Death Knight Class Information

Death Knights

Index of all DK Tank Information (Patch 4.0.3)

http://pwnwear.com/2010/12/03/index-to-all-the-dk-tank-4-0-3-info/

General DK Specs/Talents/Rotations/Glyphs

What the proper DK Spec in Patch 4.0.1?  (discussion with links)

http://pwnwear.com/2010/10/08/dk-tank-spec-4-01/

Talents, Specs and Rotations in Patch 4.0.1

http://wow.joystiq.com/2010/10/12/lichborne-death-knight-talents-specs-and-rotations-for-patch-4/

DK Regamming and Reforging (Patch 4.0.1)

http://wow.joystiq.com/2010/10/19/lichborne-death-knight-regemming-and-reforging-for-patch-4-0-1/

Major, Minor and Prime Glyphs in Cataclysm

http://pwnwear.com/2010/10/02/dk-glyphs-in-cataclysm/

Cataclysm Gear List for DK Tanks (Continually Updated)

http://pwnwear.com/forum/cata-tank-gear-t819.html

DK Talent Specs (Patch 4.0.1)

http://www.skeletonjack.com/2010/10/10/4-0-1-death-knight-talent-specs/

Haste/Spell Hit Issues (Patch 4.0.3)

http://wow.joystiq.com/2010/11/16/lichborne-haste-and-spell-hit-issues-in-patch-4-0-1-and-beyond/

Spell Alerts for DKs

http://wow.joystiq.com/2010/11/23/lichborne-a-guide-to-death-knight-spell-alerts/

Unholy Death Knight Rotations for Patch 4.0.1

http://morrighan13.wordpress.com/2010/10/22/retribution-in-the-new-world-order-one-week-after-4-0-1

DK Tanking

Patch 4.0.1 DK Tanking Guide

http://pwnwear.com/forum/death-knight-tanking-satorri-guide-the-blo-t703.html

DK Tank Resources for Patch 4.0.1

http://pwnwear.com/2010/10/11/dk-tank-4-0-1-answers//

Death Knight Tank Skill Sets Discussion (with Math) for Patch 4.0.1

http://pwnwear.com/forum/avoidance-blood-shield-t733.html

How Death's Strike and Blood Shield Work (DK Tanking in Patch 4.0.1)

http://pwnwear.com/2010/10/26/exactly-how-death-strikes-heal-and-blood-shield-work/

Addons and Mods

Guide to Rune Addons

http://pwnwear.com/forum/rune-addons-t331.html

Addon to Track Blood Shield and Estimated DS Healing (Patch 4.0.1)

http://pwnwear.com/2010/10/14/blood-shield-tracker-addon/

Skeleton Jack's UI Mods (DK Monitor, Tell Me When and ScreenGrid)

http://www.skeletonjack.com/2010/11/09/the-death-knight-ui-dkm-tmw-and-screengrid-mods/

Macros for DKs

http://www.wow.com/2009/10/27/lichborne-elementary-death-knight-macros/

http://www.skeletonjack.com/2010/06/29/you-need-death-knight-macros/

PVP Talents for the Patch 4.0.1 DK

http://wow.joystiq.com/2010/10/15/the-art-of-war-craft-must-have-pvp-talents-for-death-knights-i/

Death Knight Pet Info

http://www.wow.com/2009/11/12/lichborne-the-care-and-feeding-of-pets/

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Tank Help for Cataclysm

Cataclysm tank gear list (mostly for warriors but possibly helpful for other tanks).
http://swordboard.wordpress.com/2010/11/28/cataclysm-dungeons-gear-list-for-tanks/

Help for the tanking bear.
http://primalprecision.blogspot.com/2010/11/relearn-new-tanking-style.html

Help for the low level tanking bear.
http://theincbear.com/low-level-bear-tanking/

How to deal with casters if you are a tank.
http://www.jadedalt.com/2010/11/27/tanking-tips-casters/

Opening moves (rotations) for the DK tank.
http://pwnwear.com/forum/priority-rotation-system-t744-15.html#p13267

http://pwnwear.com/2010/12/02/opening-moves-for-dk-tank/

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Wrath of Lich King to Launch in China

WOW Insider mentioned a Wall Street Journal report that says Wrath of the Lich King will release in China next week.  However, Death Knights have been removed from the Chinese download.
http://www.wow.com/2010/08/10/china-is-finally-getting-wrath-of-the-lich-king/

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Ruby Sanctum Death Knight Loot

Items to make your DK heart beat faster.
http://www.wow.com/2010/07/13/lichborne-ruby-sanctum-loot-for-death-knights/

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DK Tank Gear, UI, Mods, Macros and PAWN Scales

Today must be Death Knight Day as I have three new good articles for death knights.

First, Pwnwear's site has updated the DK tanking gear list there with the new Ruby Sanctum items that are known.
http://pwnwear.com/forum/tank-gear-list-t142.html#p394

Secondly, Skeleton Jack has changed his UI around and posted a long article about what he uses, why, and why he has discarded certain items.  If you need UI or mod ideas, it's worth a read.
http://www.skeletonjack.com/2010/06/27/skeleton-jacks-mods-and-death-knight-uis/

Thirdly, and most importantly, Skeleton Jack has listed specs and PAWN scale tags for the Frost and Unholy Death Knight flavors.
http://www.skeletonjack.com/2010/06/26/frost-and-unholy-specs-and-ape-weights-and-scales-for-3-3-5/

UPDATE:  Skeleton Jack has added an article about macros that DKs will find very useful.
http://www.skeletonjack.com/2010/06/29/you-need-death-knight-macros/

UPDATE #2 by Skeleton Jack-an article about Tell Me When.
http://www.skeletonjack.com/2010/07/01/tell-me-when-and-invaluable-mod-for-death-knights/

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Death Knight Spells Explained

WOW Insider is doing a series on how DK spells work.  First up, Death Grip.
http://www.wow.com/2010/06/15/lichborne-demystifying-death-grip/

Next, Army of the Dead.
http://www.wow.com/2010/06/22/lichborne-advice-on-army-of-the-dead/

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Death Knights in Lich King

A general retrospective about the death knights in Wrath of the Lich King.
http://www.wow.com/2010/06/23/wrath-retrospective-what-we-learned-from-death-knights/

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Break Out the Earplugs

Have you been watching sports news and seeing clips of the noisy long horns called vuvuselas that the South Africans blow like crazy at the soccer games?  Do you want one in WOW?  Do you have a Death Knight?  Today's your lucky day.  Frost is the New Black explains how to add the racket to your game by replacing the regular sound of a DK's Horn of Winter with the sound of a crazed soccer fan's horn.
http://frostisthenewblack.wordpress.com/2010/06/18/have-your-own-vuvuzela-in-game/

For those without ear plugs, using Control S will mute game sound effects.  Pushing Control S again turns them back on.  Control M turns music on/off.  One of these should work, depending on whether the vuvuzela noise is considered music or sound.

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Off-Tank Specs for the Lich King Battle (10 Man)

Pwnwear has written an article about the specs he uses as an off-tank death knight to kill the Lich King in the 10 mans.
http://pwnwear.com/2010/06/15/unholy-offtank-specs-for-the-lich-king/

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Blood Tap for the Death Knight

Skeleton Jack describes the Blood Tap buff in great detail in these two articles, one older and one brand new.  Each article has macros to use with Blood Tap and rotation examples to explain how it works.
http://www.skeletonjack.com/2009/07/27/blood-tap/

http://www.skeletonjack.com/2010/05/21/blood-tap-additional-uses-and-macros/

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How to Play as a Ghoul

The Pink Pigtail Inn put out a call on her blog for folks to write about how to play as a ghoul if a death knight has used the Raise Dead spell on you, and she got three great responses.  Her article and the links to the Ghoul Schools are here.
http://www.pinkpigtailinn.com/2010/04/guides-on-what-to-do-if-youre-raised-as.html

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Death Knight Interview: Skeleton Jack

http://www.worldofraids.com/topic/16437-the-players-perspective/?s=e8efa8b095b9b6a239023691314d0b00

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The Frost DPS Build for Death Knights UPDATED

Skeleton Jack's Frost rotation for DKs.
http://www.skeletonjack.com/2010/05/20/sjs-frost-spec-3-3-3/

Information about the frost DPS build that was improved by Patch 3.3.3.  There is gem and enchant information for this PvE build.
http://www.wow.com/2010/04/13/lichborne-frost-dps-101/

Tweeking your beginning build as you level.
http://www.wow.com/2010/04/20/lichborne-tweaking-your-frost-dps-talent-build/#continued

UPDATE:  Anintro to frost DK tanking with roations, builds, etc.
http://www.wow.com/2010/05/25/lichborne-frost-tanking-101/

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The Death Knight as Healer, Spell Caster or Solo Player

Of course here we are most interested in how to play DKs as a solo raider, but...
http://pwnwear.com/2010/03/30/dk-tank-doing-solo-raid-content/

...Psynister is doing a series of articles on how to play a spell caster or healer with your death knight.  If you want to try this, here is the series:

Death Knight Spellcasters
http://psynister.wordpress.com/2010/03/24/play-styles-death-knights-for-spellcasters/

The DK Spellcaster in Icecrown Citadel
http://psynister.wordpress.com/2010/03/31/play-styles-dk-caster-used-in-icc-10/

Death Knight Healers
http://psynister.wordpress.com/2010/04/01/play-styles-death-knights-for-healers/

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What is a Death Knight?

Psynister explains that death knights are melee characters but can also be played in a spell caster style at Level 60 and higher.  Intrigued?  Here are the details.
http://psynister.wordpress.com/2010/03/24/play-styles-death-knights-for-spellcasters/

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Tanking as a Death Knight/Druid/Paladin/Shaman/Warrior

Big Bear Butt mentioned two sources of information on tanking as various classes on his blog today.  Here are the direct links--first to Brokentree's comparison of now death knights, druids, paladins and warriors tank.  He's played them all and this looks like an excellent resource as it has casting rotations.
http://waywardinitiative.wordpress.com/2010/03/20/i-like-to-stand-in-front-of-things-that-mean-me-harm/

Secondly, to a video of a shaman tanking Lord Marrowgar in Icecrown Citadel.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PjIuMtiT4F8

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Interview: Cataclysm Changes to Death Knights

This is an interesting interview with Psynister's favorite tanking death knight source about what Cataclysm will do to this class.
http://psynister.wordpress.com/2010/03/17/conversations-with-the-masters-satorri/

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Frost Death Knight AoE Rotation and Specs

All about AoE rotations for frost death knights with special tips for pulling successfully.
http://psynister.wordpress.com/2010/03/03/aoe-grinding-frost-death-knight-edition/

Death Knight tanking
http://psynister.wordpress.com/2010/04/23/death-knight-tanking-frost-71-80/

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Tanking as a Frost Death Knight

A thorough discussion of tanking as a death knight (Frost), including spell rotations for AoE and Disease.  Goes to Level 60.
http://psynister.wordpress.com/2010/02/12/death-knight-tanking-frost/

Levels 61-70
http://psynister.wordpress.com/2010/02/16/death-knight-tanking-frost-61-70/

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Death Knights in PvP UPDATED

WOW Insider continues their series on fighting various classes in PvP with the death knight.
http://www.wow.com/2010/01/23/the-art-of-war-craft-introductory-guide-to-fighting-death-knig/

UPDATE:  Tips for Death Knights in PvP.
http://www.wow.com/2010/06/08/lichborne-basic-pvp-tips-and-tricks-for-death-knights/

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