Blood Death Knight Tank Gear and Best in Slot — Dragonflight 10.0.2

We do not currently provide a Best in Slot list. You should aim to prioritize item level above everything else, as anything 10 item levels or more is virtually guaranteed to be an upgrade.

If you have a choice on the same item level, the alternative will likely, in generic circumstances, not make a difference defensively. As such, we recommend just simming the choice and going with whatever helps you do more damage.

There are some exceptions to this rule and encounter-specific situations where a stat is massively devalued. You should keep an eye on the raid encounter guides to be aware of this. Similarly, certain Mythic+ key levels and dungeons will require a slightly different gearing path. We linked the related guides below, but generally, we will also add a note on here as well:

This table exclusively contains loot from the eight dungeons available on launch within Dragonflight. Recommended items from the dungeons featured in Dragonflight Mythic+ Season 1 will be added when relevant.

Slot	Item	Dungeon
Helm	Decay Mother's Wrathful Gaze	Brackenhide Hollow
Neck	Ukhel Ancestry Beads	The Nokhud Offensive
Shoulder	Nokhud Traditionalist's Pauldrons	The Nokhud Offensive
Cloak	Potion-Stained Cloak	Algeth'ar Academy
Chest	Breastplate of Proven Knowledge	Algeth'ar Academy
Bracers	Thrashing Wind Vambraces	The Nokhud Offensive
Gloves	Forgemaster's Grips	Neltharus
Belt	Ravenous Omnivore's Girdle	Halls of Infusion
Legs	Venerated Professor's Greaves	Algeth'ar Academy
Boots	Twenty-Two-League Striders	The Azure Vault
Ring #1	Unstable Arcane Loop	The Azure Vault
Ring #2	Thunderous Downburst Ring	The Nokhud Offensive
Weapon	Algeth'ar Hedgecleaver	Algeth'ar Academy

As the Vault of the Incarnates raid is not available on Dragonflight's launch, we will not yet be providing gear recommendations for it. Check back in the coming days!

The Vault of the Incarnates raid features a new round of Primalist Tier Sets themed around the four elements. In addition, pieces of this set can eventually be earned from any of the nine slots in the weekly Dragonflight Great Vault and can also eventually be made at the Inspiration Catalyst as a catchup system. This armor, when enough pieces of it are worn, unlocks two special bonuses for Blood Death Knights:

• Blood Death Knight 2pc — When a Bone Shield charge is consumed you have a 20% chance to generate 1 Rune..
• Blood Death Knight 4pc — After 10 Bone Shield charges are consumed gain 10% damage and Haste for 10 sec.

Once available, you should aim to acquire the set bonuses as soon as possible, as it will make the entire spec play smoother with additional resources and Haste.

Obtaining gear from rated PvP can be a powerful boost to your item level early in the season.

All of these items have Versatility on them.

If you are wanting to obtain PvP gear, we would advise doing Rated Battlegrounds as Frost.

Granyth's Enduring Scale is a fairly strong trinket to obtain early in the season. This will have a chance to trigger a shield which absorbs damage and gives you additional armor whilst the shield holds. As the proc is random it is not reliable enough to change your rotational choices, but due to the limited pool of defensive trinkets in this season you will want to obtain this trinket anyway.

Irideus Fragment is an on use trinket which has a lot of Mastery and provides a large boost to Strength for 20 seconds when used, however the amount of Strength reduces per ability you cast. The Strength bonus will decay rather quickly as a Blood Death Knight as you will typically be casting an ability on nearly every GCD. Additionally, abilities which trigger multiple times (e.g. Abomination Limb) consume multiple stacks.

Dragon Games Equipment is a strong DPS trinket. When you use it kickballs will spawn nearby, when you run into one of them they will deal a large amount of Physical damage to your current target (if its 15 yards or closer to you). The kickballs spawn nearby to you, so finding them is not difficult.

Homeland Raid Horn might seem weak based on the tooltip, but its a deceptively strong DPS trinket for AoE damage. There are some things to note about this trinket however:

• It will spawn 7 fire swirls on you.
• The swirls deal damage ~1 second later. It is not instant.
• You can dodge these fire swirls, so the damage is only split against enemies.

Darkmoon Deck: Watcher (from Inscription) is an on use defensive trinket which provides a large absorbtion shield. If this absorb is fully consumed you will gain a versatility buff to let you be more defensive a little bit longer. The duration of the trinkets effects are based on the card you draw with the Ace being the longest duration.

Crimson Aspirant's Insignia of Alacrity is a returning favourite with a new seasonal name. Haste with a passive Strength proc. The only downside to this trinket is you need to do Rated PvP at a high level to obtain it.

Beginning in Dragonflight Mythic+ Season 1, the Valor currency can be obtained from completing Mythic or Mythic+ dungeons. After earning enough of it, Valor can be used to upgrade any item obtained from a Mythic+ dungeon of any difficulty (including regular Mythic)! These upgrades carry through all the way to item level 415, though you must also have achieved Dragonflight Keystone Hero: Season One to bring an item that high.

We would recommend upgrading your Weapon first as it will provide you with the largest offensive and defensive gain.

Once you have obtained a piece of gear containing a prismatic socket or needing to be enchanted, you will need to know how to modify it. Details about these tweaks can be found on our dedicated gems, enchants, and consumables page.