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Death Knights are the latest class in the World of Warcraft. The new class became available when the World of Warcraft Expansion ‘Wrath of the Lich King’ was released. Blizzard called the Death Knight a Hero class because of several reasons. This doesn’t mean that this class is more powerful than other classes, it just means that it is different.
They do have a new attack system because their attacks and spells are based on Runic Power. They have two runes with a cooldown at their disposal for any attack and spell. The Runes are divided in three sets of two Blood, Frost and Unholy Runes. The talent trees have the same names as these mentioned runes.
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A Death Knight wears plate armor, deals melee damage and has several spells that can be cast from distance as well. The Death Knight class can play both a tank and a good melee dps role in any dungeon group and raid. A DK can use one-hander and two-hander weapons and cannot wield shields.
If you want to create a DK you will need to have another level 70 char in possession. You will start leveling a DK at level 55 which will make your journey a lot easier. Another good point is that you will already have some money at disposal, set of bags and decent gear to continue your leveling.
Your journey will start in The Ebon Hold in the Eastern Plaguelands. At first you will be fighting together with the forces of the Lich King. You will be taking direct orders from the Lich King himself during the quest chains that you should complete in the areas around the Ebon Hold. As rewards for the quests that you complete there you will receive nice blue items and talent points. Since your char starts on the level 55 you won’t have some talent points, however, you will be able to earn those points back by doing quests.
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When you reach the level 58 the quest chain you were following will change dramatically. Your char will manage to escape and he/she will join the enemies of the Lich King. At this level you can go anywhere you want and continue your leveling, however the best choice for fast leveling will be the Outlands area. Your char will leave The Ebon Hold completely prepared when it comes to gear and talent points.
As any other character, a Death Knight should also choose two primary professions. The choice of professions is solely up to you, however there are a few professions that can match a DK good. Enchanting is always nice to have because of the ring enchants you can make on your own rings. Since ring enchants are only available for the Enchanter himself it is nice for any character. Jewelcrafting, which is best combined with Mining for cheap leveling purposes, is nice because a Jewelcrafter can make better gems for own use. Because a lot of gear has sockets at later levels this is a nice profession. With JC you will be able to craft other pieces of Jewelry as well, for example necklaces. Blacksmithing is also a good option because you will be able to make plate gear. With BS you can also make sockets for your wrists and gloves and a belt buckle which comes as an additional socket for your belt.
The DK class is very fun to play. The only down point is that there are so many of them. The only thing that might bother you is that almost everyone has made a DK simply because you start at level 55 and it is fairly easy to level a char from there on.
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