http://www.grimtools.com/calc/q2mxvGNj
Currently theorycrafting a Death Knight build. Yes, I understand it’s weak but I love the lore behind it. The idea is basically to spam default attacks and Soul Harvest. Vitality and Cold will be the two main damage types. So far, I am completely lost on devotion allocation so any suggestions would be welcome.
Thanks!
It’s so not weak. When someone will put a proper video of it this already common misconception will die:D
Anywho i do NOT reccomend you go vitality. Buld him like an Aether battlemage (that has flat aether and aether rr). Go menhir’s Bulwark/cadence deadly momentum, all that.
Devotions, go for spear of the heavens, widow, Targo, Rattosh staff etc. This build is better than many think
Hmmm… I was hoping to keep more in-line with the “Death” part of the build by concentrating on Cold/Vitality. How much weaker is this build compared to the Aether build?
Good to know it’s not that weak!
Has better synergy with aether, unless new gear for vitality would arrive with mods.
But you have Aether flat and RR. Mindwarp+Will of the living like Aether cadence battlemages.
You also can’t die with overguard+mark of torment+aether Soul siphon mass life steal
Fluff, what do you think about Revenant or Life Steal in general for Deathknight build?
Lifesteal is as strong as any melee cadence build but with the added bonus of Soul Siphon which should be really fun in cruci.
Revenant could be a fun addition to it, both practically cause it scales off player and from a role playing perspective.
I also played 2h with Soulsplitter btw. Hope a legendary version will be added cause it’s a beast an looks bad ass.
You weren’t kidding on the lack of item support. I can’t find one set even remotely geared towards a Cold/Vitality Death Knight yet that’s an obvious build path.
What happened there I wonder.
Nope. Right now all you have is this vor vitality (forget cold altogether)http://www.grimtools.com/db/items/8889
And it’s not enough, very cool, but needs more
Thinking of making a pure Vitality 2H Deathknight build… hmm. It’s such a shame about item support, though.
Better make Ritualist for that
I know, I just like making underappreciated builds. Like that 2H Fire Forcewave for Tactician, even though everyone says Commando is stronger (And I agree, even though Justicar supports Fire Tactician greatly).
Just like here, Ritualist seems like an obvious choice for 2H Vitality melee.
Tactician can certainly do fire FW quite well i think:D
My crappy 2H Vitality Forcewave Death Knight takes great offense on this statement.
On a serious note, it’s not actually that bad. Decent damage (can kill Nemeses in around 30 seconds), huge resilience and a lot of sustain (30% ADCTH). But yeah, item support for Vitality Death Knight is near non-existent at the moment and Aether Death Knight has much better support.
Still very poorly supported by gear.
http://www.grimtools.com/calc/q2mxvGNj
Updated build with gear and added Cadence, still no devotions as of yet. I think it’ll do pretty good as a thematic build. Once we get some gear sets, it’ll obviously get much better.
That build sounds very interesting. Would you use 2h, or maybe 1h and shield? Could you put together a grimtools build concept you have in mind and post it?
Just wanted to chime in. Superfluff is correct all the way.
Aether seems much better supported. Also, revenant works great so far. They’re actually pretty effective with Deathknight.
I suspected as much about Revenant, but needed to be sure.
Thanks, guys.