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Hero talentsAllSan'layn 45Deathbringer 35

Ready-Made Talent Builds

In game: talent window → Import

Copy the code and paste it into the game. Each one is a complete loadout taken from a top player in this sample, not an average of several.

  • San'layn
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  • Deathbringer
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Where players disagree

39 talents are taken by almost everyone. These are the picks the field is actually split on — top 10 of 19.

  • Permafrost70%
  • Lifeblood68%
  • Boiling Point66%
  • Blood Scent64%
  • Umbilicus Eternus63%
  • Death Pact57%
  • Blood Mist56%
  • Bloodied Blade56%
  • Plague Infusion56%
  • Relish in Blood56%

Top Playersby rating

  1. 1IvajovicsargerasKul Tiran · San'layn · 282 ilvl49% W2301
  2. 2NewtivakiquelthalasBlood Elf · San'layn · 322 ilvl65% W2056
  3. 3ElysirathmalygosBlood Elf · San'layn · 277 ilvl61% W1835
  4. 4MethoduxtichondriusDwarf · San'layn · 326 ilvl65% W1826
  5. 5RipbozocenariusUndead · San'layn · 322 ilvl63% W1826
+75 more on the leaderboard →

Stat Priority

Versatility > Haste > Mastery > Critical Strike

  • Versatility17.7% in game40.3%
  • Haste18.7% in game24.8%
  • Mastery38.5% in game20.9%
  • Critical Strike13.2% in game14.0%

Speed 3.3% · Leech 3.2% · Avoidance 0.3%

Order and bars: each stat’s share of the secondary stat rating on gear, averaged over the sample — what these players actually itemised for. In-game percentages are shown for reference only. They are not comparable between stats: each has its own rating-to-percent rate, and mastery is scaled by a coefficient that differs per specialisation.

Hero Talent Tree

  • San'layn56%
  • Deathbringer44%

PvP Talents

  • Last Dance84%
  • Decomposing Aura66%

+8 more

Races

  • Human15%
  • Blood Elf14%
  • Night Elf10%
  • Orc9%
  • Tauren9%
  • Kul Tiran6%
  • Undead5%
  • Void Elf5%

+13 more

Talent Tree

ActivePassiveChoiceCore path 80%+

Death Knight — Class

8 points23 points100%100%90%99%100%90%96%88%95%96%100%5%15%53%49%70%99%57%88%6%96%15%75%54%99%14%100%24%100%85%73%64%98%39%79%89%88%98%28%98%89%6%96%16%
  • Icebound Fortitude: 100% (80 of 80 players)
  • Death Strike: 100% (80 of 80 players)
  • Raise Dead: 90% (72 of 80 players)
  • Runic Attenuation: 99% (79 of 80 players)
  • Improved Death Strike: 100% (80 of 80 players)
  • Cleaving Strikes: 90% (72 of 80 players)
  • Mind Freeze: 96% (77 of 80 players)
  • Blinding Sleet: 88% (70 of 80 players)
  • Gloom Ward: 95% (76 of 80 players)
  • March of Darkness / Wraith Walk: 96% (77 of 80 players)
  • Unholy Momentum: 100% (80 of 80 players)
  • Control Undead: 5% (4 of 80 players)
  • Enfeeble: 15% (12 of 80 players)
  • Coldthirst: 53% (42 of 80 players)
  • Proliferating Chill: 49% (39 of 80 players)
  • Permafrost: 70% (56 of 80 players)
  • Veteran of the Third War: 99% (79 of 80 players)
  • Death Pact: 57% (46 of 80 players)
  • Brittle: 88% (70 of 80 players)
  • Blood Bond: 6% (5 of 80 players)
  • Icy Talons: 96% (77 of 80 players)
  • Death Notes: 15% (12 of 80 players)
  • Anti-Magic Zone: 75% (60 of 80 players)
  • Death Defiance: 54% (43 of 80 players)
  • Unholy Bond: 99% (79 of 80 players)
  • Ice Prison: 14% (11 of 80 players)
  • Asphyxiate / Death's Reach: 100% (80 of 80 players)
  • Assimilation: 24% (19 of 80 players)
  • Anti-Magic Barrier: 100% (80 of 80 players)
  • Grip of the Dead: 85% (68 of 80 players)
  • Suppression: 73% (58 of 80 players)
  • Blood Scent: 64% (51 of 80 players)
  • Unholy Endurance: 98% (78 of 80 players)
  • Osmosis: 39% (31 of 80 players)
  • Insidious Chill: 79% (63 of 80 players)
  • Runic Protection: 89% (71 of 80 players)
  • Blood Draw: 88% (70 of 80 players)
  • Rune Mastery: 98% (78 of 80 players)
  • Subduing Grasp: 28% (22 of 80 players)
  • Will of the Necropolis: 98% (78 of 80 players)
  • Null Magic: 89% (71 of 80 players)
  • Unyielding Will: 6% (5 of 80 players)
  • Death's Echo: 96% (77 of 80 players)
  • Vestigial Shell: 16% (13 of 80 players)

San'layn — 56%

56%56%56%56%56%56%56%56%56%56%56%56%56%56%
  • Vampiric Strike: 56% (45 of 80 players)
  • Newly Turned / Vampiric Speed: 56% (45 of 80 players)
  • Blood-Soaked Ground / Desecrate: 56% (45 of 80 players)
  • Vampiric Aura / Bloody Fortitude: 56% (45 of 80 players)
  • Thrill of Blood: 56% (45 of 80 players)
  • Infliction of Sorrow: 56% (45 of 80 players)
  • Frenzied Bloodthirst: 56% (45 of 80 players)
  • The Blood is Life: 56% (45 of 80 players)
  • Visceral Strength: 56% (45 of 80 players)
  • Inevitable: 56% (45 of 80 players)
  • Incite Terror: 56% (45 of 80 players)
  • Pact of the San'layn / Sanguine Scent: 56% (45 of 80 players)
  • Transfusion: 56% (45 of 80 players)
  • Gift of the San'layn: 56% (45 of 80 players)

Deathbringer — 44%

44%44%44%44%44%44%44%44%44%44%44%44%44%44%
  • Reaper's Mark: 44% (35 of 80 players)
  • Wave of Souls: 44% (35 of 80 players)
  • Wither Away: 44% (35 of 80 players)
  • Bind in Darkness: 44% (35 of 80 players)
  • Frigid Resolve: 44% (35 of 80 players)
  • Soul Rupture: 44% (35 of 80 players)
  • Grim Reaper: 44% (35 of 80 players)
  • Pact of the Deathbringer / Rune Carved Plates: 44% (35 of 80 players)
  • Deathly Blows: 44% (35 of 80 players)
  • Swift and Painful: 44% (35 of 80 players)
  • Dark Talons / Reaper's Onslaught: 44% (35 of 80 players)
  • Death's Messenger / Expelling Shield: 44% (35 of 80 players)
  • Echoing Fury: 44% (35 of 80 players)
  • Exterminate: 44% (35 of 80 players)

Blood — Spec

8 points20 points100%100%100%100%100%99%53%84%56%13%84%43%100%98%6%24%91%100%100%86%94%66%68%100%100%30%56%43%100%56%100%56%95%91%19%85%43%75%5%63%99%
  • Heart Strike: 100% (80 of 80 players)
  • Marrowrend: 100% (80 of 80 players)
  • Blood Boil: 100% (80 of 80 players)
  • Vampiric Blood: 100% (80 of 80 players)
  • Bone Collector: 100% (80 of 80 players)
  • Ossuary: 99% (79 of 80 players)
  • Improved Vampiric Blood: 53% (42 of 80 players)
  • Improved Heart Strike: 84% (67 of 80 players)
  • Relish in Blood: 56% (45 of 80 players)
  • Leeching Strike: 13% (10 of 80 players)
  • Heartbreaker: 84% (67 of 80 players)
  • Foul Bulwark: 43% (34 of 80 players)
  • Dancing Rune Weapon: 100% (80 of 80 players)
  • Hemostasis: 98% (78 of 80 players)
  • Perseverance of the Ebon Blade: 6% (5 of 80 players)
  • Bloodworms: 24% (19 of 80 players)
  • Gorefiend's Grasp / Abomination Limb: 91% (73 of 80 players)
  • Improved Bone Shield: 100% (80 of 80 players)
  • Insatiable Blade: 100% (80 of 80 players)
  • Deadly Reach: 86% (69 of 80 players)
  • Rapid Decomposition: 94% (75 of 80 players)
  • Boiling Point: 66% (53 of 80 players)
  • Lifeblood: 68% (54 of 80 players)
  • Everlasting Bond: 100% (80 of 80 players)
  • Voracious: 100% (80 of 80 players)
  • Blood Feast: 30% (24 of 80 players)
  • Plague Infusion: 56% (45 of 80 players)
  • Bloody Reflection: 43% (34 of 80 players)
  • Iron Heart: 100% (80 of 80 players)
  • Bloodied Blade: 56% (45 of 80 players)
  • Coagulopathy: 100% (80 of 80 players)
  • Blood Mist: 56% (45 of 80 players)
  • Sanguine Ground: 95% (76 of 80 players)
  • Bloodshot: 91% (73 of 80 players)
  • Consumption: 19% (15 of 80 players)
  • Red Thirst: 85% (68 of 80 players)
  • Sanguinary Burst: 43% (34 of 80 players)
  • Purgatory: 75% (60 of 80 players)
  • Carnage: 5% (4 of 80 players)
  • Umbilicus Eternus: 63% (50 of 80 players)
  • Dance of Midnight: 99% (79 of 80 players)

Gear

Head

  • 44%
  • 13%
  • 11%
  • 5%

+12 more

Neck

  • 23%
  • 15%
  • 10%
  • 9%

+16 more

Shoulder

  • 60%
  • 11%
  • 6%
  • 5%

+8 more

Back

  • 14%
  • 11%
  • 9%
  • 8%

+24 more

Chest

  • 53%
  • 11%
  • 9%
  • 5%

+9 more

Wrist

  • 15%
  • 14%
  • 13%
  • 11%

+15 more

Hands

  • 46%
  • 16%
  • 8%
  • 5%

+10 more

Waist

  • 16%
  • 13%
  • 13%
  • 9%

+13 more

Legs

  • 40%
  • 15%
  • 10%
  • 9%

+10 more

Feet

  • 20%
  • 10%
  • 9%
  • 8%

+17 more

Ring

  • 26%
  • 11%
  • 11%
  • 5%

+27 more

Trinket

  • 18%
  • 14%
  • 7%
  • 6%

+40 more

Main Hand

  • 23%
  • 21%
  • 19%
  • 6%

+15 more

Enchants

Head

  • Empowered Blessing of Speed25%
  • Empowered Hex of Leeching16%
  • Blessing of Speed4%

+3 more

Shoulder

  • Akil'zon's Swiftness30%
  • Silvermoon's Mending19%
  • Thalassian Recovery1%

Back

  • Flexweave Underlay3%
  • Goblin Glider3%

Chest

  • Mark of the Worldsoul30%
  • Mark of Nalorakk26%
  • Mark of the Rootwarden1%

Hands

  • Heavy Knothide Armor Kit1%

Waist

  • Nitro Boosts11%
  • Watergliding Jets1%

Legs

  • Forest Hunter's Armor Kit49%
  • Blood Knight's Armor Kit3%

Feet

  • Farstrider's Hunt26%
  • Shaladrassil's Roots16%
  • Lynx's Dexterity5%

Ring

  • Silvermoon's Tenacity18%
  • Zul'jin's Mastery10%
  • Eyes of the Eagle9%

+5 more

Main Hand

  • Rune of Sanguination61%
  • Rune of the Fallen Crusader20%

+4 more

Gems and Embellishments

Gems232 total

  • 12%
  • 11%
  • 10%
  • 9%
  • 8%
  • 7%

+24 more

Embellishments78 total

  • Arcanoweave Lining42%
  • Prismatic Focusing Iris15%
  • Hunter's Ritual Stone13%
  • Devouring Banding8%
  • Stabilizing Gemstone Bandolier6%

+7 more

Collected Sep 22