Just around the rotation section wanted to make a few notes, I should have in hindsight added into the video. The rotational set ups are raid orientated/single target openers as this is straight forward in play planning. M+ is difficult, due to to differing pack sizes, when you move into a pack with different sets of resources, do you have boneshield, do you not have boneshield, is DRW on CD or available, is your covenant ability on CD/Available hopefully you can see where I am going with this. For these openers mainly Kyrian you would likely need to change some of the priority, you could elect to blood boil after your DRW, and then go into your cycle which will add in snap threat OR you could if you're having big issues use your shackle for a large burst threat earlier as the interaction with the capstone trait will assist. I would try and set Shackle later into your rotation though (when you have 3 runes on CD) if you can help it.
Now that you've had a couple of days on the Blood DK how do you find it vs Prot Pala? I just started Pala a week ago and am really enjoying it. I'm a healer main and struggling with the general idea of tanking so thought i'd give it another bash. Do you find Prot Pala or Blood DK more fun @piztoh?
@@AAKhanivore I got 3k on my paladin just pugging and i think its the safest choice for all groups. Personally i enjoy running prot pala cause i feel more useful in the group. However, dk is a lot more tanky. So if you are pugging Pala and for decent groups definitely dk. Hope that helped!
@@Piztooo Helps a LOT and is the exact opposite of what I thought you were going to say lol. I thought you would say DK for pug and Pala for decent groups. This is great - i will continue with my Pala. Timed an HoA 11 yesterday right after failing an HoA 10! It's very fun but still causes me a ton of anxiety during the queueing up stage and i often just leave the queue.
Hey man great video. Was wondering what addon or WA are you using to that creates a vertical bar and shows the duration of Dancing Rune Weapon and other things such as Abom Limb. Seems like a really nice, clean addition to the UI and can't seem to find it.
Really good guide for both beginners and more advanced BDK players :) As a personal preference in regards to gems and enchants I opted to get some extra movement speed where I can, even if it comes at the loss of a ~2% secondary stats. So I use fortified speed on cloak, 5% and 3% speed gems. I also got a cloak with some speed tertiary on it as well. My crafted item has the +70 speed bonus effect on it. Running around with permanent 125% speed is very useful to me, and for the content I am doing atm (18-19 keys) I have no issues staying alive. I'm sure once you get to a certain level that might not be the case but I'd argue it's a decent choice as we are the slowest class in the game, and having the group standing around waiting for us to get in position is also an overall time loss. Also, being able to reposition faster without Death's Advance, like dodging tentacles on Margrave, Piercing Blur on General Kaal, or chasing the stupid bird on Kin-Tara to mention a few scenarios.
Thanks mate, appreciate that =) In the end of the day it's a game and if you feel that makes you comfortable then that's all that matters. In the end of the day dying in content generally has a lot more to do with what buttons you're pressing versus 2% of a secondary stat etc. So if you enjoy having more movement speed, then pew pew.
It's not a bad trinket from a damage and parry perspective. I do feel though from a general perspective which this guide is more so based around, there are better options.
venthyr BDK here. I usually alternate between Swarming Mist + Bonestorm and Dancing Rune Weapon + Tombstone. This way I can keep going w/o waiting for cooldowns. This week was somewhat tricky tho in M+ so I went for Purgatory instead of Bonestorm (it pretty much means that during Swarming Mist, I spam Death Strike).
Yeh Venthyr just gets tricky due to the leggos damage functioning off how much runic power you spend whilst in the swarming mists window. Bonestorm allows you a fat 100 runic power dump at the start of the 8 seconds, then if your mob count is solid enough you can spam your death strikes to feed more RP into that burst.
thankyou for the guide, by any chance could you point me in the direction to where i can get i think its a weakaura for your dancing rune weapon uptime tracker please
Hey mate, you're most welcome! All my WA/Strings etc are sub perks via twitch/UA-cam membership and Patreon sorry! You could def try and find something similar on Wago.io though
Does having death and decay down on bigger pulls make your rune weapon extend quicker since your heart strikes hit more targets? A mate told me so but i dont feel like its the case
Hey mate, nah you get your original + 2 from the copies for 3 stacks per hit regardless if DND is down on multiple targets. Your HS debuff will extend to the other mobs you're cleaving in DND but you don't gain extra strength stacks/DRW seconds.
Hey mate, it's one that I made all my UI/Strings etc are available to subs via Twitch/Patreon and UA-cam members. But you could probably find similar stuff on Wago etc =) thanks for checking out the video!
@@thisiswastingmytime hey mate, thank you firstly, rrally appreciated! So, head to the discord discord.gg/TKSWHrZ then just make sure your UA-cam account is linked to your discord account (there instructions in the read-me on discord) and then the bot will give you access to all the UI channels. If you have any issues DM me
in Mythic+ the 2 potency + Haste buff from mechanikos has more value. no need for triple pot and the haste is wonderful for more rune/threat in the first 10 seconds of the pull
Hey mate, agreed, the triple potency conduit build is mentioned specific towards raid with eternal hunger. The M+ build shown on the screen has Hammer of Genesis, I think I might have just been a Muppet and said Mikanikos 3 potency even when the screen display wasn't that build.
@@Darkmech Haha thats alright i was trying to say in my opinion thats what i enjoy. I wish Emeni's was like Mikanikos but getting Haste buffs AFTER combat is pretty useless even if chain pulling mobs... Slappy hands as tank is always fun
I really love the quality of life that comes from Necro, abomlimb is just so fucking good from so many aspects. Really hope to see that make it's way onto the Dragonflight talent tree!
I am confused about the opener (kyrian). I thought you spam heart strike in drw and then pop shackle when you run out of tunes so you can spam even more heart strike. However the opener here is totally different
Double legendary is what causes the change in purpose for shackle, you gain massive damage damage out of it and free runes to fuel not only your DRW uptime but your stacks of Endless Rune Waltz, which your goal is to build as quickly as possible. The opener here gets everything you need to out of the way, Set up, Tombstone reduction for DRW, then you hit shackle dump your runic bar into Bonestorm, then you have have less wasted runic power whilst you spend runes on HS, to spread shackle, extend DRW and builds stacks of Rune Waltz - there is also the interaction with Mikanikos' cap stone trait.
It's just a practice thing, I should add as I've just added a pinned comment to the vide. The rotational section, especially for Kyrian, is based around a raid opener - the AOE rotation doesn't alter, but in M+ pending target size you could have agro issues in trying to execute that opener. So I would suggest Blood Boiling after your DRW just to establish some snap threat going into your pull, and then going through the rotation.
Hi. So i have dropped tanking since legion but i whant to go again since it’s my fav role. I love bdk and im still at the progress of equipping it. I still haven’t high renown since i wasn’t playing dk this xpac. My question is simple, from a casual m+ and hc raiding, what is the covenant you advice for a new bdk (easy and must all around performance) ty in advance
Hey mate, I would recommend Kyrian or Necrolord. Honestly, both are fantastic, go with whichever one you prefer. I would say Kyrian makes DRW uptime easier, Necrolord makes initial agro and grouping mobs easier.
of all tank classes i think bdk is the hardest. that runic power management is zzzzzz and is bdk the only tank class able to facetank everything compared to other classes tho? i mean if they were i just have to suck it up and learn them
It's a tank with a lot of micromanagement in comparison to a lot of the others for sure. It is a class though I feel is very rewarding when played correctly though. It's the most enjoyable and interactive tank spec imo, but don't feel forced to play it. BDK is not a "required" tank for anything and even from a general gaming perspective, I would say every tank is fine up to a +25 and that's not talking hardcore players.
I've actually had this since I was 18 and it's been ripped and pulled and that's why it's so far out. But thank you for your expert Piercing knowledge in my body rejecting it and your thoughts on my appearance, I'll be sure to take them on board as you're someone I really admire.
Just around the rotation section wanted to make a few notes, I should have in hindsight added into the video.
The rotational set ups are raid orientated/single target openers as this is straight forward in play planning. M+ is difficult, due to to differing pack sizes, when you move into a pack with different sets of resources, do you have boneshield, do you not have boneshield, is DRW on CD or available, is your covenant ability on CD/Available hopefully you can see where I am going with this.
For these openers mainly Kyrian you would likely need to change some of the priority, you could elect to blood boil after your DRW, and then go into your cycle which will add in snap threat OR you could if you're having big issues use your shackle for a large burst threat earlier as the interaction with the capstone trait will assist. I would try and set Shackle later into your rotation though (when you have 3 runes on CD) if you can help it.
Really appreciate the clear explanations in your guide. I’ve really had questions on rotation changes with kyrian and you answered everything I had!
Thanks so much mate, glad I could help!
I don't play dk but I like your guides, so here I am.
Great video, it's always a treat to get patch guides from you!
Thanks mate, hopefully we be rolling out stready state content from now on =)
Great video man! Fully geared my Pala and moved over to DK and loving it. Perfectly timed guide too! :)
Hell yeh mate! Hit me up if you have any other questions! Hope you're enjoying it =)
Now that you've had a couple of days on the Blood DK how do you find it vs Prot Pala? I just started Pala a week ago and am really enjoying it. I'm a healer main and struggling with the general idea of tanking so thought i'd give it another bash. Do you find Prot Pala or Blood DK more fun @piztoh?
@@AAKhanivore I got 3k on my paladin just pugging and i think its the safest choice for all groups. Personally i enjoy running prot pala cause i feel more useful in the group. However, dk is a lot more tanky. So if you are pugging Pala and for decent groups definitely dk. Hope that helped!
@@Piztooo Helps a LOT and is the exact opposite of what I thought you were going to say lol. I thought you would say DK for pug and Pala for decent groups. This is great - i will continue with my Pala. Timed an HoA 11 yesterday right after failing an HoA 10! It's very fun but still causes me a ton of anxiety during the queueing up stage and i often just leave the queue.
Just started playing a week ago on my BDK main as well! Thankkkssss brotha!
Most welcome mate, enjoy the BDK vibes!
Thank you including every covenant in your guide! A lot of "guides" only show 1 or 2 fotm covenants.
Keep up the good work!
Most welcome mate, thanks so much for checking it out!
You are the reason i NEVER dropped my DK in ages now hahahaha ❤️.
Love your content ☺️.
Love hearing that!!! Thanks mate!
Love your energy and guides! I actually feel confident to finally try to start seriously tanking. Thank you!
Love hearing this, thanks so much and hope you're enjoying tanking!
A clear, concise and ready to use in game Guide ! Cheers !
Thanks mate! And thanks for coming and saying hello in stream tonight
really great guide, i was having a hard time figuring out my rotation with NF. I'll switch to Necrolord since it looks a bit easier
You're welcome legend
Really indepth guide, thank you!
Most welcome mate, thanks for checking it out!
Hey man great video. Was wondering what addon or WA are you using to that creates a vertical bar and shows the duration of Dancing Rune Weapon and other things such as Abom Limb. Seems like a really nice, clean addition to the UI and can't seem to find it.
Hey mate, the bars are WA's I made, same as the UI, my UI is a subperk though unfortunately sorry!
Keep up the good videos mate... Legendary
Again, awesome work 🙂 You hit the nail, bro! Gonna jump back to my BDK and swap some talents and sim some. Now, gimme some tasty M+ clips! 😅 Cheers!
Haha glad I could help out mate! Go pump them numbers!
Awesome guide - thank you! Is there a place where you've uploaded your UI profile, addons, etc? I love your setup and want to copy it
Hey mate, thank you glad you found it useful! All my UI strings and full UI import etc are sub perks for Twitch, UA-cam and Patreon users.
@@Darkmech Cheers! Thank you!
Really good guide for both beginners and more advanced BDK players :) As a personal preference in regards to gems and enchants I opted to get some extra movement speed where I can, even if it comes at the loss of a ~2% secondary stats. So I use fortified speed on cloak, 5% and 3% speed gems. I also got a cloak with some speed tertiary on it as well. My crafted item has the +70 speed bonus effect on it. Running around with permanent 125% speed is very useful to me, and for the content I am doing atm (18-19 keys) I have no issues staying alive. I'm sure once you get to a certain level that might not be the case but I'd argue it's a decent choice as we are the slowest class in the game, and having the group standing around waiting for us to get in position is also an overall time loss. Also, being able to reposition faster without Death's Advance, like dodging tentacles on Margrave, Piercing Blur on General Kaal, or chasing the stupid bird on Kin-Tara to mention a few scenarios.
Thanks mate, appreciate that =) In the end of the day it's a game and if you feel that makes you comfortable then that's all that matters. In the end of the day dying in content generally has a lot more to do with what buttons you're pressing versus 2% of a secondary stat etc. So if you enjoy having more movement speed, then pew pew.
Whats your opinion on OWS i noticed it was not in ur trinks section
It's not a bad trinket from a damage and parry perspective. I do feel though from a general perspective which this guide is more so based around, there are better options.
venthyr BDK here. I usually alternate between Swarming Mist + Bonestorm and Dancing Rune Weapon + Tombstone. This way I can keep going w/o waiting for cooldowns. This week was somewhat tricky tho in M+ so I went for Purgatory instead of Bonestorm (it pretty much means that during Swarming Mist, I spam Death Strike).
Yeh Venthyr just gets tricky due to the leggos damage functioning off how much runic power you spend whilst in the swarming mists window. Bonestorm allows you a fat 100 runic power dump at the start of the 8 seconds, then if your mob count is solid enough you can spam your death strikes to feed more RP into that burst.
thankyou for the guide, by any chance could you point me in the direction to where i can get i think its a weakaura for your dancing rune weapon uptime tracker please
Hey mate, you're most welcome! All my WA/Strings etc are sub perks via twitch/UA-cam membership and Patreon sorry! You could def try and find something similar on Wago.io though
Does having death and decay down on bigger pulls make your rune weapon extend quicker since your heart strikes hit more targets?
A mate told me so but i dont feel like its the case
Hey mate, nah you get your original + 2 from the copies for 3 stacks per hit regardless if DND is down on multiple targets. Your HS debuff will extend to the other mobs you're cleaving in DND but you don't gain extra strength stacks/DRW seconds.
hey man, which WA do you have! love your boneshield and DRW WA.
Hey mate, it's one that I made all my UI/Strings etc are available to subs via Twitch/Patreon and UA-cam members. But you could probably find similar stuff on Wago etc =) thanks for checking out the video!
Quick question, is rune tap good to weeve into your defensive rotation or is it more efficient to spend your runes on heart strikes etc
Better "GENERALLY" to spend runes on Heart Strikes. Rune Tap is great for something that will kill you though.
@@Darkmech decided to join your channel because of the content. How do I gain access to your UI etc? is it on a higher tier perk?
@@thisiswastingmytime hey mate, thank you firstly, rrally appreciated! So, head to the discord discord.gg/TKSWHrZ then just make sure your UA-cam account is linked to your discord account (there instructions in the read-me on discord) and then the bot will give you access to all the UI channels. If you have any issues DM me
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in Mythic+ the 2 potency + Haste buff from mechanikos has more value. no need for triple pot and the haste is wonderful for more rune/threat in the first 10 seconds of the pull
Hey mate, agreed, the triple potency conduit build is mentioned specific towards raid with eternal hunger. The M+ build shown on the screen has Hammer of Genesis, I think I might have just been a Muppet and said Mikanikos 3 potency even when the screen display wasn't that build.
@@Darkmech Haha thats alright i was trying to say in my opinion thats what i enjoy. I wish Emeni's was like Mikanikos but getting Haste buffs AFTER combat is pretty useless even if chain pulling mobs... Slappy hands as tank is always fun
I really love the quality of life that comes from Necro, abomlimb is just so fucking good from so many aspects. Really hope to see that make it's way onto the Dragonflight talent tree!
@@Darkmech Lets just hope they get this patch done before midnight x_x cheers!
Where can I get your weakaura??
Hey mate, My WA/Strings are available to UA-cam Members, Twitch Subs and Patreons.
@@Darkmech lame. I'll make my own. Thanks
@@azoharadonis9452 good for you.
I really love your UI, where can I get it please ? Addons and WA
Hit you up in discord =)
I am confused about the opener (kyrian). I thought you spam heart strike in drw and then pop shackle when you run out of tunes so you can spam even more heart strike. However the opener here is totally different
Double legendary is what causes the change in purpose for shackle, you gain massive damage damage out of it and free runes to fuel not only your DRW uptime but your stacks of Endless Rune Waltz, which your goal is to build as quickly as possible. The opener here gets everything you need to out of the way, Set up, Tombstone reduction for DRW, then you hit shackle dump your runic bar into Bonestorm, then you have have less wasted runic power whilst you spend runes on HS, to spread shackle, extend DRW and builds stacks of Rune Waltz - there is also the interaction with Mikanikos' cap stone trait.
@@Darkmech ok mate i'll try to memorise it. Blood DK seems so complicated compared to prot pala. Think my brain may be too smooth for it :(
It's just a practice thing, I should add as I've just added a pinned comment to the vide. The rotational section, especially for Kyrian, is based around a raid opener - the AOE rotation doesn't alter, but in M+ pending target size you could have agro issues in trying to execute that opener. So I would suggest Blood Boiling after your DRW just to establish some snap threat going into your pull, and then going through the rotation.
Hi. So i have dropped tanking since legion but i whant to go again since it’s my fav role. I love bdk and im still at the progress of equipping it. I still haven’t high renown since i wasn’t playing dk this xpac. My question is simple, from a casual m+ and hc raiding, what is the covenant you advice for a new bdk (easy and must all around performance) ty in advance
Hey mate, I would recommend Kyrian or Necrolord. Honestly, both are fantastic, go with whichever one you prefer. I would say Kyrian makes DRW uptime easier, Necrolord makes initial agro and grouping mobs easier.
During these openers, when do I drop Death and Decay? Maybe i missed that part
Depends on the pull you're moving into. Single target, wait for proc. 3+ targets drop on proc, 5+ targets you would hardcast it moving in.
@@Darkmech Thanks a lot for the answer, really appreciate it!
I play as mage although I like the effort you put into your vids. LIKE!
Thanks mate appreciate that so much, my new editor is a boss.
Great guide.
Thanks mate!
of all tank classes i think bdk is the hardest. that runic power management is zzzzzz and is bdk the only tank class able to facetank everything compared to other classes tho? i mean if they were i just have to suck it up and learn them
It's a tank with a lot of micromanagement in comparison to a lot of the others for sure. It is a class though I feel is very rewarding when played correctly though. It's the most enjoyable and interactive tank spec imo, but don't feel forced to play it. BDK is not a "required" tank for anything and even from a general gaming perspective, I would say every tank is fine up to a +25 and that's not talking hardcore players.
So which covenat should I take in raid
Kyrian or Necrolord.
ui addon?
ElvUI, WA's, Details and Plater mate
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This lesbian lady channel was very helpful
I'd be a little bit worried if a lesbian wasn't a lady..... I find when I try to insult someone not being a fucking moron helps XD
give up on that eye brown peicing.. your body is rejecting it and it looks bad. but nice guide
I've actually had this since I was 18 and it's been ripped and pulled and that's why it's so far out. But thank you for your expert Piercing knowledge in my body rejecting it and your thoughts on my appearance, I'll be sure to take them on board as you're someone I really admire.