Death Knight Leveling Builds (58-68)
Posted on 2008 under Death Knight, Dedbitt, Guide | 2 Comments6 Nov
Leveling talent builds continue on through Outland pretty much like they were in Ebon Hold. Frost doesn’t become viable until level 69-70 and On a Pale Horse is a huge talent to lose for trying something different, given all of the riding around you’ll be doing on a ground mount.
You may also notice I’m skipping reactionary and cooldown based talents. This is partly because of my own play style, but it also reduces the number of things to keep track of. As a starting out death knight you’ll find you have plenty of things to watch by default.
Blood Leveling Continued – 41/0/18
Rotation: Icy Touch, Plague Strike, Blood Strike x2, Obliterate | Death Coil
- Simple rotation
- Good self healing
- Fast mount
- Better for soloing elites
- No special AoE abilities
Add in Obliterate at level 61 and swap out Blood Strike for Heart Strike when you get it.
The Bloodworms are optional with this build, as some people like them and some people don’t. They appear sporadically and are on aggressive, so they can and will pull additional mobs. That being said they do good damage and healing when around. If you don’t want them then put those 3 points anywhere else in the Blood tree.
Unholy Leveling Continued – 6/0/53
Rotation: Icy Touch, Plague Strike, Scourge Strike, Blood Strike x2 | Death Coil, Summon Gargoyle, or Unholy Blight
- 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
by Hinenuitepo, on November 6 2008 @ 4:58 pm
Lotta things here and there.
Can’t view your build, so if it’s not that pic on your blog, I can’t see it.
I prefer vampiric blood over bloodworms for leveling, although both are fun. It gives much more healing in those situations when you really need it (soloing the elite quest mobs) and there’s enough in blood to stay at full health the rest of the time anyway.
Fun stuff tho. I leveled primarily as blood on beta, but also spend a number of hours as unholy. The aoe in unholy is insane lol and pretty fun. I prefer blood overall, but if you’re doing a lot of instance leveling in particular, then unholy is very strong. Mostly though, it’s just down to playstyle between the two.
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by Derek, on January 2 2010 @ 6:42 pm
Umm I’ve been trying to decide weather to go with blood or unholy and what zones should I be questing in? I’m currently lvl 62 and lvlinf in zangramarsh
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