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

1. Ruthlessness  326.761 APE
2. Circle of Death  304.902 APE
3. Surge Needle Ring  300.979 APE
4. Ring of the Kirin Tor  276.872 APE
5. Greatring of Collision  276.322 APE
6. Ring of Scarlet Shadows  257.338 APE
7. Hemorrhaging Circle  256.815 APE
8. Strong-Handed Ring  245.081 APE
9. Signet of the Impregnable Fortress  236.816 APE
10. Titanium Impact Band  232.522 APE

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

1. Ruthlessness  326.761 APE
2. Circle of Death  304.902 APE
3. Ring of the Kirin Tor  276.872 APE
4. Greatring of Collision  276.322 APE
5. Hemorrhaging Circle  256.815 APE

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

1. Greatring of Collision  265.554 APE
2. Surge Needle Ring  246.131 APE
3. Ring of Invincibility  231.452 APE
4. Ruthlessness  223.401 APE
5. Titanium Impact Band  221.754 APE

Blood - Top 5 Best in Slot Rings: Hit Capped

1. Ruthlessness  326.825 APE
2. Circle of Death  304.968 APE
3. Ring of the Kirin Tor  276.934 APE
4. Greatring of Collision  276.354 APE
5. Hemorrhaging Circle  256.881 APE

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

1. Greatring of Collision  265.554 APE
2. Ring of Invincibility  231.452 APE
3. Ruthlessness  223.401 APE
4. Titanium Impact Band  221.754 APE
5. Surge Needle Ring  215.859 APE

Blood - Top 5 Best in Slot Rings: Expertise Capped

1. Surge Needle Ring  300.979 APE
2. Greatring of Collision  267.202 APE
3. Ring of Scarlet Shadows  248.218 APE
4. Strong-Handed Ring  245.081 APE
5. Ring of Invincibility  231.452 APE

Frost - Top 10 Best in Slot Rings

1. Surge Needle Ring  300.43 APE
2. Ruthlessness  293.645 APE
3. Circle of Death  271.969 APE
4. Greatring of Collision  255.836 APE
5. Ring of the Kirin Tor  244.511 APE
6. Strong-Handed Ring  240.797 APE
7. Ring of Scarlet Shadows  236.804 APE
8. Hemorrhaging Circle  235.589 APE
9. Ring of Invincibility  234.434 APE
10. Sealing Ring of Grobbulus  214.52 APE

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

1. Ruthlessness  293.645 APE
2. Circle of Death  271.969 APE
3. Surge Needle Ring  259.118 APE
4. Greatring of Collision  255.836 APE
5. Ring of the Kirin Tor  244.511 APE

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

1. Surge Needle Ring  259.118 APE
2. Greatring of Collision  254.972 APE
3. Ring of Invincibility  234.434 APE
4. Ruthlessness  216.237 APE
5. Sealing Ring of Grobbulus  214.52 APE

Frost - Top 5 Best in Slot Rings: Hit Capped

1. Ruthlessness  293.645 APE
2. Circle of Death  271.969 APE
3. Greatring of Collision  255.836 APE
4. Ring of the Kirin Tor  244.511 APE
5. Hemorrhaging Circle  235.589 APE

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

1. Greatring of Collision  254.972 APE
2. Ring of Invincibility  234.434 APE
3. Surge Needle Ring  223.502 APE
4. Ruthlessness  216.237 APE
5. Sealing Ring of Grobbulus  214.52 APE

Frost - Top 5 Best in Slot Rings: Expertise Capped

1. Surge Needle Ring  300.43 APE
2. Greatring of Collision  255.596 APE
3. Strong-Handed Ring  240.797 APE
4. Ring of Scarlet Shadows  236.564 APE
5. Ring of Invincibility  234.434 APE

Unholy – Top 10 Best in Slot Ring

1. Ruthlessness  287.748 APE
2. Surge Needle Ring  279.227 APE
3. Circle of Death  267.063 APE
4. Ring of the Kirin Tor  244.257 APE
5. Strong-Handed Ring  232.254 APE
6. Ring of Scarlet Shadows  231.378 APE
7. Hemorrhaging Circle  230.466 APE
8. Greatring of Collision  226.916 APE
9. Ring of Invincibility  215.848 APE
10. Signet of the Impregnable Fortress  215.136 APE

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

1. Ruthlessness  287.748 APE
2. Circle of Death  267.063 APE
3. Ring of the Kirin Tor  244.257 APE
4. Hemorrhaging Circle  230.466 APE
5. Surge Needle Ring  229.723 APE

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

1. Surge Needle Ring  229.723 APE
2. Greatring of Collision  225.332 APE
3. Ring of Invincibility  215.848 APE
4. Ruthlessness  205.092 APE
5. Sealing Ring of Grobbulus  195.244 APE

Unholy - Top 5 Best in Slot Rings: Hit Capped

1. Ruthlessness  279.844 APE
2. Circle of Death  258.912 APE
3. Ring of the Kirin Tor  236.6 APE
4. Greatring of Collision  225.332 APE
5. Hemorrhaging Circle  222.315 APE

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

1. Greatring of Collision  225.332 APE
2. Ring of Invincibility  215.848 APE
3. Ruthlessness  205.092 APE
4. Surge Needle Ring  200.411 APE
5. Sealing Ring of Grobbulus  195.244 APE

Unholy - Top 5 Best in Slot Rings: Expertise Capped

1. Surge Needle Ring  279.579 APE
2. Strong-Handed Ring  232.562 APE
3. Ring of Scarlet Shadows  230.212 APE
4. Greatring of Collision  225.332 APE
5. Ring of Invincibility  215.848 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.

P.S.  If you’re enough of a geek to know where that ring in the pic is from, mad props!!

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