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Class Codex => Death Knight => Topic started by: Mjolnir on Wed, 2009-09-02 : 17:30

Title: Death Coil Machine Gun -- A DW Unholy DPS Guide
Post by: Mjolnir on Wed, 2009-09-02 : 17:30
Hey guys! You may have seen me around. I used to be Mjolnyr in <Prelude>. I am now on Earthen Ring :P.
http://www.wowarmory.com/character-sheet.xml?r=Earthen+Ring&n=Anakha (Might not be up yet)

Well, I am here to discuss a rather rare spec to find, most people don't know much about it. Quick note; if you do not have a Sigil of the Vengeful Heart, THIS SPEC IS NOT FOR YOU!

Here is the spec.

http://talent.mmo-champion.com/?deathknight=0000000000000000000000000000320053002020000000000000000002300303050032150003140213133051&glyph=172708050604&version=10192

The reason it is dubbed the machine gun is because the spec is all about generating massive runic power to fuel high-scaling death coil barrages against bosses, hence some of the talent choices. Dirge however, is not optimal, in case you were wondering.

Stat Weights: Courtesy of Elitist Jerks

AP    100
Strength    306
Agility    54
Crit    121
Haste    124
Armor Pen    84
Expertise    118
Hit until 11%    388
Hit post 11%    115
Weapon DPS    636

As you can see, haste is a more optimal stat than armor pen or crit. Expertise is not really a big one since it doesn't affect spells, the main source of your damage for this spec. White damage is important but if you aren't at the cap it's not something you should gem for or enchant.


THERE IS NO ROTATION!
You blood/frost folks are probably like  ??? aw I can't easymode read threads and faceroll to gud dps. Just kidding.

Instead, you follow the priority system.

Diseases > Death Coil > Icy Touch > Blood Strike > Ghoul Frenzy > Plague Strike

Diseases and Ghoul Frenzy should be seeing a 100% uptime. Use GF everytime it's off cooldown. Only use 1 unholy rune for plague strike. If Blood plague is up and you still have an unholy rune it should be used for ghoul frenzy.

Blood strike to make death runes for more Icy touches! Icy touch should be spammed like there is no tomorrow. All frost/death runes WILL be used for icy touch.

With this massive RP you're generating by exploiting one rune spells and game mechanics (not really but  ;) ) you spam death coil for massive damage!

Throw in blood taps for free runic power and blood runes whenever.

Presence: Unholy  You need fast rune regeneration and a lower GCD to fit in your spells.

Runes: FC/FC   No need for anything else. High uptime on FC is better than any other rune combo.

Sigil:
Vengeful Heart (THIS IS VERY IMPORTANT)

Weapons:

MH: Slow
OH: Highest DPS  (other than MH)

Glyphs:
The set I have in the talent tree is pretty much it. Blood Tap/Horn of winter is up to you.


Thanks for reading! Feel free to ask questions.