1x Pal/4x Dk Vs 1xDru/4xSham - theorycrafting breakdown - let's talk some stuff

[djensen2010]

raidwide freedom/fearbreak/stormlash/bloodlust/healing tide is much more worth in bgs than everything dks have

But what compensates for howling blast? O.o lol

Here i go, I run 8dks and 2 heals or 7 and 3, but i run with our 15 boxer who runs 9 shamans (all enhance) and 6 heals. There hasnt been 1 bg that he has scored more killing blows than me in. I average 25-30 kb's on each of my characters per game, talking AV and Ioc of course. Death grip is still probably the best thing about the death knight as well as howling blast. So long as you got some heals you can do well in bgs because your killing stuff so fast with obliterate criting for around 100-120k even on fully gear opponents. Gorefiends grasp+remorsless winter (5 sec stun on all target within melee range) or desecrated ground (second pvp trinket). choose your poison. I love the Death knights. i have 7 shamans at 87 and i love off heals and support but the lack of Aoe is plain annoying. Arena i see the enhance slightly ahead only because of the near 100% guarantee of an insta-gib with ascendance.

Ill take 4 dks and a healer in a random bg and post my results. I 10 boxed the Temple map (idk remember the name but its the one with the 4 orbs) and was winning right till the end when they smartened up and just kited me but 10 v 10 i win simply because of the absurd damage and no escape because of death grip and chilblains. i cant see it being too terribly different with a 5 man team.

[Kruschpakx4]

But what compensates for howling blast? O.o lol

why do you need a compensation for howling blast in the first place? if you got 4 dks you cant really oneshot groups of people with howling blast so I'd rather have focus damage because sooner or later you will face some healers

Arena i see the enhance slightly ahead only because of the near 100% guarantee of an insta-gib with ascendance.

and because dks die within 5 seconds after ams expires in 5s (most like because chaos wave), sooner if melee cleave