I know this was intended for M+ but the how to play section was incredibly helpful for me as I levelled a blood death knight as my first ever character. I just started during dragonflight and I feel much more confident in my understanding of my character than any other mmo I've played. I haven't taken on many dungeons and I'm not into the endgame yet, but I'm feeling great about this class/spec.
something that might be helpful, u can use apoc limb before a key starts so u have full stacks at start of key. if you vamp blood before using ams/amz it increases the absorption of both. (helps in higher keys a bit). having a bind for focus kick and focus grip is a big time save for me as well. i keep 1 caster completely shut down.
Thanks so much for this. Decided to take my first forays into tanking and just love the DK class so much so blood was the obvious winner. Can’t wait to try it out.
I like that they finally made Marrowrend feel good to press in AoE. I’ve always hated having to use it to keep up Bone-shield when I just want to spam Heart Strike for damage instead. This has been my least favorite tank for a long time purely for that reason. Now it’s so much better. Now if only Bone-Storm was better and the spec had a bit less button bloat it would be almost perfect Imo.
Thanks for this awesome guide man! One question: most of the BDK Tank Guides have a stat priority order like this: Haste > Mastery/Crit > Vers..is there any specific reason why yours is quite the opposite? And why does Vers play such a insignificant role in those guides? Much love
Personal Opinion: Don't makro Abomination Limb and Empowered Rune Weapon together. You will overflow on Ressources. Combine talent improved Lichborne with Abo Limb for dr, leech and big damage. Macro Goul with Empowered Rune Weapon for Haste, Ressources and Enfeeble dr.
I think the meme at the start of each of these guides is Dorki secretly telling us what will be the meta spec he intends to main for Dragon Flight. We just have to decode it. Todays clue: The prison obviously means that Dorki feels forced to play this spec. So which of the 6 tanks is the creepy naked person with an 80s gigahair? Stay tuned, more clues next video!
Yooo @Dorki am starting or trying wow again after "shadowlands"... and l really wanna know what your UI is, l love the looks of it. do u have a weak auras code or smth that u could share? awsome vid!
Thx for the guide, now i gotaa choose between dk and prot warrior, but since im fairly new to tanking (just tanked some m+ with druid in SL) i guess it will be the warrior Compared to prot warrior bdk is like a strategy game, they couldve atleast gave it a few seconds on those buffs, one knockback and the buffs are usually gone lol
Love your guides. Question (I don't think I missed it), but pugging as a tank can get chaotic. What point do you recommend dropping on the Blood tree to take mass grip? The 2 min CD for abom is a little too long to depend on. Would love to have a mass grip for huge pulls that get out of hand. Thank you for your guides!
if you ever find it chaotic don't attempt those kinda pulls. also having 2 grips should generally be enough! if you really do want the mass grip you can drop something for it but it'll be costly
@@Dorki thank you so much! You know how the pug life is. DPS don’t like to wait to pew pew and things get scattered. I wasn’t sure If there was a low cost option to drop to get it.
what addon do you use for your UI? ive got bad peripheral vision so i have a hard time keeping track of my HP and important resources and buffs while also watching the enemies attacks, so i have to keep alot of stuff clustered in the center of my screen, which makes it look really cluttered. this setup looks alot better, but i dont know what to do to get this setup.
I love DK tanking. I feel invincible. Only thing is I do pathetic damage compared to my druid or DH tanks. My healer this morning in a +20 SBG out DPS'd me overall, lol. I mean... he is a great healer but oof. On my bear I sometimes out DPS the DPS, but magic damage wrecks my butt.
Hey Dorki, love the guide. Tried to download your Weakaura, but only the resource bar, auras, runes, no pet and soul reaper glow seems to follow. Do you use anything els to track your DD, will and such underneet your healthbar?
Yo dorki great guide as usual. Do you recommend macroing ghoul, enhanced weapon and abom limb together even for higher level play or is it just a good way to reduce buttons for starting out?
Yo, as DK on big pulls is it better to pop multiple defensives at the start or do them 1 by 1 as they run out? Btw first expansion maining tank and the vids have been a huge help.
Hi, i've got a question. At this point my char have 20% haste by default and 39-46% with proks. With this i feel like i have lack of rune re-charging speed. Maybe it's because my other stats too low (mast - 34, vers - 13, crit - 23)? Still i manage to survive in 16-18 keys. Tht for help.
Hello, the macro is wrong, is not DRW, you have to change it for empower rune weapon, i had the same problem but in the video it shows the 3 spells that make up the macro.
I literally had several DK players tell me that Umbilicus Ternatus was a 'trap skill' and using Tombstone was a waste lol Im like really? Then why is my survivability so high once Vampiric Blood expires? I take 0 damage for like 10 seconds on bigger pulls.
Only thing im hazy on is marrowrend and heart strike. So marrowrend to keep bone shield above 5 and heart strike when you have runes available but dont need charges of bone shield? Is blood a class to hold on gcds? Or is spamming heart strike not an issue when i comes time to gain charges? Also, when you recharge, do you want to get back up to 9 or 10 stacks straight away or is it more of weaving MR and DS in the middle ground? Sorry, new to blood, been frost since wrath but tired of frost play style so adding to my legion of tanks. Thanks
marrowrend when you fall below 5 boneshield, heartstrike otherwise. thats all there is to it! if you have abom/drw coming up you will want to avoid using marrowrend
@@Dorki thanks, I decide to main the dk. I don't Care about méta, dk is so fun. For the stats, are you sure for the poly> mastery before the haste ? And for the dunjon when you choose buff, you take stats or the heal receive with the dk ? Thanks
Honestly man, these guides are so good, just short enough to stay focused the whole time
I know this was intended for M+ but the how to play section was incredibly helpful for me as I levelled a blood death knight as my first ever character. I just started during dragonflight and I feel much more confident in my understanding of my character than any other mmo I've played. I haven't taken on many dungeons and I'm not into the endgame yet, but I'm feeling great about this class/spec.
This guide is literally perfect. No smash like/sub bs, length is perfect and information is great. Liked and subbed because of all of that.
Truuu I was about to watch a different guide but they started off video begging for likes and subs
i dont blame people for doing that. youtube hardcore punishes those who dont get likes or subs
VDH should be next
DEMON HYPE !!!
woooo demon guy, we love demon guy
Let’s goooo! Thanks more making these guides, they seem hard to know what to focus on but for what it’s worth I appreciate it!
Druid pls
Looking forward to it!
Just bravo man. Five and a half minutes of relevant stuff, no bullshit and very simple to understand.
I don’t even play DK I just love your guides. Looking forward to veng
for me, best tank content ...simplicity & integrity
The Ouro Kronii BGM caught my ear immediately lol
Jumping into tanking for the first time since Legion (played DH), appreciate your guides!
Also, would you ever take Gorefiend's Grasp? That seems like amazing utility.
yeah if you ever need it you can take it! it's expensive to take though
Duly noted!
something that might be helpful, u can use apoc limb before a key starts so u have full stacks at start of key. if you vamp blood before using ams/amz it increases the absorption of both. (helps in higher keys a bit). having a bind for focus kick and focus grip is a big time save for me as well. i keep 1 caster completely shut down.
o wow didnt know that about abom before key good to know thanks
I thought boneshield stacks get reset when the key starts?
@@Dilllll26 I only tested on prepatch but no they don't.
@@Dilllll26 they actually do, but Abom as a spell stays, so it generates 3 bone shield stacks 3 times = you start the key with 9 stacks
giga excited for the expansion overdosing on hopium it will be a good one
my new guild needs a tank for raiding so I'm learning how to use blood DK and this was massively helpful, thank you!
these guides are so compact that I have to watch them in x0.75 speed to catch everything
Thanks so much for this. Decided to take my first forays into tanking and just love the DK class so much so blood was the obvious winner. Can’t wait to try it out.
Great Bdk guide, thanks!
Only found you not long ago just wanna day you are amazing and deserve wayyyyyyy more subs Thankyou for all our time and effort you put in these
Love the videos but I am really here for the cat costumes
Thank you so much! This has made my day. Starting tanking for my first season n these videos help so much. Wish me luck out there =)
Can't wait to play my blood dk in df!! Great video Brother, keep it up!!
I like that they finally made Marrowrend feel good to press in AoE. I’ve always hated having to use it to keep up Bone-shield when I just want to spam Heart Strike for damage instead.
This has been my least favorite tank for a long time purely for that reason. Now it’s so much better.
Now if only Bone-Storm was better and the spec had a bit less button bloat it would be almost perfect Imo.
Button bloat lol, it's the tank with less buttons besides VDH
Thanks a lot. Really want to see vdh and brew. Very good content. Short and perfect
Just started playing wow more serious and getting into mythics and this guide helped me Soo much
God, i love the image you start your guides with, this cat is hilarious.
Thanks for the guide mate, always nice to hear you explain stuff overall.... Thanks Bud
hey man thanks for the upload new to blood tanking in m+ and absolutely loved this thanks man
Thanks for this awesome guide man!
One question: most of the BDK Tank Guides have a stat priority order like this: Haste > Mastery/Crit > Vers..is there any specific reason why yours is quite the opposite?
And why does Vers play such a insignificant role in those guides?
Much love
as i've mentioned mastery plays a much bigger role now. crit is good but will see less play defensively in higher level content. haste is still good
Blood so fluid now v nice
You’re killing it man, best guide content out!
Personal Opinion: Don't makro Abomination Limb and Empowered Rune Weapon together. You will overflow on Ressources.
Combine talent improved Lichborne with Abo Limb for dr, leech and big damage. Macro Goul with Empowered Rune Weapon for Haste, Ressources and Enfeeble dr.
as always, good guide! - but no buildlink? ;) we're slackers on the internet, you know this!
I think the meme at the start of each of these guides is Dorki secretly telling us what will be the meta spec he intends to main for Dragon Flight. We just have to decode it.
Todays clue: The prison obviously means that Dorki feels forced to play this spec. So which of the 6 tanks is the creepy naked person with an 80s gigahair? Stay tuned, more clues next video!
Yooo @Dorki am starting or trying wow again after "shadowlands"... and l really wanna know what your UI is, l love the looks of it. do u have a weak auras code or smth that u could share? awsome vid!
all in description
Soothing voice + chill music + short guide + cat = win
Thx for the guide, now i gotaa choose between dk and prot warrior, but since im fairly new to tanking (just tanked some m+ with druid in SL) i guess it will be the warrior
Compared to prot warrior bdk is like a strategy game, they couldve atleast gave it a few seconds on those buffs, one knockback and the buffs are usually gone lol
Blood dk feels very good just leveled mine to 70. The ability to pull somany packs at once made dungeon leveling so fast
Love your guides. Question (I don't think I missed it), but pugging as a tank can get chaotic. What point do you recommend dropping on the Blood tree to take mass grip? The 2 min CD for abom is a little too long to depend on. Would love to have a mass grip for huge pulls that get out of hand. Thank you for your guides!
if you ever find it chaotic don't attempt those kinda pulls. also having 2 grips should generally be enough! if you really do want the mass grip you can drop something for it but it'll be costly
@@Dorki thank you so much! You know how the pug life is. DPS don’t like to wait to pew pew and things get scattered. I wasn’t sure If there was a low cost option to drop to get it.
big pog guides
What’s the highest dmg tank now? Bear? Monk? I love doing close to or even higher than dps on the chart; gotta compensate for my smol pp
prob still monk but its close
Thanks for these amazing infos Dorki, let the BDK main for sure ^
I might have just missed it but how do you manage runes, again?
Do you always keep one or two up just in case or do you just spend them all?
Hi Dorki - can you please make a Dk guide for Season 2? Or everything remains the same?
nothing has really changed
what addon do you use for your UI? ive got bad peripheral vision so i have a hard time keeping track of my HP and important resources and buffs while also watching the enemies attacks, so i have to keep alot of stuff clustered in the center of my screen, which makes it look really cluttered. this setup looks alot better, but i dont know what to do to get this setup.
Best tank content creator out there. You rock, mister.
Thank you for the guide! I still have issues understanding when to use death caress, can you help me with that?
Nice vid as always !
can you give the link of the VOD of the 23 jade pls ?
dig around 2 weeks ago
I love DK tanking. I feel invincible. Only thing is I do pathetic damage compared to my druid or DH tanks. My healer this morning in a +20 SBG out DPS'd me overall, lol. I mean... he is a great healer but oof. On my bear I sometimes out DPS the DPS, but magic damage wrecks my butt.
You don't recommend picking up the Rune Tap talent but from your UI it looks like you're running it. Should we pick it up or no?
Love your guides man!
Hey Dorki, love the guide.
Tried to download your Weakaura, but only the resource bar, auras, runes, no pet and soul reaper glow seems to follow. Do you use anything els to track your DD, will and such underneet your healthbar?
Are you using Rune Tap just going into a pull? Or saving it for big hits?
I have an issue with the weakaura. Rune 2 + 3 are missing the little line that separates them, how do I fix?
hmm not sure i dont seem to have an issue with it
Yo, has anything changed with the since this video? that alters the rotation or talent choice?
Thanks dorki
Yo dorki great guide as usual. Do you recommend macroing ghoul, enhanced weapon and abom limb together even for higher level play or is it just a good way to reduce buttons for starting out?
Guardian Druid next
Yo, as DK on big pulls is it better to pop multiple defensives at the start or do them 1 by 1 as they run out? Btw first expansion maining tank and the vids have been a huge help.
1 at a time unless you need more
Can this video still be useful/good as a starter guide today since its been over 2 months?
Hi, i've got a question. At this point my char have 20% haste by default and 39-46% with proks. With this i feel like i have lack of rune re-charging speed. Maybe it's because my other stats too low (mast - 34, vers - 13, crit - 23)? Still i manage to survive in 16-18 keys. Tht for help.
just a question, do worth use DCar instead of marrow? lower cost, more shield per rune
Not sure what I am doing wrong but DRW doesn’t case with the macro. Can someone help?
Hello, the macro is wrong, is not DRW, you have to change it for empower rune weapon, i had the same problem but in the video it shows the 3 spells that make up the macro.
@@aguscapan I didn’t catch that. Thank you so much!!!
im sorry for asking, but why do you allways want tomb on d&d? im not on my pc t check talents thats why im asking
shattering bones does more damage in dnd so you want to pop it in dnd for 3x dmg
I literally had several DK players tell me that Umbilicus Ternatus was a 'trap skill' and using Tombstone was a waste lol Im like really? Then why is my survivability so high once Vampiric Blood expires? I take 0 damage for like 10 seconds on bigger pulls.
Only thing im hazy on is marrowrend and heart strike. So marrowrend to keep bone shield above 5 and heart strike when you have runes available but dont need charges of bone shield? Is blood a class to hold on gcds? Or is spamming heart strike not an issue when i comes time to gain charges? Also, when you recharge, do you want to get back up to 9 or 10 stacks straight away or is it more of weaving MR and DS in the middle ground? Sorry, new to blood, been frost since wrath but tired of frost play style so adding to my legion of tanks. Thanks
marrowrend when you fall below 5 boneshield, heartstrike otherwise. thats all there is to it! if you have abom/drw coming up you will want to avoid using marrowrend
@@Dorki Thanks, appreciate it.
dorkiRoll
Your highest Key on beta was on dk ? I Can see +23 its huge
that dungeon specifically requires bdk because of overtuned beta bosses. it'd be impossible for me to use other tanks in that one run
@@Dorki thanks, I decide to main the dk. I don't Care about méta, dk is so fun. For the stats, are you sure for the poly> mastery before the haste ? And for the dunjon when you choose buff, you take stats or the heal receive with the dk ? Thanks
@@patrickissa7231 mastery is strong now with all the talents
Could you please please do holy next? I play warrior and dk but paladin Has been interesting me for awhile. Starting to level one now.
sorry i don't plan on covering any healer specs. you can check out yumytv though he'll do healers
@@Dorki I might have gotten the profile pics messed up should've guessed when I asked why yumi was doing a tank video and damn he's got a bad cold.
@@themindslaver2857 D:
Anyone knowif they fixed the bug of the attackspeed reducing talent having reverse effect? because if not id say people shouldnt use that lol
we should all assume these things will be fixed especially when its well known
Do you have an import string for you plater?
Do you want alot of dmg in raids? or still play a more defensive build?
Where can we get that awesome Weakaura :)?
any way you sharing that weak aura to track the abilities?
in description linktree
Great work, could you share your auras?
in description
@@Dorki Am I wrong or does your DK weakaura only show the resources and not buffs and CDs?
@@oliverhommel5522 it should show. the cds are action bars though so those won't show
If Barry White played wow.. that voice.. that's Dorki lol
Boneshield just doesn't work for blood. Would rather have a red aura. They need a glyph for that.
Is this valid for live servers ?
yes this is for live
@@Dorki great i wanna try tanking for the first time so this is very helpfull
can u export the build m8?
1:04 you really have FTX advertisement on this video....?
its old lol
can you show us the actual macros?
Please that two macros,ty