Rawr, tank DK updated

Rawr, the multi-faceted simulation tool, has had a developer working on the DK tank module for a while now. It has just been updated to reflect the 3.22 changes also.

Rawr [ more...]

Dreadplate blood hybrid spec, no threat

A poster on dk.info was wondering about this hybrid spec, probably best called Dreadplate Blood, 21/41/5.

It takes a lot of Frost talents, but then goes into blood for some nice [ more...]

Where to point the last few blood tank talent points

Blood tanks have so many variations in spec. You can grab talents to emphasise raid buffs or single-target threat or AOE threat. There’s even Will of the Necropolis, which is [ more...]

List of raid gear without raiding

Plate tank gear you can get from emblems, BoEs from the AH or professions. Useful to plan gearing up a new or alt tank without having to actually raid. Helps [ more...]

DK levelling in Unholy no-epidemic, plus a few addons

Found some great addons too, but first a snippet on levelling:

I ran the no-epidemic unholy dps specs in the simulator for L68, to see how it scales at low gear [ more...]

Unholy has changed: no reaping

Oct 9th: patch 3.3 will change unholy again, back to a spec with reaping, epidemic and a traditional deep unholy build. For Unholy in patch 3.3: read my full analysis.

The below is [ more...]

3.3 Death Knight dual-wield tanking

Dec 9th, correct for patch 3.3.

Can and should a DK dual-wield as a tank? Patch 3.22 made it possible, with rune strike now being effected by Threat of Thassarian. Patch 3.3 [ more...]

Installer patch notes 3.2.2

I have downloaded the patch 3.2.2 now. Here are the notes for your interest while servers are being maintained and until MMO or someone produces a nicely formatted version.

Boubou wins, [ more...]

Patch 3.22 site news

I’ve updated all key posts (including my main post) on the three DK tank talents for 3.2.2.

You can refer to my 3.22 index post to find them all.

In 3.22, glyphed [ more...]

PTR 3.22 unbreakable armour

Currently, PTR 3.22 unbreakable armour gives +25% armour and the glyph takes it to +30% (tooltip on glyph is a bit confusing).

If you compare that to bone shield at 15 [ more...]

Patch 3.22

This index post helps readers find my posts on the 3.22 changes for DK tanking. I had it stickied to front page for a while.

Death knight tank builds for unholy, frost [ more...]

Unholy DK tank build PTR 3.22, simulation

For Unholy in patch 3.3: read my full analysis.

Sept 28: In 3.22 the below spec is no longer the highest threat unholy build, it’s now with no-epidemic.

October 1st: the [ more...]

DK 3.22 talent changes

3.22 is now live, check my index post.

My tank builds and levelling specs have been updated.

These changes mean:

Unholy dps will go back to using Scourge Strike (instead of Unholy Obliterate, [ more...]

Death Knight levelling specs

Verified for 3.22 plus commentary on no-epidemic unholy.

What are the specs and talent options for levelling up a Death Knight? Fortunately, they’re all good. Here are some templates to help [ more...]

Threat stats equivalence points for Death Knight tanks

Dec 18th: updated for 3.3, using latest calculations from the simulator, and adjusted for ICC avoidance aura. Jan 4th: dual-wield frost updated.

DPS Death Knights are really into Equivalance Points (“EP”) [ more...]

3.2 Death Knight blood tank specs

Verified for 3.22 and 3.3.

See my 3.3 Blood spec page.

There are so many possible and valid variations on a Blood maintank spec, I thought it’d be useful for me [ more...]