Heya guys!!  Welcome back to the next segment of Best in Slot Items for Death Knights!!  Today we’re gonna talk about the best Boots for your Feet 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 Boots

1. Iron-Spring Jumpers  491.201 APE
2. Melancholy Sabatons  478.582 APE
3. Bladed Steelboots  428.189 APE
4. Dawnwalkers  425.758 APE
5. Sabatons of Sudden Reprisal  396.45 APE
6. Pack-Ice Striders  389.544 APE
7. Footwraps of Vile Deceit  381.526 APE
8. Death-Inured Sabatons  370.807 APE
9. Boots of the Renewed Flight  367.156 APE
10. Boots of the Neverending Path  361.087 APE

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

1. Melancholy Sabatons  478.582 APE
2. Sabatons of Sudden Reprisal  396.45 APE
3. Footwraps of Vile Deceit  378.086 APE
4. Death-Inured Sabatons  370.807 APE
5. Boots of the Renewed Flight  367.156 APE

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

1. Melancholy Sabatons  478.582 APE
2. Sabatons of Sudden Reprisal  385.682 APE
3. Boots of the Renewed Flight  367.156 APE
4. Iron-Spring Jumpers  366.079 APE
5. Bladed Steelboots  354.487 APE

Blood - Top 5 Best in Slot Boots: Hit Capped

1. Melancholy Sabatons  478.582 APE
2. Sabatons of Sudden Reprisal  396.482 APE
3. Footwraps of Vile Deceit  378.178 APE
4. Death-Inured Sabatons  370.871 APE
5. Boots of the Renewed Flight  367.156 APE

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

1. Melancholy Sabatons  478.582 APE
2. Sabatons of Sudden Reprisal  385.682 APE
3. Boots of the Renewed Flight  367.156 APE
4. Death-Inured Sabatons  349.271 APE
5. The Obliterator Greaves  336.266 APE

Blood - Top 5 Best in Slot Boots: Expertise Capped

1. Iron-Spring Jumpers  491.201 APE
2. Melancholy Sabatons  478.582 APE
3. Bladed Steelboots  428.189 APE
4. Dawnwalkers  425.758 APE
5. Pack-Ice Striders  389.544 APE

Frost - Top 10 Best in Slot Boots

1. Iron-Spring Jumpers  446.466 APE
2. Melancholy Sabatons  435.514 APE
3. Dawnwalkers  423.394 APE
4. Bladed Steelboots  409.651 APE
5. Sabatons of Sudden Reprisal  374.778 APE
6. Pack-Ice Striders  371.46 APE
7. Boots of the Renewed Flight  367.791 APE
8. Footwraps of Vile Deceit  352.911 APE
9. Boots of the Neverending Path  350.73 APE
10. Death-Inured Sabatons  342.957 APE

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

1. Melancholy Sabatons  435.514 APE
2. Sabatons of Sudden Reprisal  374.778 APE
3. Boots of the Renewed Flight  367.791 APE
4. Dawnwalkers  358.844 APE
5. Bladed Steelboots  354.138APE

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

1. Melancholy Sabatons  435.514 APE
2. Sabatons of Sudden Reprisal  373.914 APE
3. Boots of the Renewed Flight  367.791 APE
4. Dawnwalkers  358.844 APE
5. Bladed Steelboots  354.138APE

Frost - Top 5 Best in Slot Boots: Hit Capped

1. Melancholy Sabatons  435.514 APE
2. Sabatons of Sudden Reprisal  374.778 APE
3. Boots of the Renewed Flight  367.791 APE
4. Footwraps of Vile Deceit  345.311 APE
5. Death-Inured Sabatons  342.957 APE

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

1. Melancholy Sabatons  435.514 APE
2. Sabatons of Sudden Reprisal  373.914 APE
3. Boots of the Renewed Flight  367.791 APE
4. Death-Inured Sabatons  341.229 APE
5. Boots of the Great Construct  332.932 APE

Frost - Top 5 Best in Slot Boots: Expertise Capped

1. Iron-Spring Jumpers  446.466 APE
2. Melancholy Sabatons  435.514 APE
3. Dawnwalkers  423.394 APE
4. Bladed Steelboots  409.651 APE
5. Sabatons of Sudden Reprisal  374.538 APE

Unholy – Top 10 Best in Slot Boots

1. Iron-Spring Jumpers  437.735 APE
2. Bladed Steelboots  397.197 APE
3. Dawnwalkers  395.078 APE
4. Melancholy Sabatons  385.818 APE
5. Sabatons of Sudden Reprisal  359.078 APE
6. Footwraps of Vile Deceit  345.823 APE
7. Pack-Ice Striders  343.076 APE
8. Boots of the Neverending Path  342.107 APE
9. Death-Inured Sabatons  326.079 APE
10. Titan-forged Greaves of Triumph  315.675 APE

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

1. Melancholy Sabatons  385.818 APE
2. Sabatons of Sudden Reprisal  359.078 APE
3. Footwraps of Vile Deceit  338.783 APE
4. Bladed Steelboots  330.676 APE
5. Death-Inured Sabatons  326.079 APE

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

1. Melancholy Sabatons  385.818 APE
2. Sabatons of Sudden Reprisal  357.494 APE
3. Bladed Steelboots  330.676 APE
4. Iron-Spring Jumpers  324.804 APE
5. Death-Inured Sabatons  322.911 APE

Unholy - Top 5 Best in Slot Boots: Hit Capped

1. Melancholy Sabatons  385.818 APE
2. Sabatons of Sudden Reprisal  357.494 APE
3. Footwraps of Vile Deceit  329.789 APE
4. Death-Inured Sabatons  322.911 APE
5. Boots of the Renewed Flight  312.897 APE

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

1. Melancholy Sabatons  385.818 APE
2. Sabatons of Sudden Reprisal  357.494 APE
3. Death-Inured Sabatons  322.911 APE
4. Boots of the Renewed Flight  312.897 APE
5. Boots of the Great Construct  311.122 APE

Unholy - Top 5 Best in Slot Boots: Expertise Capped

1. Iron-Spring Jumpers  438.538 APE
2. Bladed Steelboots  397.67 APE
3. Dawnwalkers  395.628 APE
4. Melancholy Sabatons  385.818 APE
5. Sabatons of Sudden Reprisal  357.494 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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