Mists of Pandaria Classic Guide to Death Knight's Best Addons

Death Knight is a class that will constantly task you to reconsider your current priorities as things around you are constantly changing: What Runes you have available? Do you have any procs active? How much Runic Power do I have?. The best way to optimize your game play is by understanding the resources available and addons can help greatly simplify that information by allowing you to customize how that information is displayed to you. Highlighted below is a list of recommended addons to consider to improve your quality of life on Azeroth.

WeakAuras as highlighted above, and especially during Mists of Pandaria your job as a Death Knight regardless of your specialization will invovle a constantly changing list of priorities based off of things like Rune availability and procs so making sure you have all of this information presented to you in a way you can best understand is crucial. Weak Auras provides a ton of different ways to customize your UI and handle not only Death Knight specific things but also specific boss encounter mechanics.

Each class has an already existing section of Auras made by the community which can be found on Wago; make sure to check it out for some ideas on Auras you may be missing or to find a tool you may have been looking for.

Leatrix Plus automates a ton of what would typically be small inconveniences throughout the game like being able to automatically skip NPC dialog, auto accept quests, and even auto accept Summons or Resurrections.

ReforgeLite Classic greatly simplifies the process of reforging by allowing you to either use pre-set stat weights or input your own to achieve the optimal amount of your desired stats via reforging. With changes made to Expertise and Hit rating in Mists of Pandaria and how Spell Hit impacts our abilities like Outbreak making sure you are optimizing around these caps is as important as ever.

Deadly Boss Mods is a massive pack of pre-made Raid and Dungeon warnings that will help you best deal with various mechanics throughout your adventures in Mists of Pandaria. While not as easily customized as WeakAuras this is a much simpler solution to being aware of various mechanics that may otherwise be hard to manage.

Details is an incredible, compact in-game tool that allows you to break down not only your damage dealt but damage taken by you and allies in your party/raid allowing you to get a better understanding of what happened without having to comb over logs in the middle of a raid or dungeon.

Spell Activation Overlay allows for easy tracking of your procs like Killing Machine or Runic Corruption. This addon will cause a quick flash on your screen or even a custom animation to provide more information on how to best handle your next ability cast.

Item Rack allows you to quickly swap between both individual pieces of gear and entire sets. With the addition of the in game gear manager this can be a bit redundant but its biggest benefit is the ability to 'queue' item swaps the moment you leave combat, which while only situational can greatly help.

Threat Plates allows for a ton of customization of enemy nameplates. With the impacts of Vengeance on the game single target threat is much less of an issue but it is more important than ever to be aware of the fact you have threat, especially when fighting large groups of mobs so this allows you to customize your nameplates and even allows you to set how they display above your target.

AtlasLoot is a massive set of tables that includes Raid, Dungeon, Reputation Rewards, PvP Rewards, Crafted Items and even world event loot in a single place with a UI that lets you easily navigate between expansions and tiers to find out exactly what item comes from where.

Macros can greatly simplify the process of doing things like using multiple cooldowns in quick succession or even automating a process that would otherwise take several clicks.

We recommend that you check out our Death Knight Macros page, which includes a list of useful Macros to get the most out of each button press while playing your Death Knight.