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Death Knight Talents
by admin on Nov.07, 2008, under WoW Death Knight, WoW Guides and Resources
When your DK is brand new, you will gain your talent points through quests in the starting area. These points must be spent, but in which trees? Some talents are particularly well suited for leveling. For this reason, I’ve put together several good talent specs. As you don’t start out at level 80, I will show a level 57 and 80 version. Please note that these builds are not optimized for DPS or Tanking.
Contents at a Glance
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Unholy Talent
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Frost Talent
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Blood Talent
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Tanking Talent
Unholy Talent
Unholy is my favorite for leveling, which is largely due to the movement speed increases it provides through On a Pale Horse and Unholy Aura. Getting around as fast as possible is very important when it comes to questing. Note that Unholy Aura is always active, regardless of the presence you’re in.
Frost Talent
With Frost, you get access to Lich Borne and Unbreakable Armor, which can help you survive bad situations. Howling Blast provides you with a decent AE boost.
Blood Talent
Blood offers good damage and helps you survive with Mark of Blood, Blood Worms and Rune Tap. Vampiric Blood can help you take on tougher elites as well, but it is not part of my suggested builds due to point shortage. You might consider dropping a point in Bloodworms in order to pick it up.
Tanking Talent
Death Knights were originally announced as a tank specialized in tanking spell damage bosses. This is not so much the case anymore. While we still have talents and skills that help us avoid or mitigate spell damage, we are not ‘the spell damage tank’. Good for us, as being a niche tank is not a happy place to be. Death Knights are fully capable of tanking any kind of mob, and are pretty good at keeping aggro on multiple targets.
