Death Knight Leveling Builds (55-58)
Posted on 2008 under Death Knight, Dedbitt, Guide | Comments are off5 Nov
With death knight talents being one of the more unstable things during beta testing until recently there haven’t been a lot of postings about builds. Since things have settled down so I’ve compiled a list of good leveling builds you might want to consider for starting out with your own death knight. These are based on both my own experience leveling up on the beta servers and the very in depth, very long death knight thread on Elitist Jerks.
These talent builds are meant to be suggestions for those looking for a place to start. You may want to rearrange some talent points for abilities you like (or to avoid those you dislike). Feel free to play around with the available talent builders online before expansion hits. You can of course do something completely different, but please keep in mind these builds were designed to be the most efficient in terms of solo level play.
From level 55 through 58, as you quest around Ebon Hold, you’ll earn talent points as part of your quest rewards. By the time you finish you’ll be level 58 with the appropriate number of talent points.
Blood Leveling – 32/0/17
Rotation: Icy Touch, Plague Strike, Blood Strike x2 | Death Coil
- Simple rotation
- Good self healing
- Fast mount
- No special AoE abilities
Unholy Leveling – 2/0/47
Rotation: Icy Touch, Plague Strike, Scourge Strike, Blood Strike x2 | Death Coil or Summon Gargoyle
- Best DPS for leveling
- Even better DPS in AoE situations
- Permanent ghoul pet
- Early heavy hitting strike (Scourge Strike)
- Fast mount
- Limited self healing (for now)
- Dependent on ghoul for best DPS rating
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