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Death Knight
Runeblade wielders raised from death by the Lich King, commanding blood, frost, and unholy plague.
Death Knight at a glance
- Armor
- Plate
- Resource
- Runes and Runic Power
- Introduced in
- Wrath of the Lich King
- Specializations
- 3
- Roles
- Tank, DPS
Specializations
BloodTankBlood talent treeBlood spells: Mastery: Blood Shield, Riposte, Blood Fortification, Death's Caress, Crimson Scourge, Single-Button Assistant.
FrostDPSFrost talent treeFrost spells: Mastery: Frozen Heart, Dual Wield, Dark Succor, Runic Empowerment, Frostreaper, Might of the Frozen Wastes, Remorseless Winter, Rime.
UnholyDPSUnholy talent treeUnholy spells: Mastery: Dreadblade, Dark Succor, Dark Transformation, Runic Corruption, Epidemic, Single-Button Assistant, Raise Dead, Festering Strike.
Death Knight spellbook
Abilities the Death Knight skill line teaches, A to Z.
Death Knight appearance sets
Baleful Grave-Knight's CrucibleMidnightBaleful Grave-Knight's CrucibleMidnightBaleful Grave-Knight's CrucibleMidnightBaleful Grave-Knight's CrucibleMidnight
Galactic Gladiator's Plate ArmorMidnight
Galactic Gladiator's Plate ArmorMidnightGalactic Gladiator's Plate ArmorMidnightGalactic Gladiator's Plate ArmorMidnight227 more Death Knight appearance sets
Pieces of Baleful Grave-Knight's Crucible.
- Skullguard of the Risen Sacrifice
Shellbound Bracers
Forgotten Grotto Girdle
Pauldrons of the Forgotten Sacrifice
Baleful Grave-Knight's Greatcloak- Baleful Grave-Knight's Vambraces
- Baleful Grave-Knight's Girdle
- Baleful Grave-Knight's Gibbets
Baleful Grave-Knight's Greaves- Baleful Grave-Knight's Casque
Baleful Grave-Knight's Deathgrips
Baleful Grave-Knight's Sabatons
Ladder snapshot and gold angle
Death Knights pull huge packs and self-heal through them, so old-raid transmog and mount clears run fast and low-risk solo.
Recent Death Knight hotfixes
- October 27, 2026 Player versus Player › Death Knight › Unholy
Developers’ notes: The last adjustments to San’layn did increase its viability, but the impact of Vampiric Strike has been higher than we would like.
- October 27, 2026 Player versus Player › Death Knight › Unholy
San’layn: Vampiric Strike damage reduced by 20% in PvP combat.
- October 6, 2026 Classes › Death Knight › Unholy
Developers’ notes: A recent bug fix resulted in Blightfall dealing significantly more damage than we expected. Alongside this tuning change, we’re also making sure the damage is represented accurately when an Augmentation Evoker is present in the group.
- October 6, 2026 Classes › Death Knight › Unholy
Blightfall now deals 100% of the remaining plague damage (was 200%).
- October 6, 2026 Classes › Death Knight › Unholy
Resolved an issue causing Augmentation Evoker Reattribution damage from plague erupt effects to be attributed to the Death Knight.
- October 6, 2026 Player versus Player › Death Knight
Dark Simulacrum (PvP Talent) cooldown reduced to 15 seconds (was 20 seconds).
- October 6, 2026 Player versus Player › Death Knight › Blood
Death Chain (PvP Talent) now affects 4 targets (was 3).
- October 6, 2026 Player versus Player › Death Knight › Blood
Death Chain (PvP Talent) initial damage increased by 500%.
Blizzard Entertainment's official hotfix notes, shown in full at the hotfix tracker.
Every Death Knight hotfix, by date: Death Knight hotfixes.
