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Ready-Made Talent Builds

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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.

  • Most popularSan'layn
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  • AlternativeSan'layn
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Where players disagree

38 talents are taken by almost everyone. These are the picks the field is actually split on — top 10 of 17.

  • Cleaving Strikes69%
  • Death Defiance67%
  • Heartbreaker67%
  • Red Thirst66%
  • Blood Scent64%
  • Sanguinary Burst64%
  • Bloodied Blade61%
  • Permafrost57%
  • Purgatory57%
  • Osmosis54%

Top Playersby rating

  1. 1BiznizgwiddytichondriusVoid Elf · Deathbringer · 270 ilvl51% W2486
  2. 2GlenngalakrondHighmountain Tauren · San'layn · 245 ilvl52% W2465
  3. 3FlarknessdawnbringerDark Iron Dwarf · Deathbringer · 245 ilvl53% W2459
  4. 4FaérmørnillidanOrc · San'layn · 243 ilvl53% W2454
  5. 5MortriustichondriusPandaren · Deathbringer · 245 ilvl57% W2415
+56 more on the leaderboard →

Stat Priority

Mastery > Haste > Versatility > Critical Strike

  • Mastery36.7%
  • Haste16.8%
  • Versatility14.9%
  • Critical Strike8.2%

Leech 2.6%

In-game percentages, averaged over the sample.

Hero Talent Tree

  • Deathbringer70%
  • San'layn30%

PvP Talents

  • Last Dance95%
  • Decomposing Aura79%
  • Spellwarden67%
  • Bloodforged Armor26%
  • Strangulate21%
  • Death Chain3%
  • Murderous Intent3%
  • Rot and Wither3%
  • Dark Simulacrum2%

Races

  • Orc16%
  • Human15%
  • Dark Iron Dwarf10%
  • Blood Elf8%
  • Highmountain Tauren8%
  • Kul Tiran8%
  • Undead8%
  • Pandaren5%

+8 more

Talent Tree

ActivePassiveChoiceCore path 80%+

Death Knight — Class

8 points23 pointsIcebound Fortitude — 100% (61/61)100%Death Strike — 100% (61/61)100%Raise Dead — 72% (44/61)72%Runic Attenuation — 100% (61/61)100%Improved Death Strike — 100% (61/61)100%Cleaving Strikes — 69% (42/61)69%Mind Freeze — 98% (60/61)98%Blinding Sleet — 95% (58/61)95%Gloom Ward — 87% (53/61) · 2 rank87%March of Darkness / Wraith Walk — 97% (59/61)97%Unholy Momentum — 100% (61/61) · 2 rank100%Control Undead — 2% (1/61)Enfeeble — 15% (9/61)15%Coldthirst — 51% (31/61)51%Proliferating Chill — 75% (46/61)75%Permafrost — 57% (35/61)57%Veteran of the Third War — 100% (61/61)100%Death Pact — 75% (46/61)75%Brittle — 84% (51/61)84%Blood Bond — 5% (3/61)Icy Talons — 100% (61/61)100%Death Notes — 3% (2/61)Anti-Magic Zone — 80% (49/61)80%Death Defiance — 67% (41/61)67%Unholy Bond — 100% (61/61)100%Ice Prison — 10% (6/61)10%Asphyxiate / Death's Reach — 100% (61/61)100%Assimilation — 18% (11/61)18%Anti-Magic Barrier — 100% (61/61)100%Grip of the Dead — 95% (58/61)95%Suppression — 72% (44/61)72%Blood Scent — 64% (39/61)64%Unholy Endurance — 95% (58/61)95%Osmosis — 54% (33/61)54%Insidious Chill — 79% (48/61)79%Runic Protection — 87% (53/61)87%Blood Draw — 74% (45/61)74%Rune Mastery — 98% (60/61) · 2 rank98%Subduing Grasp — 8% (5/61)8%Will of the Necropolis — 100% (61/61) · 2 rank100%Null Magic — 98% (60/61)98%Unyielding Will — 3% (2/61)Death's Echo — 100% (61/61)100%Vestigial Shell — 31% (19/61)31%

Deathbringer — 70%

Reaper's Mark — 70% (43/61)70%Wave of Souls — 70% (43/61)70%Wither Away — 70% (43/61)70%Bind in Darkness — 70% (43/61)70%Frigid Resolve — 70% (43/61)70%Soul Rupture — 70% (43/61)70%Grim Reaper — 70% (43/61)70%Pact of the Deathbringer / Rune Carved Plates — 70% (43/61)70%Deathly Blows — 70% (43/61)70%Swift and Painful — 70% (43/61)70%Dark Talons / Reaper's Onslaught — 70% (43/61)70%Death's Messenger / Expelling Shield — 70% (43/61)70%Echoing Fury — 70% (43/61)70%Exterminate — 70% (43/61)70%

San'layn — 30%

Vampiric Strike — 30% (18/61)30%Newly Turned / Vampiric Speed — 30% (18/61)30%Blood-Soaked Ground / Desecrate — 30% (18/61)30%Vampiric Aura / Bloody Fortitude — 30% (18/61)30%Thrill of Blood — 30% (18/61)30%Infliction of Sorrow — 30% (18/61)30%Frenzied Bloodthirst — 30% (18/61)30%The Blood is Life — 30% (18/61)30%Visceral Strength — 30% (18/61)30%Inevitable — 30% (18/61)30%Incite Terror — 30% (18/61)30%Pact of the San'layn / Sanguine Scent — 30% (18/61)30%Transfusion — 30% (18/61)30%Gift of the San'layn — 30% (18/61)30%

Blood — Spec

8 points20 pointsHeart Strike — 100% (61/61)100%Marrowrend — 100% (61/61)100%Blood Boil — 100% (61/61)100%Vampiric Blood — 100% (61/61)100%Bone Collector — 100% (61/61)100%Ossuary — 98% (60/61)98%Improved Vampiric Blood — 34% (21/61) · 2 rank34%Improved Heart Strike — 72% (44/61) · 2 rank72%Relish in Blood — 77% (47/61)77%Leeching Strike — 2% (1/61)Heartbreaker — 67% (41/61)67%Foul Bulwark — 43% (26/61)43%Dancing Rune Weapon — 100% (61/61)100%Hemostasis — 100% (61/61)100%Perseverance of the Ebon Blade — 38% (23/61)38%Bloodworms — 33% (20/61)33%Gorefiend's Grasp / Abomination Limb — 98% (60/61)98%Improved Bone Shield — 100% (61/61)100%Insatiable Blade — 100% (61/61)100%Deadly Reach — 80% (49/61)80%Rapid Decomposition — 98% (60/61)98%Boiling Point — 82% (50/61)82%Lifeblood — 74% (45/61)74%Everlasting Bond — 100% (61/61)100%Voracious — 100% (61/61)100%Blood Feast — 21% (13/61)21%Plague Infusion — 80% (49/61)80%Bloody Reflection — 52% (32/61)52%Iron Heart — 100% (61/61)100%Bloodied Blade — 61% (37/61)61%Coagulopathy — 100% (61/61)100%Blood Mist — 79% (48/61)79%Sanguine Ground — 97% (59/61)97%Bloodshot — 85% (52/61)85%Consumption — 10% (6/61)10%Red Thirst — 66% (40/61)66%Sanguinary Burst — 64% (39/61)64%Purgatory — 57% (35/61)57%Carnage — 3% (2/61)Umbilicus Eternus — 26% (16/61)26%Dance of Midnight — 100% (61/61)100%

Gear

Head

  • Relentless Rider's CrownHaste / Mastery · ilvl 24675%
  • Galactic Gladiator's Plate HelmVers / Mastery · ilvl 24610%
  • Galactic Aspirant's Plate HelmVers / Mastery · ilvl 2173%
  • Gutcrusher GreathelmMastery / Vers · ilvl 2893%

+3 more

Neck

  • Thalassian Competitor's AmuletCrit / Vers · ilvl 246 · socket48%
  • Galactic Gladiator's AmuletVers / Mastery · ilvl 246 · socket20%
  • Galactic Gladiator's NecklaceVers / Haste · ilvl 246 · socket11%
  • Galactic Gladiator's PendantVers / Crit · ilvl 246 · socket5%

+7 more

Shoulder

  • Relentless Rider's DreadthornsHaste / Vers · ilvl 24677%
  • Thalassian Competitor's Plate PauldronsHaste / Mastery · ilvl 24613%
  • Galactic Gladiator's Plate PauldronsVers / Haste · ilvl 2468%
  • Galactic Aspirant's Plate PauldronsVers / Haste · ilvl 2172%

Back

  • Galactic Gladiator's DrapeVers / Haste · ilvl 24631%
  • Galactic Gladiator's ShawlVers / Mastery · ilvl 24625%
  • Thalassian Competitor's Cloth CloakCrit / Haste · ilvl 23921%
  • Relentless Rider's DrapeVers / Crit · ilvl 2467%

+9 more

Chest

  • Relentless Rider's CuirassHaste / Crit · ilvl 24674%
  • Galactic Gladiator's ChestplateVers / Mastery · ilvl 24616%
  • Galactic Gladiator's ChestguardVers / Haste · ilvl 2463%
  • Thalassian Competitor's Plate BreastplateVers / Mastery · ilvl 2463%

+2 more

Wrist

  • Galactic Gladiator's Plate WristguardsVers / Mastery · ilvl 24630%
  • Galactic Gladiator's Plate VambracesVers / Haste · ilvl 24623%
  • Thalassian Competitor's Plate ArmguardsHaste / Vers · ilvl 24616%
  • Thalassian Competitor's Plate BindingsCrit · ilvl 24610%

+4 more

Hands

  • Relentless Rider's BonegraspsMastery / Haste · ilvl 24679%
  • Galactic Gladiator's Plate HandguardsVers / Mastery · ilvl 24616%
  • Thalassian Competitor's Plate GauntletsCrit / Mastery · ilvl 2463%
  • Galactic Gladiator's Plate GauntletsVers / Crit · ilvl 2462%

Waist

  • Galactic Gladiator's Plate GirdleVers / Mastery · ilvl 24631%
  • Galactic Gladiator's Plate GreatbeltVers / Haste · ilvl 24625%
  • Thalassian Competitor's Plate WaistguardHaste / Vers · ilvl 23921%
  • Relentless Rider's ChainMastery / Crit · ilvl 2467%

+5 more

Legs

  • Galactic Gladiator's Plate WargreavesVers / Mastery · ilvl 24639%
  • Galactic Gladiator's Plate LegguardsVers / Haste · ilvl 24630%
  • Relentless Rider's LegguardsCrit / Mastery · ilvl 24620%
  • Thalassian Competitor's Plate GreavesCrit / Vers · ilvl 2397%

+3 more

Feet

  • Galactic Gladiator's Plate WarbootsVers / Haste · ilvl 24636%
  • Thalassian Competitor's Plate SabatonsVers / Mastery · ilvl 24626%
  • Relentless Rider's StompersHaste / Vers · ilvl 24615%
  • Thalassian Competitor's Plate DunkersVers · ilvl 2398%

+7 more

Ring

  • Thalassian Competitor's SignetVers / Mastery · ilvl 246 · socket58%
  • Galactic Gladiator's SignetVers / Mastery · ilvl 246 · socket16%
  • Galactic Gladiator's RingVers / Haste · ilvl 246 · socket9%
  • Galactic Aspirant's RingVers / Haste · ilvl 217 · socket2%

+16 more

Trinket

  • Galactic Gladiator's Medallionilvl 24633%
  • Galactic Gladiator's Insignia of AlacrityHaste · ilvl 24631%
  • Galactic Gladiator's Badge of FerocityCrit · ilvl 2468%
  • Galactic Aspirant's Insignia of AlacrityHaste · ilvl 2174%

+14 more

Main Hand

  • Galactic Gladiator's GreatswordVers / Mastery · ilvl 24646%
  • Galactic Gladiator's GreataxeVers / Haste · ilvl 24630%
  • Algeth'ar HedgecleaverMastery / Vers · ilvl 2983%
  • Chakram-Breaker GreatswordMastery / Vers · ilvl 2983%

+8 more

Off Hand

  • Galactic Gladiator's SwordVers / Haste · ilvl 2462%

Enchants

Head

  • Empowered Blessing of Speed56%
  • Empowered Hex of Leeching13%
  • Blessing of Speed7%

+2 more

Shoulder

  • Akil'zon's Swiftness61%
  • Silvermoon's Mending15%
  • Amirdrassil's Grace3%

+1 more

Back

  • Goblin Glider5%

Chest

  • Mark of the Worldsoul56%
  • Mark of Nalorakk33%

Hands

  • Heavy Knothide Armor Kit13%

Waist

  • Nitro Boosts5%

Legs

  • Forest Hunter's Armor Kit92%

Feet

  • Farstrider's Hunt62%
  • Shaladrassil's Roots16%
  • Lynx's Dexterity3%

Ring

  • Silvermoon's Tenacity34%
  • Zul'jin's Mastery25%
  • Silvermoon's Alacrity12%

+5 more

Main Hand

  • Rune of Sanguination64%
  • Rune of the Fallen Crusader28%
  • Thalassian Phoenix Oil8%

+3 more

Off Hand

  • Rune of Razorice2%

Gems and Embellishments

Gems312 total

  • Flawless Masterful Lapis+14 Versatility & +6 Mastery26%
  • Flawless Versatile Amethyst+14 Mastery & +6 Versatility20%
  • Flawless Versatile Peridot+14 Haste & +6 Versatility13%
  • Enduring Heliotrope+20 Primary Stat and +5% Damage Reduction when affected by Crowd Control11%
  • Flawless Quick Amethyst+14 Mastery & +6 Haste4%
  • Flawless Quick Lapis+14 Versatility & +6 Haste4%

+17 more

Embellishments100 total

  • Prismatic Focusing Iris36%
  • Arcanoweave Lining34%
  • Devouring Banding12%
  • Stabilizing Gemstone Bandolier6%
  • Sunfire Silk Lining3%
  • Blessed Pango Charm2%

+6 more

Collected Aug 2