Purely because of the ilvl of the item, of course. Stat-wise, it suffers from the same problem as lesser weapons like the [Wraith Spear] or [Black Ice] AP instead of Strength. I strongly suspect that early Ulduar bosses will probably have a better solution on them, if only because they should be dropping ilvl 226 items with the same dps.

Personally I really like [Armageddon], but I freely admit that's as much an aesthetic decision as anything else

Another simple question:
How often does bladed armor check for Armor changes?
(so I can time my Fire leaf use correctly)

Testing this with a stopwatch, my character sheet, and swapping between blood and frost presence, I came up with the check occuring roughly every thirty seconds, which has been posted elsewhere before.

Im currently raiding 25man naxx, and wonder if I should wait for the axe or bid on the first good weapon i can. Armageddon is amazing looking, but haste is our least useable stat, so wondering if its worth it.

I got my DK to 80 yesterday and attempted to tank some dungeons with guildies, all kitted out in mainly Naxx 25 year. My AoE threat is sufficient I noted, but my single target threat falls short. I was wondering what the highest TPS point-per-point talents were so that I could adjust my spec slightly to cope with my buddy's high dps? I tried the search function but I'm not sure if I even used the right words as I couldn't find an answer. (I realize Frost supposedly has better single target TPS but I'm not interested in that drastic a respec just yet.)

My current spec as on Armory (I misclicked Night of the Dead, so I'll need to respec anyway!): 5/11/55

If anyone could point me to a list where the TPS of each talent is weighed in % it would be much appreciated (if such a list exists), or if you just could give me advice on which talent to max out.

The search didn't came up with something usefull so i hope you can answer my question.

I just wanted to know what parry cap does exist for the dk, if there is even any?

Your lack of ability to hold threat *the day after you ding 80* against people in NAXX 25 gear?
Tyhere is no spec to fix that, you need a high dps weapon and hit/expertise cap + some better tps gear than you will have gathered from levelling up.

To draw comparisons, in TBC would you have expected a new 70 to stroll into a SSC raid and hold aggro from a full raid nuke at Morogrim? or to do the same at supremus? While DKs are pretty 'imba' in places, they aren't automagically godlike.

As an aside, the one major concern that the DK tank community has, is the lack of Single Target threat in *all* specs. Especially as raids gear into Naxx25/Malygos25 gear. I'd suggest scouring the Tank thread on this forum for info, but also have a look at one of the many 'bluetracers' like MMO-Champion BlueTracker

I'd suggest a build like this: Talent Calculator - World of Warcraft

Basically an Unholy dps build, (sans the pet talents), with some tank talents. You don't need Lichborne as much as you need threat, and you can put all of the points in Frost into DPS talents. (This is just so you can maximize threat.)

Pets do not contribute to TPS at all. Until you are geared up drop the pet talents. I see no problem losing Shadow of Death because it sounds like your friends out-gear the heroics and the extra stamina won't count for much.

Remember UB and DnD are good for single target threat as well as AE threat.

Talent you have take that do not add TPS :

• Summon Gargoyle
• Master of goul
• On a pale horse
• Icy reach

Put the freed point into very valuable talent like Bladed Armor

If you wish a sample of a threat oriented Unholy spec, you could check my armory.

ps : check the DK Tanking Discussion and Unholy DPS Discussion for some realy good information about what talents worth it and what is not.

I'm a bit curious over some of the choices - isn't Two-Handed Weapon Specialization worth it for single-target tanking, increasing BS and PS? Rather than a talent like Dark Conviction or Necrosis (considering I RS most of my autoattacks already). Also Ravenous Dead, with all the strength on tanking gear currently. I'd rather not remove all of my defensive talents as I'm still undergeared for heroics, so I'll probably go for something in between.

Thanks a lot for the suggestions, I'll go read those other threads now.

unless they changed it, RS procs necrosis