Blood Death Knight Tank Gems, Enchants, and Consumables (Legion 7.3.5)

Table of Contents

• +Introduction
  • 1. Class Overview
  • 2. Patch 7.3 Changes for Blood Death Knights
  • 3. Patch 7.2.5 Changes for Blood Death Knights
  • 4. Patch 7.2 Changes for Blood Death Knights
  • 5. Contents
  • 6. ChangeLog
• +Easy Mode
  • 1. The Basics of Blood Death Knights
  • 2. Talent Choice for Blood Death Knights
  • 3. Stat Choice for Blood Death Knights
  • 4. Basic Rotation for Blood Death Knights
  • 5. Active Mitigation and Cooldowns for Blood Death Knights
  • 6. ChangeLog
• +Spell Summary
  • 1. Introduction
  • 2. Main Resource of Blood Death Knights
  • 3. Basic Abilities for Blood Death Knights
  • 4. Important Procs for Blood Death Knights
  • 5. Active Mitigation for Blood Death Knights
  • 6. Defensive Cooldowns for Blood Death Knights
  • 7. Offensive Cooldown for Blood Death Knights
  • 8. ChangeLog
• +Builds and Talents
  • 1. Talent Choices
  • 2. Tier 1 (Level 56) Talents for Blood Death Knights
  • 3. Tier 2 (Level 57) Talents for Blood Death Knights
  • 4. Tier 3 (Level 58) Talents for Blood Death Knights
  • 5. Tier 4 (Level 60) Talents for Blood Death Knights
  • 6. Tier 5 (Level 75) Talents for Blood Death Knights
  • 7. Tier 6 (Level 90) Talents for Blood Death Knights
  • 8. Tier 7 (Level 100) Talents for Blood Death Knights
  • 9. ChangeLog
• +Artifact Traits and Relics
  • 1. Artifact Progression for Blood Death Knights
  • 2. Relic Choice for Blood Death Knights
  • 3. ChangeLog
• +Netherlight Crucible Relic Paths
  • 1. General Optimization Advice for Blood Death Knights
  • 2. Path Choices for Blood Death Knights
  • 3. ChangeLog
• +Rotation, Cooldowns, and Abilities
  • 1. Rotation for Blood Death Knights
  • 2. Taunting
  • 3. Survival Cooldowns for Blood Death Knights
  • 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 for Blood Death Knights
    • 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 of Blood Death Knight Stats
  • 3. ChangeLog
• ×Gems, Enchants, and Consumables
  • 1. Gems for Blood Death Knights
  • 2. Enchants for Blood Death Knights
  • 3. Consumables for Blood Death Knights
  • 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 for Blood Death Knights
  • 2. Tier 21 Set Bonuses for Blood Death Knights
  • 3. Legendary Items for Blood Death Knights
    • 3.1. Tier 1 Legendaries
    • 3.2. Tier 2 Legendaries
    • 3.3. Tier 3 Legendaries
  • 4. Loot Competition for Blood Death Knights
  • 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 7.3.5. 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 for Blood Death Knights

You should use Quick Lightsphene (or the cheaper Quick Dawnlight) in all sockets.

2. Enchants for Blood Death Knights

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 for Blood Death Knights

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. Astral 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 40,000 and requires exalted reputation with the Army of the Light faction.

4. ChangeLog

• 03 Dec. 2017: Replaced Ancient Healing Potion with Astral Healing Potion.
• 28 Nov. 2017: Updated the gemming recommendations (to secondary-stat only).
• 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.

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