Frost is intended to dual-wield

Blizzard have given a unequivocal statement that Frost is designed for dual-wielding. That two-handed Frost will not, and is not intended to, give the same DPS (for raiding) as dual-wield [ more...]

What is the frost, unholy or blood rotation?

I get a lot of questions like “what’s the rotation for that spec?” Rotation is like Death Knight basics, and since I write on more advanced tanking questions, it’s not [ more...]

Turbulent times for unholy DKs

Unholy has gone back and forth so much.

Recently, its threat sucked.
Then it was Unholy Obliterate spec for deeps
That got nerfed away.
Today it’s no-reaping Unholy with no-epidemic
and on 3.3 that’s being changed [ more...]

How to use Rawr, for dps

Runeforge Gossip have a good short article on how to use Rawr as a DPS DK. It can be a fairly confusing tool at first with all its options even [ 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...]

DPS DKs: What happens when your raid needs another Tank?

Here’s a guest post from a reader, who became a regular commenter, then blogger! – G

I AM DPS, HEAR ME ROAR!!!!!
(meow)
I started my wow life as a rogue and loved [ more...]

Ratio of tanks to the rest

This deserves more discussion. One of the difficult balances a leader has to manage is the number of tanks required in a raid, or the guild, as a proportion of [ 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...]

Dual Voldrethar, now that’s pwnwear

This is just cool. DPS warriors will love this.

A good mate of mine Splug, who’s the GM and hardcore tank (named Spyte) in the US guild Angry (wowprogress | ranked [ more...]