Blood Death Knight Guide for WoW Dragonflight PvP

Patch 10.2Dragonflight PvP Season 3

Last Updated November 28, 2023

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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Easy mode choices summary for Blood Death Knight

Type	Top Choice	Max. Rating	Median Rating	Popularity
Capstone and Choice Talents	Death's Reach Abomination Limb Tombstone Purgatory Umbilicus Eternus Copy	1850	1809	9%
Top Capstone and Choice Talents	Bloodshot Copy	1842	1805	81%
Class Talented Abilities	Chains of Ice Death Strike Raise Dead Mind Freeze Anti-Magic Shell Blinding Sleet Icebound Fortitude Anti-Magic Zone Asphyxiate Wraith Walk Copy	1850	1808	13%
Spec Talented Abilities	Heart Strike Marrowrend Blood Boil Vampiric Blood Death's Caress Rune Tap Dancing Rune Weapon Copy	1850	1806	31%
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 Unholy Endurance Runic Attenuation Unholy Ground Insidious Chill Blood Draw Will of the Necropolis Death's Echo Icy Talons Rune Mastery Empower Rune Weapon Abomination Limb Copy	1807	1807	9%
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	1842	1826	9%
Full Talent Tree	Chains of Ice Death Strike Raise Dead Mind Freeze Anti-Magic Shell Cleaving Strikes Blinding Sleet Improved Death Strike Anti-Magic Barrier Control Undead 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 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	1842	1826	9%
PvP Talent		1850	1834	13%
Main Hand		1850	1850	4%
Trinket		1850	1850	4%
Trinket Combination	Rezan's Gleaming Eye	1810	1809	9%
Head		1850	1850	4%
Neck		1850	1850	4%
Shoulders		1809	1809	4%
Back		1850	1850	4%
Chest	Abalone Plate Armor	1834	1834	4%
Wrist		1850	1850	4%
Hands		1850	1809	9%
Waist		1834	1818	9%
Legs		1810	1809	9%
Feet	Fatty Hooves of Gory Comfort	1808	1808	4%
Rings		1850	1850	4%
Item Level	432	1850	1850	4%
Tier		1850	1850	4%
Gem	Fractured Neltharite	1842	1842	4%
Gem Combination	Sensei's Neltharite Sensei's Neltharite Sensei's Neltharite	1842	1825	9%
Back Enchant		1753	1753	4%
Belt Enchant	Erosion	1809	1807	27%
Weapon Enchant	Skinning Technique: Felhide (Rank 1)	1834	1834	4%

Stat	Median Value
Mastery	61%

Capstone and Choice Talents for Blood Death Knight

Name	Max. Rating	Median Rating	Popularity
Death's Reach Abomination Limb Tombstone Purgatory Umbilicus Eternus Copy	1850	1809	9%
Grip of the Dead Abomination Limb Tombstone Purgatory Bloodshot Copy	1842	1807	45%
Grip of the Dead Abomination Limb Tombstone Bloodshot Copy	1842	1807	54%
Abomination Limb Tombstone Purgatory Bloodshot Copy	1842	1804	63%
Abomination Limb Tombstone Bloodshot Umbilicus Eternus Copy	1807	1787	18%
Abomination Limb Tombstone Purgatory Umbilicus Eternus Copy	1850	1757	27%
Grip of the Dead Abomination Limb Tombstone Purgatory Umbilicus Eternus Copy	1806	1745	13%

Top Capstone and Choice Talents for Blood Death Knight

Name	Max. Rating	Median Rating	Popularity
Grip of the Dead Copy	1842	1805	63%
Bloodshot Copy	1842	1805	81%
Abomination Limb Copy	1850	1803	100%
Tombstone Copy	1850	1803	100%
Purgatory Copy	1850	1802	81%
Death's Reach Copy	1850	1765	18%
Umbilicus Eternus Copy	1850	1757	36%

Class Talented Abilities for Blood Death Knight

Name	Max. Rating	Median Rating	Popularity
Chains of Ice Death Strike Raise Dead Mind Freeze Anti-Magic Shell Blinding Sleet Icebound Fortitude Anti-Magic Zone Asphyxiate Wraith Walk Copy	1850	1808	13%
Chains of Ice Death Strike Raise Dead Mind Freeze Anti-Magic Shell Blinding Sleet Icebound Fortitude Anti-Magic Zone Copy	1850	1806	72%
Chains of Ice Death Strike Raise Dead Mind Freeze Anti-Magic Shell Blinding Sleet Icebound Fortitude Copy	1850	1803	90%
Chains of Ice Death Strike Raise Dead Mind Freeze Anti-Magic Shell Icebound Fortitude Copy	1850	1803	100%
Chains of Ice Death Strike Raise Dead Mind Freeze Anti-Magic Shell Blinding Sleet Control Undead Icebound Fortitude Anti-Magic Zone Copy	1842	1802	31%

Spec Talented Abilities for Blood Death Knight

Name	Max. Rating	Median Rating	Popularity
Heart Strike Marrowrend Blood Boil Vampiric Blood Death's Caress Rune Tap Dancing Rune Weapon Copy	1850	1806	31%
Heart Strike Marrowrend Blood Boil Vampiric Blood Death's Caress Dancing Rune Weapon Copy	1850	1803	100%

Class Tree Talents for Blood Death Knight

Name	Max. Rating	Median Rating	Popularity
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 Unholy Endurance Runic Attenuation Unholy Ground Insidious Chill Blood Draw Will of the Necropolis Death's Echo Icy Talons Rune Mastery Empower Rune Weapon Abomination Limb Copy	1807	1807	9%
Chains of Ice Death Strike Raise Dead Mind Freeze Anti-Magic Shell Cleaving Strikes Blinding Sleet Improved Death Strike Anti-Magic Barrier Control Undead 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	1842	1806	27%

Spec Tree Talents for Blood Death Knight

Name	Max. Rating	Median Rating	Popularity
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	1842	1826	9%
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 Coagulopathy Tombstone Sanguine Ground Shattering Bone Heartrend Iron Heart Red Thirst Purgatory Bloodshot Copy	1808	1807	13%
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 Gorefiend's Grasp Sanguine Ground Shattering Bone Tightening Grasp Red Thirst Purgatory Bloodshot Copy	1809	1802	13%
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	1778	9%

Full Talent Tree for Blood Death Knight

Name	Max. Rating	Median Rating	Popularity
Chains of Ice Death Strike Raise Dead Mind Freeze Anti-Magic Shell Cleaving Strikes Blinding Sleet Improved Death Strike Anti-Magic Barrier Control Undead 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 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	1842	1826	9%
Chains of Ice Death Strike Raise Dead Mind Freeze Anti-Magic Shell Cleaving Strikes Blinding Sleet Improved Death Strike Anti-Magic Barrier Control Undead 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 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 Gorefiend's Grasp Sanguine Ground Shattering Bone Tightening Grasp Red Thirst Purgatory Bloodshot Copy	1809	1802	13%

PvP Talent for Blood Death Knight

Name	Max. Rating	Median Rating	Popularity
	1850	1834	13%
Death Chain	1810	1806	9%
Strangulate	1850	1805	27%
	1810	1805	45%
Last Dance	1850	1804	68%
Decomposing Aura	1809	1782	54%
Murderous Intent	1808	1777	9%
Walking Dead	1834	1777	9%
Rot and Wither	1807	1776	9%
Necrotic Aura	1807	1745	40%

Stat Name for Blood Death Knight

Name	Median Value
Mastery	61%
Haste	19%
Crit	19%
Versatility	16%

Main Hand for Blood Death Knight

Name	Max. Rating	Median Rating	Popularity
	1850	1850	4%
Whitefin Axe	1842	1842	4%
	1834	1821	9%
	1810	1807	22%
	1806	1806	4%
Ashkandur, Fall of the Brotherhood	1804	1804	4%
	1809	1777	9%
	1802	1774	9%
	1808	1764	9%
	1762	1762	4%
	1802	1756	9%
	1768	1736	9%

Trinket for Blood Death Knight

Name	Max. Rating	Median Rating	Popularity
	1850	1850	4%
Elementium Pocket Anvil	1834	1819	9%
Mark of Dargrul	1834	1818	9%
Ominous Chromatic Essence	1809	1809	4%
Ember of Nullification	1808	1808	4%
Might of the Ocean	1807	1807	4%
	1807	1807	9%
Rezan's Gleaming Eye	1810	1807	13%
	1810	1807	13%
	1809	1806	9%
Enduring Dreadplate	1804	1804	4%
	1850	1788	18%
	1806	1784	9%
Porcelain Crab	1802	1774	9%
Gore-Crusted Butcher's Block	1808	1764	9%
	1842	1762	13%
	1808	1753	22%
	1842	1749	18%
Bottomless Reliquary Satchel	1745	1745	4%
Xeri'tac's Unhatched Egg Sac	1745	1745	4%
Ancestral Protector's Stone	1709	1709	4%

Trinket Combination for Blood Death Knight

Name	Max. Rating	Median Rating	Popularity
Rezan's Gleaming Eye	1810	1809	9%
	1808	1768	13%
	1842	1766	9%

Head for Blood Death Knight

Name	Max. Rating	Median Rating	Popularity
	1850	1850	4%
Verdant Plate Crown	1842	1842	4%
	1809	1809	4%
	1808	1808	4%
Anomuran Helm	1807	1807	4%
	1834	1806	40%
	1802	1802	4%
Lingering Phantom's Dreadhorns	1802	1753	13%
	1745	1745	4%
	1745	1745	4%
	1719	1719	4%
	1709	1709	4%

Neck for Blood Death Knight

Name	Max. Rating	Median Rating	Popularity
	1850	1850	4%
	1834	1834	4%
Torc of Passed Time	1809	1809	4%
Elemental Lariat	1842	1808	13%
Chain of the Green Flight	1807	1807	13%
	1806	1806	4%
Amulet of Tender Breath	1804	1804	4%
Ironshell Pendant	1802	1802	4%
Raven Filigree Pendant	1810	1782	9%
	1762	1762	4%
	1808	1745	27%
Tuskarr Bone Necklace	1719	1719	4%

Shoulders for Blood Death Knight

Name	Max. Rating	Median Rating	Popularity
	1809	1809	4%
	1850	1807	68%
Mantle of the Resolute Champion	1806	1802	13%
Lingering Phantom's Shoulderplates	1753	1753	4%
	1768	1736	9%

Back for Blood Death Knight

Name	Max. Rating	Median Rating	Popularity
	1850	1850	4%
Periwinkle Cloak	1842	1842	4%
Vibrant Wildercloth Shawl	1834	1807	31%
Lingering Phantom's Drape	1804	1804	4%
Raal's Bib	1802	1802	4%
	1808	1788	9%
Cloak of Fading Echoes	1808	1781	9%
	1809	1749	9%
	1745	1745	4%
Drape of the Loyal Vassal	1745	1745	4%
	1719	1719	4%
	1709	1709	4%
	1703	1703	4%

Chest for Blood Death Knight

Name	Max. Rating	Median Rating	Popularity
Abalone Plate Armor	1834	1834	4%
Etheldrin's Breastplate	1842	1824	9%
	1809	1809	4%
	1810	1805	27%
Primal Molten Breastplate	1808	1802	13%
	1850	1777	9%
	1808	1777	9%
Lingering Phantom's Plackart	1804	1732	18%
	1709	1709	4%

Wrist for Blood Death Knight

Name	Max. Rating	Median Rating	Popularity
	1850	1850	4%
Incarnadine Bracers	1809	1809	4%
Thornscar Wristguards	1842	1808	13%
Primal Molten Vambraces	1810	1807	9%
Allied Wristguard of Companionship	1834	1807	18%
	1806	1806	4%
	1802	1802	4%
	1762	1762	4%
	1808	1757	18%
	1753	1753	4%
Shadowshroud Vambraces	1719	1719	4%
	1709	1709	4%
	1703	1703	4%

Hands for Blood Death Knight

Name	Max. Rating	Median Rating	Popularity
	1850	1809	9%
	1842	1808	40%
Ravencrest Bonecrush Gauntlets	1807	1807	4%
Grips of the Everlasting Guardian	1808	1806	13%
	1802	1782	9%
Lingering Phantom's Gauntlets	1804	1774	18%
	1745	1745	4%

Waist for Blood Death Knight

Name	Max. Rating	Median Rating	Popularity
	1834	1818	9%
Rivet-Sealed Waistplate	1810	1808	13%
	1850	1808	13%
Greatbelt of Disruption	1842	1807	22%
Primal Molten Greatbelt	1806	1806	4%
Recycled Golemskin Waistguard	1804	1804	4%
	1809	1764	9%
	1762	1762	4%
	1753	1749	9%
	1768	1736	9%

Legs for Blood Death Knight

Name	Max. Rating	Median Rating	Popularity
	1810	1809	9%
	1807	1807	4%
Lingering Phantom's Schynbalds	1804	1804	4%
	1850	1802	68%
	1808	1788	9%
	1703	1703	4%

Feet for Blood Death Knight

Name	Max. Rating	Median Rating	Popularity
Fatty Hooves of Gory Comfort	1808	1808	4%
Embellished Ritual Sabatons	1810	1807	18%
Infurious Warboots of Impunity	1850	1782	54%
	1834	1777	9%
	1768	1768	4%
Goldsteel Sabatons	1807	1748	9%

Rings for Blood Death Knight

Name	Max. Rating	Median Rating	Popularity
	1850	1850	4%
Seal of the Regal Loa	1834	1810	18%
	1808	1808	4%
	1808	1808	4%
Ring of Contempt	1834	1808	27%
Anthia's Ring	1806	1806	4%
Bloodied Wedding Ring	1804	1804	4%
Signet of Titanic Insight	1842	1804	22%
Band of Callous Dominance	1802	1802	4%
Thornwoven Band	1802	1802	4%
Arch-Druid's Tainted Seal	1842	1798	9%
	1850	1765	18%
Loop of Vitriolic Intent	1809	1764	9%
Lord Waycrest's Signet	1807	1749	18%
	1745	1745	9%
	1802	1745	22%
	1719	1719	4%
Band of Twisted Bark	1689	1689	4%

Item Level for Blood Death Knight

Name	Max. Rating	Median Rating	Popularity
432	1850	1850	4%
455	1842	1842	4%
467	1834	1834	4%
475	1810	1810	4%
449	1809	1809	4%
464	1808	1808	4%
439	1808	1808	4%
472	1807	1807	4%
465	1807	1807	4%
469	1806	1806	4%
444	1804	1804	4%
470	1802	1802	4%
425	1768	1768	4%
452	1802	1762	13%
460	1753	1753	4%
456	1745	1745	4%
453	1719	1719	4%
442	1709	1709	4%
431	1703	1703	4%
463	1689	1689	4%

Tier for Blood Death Knight

Name	Max. Rating	Median Rating	Popularity
	1850	1850	4%
	1809	1809	4%
	1842	1808	40%
	1850	1807	68%
	1834	1806	40%
	1810	1805	27%
Lingering Phantom's Schynbalds	1804	1804	4%
	1850	1802	68%
	1850	1788	18%
Lingering Phantom's Gauntlets	1804	1774	18%
	1808	1757	18%
Lingering Phantom's Shoulderplates	1753	1753	4%
Lingering Phantom's Dreadhorns	1802	1753	13%
	1808	1753	22%
	1753	1749	9%
Lord Waycrest's Signet	1807	1749	18%
Lingering Phantom's Plackart	1804	1732	18%

Gem for Blood Death Knight

Name	Max. Rating	Median Rating	Popularity
Inscribed Illimited Diamond	1842	1842	4%
Fractured Neltharite	1842	1842	4%
Crafty Ysemerald	1834	1834	4%
Sensei's Neltharite	1842	1825	9%
Radiant Malygite	1810	1810	4%
Energized Malygite	1807	1807	4%
Puissant Nozdorite	1807	1807	4%
Keen Ysemerald	1842	1807	18%
Zen Neltharite	1850	1805	27%
Zen Malygite	1808	1804	22%
Energized Ysemerald	1850	1804	22%
Skillful Illimited Diamond	1834	1780	18%
Keen Neltharite	1802	1749	27%
Fierce Illimited Diamond	1719	1719	4%

Gem Combination for Blood Death Knight

Name	Max. Rating	Median Rating	Popularity
Sensei's Neltharite Sensei's Neltharite Sensei's Neltharite	1842	1825	9%
Energized Ysemerald Energized Ysemerald Energized Ysemerald Zen Neltharite	1850	1809	13%
Keen Ysemerald Keen Ysemerald Keen Ysemerald	1842	1807	18%
Zen Neltharite Zen Neltharite Zen Neltharite Zen Neltharite	1850	1805	27%
Keen Neltharite Keen Neltharite Keen Neltharite	1802	1749	27%

Back Enchant for Blood Death Knight

Name	Max. Rating	Median Rating	Popularity
	1753	1753	4%

Belt Enchant for Blood Death Knight

Name	Max. Rating	Median Rating	Popularity
Erosion	1809	1807	27%
Summon Shadow Demon	1802	1778	9%

Weapon Enchant for Blood Death Knight

Name	Max. Rating	Median Rating	Popularity
Skinning Technique: Felhide (Rank 1)	1834	1834	4%
Lord Thorval Greeting	1802	1802	4%
Noxious Spit	1842	1794	9%
Skinning Technique: Stormscale (Rank 1)	1807	1741	18%

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