and the method are on the Herald of the Titans page.
Gear set notes
Default shown on the sheet
medium high confidenceBlood Death Knight gear for Herald of the Titans. Community BiS list by Scatty (Vista), from the Grand Selayan Cartel itemization compendium.
Common questions
QWhat is the best weapon for a Blood Death Knight?
In the Default build the pick is the Hammer of Crushing Whispers as the main weapon and the Sigil of Deflection in the sigil slot.
QWhich stats matter for a Blood Death Knight in Herald of the Titans?
At this item level the hit and expertise caps shift with your exact itemization, so use the creator notes and the gem plan on this page together with the Blood build for your race. The full explanation is in the Herald & Argent guide.
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 Default build assumes: Level 80. Confidence in this gear set is medium high.