Blood Death Knight Tank Rotation & Cooldowns

Tank Rotation & Cooldowns

This rotation offers a general priority list for Blood Death Knight abilities, along with key cooldowns at the bottom. It's based on a standard build and is here to help while we work on a smarter, build-aware system. Updated for the latest patch in World of Warcraft: The War Within (11.1.5).

Single Target

Pre-place Death And Decay before the pull.

Use to pull from range.
Activate during the last 0.75 seconds of Blooddrinker or after Raise Dead.
Cast twice to prime Bone Shield charges.
Apply or extend Blood Plague.
Use to spend Runic Power or after taking high damage.
Use as a filler to consume Runes.

Start with Deaths Caress to pull, then activate Dancing Rune Weapon and prime Bone Shield with Marrowrend. Maintain Blood Plague with Blood Boil and spend Runic Power with Death Strike. Use Heart Strike to consume Runes.

AoE

Ensure Death And Decay is active in the area.

Apply or extend Blood Plague to all enemies.
Use to enable cleaving strikes.
Use within Death And Decay for cleave.
Use if at 5+ Bone Shield charges.
Use to deal AoE damage and heal.

For AoE, maintain Blood Plague with Blood Boil and use Death And Decay for cleaving. Follow with Heart Strike and Bonestorm when available. Use Consumption for additional AoE damage and healing.

Cooldowns

Use to absorb magic damage and prevent debuffs.
Use for increased parry, damage, and resource generation.
Use proactively for increased health and healing.
Use to reduce damage taken or avoid stuns.
Use for leech and immunity to charm, fear, and sleep effects.

Use Anti Magic Shell for magic damage, Dancing Rune Weapon for parry and resource generation, and Vampiric Blood for health and healing boosts. Icebound Fortitude is ideal for damage reduction or stun immunity, while Lichborne provides leech and crowd control immunity.