Introduced in the Wrath of the Lich King expansion, death knights are World of Warcraft's first hero class. Death knights start at level 55 in a special, instanced zone unreachable by any other class: Acherus, the Ebon Hold, located in Plaguelands: Scarlet Enclave . Here they will earn their talent points as quest rewards and even get a special summoned mount.
Death knights have multiple very strong damage dealing options, as each of their talent trees can be specced to perform exceptionally well with a variety of melee abilities, spells and damage-over-time dealing diseases. They are also very capable tank classes, with their Blood tree providing unique options Blood dealing more with self-healing abilities.
Death knights fight with a special buff active called a presence (similar to a warrior's stances) which provides special bonuses to their roles. Death knights utilize a unique power system, with most spells costing either Runes, which are replenished throughout battle, or Runic Power, which can be generated by various abilities.
Death knights fight with a special buff active called a presence (similar to a warrior's stances) which provides special bonuses to their roles. Death knights utilize a unique power system, with most spells costing either Runes, which are replenished throughout battle, or Runic Power, which can be generated by various abilities.
- Unholy death knights can spec into Master of the Ghoul, which makes their summoned Ghoul minion a permanent pet to aid in battle!
- The death knight class has its own special weapon enchanting ability called runeforging, which replaces the need for conventional weapon enchants.
- Death knights are a very unique damage-dealing class in that their damage is dealt by both melee abilities and spells!
