Lichborne: A Patch 3.1 talent build cookie platter for Death Knights

Welcome to Lichborne, your (usually) weekly (I swear) source for Death Knight news and tips. So now that Patch 3.1 is underway, the basic cookie cutter tank and DPS builds have begun emerging. The Patch 3.1 nerfs really haven’t slowed us down in any major way, and with dual specs in, we’re doing better than ever on the whole versatility front. In recognition of this, let’s give you some straight information, no chaser. Here’s a handful of cookie cutter DPS and Tank builds for each tree to get you on the right path to DPS or tanking dominance in Patch 3.1, or both if you’ve dropped that 1000 gold. All of these builds also included recommended glyphs at the link as well. DPS Unholy: This 0/10/61 DPS build is one of the top competitors for DPS and the one I’m personally sporting. While it may seem like sacrilige not to head into the Blood tree, the Unholy tree does enough shadow damage that Black Ice’s new shadow damage multiplier wins out. In addition, having 130 runic power comes in handy when you’re trying to unleash a Gargoyle and still