World of Warcraft: Warlords of Draenor Signature Series Strategy Guide CHARACTER CLASS INTRODUCTION

Death Knight

Overview

Death Knights are a Hero class. You can’t unlock these characters until you have one character reach level 55. Once there, you can create a Death Knight and have them start at level 55 themselves. There is a specific starting area just for these characters, and they have an awesome backstory that you get to experience.

Death Knights are forced to deal their damage at close range, but they wear plate and take hits well. Melee is their natural environment, and they even have abilities that pull enemies into their favored combat range. Death Knights also get combative pets, which aren’t as powerful as Hunter or some Warlock pets, but they add flavor to playing as a Death Knight.

Prominent Class Abilities

Runic Power

Death Knights have six total runes, from Blood, Frost, and Unholy. Use of these builds up Runic Power, a resource that is used for specific combat abilities.

Runeforging

Death Knights get to “enchant” their own weaponry. Runeforging allows a Death Knight to tailor weapons to specific situations with greater flexibility than what is available to other classes.

Specializations

At Level 55, Death Knights must choose one of the following specializations: Blood, Frost, or Unholy.