Death Knight Raid Rotations

A good Death Knight will find themselves a much needed part of a raiding team. Putting out the maximum amount of damage or properly holding threat is key to being needed as a Death Knight. Keep in mind, being spec'd properly and having the proper gear set is the first essential part of being a successful DK. However. knowing your rotations and proper use of spells and abilities will highly increase your value as a DK.

Rotations vary depending on how you are spec'd and how you are geared so this is a rough guide to how rotations should be done for a death knight.  Below will be a list of abbreviation used for DK's.

BB - Blood boil
BS - Blood Strike
BT - Blood Tap
DRW - Dancing Rune Weapon
DnD - Death and Decay
DS - Death Strike
FS - Frost Strike
Ghoul - Summon Ghoul
HS - Heart Strike
HoW - Horn of Winter
HB - Howling Blast
IT - Icy Touch
KM - Killing Machine
OB - Outbreak
PEST - Pestilence
PS - Plague Strike
RM - Rime
RP - Runic Power
RS - Runic Strike
SS - Scourge Strike

     Blood - Single Target Rotation: Make sure to be in Blood Presence

         OB
         RS
         DS - Do not spam - Use in approximate 5 sec intervals
         Ensure Scarlet Fever is active, if not PS
         HS
         IT
   
     Blood - AoE Tanking
       
         DnD
         OB + Pestilence
         Ensure Scarlet Fever is active, if not PS + PEST
         DS - Do not spam - Use in approximate 5 sec intervals
         BB
         HS
         RS
         IT

     Blood - Trash AoE

         DnD
         OB
         Pest
         BB - Spam til dead
         DS - Spam til dead

Have the raid ensure to give you a moment to spread diseases for maximum results.

     Frost - Single Target Rotation: Unholy Presence

         OB
         Obliterate - Especially with KM proc
         Frost Strike - Dump RP.
         HB - If Rime is proc'd otherwise
         Obliterate
         FS
         HoW - (Ensures buff stays up and grants RP)

     Frost - AoE PVE Rotation: Unholy Presence

         HB
         DnD
         PS - if unholy rune is available (do not use death rune for this)
         FS - RP dump
         HoW
         DnD
         PS - if unholy rune is available (do not use death rune for this)
         FS
         HoW - (Ensures buff stays up and grants RP)

     Unholy - Single Target Rotation: Unholy Presence

         OB
         Activate Dark Transformation asap and keep it active
         DnD - Use this over SS as it does more damage.
         SS - When DnD is on cd
         Festering Strike - Ensures diseases stay up.
         DC - Every time sudden doom procs or as RP dump
         DnD / SS
         Festering Strike
         DC
         HoW - (Ensures buff stays up and grants RP)

     Unholy - AoE Rotation: Frost Presence

         OB
         PEST
         Activate Dark Transformation asap and keep active
         DnD
         Blood Boil - if blood runes available.
         IT - if frost runes are available
         SS - if unholy runes are available
         DC - every time sudden doom procs or as RP dump
         SS
         BB
         IT
         DC
         HoW - (Ensures buff stays up and grants RP)

As stated above these are more guidelines then rules.  Feel free to offer feedback for any and all of the options above.

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