Death Knight Heirlooms

Welcome to the Death Knight Heirlooms Guide for Legion. This post will cover all three of the Death Knight specs, including the optimal enchants. Please keep in mind that heirlooms are designed for leveling, and the choices of which pieces of gear to use as well as which enchants are designed towards leveling rather than raiding. In many cases the choices are the same, but if something seems odd then I’ve likely chosen it for a reason. Feel free to ask if you’re confused or care to offer other comments or suggestions. In the long run, as long as you’re wearing heirlooms with the right primary stats on it, it doesn’t necessarily matter which ones you choose.

Blood Spec (Tanking)

Slot	Item Name	Enchant
Helm	Burnished Helm of Might	N/A
Neck	Eternal Talisman of Evasion	Gift of Mastery*
Cloak	Ripped Sandstorm Cloak	Gift of Mastery*
Shoulder	Burnished Pauldrons of Might	Greater Tiger Fang Inscription
Chest	Burnished Breastplate of Might	Peerless Stats
Legs	Burnished Legplates of Might	Angerhide Leg Armor
Ring 1	Captain Sander’s Returned Band	Gift of Mastery*
Ring 2	Dread Pirate Ring	Gift of Mastery*
Main Hand	Bloodied Arcanite Reaper	Rune of the Fallen Crusader
Trinket 1	Swift Hand of Justice	N/A
Trinket 2	Swift Hand of Justice	N/A

* While Mastery is the best stat that you can get for survivability, Multistrike is also a very good option for you. If you find that survival is not an issue, switch to Multistrike.

If you don’t have access to the enchants mentioned above, you may choose others. Your stat priorities are as follows (from Icy-Veins.com):

Balanced: Strength = Bonus Armor > Multistrike > Mastery > Haste = Critical Strike > Versatility

Survival: Bonus Armor > Strength > Mastery > Haste > Critical Strike = Versatility > Multistrike

DPS Oriented: Strength > Bonus Armor > Multistrike > Critical Strike > Mastery = Versatility > Haste

Frost (DPS)
For Frost, there are different enchants depending on whether you are going to dual wield or use a two-handed weapon because of how your attacks and passive abilities work. While dual wielding you want to prioritize Mastery, where using a two-handed weapon you’ll want to prioritize Haste. I’ll note that below with [2H] for the two-handed enchant and [DW] for dual wielding.

Slot	Item Name	Enchant
Helm	Burnished Helm of Might	N/A
Neck	Eternal Emberfury Talisman	Gift of Mastery[DW], Gift of Haste[2H]
Cloak	Worn Stoneskin Gargoyle Cape	Gift of Mastery[DW], Gift of Haste[2H]
Shoulder	Polished Spaulders of Valor	Greater Tiger Fang Inscription
Chest	Burnished Breastplate of Might	Peerless Stats
Legs	Burnished Legplates of Might	Angerhide Leg Armor
Ring 1	Captain Sander’s Returned Band	Gift of Mastery[DW], Gift of Haste[2H]
Ring 2	Dread Pirate Ring	Gift of Mastery[DW], Gift of Haste[2H]
Main Hand	Bloodsoaked Skullforge Reaver	Rune of the Fallen Crusader
Off-Hand	Bloodsoaked Skullforge Reaver	Rune of the Razorice
Trinket 1	Swift Hand of Justice	N/A
Trinket 2	Swift Hand of Justice	N/A

In Legion, Frost DK’s are forced to dual-wield one-handed weapons instead of having the choice between dual wielding or using a two-hander. This guide has been updated to reflect that, removing the Bloodied Arcanite Reaper from this list. If you’re reading this guide pre-Legion then you still have the choice of either option, but personally I would get started in preparation for Legion right now since the patch is rumored to be dropping on 7/19/2016.

If you don’t have access to the enchants mentioned above, you may choose others. Your stat priorities are as follows (from Icy-Veins.com):

Dual Wielding: Strength > Mastery > Multistrike > Versatility > Haste > Critical Strike

Two-Handed: Strength > Haste > Multistrike > Versatility > Critical Strike > Mastery

Unholy (DPS)

Slot	Item Name	Enchant
Helm	Burnished Helm of Might	N/A
Neck	Eternal Emberfury Talisman	Gift of Multistrike
Cloak	Ripped Sandstorm Cloak	Gift of Multistrike
Shoulder	Burnished Pauldrons of Might	Greater Tiger Fang Inscription
Chest	Burnished Breastplate of Might	Peerless Stats
Legs	Burnished Legplates of Might	Angerhide Leg Armor
Ring 1	Captain Sander’s Returned Band	Gift of Multistrike
Ring 2	Dread Pirate Ring	Gift of Multistrike
Main Hand	Bloodied Arcanite Reaper	Rune of the Fallen Crusader
Trinket 1	Swift Hand of Justice	N/A
Trinket 2	Swift Hand of Justice	N/A

If you don’t have access to the enchants mentioned above, you may choose others. Your stat priorities are as follows (from Icy-Veins.com):

Strength > Multistrike > Mastery > Critical Strike > Versatility > Haste