Blood Death Knight Guide for WoW Dragonflight PvP
Patch 10.2Dragonflight PvP Season 3
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Best Blood Death Knight PvP Build, Talents, Stat Priority, Trinkets, BiS gear, etc., ranked by their performance and popularity based on the World Top PvP Players in Dragonflight PvP Season 3.
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Type | Top Choice | Max. Rating | Median Rating | Popularity |
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Capstone and Choice Talents | 1809 | 50% | ||
Top Capstone and Choice Talents | Bloodshot Copy | 1808 | 90% | |
Class Talented Abilities | 1807 | 100% | ||
Spec Talented Abilities | 1807 | 100% | ||
Class Tree Talents | Chains of Ice Death Strike Raise Dead Mind Freeze Anti-Magic Shell Cleaving Strikes Blinding Sleet Improved Death Strike Anti-Magic Barrier Enfeeble Icebound Fortitude Veteran of the Third War Brittle Merciless Strikes Anti-Magic Zone Might of Thassarian Gloom Ward Grip of the Dead Unholy Endurance Runic Attenuation Unholy Ground Insidious Chill Will of the Necropolis Death's Echo Icy Talons Rune Mastery Empower Rune Weapon Abomination Limb Copy | 1810 | 15% | |
Spec Tree Talents | Heart Strike Marrowrend Blood Boil Vampiric Blood Crimson Scourge Ossuary Improved Vampiric Blood Death's Caress Heartbreaker Dancing Rune Weapon Relish in Blood Improved Bone Shield Insatiable Blade Rapid Decomposition Reinforced Bones Everlasting Bond Voracious Coagulopathy Tombstone Sanguine Ground Shattering Bone Heartrend Iron Heart Red Thirst Purgatory Bloodshot Copy | 1812 | 10% | |
Full Talent Tree | Chains of Ice Death Strike Raise Dead Mind Freeze Anti-Magic Shell Cleaving Strikes Blinding Sleet Permafrost Improved Death Strike Anti-Magic Barrier Enfeeble Icebound Fortitude Veteran of the Third War Brittle Merciless Strikes Might of Thassarian Gloom Ward Grip of the Dead Unholy Endurance Runic Attenuation Unholy Ground Insidious Chill Will of the Necropolis Death's Echo Icy Talons Rune Mastery Empower Rune Weapon Abomination Limb Heart Strike Marrowrend Blood Boil Vampiric Blood Crimson Scourge Ossuary Improved Heart Strike Death's Caress Heartbreaker Dancing Rune Weapon Hemostasis Relish in Blood Improved Bone Shield Insatiable Blade Rapid Decomposition Reinforced Bones Everlasting Bond Voracious Coagulopathy Tombstone Sanguine Ground Shattering Bone Heartrend Iron Heart Red Thirst Purgatory Bloodshot Copy | 1808 | 15% | |
PvP Talent | Strangulate | 1814 | 15% | |
Main Hand | Verdant Gladiator's Pulverizer | 1814 | 10% | |
Trinket | Heart-Lesion Stone of Battle | 1839 | 5% | |
Trinket Combination | Mirror of Fractured Tomorrows Rezan's Gleaming Eye | 1811 | 10% | |
Head | Casque of the Deep | 1839 | 5% | |
Neck | Heart-Lesion Pendant | 1839 | 5% | |
Shoulders | Coralplate Pauldrons | 1839 | 5% | |
Back | Drape of Vile Misfortune | 1839 | 5% | |
Chest | Heart-Lesion Breastplate | 1839 | 5% | |
Wrist | Heart-Lesion Vambraces | 1839 | 5% | |
Hands | Heart-Lesion Gauntlets | 1839 | 5% | |
Waist | Heart-Lesion Girdle | 1839 | 5% | |
Legs | Venerated Professor's Greaves | 1839 | 5% | |
Feet | Verdant Gladiator's Plate Warboots | 1828 | 10% | |
Rings | Heart-Lesion Band of Might | 1839 | 5% | |
Item Level | 431 | 1839 | 5% | |
Tier | Verdant Aspirant's Medallion | 1814 | 5% | |
Gem | Zen Neltharite | 1810 | 5% | |
Belt Enchant | Summon Shadow Demon | 1814 | 15% | |
Weapon Enchant | Lord Thorval Greeting | 1811 | 5% |
Stat | Median Value |
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Mastery | 59% |
Capstone and Choice Talents for Blood Death Knight
-Name | Max. Rating | Median Rating | Popularity |
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1809 | 50% | ||
1808 | 75% | ||
1804 | 15% | ||
1801 | 15% | ||
1791 | 10% |
Class Talented Abilities for Blood Death Knight
-Name | Max. Rating | Median Rating | Popularity |
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1807 | 70% | ||
1807 | 100% | ||
1804 | 55% |
Class Tree Talents for Blood Death Knight
-Name | Max. Rating | Median Rating | Popularity |
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Chains of Ice Death Strike Raise Dead Mind Freeze Anti-Magic Shell Cleaving Strikes Blinding Sleet Improved Death Strike Anti-Magic Barrier Enfeeble Icebound Fortitude Veteran of the Third War Brittle Merciless Strikes Anti-Magic Zone Might of Thassarian Gloom Ward Grip of the Dead Unholy Endurance Runic Attenuation Unholy Ground Insidious Chill Will of the Necropolis Death's Echo Icy Talons Rune Mastery Empower Rune Weapon Abomination Limb Copy | 1810 | 15% | |
Chains of Ice Death Strike Raise Dead Mind Freeze Anti-Magic Shell Cleaving Strikes Blinding Sleet Permafrost Improved Death Strike Anti-Magic Barrier Enfeeble Icebound Fortitude Veteran of the Third War Brittle Merciless Strikes Might of Thassarian Gloom Ward Grip of the Dead Unholy Endurance Runic Attenuation Unholy Ground Insidious Chill Will of the Necropolis Death's Echo Icy Talons Rune Mastery Empower Rune Weapon Abomination Limb Copy | 1808 | 15% | |
Chains of Ice Death Strike Raise Dead Mind Freeze Anti-Magic Shell Cleaving Strikes Permafrost Improved Death Strike Anti-Magic Barrier Enfeeble Icebound Fortitude Veteran of the Third War Brittle Merciless Strikes Anti-Magic Zone Might of Thassarian Gloom Ward Unholy Endurance Runic Attenuation Unholy Ground Insidious Chill Will of the Necropolis Death's Echo Icy Talons Rune Mastery Unholy Bond Empower Rune Weapon Soul Reaper Copy | 1804 | 10% |
Spec Tree Talents for Blood Death Knight
-Name | Max. Rating | Median Rating | Popularity |
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Heart Strike Marrowrend Blood Boil Vampiric Blood Crimson Scourge Ossuary Improved Vampiric Blood Death's Caress Heartbreaker Dancing Rune Weapon Relish in Blood Improved Bone Shield Insatiable Blade Rapid Decomposition Reinforced Bones Everlasting Bond Voracious Coagulopathy Tombstone Sanguine Ground Shattering Bone Heartrend Iron Heart Red Thirst Purgatory Bloodshot Copy | 1812 | 10% | |
Heart Strike Marrowrend Blood Boil Vampiric Blood Crimson Scourge Ossuary Improved Heart Strike Death's Caress Heartbreaker Dancing Rune Weapon Hemostasis Relish in Blood Improved Bone Shield Insatiable Blade Rapid Decomposition Reinforced Bones Everlasting Bond Voracious Coagulopathy Tombstone Sanguine Ground Shattering Bone Heartrend Iron Heart Red Thirst Purgatory Bloodshot Copy | 1808 | 25% | |
Heart Strike Marrowrend Blood Boil Vampiric Blood Crimson Scourge Ossuary Improved Heart Strike Death's Caress Foul Bulwark Dancing Rune Weapon Hemostasis Relish in Blood Improved Bone Shield Insatiable Blade Rapid Decomposition Reinforced Bones Everlasting Bond Voracious Bloodworms Coagulopathy Tombstone Sanguine Ground Shattering Bone Heartrend Iron Heart Red Thirst Purgatory Bloodshot Copy | 1806 | 10% | |
Heart Strike Marrowrend Blood Boil Vampiric Blood Crimson Scourge Ossuary Improved Heart Strike Death's Caress Heartbreaker Dancing Rune Weapon Hemostasis Relish in Blood Improved Bone Shield Insatiable Blade Rapid Decomposition Reinforced Bones Everlasting Bond Bloodworms Coagulopathy Tombstone Sanguine Ground Shattering Bone Heartrend Iron Heart Red Thirst Purgatory Bloodshot Copy | 1789 | 10% |
Full Talent Tree for Blood Death Knight
-Name | Max. Rating | Median Rating | Popularity |
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Chains of Ice Death Strike Raise Dead Mind Freeze Anti-Magic Shell Cleaving Strikes Blinding Sleet Permafrost Improved Death Strike Anti-Magic Barrier Enfeeble Icebound Fortitude Veteran of the Third War Brittle Merciless Strikes Might of Thassarian Gloom Ward Grip of the Dead Unholy Endurance Runic Attenuation Unholy Ground Insidious Chill Will of the Necropolis Death's Echo Icy Talons Rune Mastery Empower Rune Weapon Abomination Limb Heart Strike Marrowrend Blood Boil Vampiric Blood Crimson Scourge Ossuary Improved Heart Strike Death's Caress Heartbreaker Dancing Rune Weapon Hemostasis Relish in Blood Improved Bone Shield Insatiable Blade Rapid Decomposition Reinforced Bones Everlasting Bond Voracious Coagulopathy Tombstone Sanguine Ground Shattering Bone Heartrend Iron Heart Red Thirst Purgatory Bloodshot Copy | 1808 | 15% | |
Chains of Ice Death Strike Raise Dead Mind Freeze Anti-Magic Shell Cleaving Strikes Blinding Sleet Improved Death Strike Anti-Magic Barrier Enfeeble Icebound Fortitude Veteran of the Third War Brittle Merciless Strikes Anti-Magic Zone Might of Thassarian Gloom Ward Grip of the Dead Unholy Endurance Runic Attenuation Unholy Ground Insidious Chill Will of the Necropolis Death's Echo Icy Talons Rune Mastery Empower Rune Weapon Abomination Limb Heart Strike Marrowrend Blood Boil Vampiric Blood Crimson Scourge Ossuary Improved Heart Strike Death's Caress Heartbreaker Dancing Rune Weapon Hemostasis Relish in Blood Improved Bone Shield Insatiable Blade Rapid Decomposition Reinforced Bones Everlasting Bond Voracious Coagulopathy Tombstone Sanguine Ground Shattering Bone Heartrend Iron Heart Red Thirst Purgatory Bloodshot Copy | 1802 | 10% |
PvP Talent for Blood Death Knight
-Name | Max. Rating | Median Rating | Popularity |
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Strangulate | 1814 | 15% | |
Spellwarden | 1813 | 10% | |
Death Chain | 1810 | 25% | |
Last Dance | 1808 | 65% | |
Rot and Wither | 1807 | 15% | |
Necrotic Aura | 1806 | 20% | |
Bloodforged Armor | 1806 | 45% | |
Decomposing Aura | 1805 | 60% | |
Walking Dead | 1804 | 5% | |
Murderous Intent | 1801 | 5% |
Stat Name for Blood Death Knight
-Name | Median Value |
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Mastery | 59% |
Crit | 22% |
Haste | 21% |
Versatility | 13% |
Main Hand for Blood Death Knight
-Name | Max. Rating | Median Rating | Popularity |
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Verdant Gladiator's Pulverizer | 1814 | 10% | |
Verdant Gladiator's Greatsword | 1811 | 20% | |
Incandescent Soulcleaver | 1809 | 10% | |
Gorehowl, Might of the Warchief | 1808 | 30% | |
Ravencrest's Wrath | 1806 | 5% | |
Gnarlroot's Bonecrusher | 1801 | 15% | |
Obsidian Seared Claymore | 1800 | 5% | |
Arctic Warden's Greatsword | 1768 | 5% |
Trinket for Blood Death Knight
-Name | Max. Rating | Median Rating | Popularity |
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Heart-Lesion Idol of Battle | 1839 | 5% | |
Heart-Lesion Stone of Battle | 1839 | 5% | |
Verdant Aspirant's Insignia of Alacrity | 1814 | 5% | |
Verdant Aspirant's Medallion | 1814 | 5% | |
Mark of Dargrul | 1814 | 5% | |
Porcelain Crab | 1814 | 5% | |
Mirror of Fractured Tomorrows | 1811 | 10% | |
Spores of Alacrity | 1810 | 10% | |
Rezan's Gleaming Eye | 1809 | 30% | |
Ember of Nullification | 1808 | 5% | |
Branch of the Tormented Ancient | 1808 | 15% | |
Prophetic Stonescales | 1808 | 25% | |
Neltharion's Call to Suffering | 1804 | 5% | |
Screaming Black Dragonscale | 1804 | 5% | |
Accelerating Sandglass | 1804 | 15% | |
Nightmare Egg Shell | 1803 | 5% | |
Xeri'tac's Unhatched Egg Sac | 1802 | 5% | |
Writhing Heart of Darkness | 1802 | 5% | |
Ravaged Seed Pod | 1801 | 5% | |
Parjesh's Medallion | 1800 | 5% | |
Gift of Ursine Vengeance | 1795 | 10% | |
Might of the Ocean | 1784 | 10% | |
Cataclysmic Signet Brand | 1775 | 5% |
Neck for Blood Death Knight
-Name | Max. Rating | Median Rating | Popularity |
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Heart-Lesion Pendant | 1839 | 5% | |
Hatecoil Commander's Amulet | 1817 | 5% | |
Verdant Aspirant's Pendant | 1814 | 5% | |
Torc of Passed Time | 1809 | 10% | |
Elemental Lariat | 1808 | 5% | |
Chain of the Green Flight | 1807 | 5% | |
Raven Filigree Pendant | 1806 | 15% | |
Pendant of Impending Perils | 1805 | 10% | |
Ironshell Pendant | 1804 | 15% | |
Ionized Choker | 1803 | 5% | |
Amulet of Eonar's Chosen | 1802 | 5% | |
Verdant Gladiator's Amulet | 1802 | 10% | |
Slumbering Ursine Talisman | 1800 | 5% |
Shoulders for Blood Death Knight
-Name | Max. Rating | Median Rating | Popularity |
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Coralplate Pauldrons | 1839 | 5% | |
Verdant Aspirant's Plate Pauldrons | 1814 | 5% | |
Skewers of the Risen Nightmare | 1808 | 60% | |
Lingering Phantom's Shoulderplates | 1804 | 20% | |
Verdant Gladiator's Plate Shoulders | 1802 | 5% | |
Dazhak's Desiccated Wingbones | 1789 | 5% |
Back for Blood Death Knight
-Name | Max. Rating | Median Rating | Popularity |
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Drape of Vile Misfortune | 1839 | 5% | |
Verdant Aspirant's Cape | 1817 | 5% | |
Lingering Phantom's Drape | 1814 | 5% | |
Verdant Gladiator's Shawl | 1814 | 5% | |
Verdant Aspirant's Greatcloak | 1814 | 5% | |
Mantle of Blazing Sacrifice | 1808 | 5% | |
Vibrant Wildercloth Shawl | 1807 | 20% | |
Winter Forager's Cape | 1804 | 5% | |
Drape of the Loyal Vassal | 1803 | 25% | |
Hellbloom Cape | 1802 | 5% | |
Cloak of Fading Echoes | 1797 | 10% | |
Arctic Warden's Cloak | 1768 | 5% |
Chest for Blood Death Knight
-Name | Max. Rating | Median Rating | Popularity |
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Heart-Lesion Breastplate | 1839 | 5% | |
Verdant Aspirant's Plate Armor | 1817 | 5% | |
Unceasing Footman's Breastplate | 1807 | 5% | |
Primal Molten Breastplate | 1805 | 20% | |
Casket of the Risen Nightmare | 1805 | 50% | |
Lingering Phantom's Plackart | 1804 | 5% | |
Carapace of the Unbending Flame | 1795 | 10% |
Wrist for Blood Death Knight
-Name | Max. Rating | Median Rating | Popularity |
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Heart-Lesion Vambraces | 1839 | 5% | |
Verdant Aspirant's Plate Armguards | 1814 | 5% | |
Primal Molten Vambraces | 1810 | 15% | |
Allied Wristguard of Companionship | 1809 | 20% | |
Explorer's Plate Bracers | 1808 | 5% | |
Agonizing Manacles | 1808 | 5% | |
Thornscar Wristguards | 1804 | 5% | |
Arctic Warden's Bracers | 1804 | 5% | |
Incarnadine Bracers | 1802 | 5% | |
Shadowshroud Vambraces | 1802 | 10% | |
Verdant Gladiator's Plate Wristguards | 1793 | 10% | |
Verdant Gladiator's Plate Vambraces | 1789 | 5% | |
Zealous Commander's Cuffs | 1775 | 5% |
Hands for Blood Death Knight
-Name | Max. Rating | Median Rating | Popularity |
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Heart-Lesion Gauntlets | 1839 | 5% | |
Verdant Aspirant's Plate Handguards | 1814 | 5% | |
Grips of the Everlasting Guardian | 1807 | 10% | |
Thorns of the Risen Nightmare | 1806 | 60% | |
Lingering Phantom's Gauntlets | 1804 | 15% | |
Chartreuse Champion's Gauntlets | 1802 | 5% |
Waist for Blood Death Knight
-Name | Max. Rating | Median Rating | Popularity |
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Heart-Lesion Girdle | 1839 | 5% | |
Verdant Gladiator's Plate Girdle | 1817 | 5% | |
Verdant Aspirant's Plate Greatbelt | 1814 | 5% | |
Phlegethic Girdle | 1814 | 5% | |
Girdle of Burgeoning Apathy | 1811 | 5% | |
Forgotten Jalgar's Girdle | 1808 | 5% | |
Rivet-Sealed Waistplate | 1808 | 25% | |
Greatbelt of Disruption | 1805 | 10% | |
Unstable Frostfire Belt | 1803 | 10% | |
Smoldering Chevalier's Greatbelt | 1802 | 15% | |
Unwinding Eon Girdle | 1789 | 5% | |
Seal of the Risen Nightmare | 1768 | 5% |
Legs for Blood Death Knight
-Name | Max. Rating | Median Rating | Popularity |
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Venerated Professor's Greaves | 1839 | 5% | |
Greaves of Parallel Lives | 1811 | 5% | |
Petrified Wickerplate Greaves | 1810 | 5% | |
Verdant Gladiator's Plate Wargreaves | 1808 | 5% | |
Lingering Phantom's Schynbalds | 1804 | 5% | |
Greaves of the Risen Nightmare | 1804 | 75% |
Feet for Blood Death Knight
-Name | Max. Rating | Median Rating | Popularity |
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Verdant Gladiator's Plate Warboots | 1828 | 10% | |
Verdant Aspirant's Plate Warboots | 1814 | 5% | |
Insurgent Flame Warboots | 1811 | 5% | |
Embellished Ritual Sabatons | 1805 | 20% | |
Infurious Warboots of Impunity | 1805 | 20% | |
Goldsteel Sabatons | 1805 | 20% | |
Fused Obsidian Sabatons | 1804 | 5% | |
Fatty Hooves of Gory Comfort | 1804 | 10% | |
Primal Molten Sabatons | 1775 | 5% |
Rings for Blood Death Knight
-Name | Max. Rating | Median Rating | Popularity |
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Heart-Lesion Ring of Might | 1839 | 5% | |
Heart-Lesion Band of Might | 1839 | 5% | |
Seal of the Nazjatar Empire | 1817 | 5% | |
Ring-Bound Hourglass | 1814 | 5% | |
Verdant Gladiator's Signet | 1814 | 5% | |
Verdant Aspirant's Signet | 1814 | 15% | |
Band of Callous Dominance | 1811 | 5% | |
Band of Burning Thorns | 1811 | 15% | |
Seal of the Regal Loa | 1810 | 15% | |
Ring of Contempt | 1808 | 25% | |
Band of New Beginnings | 1805 | 10% | |
Bramble Bark Band | 1804 | 5% | |
Beautiful Blizzard Binding | 1804 | 5% | |
Signet of Titanic Insight | 1804 | 5% | |
Obsidian Gladiator's Ring | 1803 | 5% | |
Arch-Druid's Tainted Seal | 1803 | 15% | |
Verdant Aspirant's Ring | 1802 | 10% | |
Band of Twisted Bark | 1802 | 15% | |
Rime Ridden Ring | 1800 | 5% | |
Loop of Vitriolic Intent | 1800 | 5% | |
Signet of the Last Elder | 1788 | 10% | |
Anthia's Ring | 1787 | 10% |
Tier for Blood Death Knight
-Name | Max. Rating | Median Rating | Popularity |
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Verdant Aspirant's Insignia of Alacrity | 1814 | 5% | |
Verdant Aspirant's Medallion | 1814 | 5% | |
Skewers of the Risen Nightmare | 1808 | 60% | |
Piercing Gaze of the Risen Nightmare | 1807 | 85% | |
Thorns of the Risen Nightmare | 1806 | 60% | |
Casket of the Risen Nightmare | 1805 | 50% | |
Lingering Phantom's Plackart | 1804 | 5% | |
Lingering Phantom's Schynbalds | 1804 | 5% | |
Lingering Phantom's Dreadhorns | 1804 | 5% | |
Lingering Phantom's Gauntlets | 1804 | 15% | |
Lingering Phantom's Shoulderplates | 1804 | 20% | |
Greaves of the Risen Nightmare | 1804 | 75% |
Gem for Blood Death Knight
-Name | Max. Rating | Median Rating | Popularity |
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Zen Neltharite | 1810 | 5% | |
Zen Malygite | 1809 | 10% | |
Stormy Malygite | 1808 | 5% | |
Skillful Illimited Diamond | 1808 | 10% | |
Sensei's Neltharite | 1806 | 10% | |
Keen Neltharite | 1805 | 40% | |
Inscribed Illimited Diamond | 1804 | 5% | |
Keen Ysemerald | 1804 | 10% | |
Skillful Illimited Diamond | 1803 | 5% | |
Radiant Malygite | 1801 | 5% | |
Radiant Alexstraszite | 1796 | 10% | |
Energized Malygite | 1788 | 10% |
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