Mists of Pandaria Classic Blood Death Knight Enchants and Consumables

Mists of Pandaria a relatively straight forward expansion when it comes to Enchants Gems and Consumables. There are a number of ways to gear your Blood Death Knight in Mists of Pandaria depending on the content you are doing and your confidence in your groups ability, highlighted below is the safest option to ensure maximum survivability.

Slot	Main Enchantment	Secondary Enchantment
Shoulders	Secret Ox Horn Inscription (Requires Inscription) Greater Ox Horn Inscription
Back	Enchant Cloak - Greater Protection
Chest	Enchant Chest - Superior Stamina
Wrist	Fur Lining - Stamina (Requires Leatherworking) Enchant Bracer - Mastery	Socket Bracer (Requires Blacksmithing)
Hands	Enchant Gloves - Superior Mastery	Synapse Springs (Requires Engineering) Socket Gloves (Requires Blacksmithing)
Waist	Living Steel Belt Buckle
Legs	Heavy Leg Reinforcements (Requires Leatherworking) Ironscale Leg Armor
Feet	Enchant Boots - Pandaren's Step
Weapon	Rune of the Fallen Crusader

The Rune you chose to put on your weapon depends on the encounter and your tolerance to the damage you are taking. Rune of the Stoneskin Gargoyle will be a bit better in situations where the majority of your incoming damage is Magical. Rune of Swordshattering is another great choice in a situation where the majority of the incoming damage is Physical. There is also an argument to be made for Rune of Cinderglacier if you are confident in your ability to survive an encounter. Cinderglacier greatly increases the damage of quite a few of our abilities and a well timed proc can lead to a huge DPS increase. Rune of the Fallen Crusader is the most balanced option by increasing our Strength both increasing our damage dealt and our chance to Parry.

Sockets	Gems
	Austere Primal Diamond
	Fine Vermilion Onyx
	Fractured Sun's Radiance
	Puissant Wild Jade
	Fractured Serpent's Eye — Requires Jewelcrafting, can use up to three.

While your focus is primarily on stacking as much Mastery and Stamina as we can, if you find yourself close to your Hit/Expertise caps consider swapping some of these gems to achieve these if it is not able to be done by Reforging.

Your best food choice as a Blood Death Knight depends entirely on the type of damage you are taking. Strength Food will be preferable on any encounter where the majority of your incoming damage is Physical. In a situation where most of the incoming damage taken is Magic you will want Stamina. Listed below are the best options for both Stamina and Strength if you find yourself without a Pandaren Treasure Noodle Soup.

• Stuffed Lushrooms
• Chun Tian Spring Rolls
• Black Pepper Ribs and Shrimp
• Fluffy Silkfeather Omelet

As a Blood Death Knight we will use Flask of the Earth.

Potion of the Mountains which greatly increases your armor for 25 seconds. This can be used as a smaller defensive cooldown against Physical damage. If you find yourself in a situation where your focus is on dealing damage than consider instead using a Potion of Mogu Power for the Strength bonus.

Master Healing Potion is a quick burst of healing that may allow you to survive damage that would otherwise be deadly so its important to always be ready to use this as an impromptu defensive cool down. This unfortunately will scale quite poorly as a Tank so really only use this in life or death situation.