Heya guys!!  Welcome back to the next segment of Best in Slot Items for Death Knights!!  Today we’re gonna talk about the best Cloak for your back slot that you can get for your DK.  For those of you who have been keeping up with the site, I mentioned we’re gonna change how we look at items for ranking.  And this is it.

Items have been broken up into 6 categories depending on your current Hit and Expertise Rating.  Please refer to the Hit and Expertise Revisited post if you have any questions regarding Hit and Expertise caps, their value, and how to get there.

PLEASE read the notes at the bottom of the post.  The notes are important.

 

 

Blood - Top 10 Best in Slot Cloak

1. Drape of the Deadly Foe  267.656 APE
2. Aged Winter Cloak  258.286 APE
3. Cloak of Mastery  244.534 APE
4. Hammerhead Sharkskin Cloak  231.352 APE
5. Deadly Gladiator’s Cloak of Victory  217.546 APE
6. Shroud of Reverberation  215.96 APE
7. Gale-Proof Cloak  215.912 APE
8. Cloak of Bloodied Waters  206.517 APE
9. Embrace of Sorrow  200.076 APE
10. Cloak of Darkening  199.881 APE

 

 

Blood - Top 5 Best in Slot Cloak: Melee Hit Capped

1. Drape of the Deadly Foe  267.656 APE
2. Aged Winter Cloak  258.286 APE
3. Hammerhead Sharkskin Cloak  231.352 APE
4. Shroud of Reverberation  215.96 APE
5. Gale-Proof Cloak  215.912 APE

 

Blood - Top 5 Best in Slot Cloak: Melee Hit and Expertise Capped

1. Drape of the Deadly Foe 267.656 APE
2. Aged Winter Cloak 258.286 APE
3. Hammerhead Sharkskin Cloak 231.352 APE
4. Cloak of Mastery 208.54 APE
5. Cloak of Bloodied Waters 206.517 APE

Blood - Top 5 Best in Slot Cloak: Hit Capped

1. Drape of the Deadly Foe  267.656 APE
2. Aged Winter Cloak  258.286 APE
3. Hammerhead Sharkskin Cloak  231.352 APE
4. Shroud of Reverberation  216.022 APE
5. Gale-Proof Cloak  215.986 APE

Blood - Top 5 Best in Slot Cloak: Hit and Expertise Capped

1. Drape of the Deadly Foe  267.656 APE
2. Aged Winter Cloak  258.286 APE
3. Hammerhead Sharkskin Cloak  231.352 APE
4. Cloak of Bloodied Waters  206.517 APE
5. Cloak of Darkening  199.881 APE

Blood - Top 5 Best in Slot Cloak: Expertise Capped

1. Drape of the Deadly Foe  267.656 APE
2. Aged Winter Cloak  258.286 APE
3. Cloak of Mastery  244.534 APE
4. Hammerhead Sharkskin Cloak  231.352 APE
5. Deadly Gladiator’s Cloak of Victory  217.546 APE

  

 

Frost - Top 10 Best in Slot Cloak

1. Drape of the Deadly Foe  273.542 APE
2. Aged Winter Cloak  254.838 APE
3. Cloak of Mastery  246.718 APE
4. Hammerhead Sharkskin Cloak  235.146 APE
5. Deadly Gladiator’s Cloak of Victory  208.126 APE
6. Cloak of Bloodied Waters  197.667 APE
7. Shroud of Reverberation  193.934 APE
8. Embrace of Sorrow  193.707 APE
9. Cloak of Darkening  190.786 APE
10. Hateful Gladiator’s Cloak of Victory  186.386 APE

  

 

Frost - Top 5 Best in Slot Cloak: Melee Hit Capped

1. Drape of the Deadly Foe  273.542 APE
2. Aged Winter Cloak  254.838 APE
3. Hammerhead Sharkskin Cloak  235.146 APE
4. Cloak of Mastery  219.607 APE
5. Cloak of Bloodied Waters  197.667 APE

  

Frost - Top 5 Best in Slot Cloak: Melee Hit and Expertise Capped

1. Drape of the Deadly Foe  273.542 APE
2. Aged Winter Cloak  254.838 APE
3. Hammerhead Sharkskin Cloak  235.146 APE
4. Cloak of Mastery  219.607 APE
5. Cloak of Bloodied Waters  197.667 APE

 

Frost - Top 5 Best in Slot Cloak: Hit Capped

 

1. Drape of the Deadly Foe  273.542 APE
2. Aged Winter Cloak  254.838 APE
3. Hammerhead Sharkskin Cloak  235.146 APE
4. Cloak of Bloodied Waters  197.667 APE
5. Cloak of Mastery  196.234 APE

 

Frost - Top 5 Best in Slot Cloak: Hit and Expertise Capped

 

1. Drape of the Deadly Foe  273.542 APE
2. Aged Winter Cloak  254.838 APE
3. Hammerhead Sharkskin Cloak  235.146 APE
4. Cloak of Bloodied Waters  197.667 APE
5. Cloak of Mastery  196.234 APE

 

Frost - Top 5 Best in Slot Cloak: Expertise Capped

 

1. Drape of the Deadly Foe  273.542 APE
2. Aged Winter Cloak  254.838 APE
3. Cloak of Mastery  246.718 APE
4. Hammerhead Sharkskin Cloak  235.146 APE
5. Deadly Gladiator’s Cloak of Victory  208.126 APE

 

 

Unholy – Top 10 Best in Slot Cloak

1. Drape of the Deadly Foe  249.011 APE
2. Cloak of Mastery  228.971 APE
3. Aged Winter Cloak  219.848 APE
4. Hammerhead Sharkskin Cloak  215.674 APE
5. Deadly Gladiator’s Cloak of Victory  209.752 APE
6. Shroud of Reverberation  193.063 APE
7. Cloak of Bloodied Waters  192.939 APE
8. Embrace of Sorrow  189.959 APE
9. Gale-Proof Cloak  189.045 APE
10. Hateful Gladiator’s Cloak of Victory  187.792 APE

 

 

Unholy - Top 5 Best in Slot Cloak: Melee Hit Capped

 

1. Drape of the Deadly Foe  249.011 APE
2. Aged Winter Cloak  219.848 APE
3. Hammerhead Sharkskin Cloak  215.674 APE
4. Cloak of Mastery  196.484 APE
5. Shroud of Reverberation  193.063 APE

 

Unholy - Top 5 Best in Slot Cloak: Melee Hit and Expertise Capped

 

1. Drape of the Deadly Foe  249.011 APE
2. Aged Winter Cloak  219.848 APE
3. Hammerhead Sharkskin Cloak  215.674 APE
4. Cloak of Mastery  196.484 APE
5. Cloak of Bloodied Waters  192.939 APE

 

Unholy - Top 5 Best in Slot Cloak: Hit Capped

 

1. Drape of the Deadly Foe  249.011 APE
2. Aged Winter Cloak  219.848 APE
3. Hammerhead Sharkskin Cloak  215.674 APE
4. Cloak of Bloodied Waters  192.939 APE
5. Shroud of Reverberation  185.406 APE

 

Unholy - Top 5 Best in Slot Cloak: Hit and Expertise Capped

 

1. Drape of the Deadly Foe  249.011 APE
2. Aged Winter Cloak  219.848 APE
3. Hammerhead Sharkskin Cloak  215.674 APE
4. Cloak of Bloodied Waters  192.939 APE
5. Cloak of Mastery  177.248 APE

 

Unholy - Top 5 Best in Slot Cloak: Expertise Capped

 

1. Drape of the Deadly Foe  249.011 APE
2. Cloak of Mastery  229.202 APE
3. Aged Winter Cloak  219.848 APE
4. Hammerhead Sharkskin Cloak  215.674 APE
5. Deadly Gladiator’s Cloak of Victory  210.17 APE

 

 

 

Things to remember

1. Please see my “Best in Slot Items” (BISI) page for a comprehensive list of all BISI items.
2. THIS DOES NOT WEIGH SET BONUSES.  I CANNOT STRESS HOW IMPORTANT THAT FACT IS!!!  I have not yet seen a good model for measuring the DPS gain from our T7 set bonuses, however the 4 set bonus is extremely good and will have a significant impact upon our DPS.  If you can attain 4 pieces of T7/T7.5, you should consider giving those items more value.  I do.
3. These items are weighted using a system commonly refered to as APE, or Attack Power Equivalency.  This uses mathematical formulas, and often times simulators, to determine how much each attribute contributes to your dps.  It equates item stat values into a numeric value that equals 1 Attack Power, or 1 AP.
4. APE means exactly what it says, this item has an equivalent value of x AP.  So if it says 1 is 519 APE and 2 is 492 APE, swapping from 2 to 1 would be like gaining 27 Attack Power.
5. Take everything here with a grain of salt.  If you had all of your gear epic’d out from Naxx+, it’s likely your personal stats will skew the results of “best in slot”.  Short of running a simulator, it’s nearly impossible to know what the best stats are for any one character.  APE changes as your stats change.  As one stat goes up, its value to your dps goes down.  Meanwhile other stats’ values will go up in value.  This however is a good baseline, assuming you have the equivalent best in slot items and have kept your stats balanced while gearing out.
6. Keep in mind also, my information could be wrong.  But even if it is, it is most likely the closest source of information to the actual truth about DK APE values.
7. 18 Agi is effectively 1 AP due to the armor gain from Agi (read: Bladed Armor talent).  Also keep in mind that Agi affects only your physical crit, not your spell crit.
8. Some stats can be capped.  You do not want more than you can actually use.  Items with a stat that you’ve exceeded the cap are not worth their “true” value anymore because you’re not getting all of the benefit.
9. 262.32 Hit Rating is equal to 8% Melee Hit (this is the Melee Hit cap).
10. 445.91 Hit Rating is equal to 17% Spell Hit (this is the Spell Hit cap).  The spell hit cap is 288.53 rating or 17% if you have 3/3 Virulence and Misery debuff up.
11. The expertise cap is 123 rating or 15 skill for Blood.  The cap for Unholy/Blood is 172.15 rating or 21 skill.
12. Your stats need to be balanced.  If you pick gear that always has +Strength on them, then you’re going to be screwed. These items are balanced around the concept that you do not overstack certain stats.  Aka, 4% hit and 3000 AP is bad.  But so is 15% hit and 1500 AP.  Sticking with these item lists will usually avoid that however.
13. If you don’t agree you should seriously take a moment to stop and think about what factual data you have to back up that feeling.  Often times the number crunchers out there find things that look wrong to the average person.
14. When gemming gear most of the time you will ignore the slot colors.  Only pay attention to slot colors when trying to meet a metagem requirement if you need to.  Otherwise every gem slot should be either +Strength, +Expertise, or +Hit.  These numbers assume you are using Rare gems available to any player.
15. For more information on the Expertise and Hit caps you should read here: Hit and Expertise Revisited.

-Suffer Well Brothers and Sisters.

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