[Death Knight] Gearing for Raids [Tank]

Submitted by Zerinj on Tue, 2009-03-10 03:26.

 

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This is a list of the best pre-raid tank gear available to Death Knights. It include: BoE's, reputation rewards and instance drops. I have also included a Gem List for what gems you should be using as a Death Knight.

Gemming

These are the only gems you should be using as a Defense-Capped Death Knight: (JC's can use their own Prismatic Gems which are not listed)

Head

Neck
Shoulders
Cloak
Chest
Wrist
Hands
Waist
Leggings
Feet
Rings
Trinket
Weapon
Sigil
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Gloves Gauntlets of the

Submitted by deathwink on Fri, 2009-11-06 20:17.

Gloves
Gauntlets of the Water Revenant: Heroic VH
http://www.wowhead.com/?item=37862

Weapon
Titansteel Destroyer: Crafted
http://www.wowhead.com/?item=41257

Cloak
Tattered Castle Drape: BoE zone drop.
http://www.wowhead.com/?item=37197

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3.2 updates?

Submitted by Aomtte on Fri, 2009-08-07 03:47.

Adding the links to the epic versions of the tanking gems might at some point, as well as the availability of conquest, and valor, gear from heroics, will make this guide much more up to date.

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Fully Updated

Submitted by Zerinj on Wed, 2009-08-19 19:05.

Guide is now updated to include gear from the new heroics and emblem of conquest gear.

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Wrong name

Submitted by Aomtte on Fri, 2009-08-07 03:45.

There is no Enchant Bracer - Greater Fortitude, however, the link point to a enchant that does exist, Enchant Bracer - Fortitude.

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Tempered Titansteel Treads & Foot enchant

Submitted by Aomtte on Tue, 2009-07-28 23:18.

I thought that Tempered Titansteel Treads http://www.wowhead.com/?item=41392
might be a good foot item, and that maybe
Enchant Boots: Tuskarr's Vitality http://www.wowhead.com/?spell=47901 might be another possible choice for a Foot enchant, seeing as it is only a 7 Stam loss for a 8% run speed bonus.

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Wrong wowhead link!

Submitted by Hurjo on Wed, 2009-04-15 20:54.

The waist (belt) Waistgaurd of Living Iron: links to Horn Tipped Gauntlets (section above)

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A usefull yellow gem.

Submitted by Bingo on Wed, 2009-03-18 05:14.

Thick Autumn's Glow is a great yellow tanking gem. at +16 Defence Rating.

Just thought you would want to add it.

here is the link:
http://www.wowhead.com/?item=40015

and this is a great guide, very usefull

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Also I found that Special Issue Legplates are good leggings if you can't get the drop of of VH.

here is the link to those http://www.wowhead.com/?item=44240
and they require Argent Crusade - Honored.

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If you need yellow socket,

Submitted by Endd on Fri, 2009-03-20 04:48.

If you need yellow socket, you'll want to go with the stam/def one.

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Gems

Submitted by Trollvink on Thu, 2009-03-12 17:36.

In the gem section I notice how you have a +Stam and +ParryRating gem. As far as I know, parry is lot less 'rewarding' then dodge. So why take these if you can take +Stam and +DodgeRating gems?

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Completeness

Submitted by Zerinj on Thu, 2009-03-12 22:23.

I really only added it for completeness. The DR is far less taxing on Dodge so it's best just to gem for dodge, but after a while you will eventually be better off gemming for parry.

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Also, do not forget the fact

Submitted by Arkaen on Tue, 2009-03-17 03:27.

Also, do not forget the fact that parry gives you parry haste, which would increase your dps somewhat and thus your threat generating capabilities. This would also make your rune strikes hit faster.

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Could we change a name?

Submitted by Deget on Wed, 2009-03-11 11:48.

Could we change name of the guide? Such as it shows, this guide belongs to DK only?

Regards

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Does it need to be DK only?

Submitted by Haytred on Wed, 2009-03-11 13:02.

Does it need to be DK only? I reckon it could work for other tank classes removing some exceptions like the runeforging enchant.

Haytred

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Uh

Submitted by Zerinj on Wed, 2009-03-11 14:36.

Uh, its in the DK section of the guides, and it would probably work for most tanks up to the weapon area, also in the intro it kind of explains this is for Death Knights.

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May be a small thing but...

Submitted by Deget on Thu, 2009-03-12 10:30.

Of course it is in the DK section so you will understand it is for DK's Smiling But, if you come via link supplied in the front page, you will not recognize this until you open. Actually, it is not a big deal but according to my opinion, even Title should clearly identify the subject.

Second thing, yes, it may be applicaple to somne other tanking classes, such as Warrior and Pladin but not Druid. (At least plate gears). This is the nature of the gear selection, if it is not class specific (there is not much anymore), all gear guides somehow could be used by some other classes. Does it mean no need to write class specific gearing guides or in other words role specific guides will cover all community needs? I don't think so.

Anyway, this was just a 2 cent from me and as I mentioned above it is not a big deal but may improve the quality even a little bit.

Regards

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I changed the publishing

Submitted by Jiyambi on Tue, 2009-03-10 05:11.

I changed the publishing date to today so this would show up on the front page, since I see you just finished it. Thanks!

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If you find better gear just

Submitted by Zerinj on Tue, 2009-03-10 00:49.

If you find better gear just post it in the comments, I am also going to start working on a Tanking Guide for Death Knights and have it up soon.