Blood Death Knight Torghast Guide and Best Anima Powers — Dragonflight 10.0.2

Last updated on Oct 25, 2022 at 15:59 by Mandl and Panthea 29 comments
General Information

On this page, we tell you all you need to know to prepare your Blood Death Knight before entering Torghast and then how to pick up the right Anima Powers once you are inside!

1.

Torghast as a Blood Death Knight

This page will guide you on how to get the most out of your Blood Death Knight in Torghast, Tower of the Damned. For more information about Torghast in general, check out our dedicated pages below.

2.

Best Blood Death Knight Setup for Torghast, Tower of the Damned

We strongly recommend using the Mythic+ talent loadout for Torghast, as it is the closest content type to it, and the end boss of each run largely is defeated by proper choice of powers and not individual talent choices.

Should you wish to optimize your Torghast runs a bit further, we included a very slightly different build below, where a single point was moved from Will of the Necropolis Icon Will of the Necropolis into Blood Draw Icon Blood Draw. As Will of the Necropolis Icon Will of the Necropolis is not particularly strong in Torghast, and Blood Draw Icon Blood Draw is modified by a whole raft of anima powers (it is a direct damage effect that can crit), this swap can allow you to do a large burst of AoE damage every floor (its ICD gets reset when you complete a floor) by dropping yourself below 30%.

You can easily import the talent tree below into the game with the following string:

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3.

Best Blood Death Knight Anima Powers

Throughout Torghast, you will acquire Anima Powers. These will be multiple choice windows and each of these will increase your power in Torghast in some capacity. Some choices however will be better than others for your current situation within Torghast. For a complete list of Anima Powers available to Death Knights, please refer to the pages below.

Below is a ranked tier list to help you get the most out of your Anima Powers. This Tier List assumes that the powers are the same level. It should be noted that a lot of these choices can come down to personal play style and preference and you should choose what is best for you personally.

As Torghast is meant to be flexible and fun, this is just a rough guideline so do not feel like you need to use these recommendations or you will not be able to complete your run. Try things out and see how they go for you for the best results.

3.1.

Great Anima Powers for Blood Death Knight

3.2.

Good Anima Powers for Blood Death Knight

3.3.

Average Anima Powers for Blood Death Knight

If an Anima Power is not in the Tier List above, it is either because we have been unable to test it or find information about its tuning. It will be populated over time as we learn more about them.

4.

Phantasma Anima Powers for Blood Death Knight

Occasionally, you will be offered the ability to get Phantasma instead of an Anima Power, or increases to your Phantasma generation. It is hard to evaluate these, but they are generally better than the "Average" Anima powers.

5.

Blood Death Knight Playstyle for Torghast, Tower of the Damned

Blood Death Knight is quite strong for Torghast, in either group or solo content. You will comfortably be able to progress through the tower with very few limiting factors. Your play style will not differ much from normal Mythic+/Raid in Torghast.

  • Use line of sight to your advantage. This can be incredibly handy if there are multiple caster mobs that you wish to stack up and cleave together.
  • Use Mind Freeze Icon Mind Freeze, Death Grip Icon Death Grip, and Asphyxiate Icon Asphyxiate actively to interrupt/disrupt dangerous monsters.
  • Use the perks you pick up on the way as they are incredibly valuable.
6.

Covenant-Specific information for Blood Death Knight in Torghast, Tower of the Damned

6.1.

Venthyr

Some generic tips for a Venthyr Blood Death Knight:

There are also Venthyr Specific Anima Powers ranked from best to worst:

6.2.

Kyrian

Some generic tips for a Kyrian Blood Death Knight:

There are also Kyrian Specific Anima Powers ranked from best to worst:

6.3.

Night Fae

Some generic tips for a Night Fae Blood Death Knight:

  • Make good use of your Soulshape Icon Soulshape to move around Torghast.
  • Remember to refresh your Death's Due Icon Death's Due at the last second to ensure the buff carries over to new packs to get the most of the ability.

There are also Night Fae Specific Anima Powers ranked from best to worst:

  • Corrupted Sapwood Icon Corrupted Sapwood - You will now generate an additional stack of Death's Due Icon Death's Due and increases the maximum amount of stacks by 8. Essentially doubling the power potential of Death's Due Icon Death's Due.
  • Toxic Accumulator Icon Toxic Accumulator - Damage buff to Death's Due Icon Death's Due which increases over time.
  • Nightmare Tendrils Icon Nightmare Tendrils - Causes Death's Due Icon Death's Due to root targets. Most of the time it will not be useful, however it can have some benefits if you are not wanting enemies to flee into other groups of enemies in densely populated corridors.
6.4.

Necrolord

Some generic tips for a Necrolord Blood Death Knight:

There are also Necrolord Specific Anima Powers ranked from best to worst:

7.

Changelog

  • 25 Oct. 2022: Updated for Dragonflight pre-patch.
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