2H Cadence Aether/Vitality damage Death Knight - Need some help.

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Hello everyone, I’m trying to build a DK focused on Aether and Vitality damage. The idea is to use the buffs Necromancer skills (Spectral Binding/Wrath and Harbringer of Souls) to increase Aether and Vitality damage using Cadence to proc mainly Reaping Strike and Fighting Spirit. Using a aether or vitality based weapon that I don’t have yet, using Mythical Stonefist rebuke for now.

Looking something like this (there are free skillpoints I have not decided how to use yet): http://www.grimtools.com/calc/m23XQ9qV

My problem is devotion choice, I want certainly Rattosh and probably Kraken, but I’m not sure about the others, the first try I ended up with very little OA an DA, about 1800 and 2000 in the same order, which is too low.
Thinking about Rattosh on Cadence, Cleansing Water’s and Wendigo’s Mark on reaping strike and fighting spirit.
Can anyone help me choosing devotions?

Thank you very much.

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Try my 2h Death Knight build. Mainly Vitality/Cold though.

http://www.grimdawn.com/forums/showthread.php?t=57220

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This is the build I am going to try. Not sure how much damage it will do, but should be medium steady with lots of life gain. Focuses on Vitality/Aether damage.

2 - H Deathknight.
http://www.grimtools.com/calc/0V0A4xaZ

Reaping Strike
Necrotic Edge
Siphon Souls
Zolhans Technique

Stacking lots of healing, aether and vitality, life stealing devotions.

EDIT
Changed it up a bit with basic Cadence. Reliance more on the procs. http://www.grimtools.com/calc/m23Xe8YV

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Thank you for the replies! I wasn’t using Syphon Sools, but it does look like an obvious choice for aether/vitality damage!

I will try to develop the build further and get some better equipment and will post feedback after that.

Thank you.

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I don’t know if there is any good heavy armor with aether/vitality damage on it to make DK viable.

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There is only this and that.

I wanna make a sword and board DK, but i suck really bad at making build. :cry:

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I’m new in the forum but old in the game, we cubans have troubles with the internet so you will not see us a lot im playing dk like you guys with every single one of the devotions of lifestealing do you see that right? or wrong? i’m focusing in vitality too but i need help on how i can improve it.