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Which DK spec did you find faster to bot?

Which DK spec? (Choose one spec and one weapon type)

  • Blood

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  • Frost

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  • Unholy

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  • Two-Handed Swords

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  • One-Handed Swords (Dual Wield)

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  • Two-Handed Axes

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  • One-Handed Axes (Dual Wield

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greaterdeath

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I would like to know, because right now I'm running Cimmerian on my 66 Draenei DK. If you have any suggestions for dk botting, direct them to this thread.
 
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Blood only because of the pet sharing GCD with player in HB. I would vote for unholy if it wasn't for that bug.
 
Blood, any 2h will do.

Health return of blood makes for almost zero downtime. Unholy is better for multi mob, but resting more often blows.
 
I just respec'ed and regeared my DK from blood with 2H sword to ice 1h dual-wield. He is now going a LOT faster, actually. He dies a bit more, but his DPS is nice.
 
Frost DK with some blood for healing. Blood is only good for botting with a lot of add's. Because the Heart Strike AoE and death coil proc's a lot more when HS hit 2 targets.

Unholy is good too but I guess with the GCD problem not viable. Best race is the Space People because the HoT is simply deadly and 1% hit is extra cream. After that I would say orc for pet damage and a little boost on axe expertise, but most significant difference you will find using the Space People.

I would rank:
Frost (with new patch)
Unholy >= Blood

For high spawn 80 grind:
Blood (with ghoul)
Frost [close second]
Unholy [distant 3rd]


61 Frost: http://www.wowhead.com/talent#joZGMIxAbczc0cuzio:kV
80 Frost: http://www.wowhead.com/talent#jfVhMhzZGMIxAbczc0cuzAo:kV [Death Rune Mastery ensures you will have Frost Runes to pull with Icy Touch, when your mowing down mobs at 4sec per kill]

Problem is you need 2 weapons, so I suggest stick with blood or unholy until level 61+ when the overpowered DK gear degrades and you get Obliterate.
You will be killing so fast that there will be no need for healing. Get up to Howling Blast, then go blood for Vendetta (don't get Rune Tap, Vendetta+Death Strike is enough). Edit the CC you are using to make Icy Touch fire at the same time as Death Grip to shave about 1-2 seconds per monster. (I don't use GB/HB but the cc's look simple enough)

Unholy Presence (15% attack speed is around 5% Total DPS boost with duel-wield) [Stack all the +hit you can]
Rotation: Pull with Unbreakable Armor + Icy Touch + Death Grip; Plague Strike; Blood Strike if RP<52 && no death rune; Blood Strike if RP<52 && no death rune; Obliterate if RP<52;. Howling Blast on Rime proc; Death Strike to heal; Frost Strike if RP>=52; Rune Strike;
You should be leveling on mobs 1-2 levels under you for maximum speed.
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58 Unholy: http://www.wowhead.com/talent#jbZZfzhfxcbg0u0dhcR:Vb
Can use this right out of the box, you should be grinding mobs 1-2 levels under you. Anything 2+ higher can only be handled reliably yet slowly by blood. I don't like the way most bots handle Desolation, but if you can program the CC to keep it up then by all means get it.

Unholy Presence/Blood (30% of your DPS at this stage will be melee damage, so haste is nice)
Rotation: Pull with Icy Touch + Death Grip (pull distance 20 yards); plague strike; blood strike if RP<60 && no dr, blood strike if RP<60 && no dr; scourge strike; Death Strike to heal; Ghoul Frenzy if in combat; Death Coil if RP>=60; Rune Strike;
 
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I dont get this about the pet GCD in unholy? Can someone explain!
 
i'm not so familiar playing a DK... anyone has recommended settings for a blood-dk in cimmerian? like when its best to rune-tap and so on? what is best for quick blood leveling?
 
I used to be blood 2/ 2h sword, then DW 1h sword frost and now i'm a frost-unholy mix with insane DPS. I die a bit more, but my charachter eats. EXP gains have gone up at least 5x, probably more.
 
i'm not so familiar playing a DK... anyone has recommended settings for a blood-dk in cimmerian? like when its best to rune-tap and so on? what is best for quick blood leveling?

Best to rune tap after each battle, if I am correct. Try to find the HP your DK lands at after a battle, and set it just below that. Vampiric Blood at 50%, NEVER, EVER, use mostly blood with DW. Blood was built for 2h tanking or PvE. I try to ALWAYS include at least some ghoul with the best Talent ever, Necrosis. When maxed, Necrosis adds +20% DAMAGE! WOOO! Make sure you use your emblazoned runes in coordination with your talents to boost talent damage. I have a primary Rune of the Fallen Crusader. It's a nice add.
 
Ok, I was wrong. Blood DK is about a billion percent faster.

EDIT: oops, just realized I triple posted! Sorry about that!
 
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Blood is by far the best.
I end up healing more life than losing. Which in turn made me switch to unholy spec for the extra 15% attack speed.
 
unholy is pretty good, especially when you get the permapet. but blood is probably the "easiest".
 
I was specced Unholy at first, but I had several problems with it.

  • No self heals, which made my character eat too much, lowering XP/Hr.
  • When moving to hotspots, the perma ghoul would often aggro a mob, and HB does not recognise that the player is meant to fight, so it just stands there, until the ghoul dies, or the ghoul kills the mob.
  • After mounting up, the ghoul disappears, and when dismounting, HB would wait until the ghoul respawn animation completes, which is about 5 seconds, again, affecting XP/Hr.
 
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I am dual spec'd Blood/Unholy. Now I'm still sussing this stuff out myself but I have found the following according to my damage meter;

Spec 1: 62 Blood/8 Frost : DPS = 0.8-1.1K (Blood spec/2H mace)
Spec 2: 54 Unholy/17 Frost : DPS = 0.9 -1.4K(Unholy spec/2H mace).

I'm in the process of determine how best to set myself up with the dual spec to have one for group tanking and another for DPS. I was leaning towards an Unholy spec for DPS and Ice for tanking but its not as straight fwd as it may first appear. I'll do a bit more research before committing to a particular spec for either. Note that those figures were just before dinging 80 and my equipment has gone up a notch since then so DPS will be somewhat higher. When I get a chance I'll run him on the bot for a bit in either spec and give you some more up to date figures at level 80.
 
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