Death Knight: Class Starter

Death Knight is the plate-wearing revenant: a class built on runes and runic power that feels heavier and more deliberate than most. It starts at a higher level than classic classes and arrives with a full toolkit.

The specializations

• Blood — the tank spec: legendary self-healing through Death Strike, often topping its own health bar without help.
• Frost — dual-wield or two-handed melee DPS built on icy burst windows.
• Unholy — disease-and-minion melee DPS with a pet ghoul and heavy damage-over-time pressure.

Signature utility

Death Grip — yanking an enemy to you — is the most iconic pull tool in the game and invaluable for repositioning casters. Death Knights also bring Anti-Magic Shell and Zone for magic defense, and a battle resurrection via Raise Ally.

Who enjoys Death Knight

Players who like a slower, weightier rhythm and being hard to kill. Blood in particular rewards players who enjoy managing their own survival rather than relying on the healer.

For current talent builds and spec detail, the class Discords and Wowhead/Icy Veins guides are the crew's recommended deep-dive.