Blood Death Knight Mythic+ Build & Gear Guide in Midnight Season 2

Spec Popularity

Overall Played: 37.5%
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Popular Team Comps

groups
Blood
Holy
Alternatives
Restoration 3%
+5 rarer (<1%)
Arcane
+1
Alternatives
Elemental 2%
Beast Mastery 1%
+25 rarer (<1%)
Arms
+1
Alternatives
Elemental 1%
Devourer 1%
+25 rarer (<1%)
Windwalker
+15
Alternatives
Elemental 16%
Devourer 7%
Demonology 5%
Balance 7%
Retribution 6%
Beast Mastery 5%
Unholy 4%
Subtlety 3%
Shadow 3%
Assassination 3%
Enhancement 3%
Outlaw 2%
Havoc 2%
Marksmanship 2%
Destruction 1%
Feral 1%
+14 rarer (<1%)
29.5 K Runs 87% Timed Highest Key: +20
Blood
+1
Alternatives
Guardian 2%
Protection 2%
+3 rarer (<1%)
Holy
+1
Alternatives
Holy 1%
Restoration 1%
+5 rarer (<1%)
Arcane
+4
Alternatives
Arms 3%
Retribution 1%
Unholy 1%
Balance 2%
Demonology 1%
+24 rarer (<1%)
Elemental
+9
Alternatives
Demonology 4%
Balance 5%
Unholy 3%
Shadow 2%
Subtlety 1%
Assassination 1%
Retribution 3%
Beast Mastery 2%
Enhancement 1%
Destruction 1%
+16 rarer (<1%)
Devourer
+11
Alternatives
Demonology 4%
Balance 5%
Retribution 5%
Unholy 3%
Beast Mastery 3%
Shadow 3%
Subtlety 2%
Assassination 2%
Havoc 2%
Marksmanship 1%
Fury 1%
Outlaw 1%
+15 rarer (<1%)
24.2 K Runs 87% Timed Highest Key: +18

Highest Run

+19 Kings' Rest EU
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Blood Holy Demonology Arcane Elemental

How this data is collected

Every talent, stat and gear number on this page is drawn from real Mythic+ runs recorded this season, so it shows what players actually do rather than theory. To keep the picture focused on how Blood Death Knight is played at the highest level, only the hardest keys are counted. For each dungeon we look up the highest keystone level anyone has completed, across every class and spec, and then include every run from there down to 5 levels below it, giving the 6 highest key levels of that dungeon. The hardest key completed anywhere this season so far is a +20 in Den of Nalorakk, so there every run of +15 and above is counted. Each dungeon uses its own top key, so a quieter one keeps a lower band. In Voidscar Arena, for example, the hardest key so far is a +18, so its runs start from +13 instead. The sample keeps refreshing as new high keys are posted, so the numbers track how the spec is being played right now rather than averaging the whole season. On top of that, the talent, gear and stat breakdowns are built from a rolling window of roughly the last two weeks, so they stay in step with recent tuning and meta shifts. Run totals and key levels still cover the full season.

Talents

Most Blood Death Knight players build into the San'layn hero tree. The tree below is the build they run at the highest keys, and the percentage under each talent is how often it is picked. Most of it is a fixed core. The talents sitting near 100% are taken by almost everyone, so the real decisions are the flexible picks that players swap from dungeon to dungeon. The pick that shifts the most by dungeon is Control Undead, which far more players run in Kings' Rest than anywhere else. Open Talents per Dungeon below to see every swap like this.

100%
100%
100%
100%
100%
100%
92%
100%
2
100%
2
2%
10%
TOP
51%
0%
88%
100%
12%
100%
0%
100%
46%
99%
10%
100%
0%
63%
100%
92%
86%
TOP
48%
90%
7%
99%
99%
80%
100%
2
25%
100%
2
99%
0%
100%
3%
100%
100%
100%
100%
100%
100%
TOP
67%
2
70%
2
57%
0%
100%
TOP
66%
100%
100%
3%
4%
100%
100%
99%
100%
100%
39%
100%
100%
0%
37%
6%
100%
92%
100%
35%
100%
100%
7%
99%
10%
100%
0%
82%
Stat Priority

Stat priority is the order in which Blood Death Knight players value their secondary stats, based on what the highest-key players actually carry on their gear. Most prioritize Haste, followed by Crit, Mastery and Versatility. Strength is your main stat and comes mostly from item level, so a higher-item-level piece is almost always an upgrade. Use this order as a guide when choosing between similar items, gems and enchants, not as a hard rule.

1 Strength icon
Strength
2.1 K
then
2 Haste icon
Haste
21.8%
then
3 Crit icon
Crit
21.4%
then
4 Mastery icon
Mastery
45.4%
then
5 Versatility icon
Versatility
7.4%
Tertiary Priority
1 Lifesteal icon
Lifesteal
3.1%
then
2 Speed icon
Speed
62
then
3 Avoidance icon
Avoidance
1.2%
Gear Overview

This section lists the gear that Blood Death Knight players equip most often in those high keys, broken down slot by slot. For each slot the most popular item is shown first with its alternatives underneath, and the percentage next to each item tells you how common that choice is. It is a snapshot of what is being played, not a guaranteed upgrade for your character, so always simulate your own character before committing to gear changes. You can do that with Raidbots Top Gear.

Item
Popularity

Rotmire's Sporeheart

Sporefall Mastery Crit

12 %

+17

5 %

+17

Whispering Periapt

Mastery Versatility

4 %

+18

3 %

+16

2 %

+15

16 %

+18

14 %

+18

Adherent's Silken Shroud

Crafted Crit Mastery

13 %

+18

5 %

+17

4 %

+17

Galerider's Veil

Crit Versatility

4 %

+16

Miststalker's Shroud

Crit Versatility

4 %

+17

2 %

+16
Item
Popularity

Girdle of Devouring Rot

Sporefall Crit Mastery

12 %

+18

11 %

+18

Pledgebearer's Girdle

Versatility Crit

8 %

+17

Spellbreaker's Girdle

Crafted Crit Mastery

3 %

+16

Forgotten Grotto Girdle

The Tidebound Grotto Haste Versatility

2 %

+17

17 %

+18

10 %

+18

7 %

+17

Greaves of the Unformed

The Dreamrift Crit Mastery

7 %

+16

Spellbreaker's March

Crafted Crit Mastery

4 %

+18

4 %

+16

Entombed Cultist's Sabatons

The Venomous Abyss Crit Haste

3 %

+17

Trap Jammers

Versatility Mastery

2 %

+15
Enchants, Gems & Crafting

Expand any panel below for the finer gear choices Blood Death Knight players make in these high keys. It covers the enchants and gems they run in each slot, the embellishments and missives on their crafted gear, and the combinations they pair together. Each list is ordered by how common the choice is among the sampled characters, over the same rolling two-week window as the gear above.

4x Relentless Rider's Lament

21 %

+16
4x Relentless Rider's Lament

16 %

+16
4x Baleful Grave-Knight's Crucible

10 %

+18
4x Relentless Rider's Lament

9 %

+16
4x Baleful Grave-Knight's Crucible

8 %

+18
2x Baleful Grave-Knight's Crucible

7 %

+17
4x Baleful Grave-Knight's Crucible

7 %

+18
4x Relentless Rider's Lament

7 %

+16
4x Relentless Rider's Lament

7 %

+16
4x Baleful Grave-Knight's Crucible

6 %

+20

18 %

+18

10 %

+17

10 %

+17

8 %

+18

7 %

+18

7 %

+17

7 %

+17

5 %

+18

5 %

+18

4 %

+18