Heya guys!!  Well…it’s not really a Death Knight’s story…  And well…this isn’t really a dirty post…  Well…the pic is a lil dirty.  But it’s there for those of you who wanted so much more and just didn’t get it!! *evil grin*

So why name the post this way?  BECAUSE IT’S CATCHY!!!  And it sounded good at the time!!  lol

So this is a quick and dirty post actually…the title did have some reference to what is going on.  This one is not getting more than 15-25 minutes top of writing time, nor my usual back up research to make sure what I post is accurate.  So beware of errors!!!

Lots of questions from you guys, and so little time…  /sadface  But we’ll do some questions real quick like a bunny!!  An undead berserking bunny of DOOM!!!!  Is there any other?

“Hey Jack any plans to go into in-depth discussion about attributes, stats, and caps? What about tanking?

I love the blog by the way.”

Well lets talk short and quick about this one.  Your most valuable stats are Strength and Hit Rating hands down.  They’re about equal (Strength just barely being ahead with full buffs and Kings), but Hit Rating caps while Strength does not.  Haste Rating is our worst stat hands down, worth on average between 1/4 to 1/5 of 1 Strength.  Yes, it’s really that bad.

Armor Pen is best for Blood, but still useful for Frost/Unholy.  Agility, Armor Pen, AP, and Crit are all about equal point for point.  And then you have Expertise.  This is better than any stats excepting Str/Hit until you cap it.  It’s just barely better than the other stats for Frost/Unholy, however it is significantly better for Blood.  Blood weighs Expertise in at more than half the value of 1 Str, which is a lot for a DK.

When it comes to tanking…Stamina, Stamina, Stamina, Stamina, Stamina…notice a pattern yet?  All tanks are the same there, Stamina is one of your most important stats.  You need to be able to soak hits.  Expertise and Hit are always valuable as well (you need to generate threat), but not a massive priority to where you should sacrifice other stats.  Keep them balanced.

You are an avoidance tank however, and as such should also be focusing on items with Dodge and Strength.  Avoid +block items when possible, but at the same time don’t discount good ones just because it has +block on it.  Parry rating is crap.  Nnever take a parry gem.  It’s fine on gear, but not for gems.

Getting to your Defense cap is mandatory.  540 Defense, don’t leave home without it.  Period.  After that, avoid it when possible.  We don’t get as much from it as War/Paly’s do because we don’t block.  Are DK tanks viable?  Yes siree!!  You can MT just fine.

Frost is considered the best tank spec in game, however once your avoidance is high enough to where your Bone Shield (read: Unholy spec tank) lasts a significant portion of time (say 15-25 seconds) then Unholy could be considered equal or greater than Frost at that point.  Using a BS glyph and just gearing out to the point where your avoidance is that good can help get you there.  Frost is arguably the best MT spec though, and Unholy the best AoE tank.  However they’re close enough that you could go either way.

“Congrats eriss and thank you for getting jack into wow?its been a great help in figuring out how to play a DK properly!!”

She just got married on Monday.  I’ll pass the good wishes along.  Thanks!!

“A debate has come up in some forums that in a raid with a top end weapon with max raid armor debuffs on a boss, that Blood Strike will do more total dps than Scourge Strike will.”

I did some rough in game tests.  With blue gear this doesn’t hold water.  SS pulls ahead just because it has the bonus crit damage from talents, plus it saves a GCD.  At higher levels of gear I will readdress this issue.

“I have that rune watcher mod but cant for the life of me figure out how to MOVE IT?its stuck right over my character and its very annoying. Anyone know how to move it?”

Type /runewatch config and go into the window and check the unlock box.  You can also just type in /runewatch to see all of the commands.  You can change the skin this way as well.  They have some nice ones in there built in.  I changed it from the base to one pre-loaded.  Most mods out there work that way btw.  If you type /”name of mod” it will pull up a command list.  Or an appropriate abbreviation.  For example:  /runewatch or /rw

“I?m leveling unholy and on your listed recommended talent spec it says to choose ?Virulence 2/3? over epidemic as well as ?Necrosis? and ?Blood-caked Blade? maxed out both. I realize this is from an older post. But later on you go on to say that you were wrong about epidemic and that we should get it. And also that Necrosis and BloodCaked.. don?t put out as much damage as intended. What would you recommend as a new talent spec taking all of this into account? Thanks. “

16/0/55 is probably how I’d level up if I had to do it again.  0/0/49 is probably what I would be at level 58.

“I love coming to your site, you always have something to read about, whether its a dps rotation post or just a ?i did this today? post, its always informative and an enjoyable read. Thanks again for taking time out of your life to scribble on here for our enjoyment “

What DID I do today?!!?  Good question!!  Thanks for asking!!

Eh?  What do you mean he didn’t ask what I did today?  This is my blog.  Shut it and sit down!!

As I was saying… 

I went back into Nax25 today and we cleared out two wings.  It was a relaxed pace, plus we started late.  Some trouble setting up the DKP page right and making sure everyone was charged correctly before moving on.  Afterwards I threw together two 10man Wintergrasp runs real quick for the guild.  No, I’m not usually a raid leader, but it helps take the stress off of our Captains and Guild Leaders.  And I did some JC sales today, which are still low due to not a lot of people are raiding yet.  So few sockets in leveling gear, did you guys notice that too?!!?

So yeah, came home from work.  Did the JC thing.  Watched some TV…I’m missing a block of time…what the hell?!  OH Yeaahhhh…  I was tired.  Slept only like 2 hours yesterday, been so short on time.  Took a 2 hour nap, stole some home grilled out hamburgers from my roomie (woot he’s a good cook), got into the raiding, and now I’m writing for you guys.

So I’m hoping all of you are having a good one.  Take care and see ya on the flip side!!

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