Blood Death Knight Tank Gems, Enchants, and Consumables (Legion 7.3)

Table of Contents

• +Introduction
  • 1. Class Overview
  • 2. Patch 7.3 Changes
  • 3. Patch 7.2.5 Changes
  • 4. Patch 7.2 Changes
  • 5. Contents
  • 6. ChangeLog
• +Easy Mode
  • 1. The Basics
  • 2. Talent Choice
  • 3. Stat Choice
  • 4. Basic Rotation
  • 5. Active Mitigation and Cooldowns
  • 6. ChangeLog
• +Spell Summary
  • 1. Introduction
  • 2. Main Resource
  • 3. Basic Abilities
  • 4. Important Procs
  • 5. Active Mitigation
  • 6. Defensive Cooldowns
  • 7. Offensive Cooldown
  • 8. ChangeLog
• +Builds and Talents
  • 1. Talent Choices
  • 2. Tier 1 (Level 56) Talents
  • 3. Tier 2 (Level 57) Talents
  • 4. Tier 3 (Level 58) Talents
  • 5. Tier 4 (Level 60) Talents
  • 6. Tier 5 (Level 75) Talents
  • 7. Tier 6 (Level 90) Talents
  • 8. Tier 7 (Level 100) Talents
  • 9. ChangeLog
• +Artifact Traits and Relics
  • 1. Artifact Progression
  • 2. Relic Choice
  • 3. ChangeLog
• +Netherlight Crucible Relic Paths
  • 1. General Optimization Advice
  • 2. Path Choices
  • 3. ChangeLog
• +Rotation, Cooldowns, and Abilities
  • 1. Rotation
  • 2. Taunting
  • 3. Survival Cooldowns
  • 4. Optional Read: Mastering Your Blood Death Knight
    • 4.1. Runes and Runic Power
      • 4.1.1. Runes
      • 4.1.2. Runic Power
    • 4.2. Artifact Ability
    • 4.3. Detailed Cooldown Usage
      • 4.3.1. Anti-Magic Shell
      • 4.3.2. Dancing Rune Weapon
      • 4.3.3. Vampiric Blood
      • 4.3.4. Icebound Fortitude
      • 4.3.5. Tier 6 Talents
    • 4.4. Death Strike and Blood Shield
    • 4.5. Bone Shield
  • 5. ChangeLog
• +Stat Priority
  • 1. Basics
    • 1.1. Survivability
    • 1.2. DPS-oriented
    • 1.3. Balanced (Recommended)
  • 2. Getting a Better Understanding
  • 3. ChangeLog
• ×Gems, Enchants, and Consumables
  • 1. Gems
  • 2. Enchants
  • 3. Consumables
  • 4. ChangeLog
• +Macros and Addons
  • 1. Macros
    • 1.1. Generic Macros for Death Knights
      • 1.1.1. Raise Ally
      • 1.1.2. Mind Freeze
    • 1.2. Specific Macros for Blood Death Knights
      • 1.2.1. Gorefiend's Grasp
      • 1.2.2. Death and Decay
      • 1.2.3. Blessing of Protection Cancelaura Macro
      • 1.2.4. Gorefiend's Grasp Self-Grip Macro
  • 2. Addons
    • 2.1. Generic Addons for Death Knights
      • 2.1.1. ElvUI
      • 2.1.2. Boss Mods: Deadly Boss Mods or Bigwigs
      • 2.1.3. GTFO
      • 2.1.4. Parrot or Mik's Scrolling Battle Text
      • 2.1.5. Weak Auras
      • 2.1.6. Recount / Skada / Details!
      • 2.1.7. mRunes
      • 2.1.8. Omen Threat Meter
      • 2.1.9. Grid and GridClickSets (Optional)
      • 2.1.10. Compact Runes
    • 2.2. Specific Addons for Blood Death Knights
  • 3. ChangeLog
• +Gear, Legendaries, and Best in Slot
  • 1. Best in Slot List
  • 2. Tier 20 Set Bonuses
  • 3. Legendary Items
    • 3.1. Tier 1 Legendaries
    • 3.2. Tier 2 Legendaries
    • 3.3. Tier 3 Legendaries
  • 4. Loot Competition
  • 5. ChangeLog

General Information

On this page, we present you with the best gems and enchants for a Blood Death Knight in World of Warcraft Legion 7.3. We also list the best consumables (food, flasks, and potions) and profession-specific perks.

The other pages of our Blood Death Knight guide can be accessed from the table of contents on the right.

About Our Reviewer

This guide has been reviewed and approved by Volstatsz, a Blood Death Knight theorycrafter and moderator for the Acherus Death Knight community. You can follow him on Twitter.

1. Gems

You should use Saber's Eye of Strength in one socket, and Quick Lightsphene (or the cheaper Quick Dawnlight) in all other sockets.

2. Enchants

Slot	Enchantment
Neck	Enchant Neck - Mark of the Heavy Hide
Back	Enchant Cloak - Binding of Strength Enchant Cloak - Word of Strength (cheaper)
Rings	Enchant Ring - Binding of Haste Enchant Ring - Word of Haste (cheaper)
Weapon	Rune of the Fallen Crusader

3. Consumables

Flask of Ten Thousand Scars should be used for raids along with Potion of Prolonged Power as your potion of choice. You should eat Lavish Suramar Feast for the buff to your Strength (or the cheaper Hearty Feast if you cannot afford the +500 food); as a non-feast option, you can use Azshari Salad. Note that you must switch to Frost or Unholy before eating the feasts (and then back to Blood afterwards) in order to obtain the Strength buff, as otherwise you will receive Stamina. Ancient Healing Potion can be used in place of Healthstones, although Healthstones are preferable.

If you can afford it, you should also use augment runes (which work in both raids and Mythic+ dungeons). Defiled Augment Rune is the cheap rune with a one-time use. Lightforged Augment Rune costs 50,000 and requires exalted reputation with the Army of the Light faction.

4. ChangeLog

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• 28 Aug. 2017: Updated the potion section, and added a mention of Healthstones being preferable to potions. Added Lightforged Augment Rune and new 7.3 epic gems.
• 12 Jun. 2017: Updated the DPS potion section, and added Azshari Salad as a non-feast food alternative.
• 23 May 2017: Added a mention of switching to Frost or Unholy before eating in order to receive the Strength buff.
• 28 Mar. 2017: Changed food recommendation to Lavish Suramar Feast.
• 09 Jan. 2016: Added bit about Potion of Prolonged Power.
• 16 Oct. 2016: Removed a mention to sometimes use the Stoneskin Gargoyle weapon runeforge, which was incorrect.
• 04 Oct. 2016: Updated neck enchant recommendations and added a mention that Potion of the Old War should always be the pre-pot choice.
• 22 Sep. 2016: Fixed an error whereby we were not recommending weapon runes.
• 29 Aug. 2016: Updated for Legion's launch.
• 28 Jul. 2016: Added Strength flask option if trying to maximise DPS output.
• 20 Jul. 2016: Updated the recommendations to account for Haste being the best stat in all cases. Also updated potion suggestions.
• 18 Jul. 2016: Updated for the Legion pre-patch.