update: Tier 8 BIS: https://imgur.com/a/lRemupn
ONLY DPS MACRO YOU NEED: (Open to suggestions here, I really never used macros because on some servers you can toy with your UA / BT manually and achieve a free obliterate once per minute, EXAMPLE HERE. However on Warmane, I just use the macro.)
#showtooltip Unbreakable Armor
/use Blood Tap
/use Unbreakable Armor
/use 10
/use Blood Fury
/use 10 would be your engi gloves. Remove the Blood Fury line if you are not an Orc.
I'm taking the time to make this write-up because I see DKs improperly spec'd & geared constantly on fresh servers. This guide is for realm launches & tier 7 frost DK raiding.
This guide will cover 1) pre-bis, 2) basic spell priority, 3) talents/glyphs/consumables/professions, and finally 4) your bis items. The spell priority is the single most important thing to understand if you wish to be an excellent frost DK in early raiding.
1) pre-bis:
helmet --> Spiked Titansteel Helm (blacksmith craft)
neck --> Pendant of the Outcast Hero (heroism badge vendor) [This item is your lowest priority pickup from the badge vendor.]
shoulder --> Sprinting Shoulderpads (Old Kingdom HC) or Snake Den Spaulders (Gundrak HC). Depends how much you value expertise.
back --> Cloak of Bloodied Waters (Gundrak trash mobs).
chest --> tier 7 chest (heroism badge vendor)
wrist --> vengeance bindings (blacksmith craft)
gloves --> tier 7 gloves (heroism badge vendor)
belt --> Sharp-Barbed Leather Belt (Utgarde Keep HC)
legs --> Staggering Legplates (Utgarde Keep HC)
feet --> Death-Inured Sabatons (Ebon Blade reputation vendor - exalted)
ring1 --> Hemorrhaging Circle (Gundrak HC)
ring2 --> Titanium Impact Band (jewelcraft BoE) or Mobius Band (CoT Stratholme HC)
trinket1 --> Mirror of Truth (heroism badge vendor)
trinket2 --> Sphere of Red Dragon's Blood (Nexus HC) or Incisor Fragment (Drak'Tharon Keep HC) depends if you enjoy hit or innate AP more.
weapon1 --> Reaper of Dark Souls (Ebon Blade reputation vendor - revered) [Krol Blade and Titansteel Bonecrusher are options here]
weapon2 --> Reaper of Dark Souls (Ebon Blade reputation vendor - revered) [Krol Blade and Titansteel Bonecrusher are options here]
sigil --> Sigil of Awareness (valor badge vendor, on some realms its possible to rush this item pre raid, probably not on warmane.) If that's the case, then just get the ****ty heroism badge sigil.) You can purchase an even ****tier sigil in Grizzly Hills to boost your ilvl somewhat to queue heroics.
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2) spell priority: (KM = Killing Machine, FS = Frost Strike, etc.) This priority list works perfectly fine in tier 8 too.
blood subspec frost DKs do not follow a rotation, we follow a spell priority. below I will write out a basic priority list. in low gear (pre bis) you can afford to prioritize KM+FS over obliterate, as they hit around the same in this gear. when you upgrade your weapons and get some other pickups (Sigil of Awareness), then you will begin to rigidly prioritize obliterate > KM+FS.
1. maintain diseases
2. Oblit / [FS if KM and nearing runic power cap] (discretion based, ideally you dont encounter this often if you expertly manage RP)
3. FS if KM
4. FS without KM if RP <72ish
**less important stuff below. be certain you are not doing this **** with oblit runes / km up / near RP cap with upcoming oblits.**
5. Rime without KM (near expiration ideally. this takes lower priority than #6 if you have really low crit >25%)
6. Extra Pestilence (discretion based. you can refresh pesti often if you have self buffs rolling/stacking. ie: greatness is going to expire in 1 second, you might want to consider pesti because those diseases will snapshot your greatness.)
7. Horn
8. Blood Strike
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3) talents, glyphs, raid consumes, and professions: Click this link to see talent & glyph build.
blood subspec is best in tier 7 and tier 8. if the link doesnt work you can armory "Cope" or "Affa" for talent setups.
guess now is a good time to say your bis professions are JC + Engineer.
Your best pre-pot is going to be Indestructible Potion. Indestructible pots give you about ~100 attack power for 2 minutes, coupled with the blood subspec talent "Bladed Armor". During execute phase on a boss, wait for some nice CDs & ICDs to line up such as Unholy Strength + Unbreakable Armor + Greatness, then use a Speed Potion.
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4) bis: with this gear setup, you are able to gem full strength for maximum attack power. You can change out the bracers I've listed below for Bracers of Unrelenting Attack if you dont care about having 20 expertise. I consider expertise cap a luxury and don't feel it's required until you are able to itemize it naturally, so until I'm full bis I generally wont gem for expertise.
24 expertise, 5.79% hit, 27% crit unbuffed. 3795 attack power unbuffed.
helmet: obsidian greathelm (os25 2d)
neck: favor of the dragon queen (sapphiron - naxx25)
shoulder: tier 7.5 shoulder (badge vendor or naxx 25)
back: drape of the deadly foe (kel'thuzad - naxx25)
chest: tier 7.5 chest (naxx 25)
wrist: bracers of the tyrant (faerlina - naxx25)
gloves: tier 7.5 gloves (os 25)
belt: girdle of chivalry (grobbulus - naxx25)
legs: tier 7.5 legs (naxx 25)
feet: sabatons of sudden reprisal (anub - naxx25)
ring1: circle of death (sapphiron - naxx10)
ring2: ruthlessness (naxx25)
trinket1: fury of the five flights (os 25)
trinket2: darkmoon card: greatness (inscription BoE)
weapon1: angry dread (noth the plaguebringer - naxx25)
weapon2: angry dread (noth the plaguebringer - naxx25)
sigil: sigil of awareness (valor badge vendor or heigan - naxx25)