Death Knight gear question

[Moorea]

I guess I should have made a separate thread from the OP but any chance someone with DK tank level 72-80 would answer my question please ?
(which trinkets you used; when did you get them)

[Hor]

First, this is my dude.
http://www.wowarmory.com/character-s...dscalp&n=Khaas

The general rule is, get to 540 Defense, and get to around 30K HP unbuffed (easier than you think as a DK, and if you use the spec I have in that armory profile, it's really easy)
After 30K HP (or 25 at the absolute lowest) start gemming/enchanting for avoidance stats. Dodge, Parry (though I recomend taking Str over parry whenever able) and be sure to get some Expertise/Hit when possible as well. Around 25 Expertise is ideal. And the more hit the merrier. This is important because you want to reduce dodges, misses, and parries as much as possible. Remember always, misses generate no threat. As for the trinkets... I just used the starter trinkets then the one from the HFP Cruel's Intentions questline till I got 70ish, then switched to the JC trinkets. After that it was working toward raid level trinkets.

These are the two I used till I got Naxx level trinkets:
http://www.wowhead.com/?item=44063 - Figurine - Dawnstone Crab
http://www.wowhead.com/?item=42341 - Figurine - Ruby Hare

At Heroic level there's 2 great trinket choices:
http://www.wowhead.com/?item=37220 - Essence of Gossamer
http://www.wowhead.com/?item=40683 - Valor Medal of the First War (40 Emblems of Heroism) *I still use this one myself*

And finally, this can be quite helpful to you as you try to find suitable upgrades:
http://www.wow-loot.com/deathknight.htm

Just be sure to click the "Show Only Tanking Items" button.

Hope that helped.

[elsegundo]

my trinks have been dawnstone crab, but thats a jc trink.
and i got lucky getting gossemer on the first try.
if you're not a jc'er the emblem trink is pretty much your only other option. i couldnt find any other trinket that could replace the starting dk's trinkets.