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Louisiana's first lady Supriya Jindal visited Houma's Oakshire Elementary School on Thursday to deliver four new interactive white boards her foundation donated to the school.
Louisiana's first lady Supriya Jindal visited Houma's Oakshire Elementary School on Thursday to deliver four new interactive white boards her foundation donated to the school.
Her husband, Gov. Bobby Jindal, is pushing for changes to the state's education system, especially looking to boost education for math and science.
Supriya Jindal, an engineer, is using the interactive computer screens to do just that.
"Do you think Drew Brees uses science and math when he plays football? No? Well, let's think about it for a minute," she told a class of first graders.
Supriya Jindal went on to explain the math and physics involved in a long-bomb throw and the engineering that went into making lightweight but sturdy helmets.
"Science and math are everywhere," she said. "That's why it's so important that you guys stay interested in it."
The four boards the Supriya Jindal Foundation donated to Oakshire with money from Walmart are enough to get one in front of every first grader at the school. Supriya Jindal said her foundation specifically targets young students because research shows they lose interest in math and science careers around the fourth grade — something her husband's administration has been trying to change.
"You look at what all the kids are doing at home, and it's all on the computer, all on the Internet," she said. "But most of our classrooms still have chalkboards and chalk. You're just not going to engage them as well that way."
Supriya Jindal lead one classroom lesson using the boards to show how they work. Playing a "Jeopardy"-style game, students answered counting and basic math questions using individual remotes.
To the kids, the lesson was a game, but the computer was quietly tracking each student's answers.
That means teachers can go back and figure out what they need to focus on more while saving them time spent grading and the embarrassment to students.
This is Supriya Jindal's second visit to Terrebonne Parish. She also delivered "smart boards" to Mulberry Elementary more than a year ago.
Oakshire's Principal Dawn Fleniken said the technology is "wonderful."
"The kids took to it immediately, and they love it," Fleniken said. "I've never seen anything get every student engaged the way this does."
Supriya Jindal's foundation has donated white boards to about 320 classrooms across Louisiana. But the boards are expensive — a most basic system costs about $1,300, according the website of Promethean, the company that makes them.
A more complex system that includes clickers and other technology — like the ones at Oakshire — are more expensive.
So, as schools struggle with tight budgets, most of the classrooms in the state remain in the chalk and marker era.
"We want to get to a point where we have this in every classroom in the state," Supriya Jindal said. "These are the first steps toward that goal."
Staff Writer Matthew Albright can be reached at 448-7635 or at firstname.lastname@example.com.


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Its been a tough five years or so, but the economy is finally showing steady improvement.
Business owners are starting to breathe a little easier. Little do they know that real danger waits around the corner. The danger is growth. We are all looking forward to growth. Growth is good, except when it is too much of a good thing.
There already are businesses that are growing broke. Their growth from the recovery is outstripping their financial and managerial resources. As a result, they become overextended.
There are several key tactics for dealing with the risk of growth. Most owners know that cash flow is a concern. However, relatively few understand what to do about it. Start by digging into your working capital needs. Cash almost always goes out before it comes in because more merchandise is needed to fill the shelves, operating supplies must be increased, accounts receivable grow, accounts payable must be paid before the receivables are collected, overtime pay mounts, perhaps increased staff is needed and must be trained, and lines of credit may not be adequate.
Rapid growth increases the cost of doing business and increases the needed level of working capital. Now is the time to get a full and true picture of your operating costs. Which costs must increase to fund growth and which are moving up because no one is monitoring them?
You may not be able to pass on increased costs. Your customers are watching their expenses and their cash flow closely and may not be willing to pay for the cost of your unmanaged or uncontrolled growth.
Monitoring and controlling all these items require you to do more than look at your income statement (P&L). Your P&L will tell you whether you are making money. It will not tell you where your cash is going. Running out of cash is the cause of growing broke.
If digging into your balance sheet is not part of your management routine, now is the time to learn how to use your balance sheet to help manage your business. Ask your accountant to help you understand the various sections of your balance sheet and what they mean.
While you are at it, ask your accountant to help you set up a system to monitor the key indicators specific to your business. Available cash is certainly one of the key indicators. The level of accounts receivable and, more specifically, the number of days it takes to collect those receivables should be watched.
Some firms will want to monitor inventory turns. Others will want to closely watch staff wages and overtime hours. Ask for guidance if you are uncertain how to use these suggestions.
Insist that your financial statements are prepared and ready for review within a few days after the months end. If you are reviewing your January statement in March, you are behind the curve.
Some indicators should be monitored weekly rather than at the end of the month. In times of rapid growth, you may want to review some items such as cash and sales daily.
Recovery is under way. Stay on top of your business to insure that you benefit from your growth.
Dont be one of those who grow broke.
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Clare Leighton (1898-1989)
Clare Hope Leighton (1898 - 1989) was an English/American artist, writer and illustrator, best known for her wood engravings.
Clare Leighton was born in London on 12 April 1898[1], the daughter of
Robert Leighton (1858-1934) and Marie Connor Leighton (1865-1941),
both authors. Her early efforts at painting were encouraged by her parents and her uncle Jack Leighton, an artist and illustrator. In 1915, she began formal studies at the Brighton College of Art and later trained at the Slade School of Fine Art (1921-23), and the Central School of Arts and Crafts, where she studied wood engraving under Noel Rooke.
During the late 1920s and 1930s, Leighton visited the United States on
a number of lecture tours. In 1939, at the conclusion of a lengthy relationship with the radical journalist Henry Brailsford, she emigrated to the US and became a naturalised citizen in 1945.
Over the course of a long and prolific career, she wrote and illustrated numerous books praising the virtues of the countryside and the people who worked the land. During the 1920s and 1930s, as the world around her became increasingly technological, industrial, and urban, Leighton portrayed rural working men and women. In the 1950s she created designs for Steuben Glass, Wedgwood plates, several stained glass windows for churches in New England and for the windows of Worcester Cathedral, Massachussetts (USA).
Leighton had two brothers, Roland and Evelyn. The older brother Roland
Leighton, immortalised in Vera Brittain's memoir, Testament of Youth,
was killed in action, December 1915. Evelyn became a captain in the Royal Navy and died in 1969.
The best known of her books are The Farmer's Year (1933; a calendar of
English husbandry), Four Hedges - A Gardener's Chronicle (1935; the
development of a garden from a meadow she had bought in the Chilterns)
and Tempestuous Petticoat; The story of an invincible Edwardian (1948;
describing her childhood and her bohemian mother). Autobiographical
text and illustrations are available in "Clare Leighton: the growth and shaping of an artist-writer", published 2009.
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The stars in the clear morning skies have been more beautiful than ever the last couple of weeks. I realize I don't see as many stars as I could in the country where there are no city lights, but those I see are wonderful.
The stars in the clear morning skies have been more beautiful than ever the last couple of weeks. I realize I don't see as many stars as I could in the country where there are no city lights, but those I see are wonderful.
I was thinking about endangered species the other morning as I walked along Wildcat Boulevard.
I recently read an article which reminded the reader that the Endangered Species Act is 40 years old this year. In 1973 when President Richard Nixon signed the bill authorizing the Endangered Species, it caused quite a stir.
The conflict is how do we, and should we, preserve certain animal and plant species? What has precedence: a certain plant or the best for all — mankind?
Saving some endangered species has been relatively easy. The bald eagle and peregrine falcon were saved by banning the use of DDT. But what if there was no replacement for DDT?
Two plant species, the San Clemente Island paintbrush and the San Clemente Island lotus, have been rescued from extinction by removing the goats from San Clemente Island. With no predators, the goats multiplied and ate these two plants to near extinction on this island off San Diego, Calif.
Some of our native plants have been eliminated because of a foreign disease. The American elm and Ozark chinquapin trees once stood tall in cities and on farms. Then they all died. Today, a rare disease-resistant elm and chinquapin have been discovered which might save this species.
The Neosho National Fish Hatchery has worked with and continues to work with endangered species. Currently, they have a large program trying to preserve the pallid sturgeon.
They are also experimenting with a native mussel and possibly the Ozarks hellbender. Besides these programs, they are monitoring the colorless fish and other creatures found deep in some of the springs that supply water to the hatchery.
Most of us realize that nature once had creatures that no longer exist. We don't have dinosaurs walking along the roadways. For some reason, they became extinct. We don't have passenger pigeons any more. Man made them extinct.
Take a walk, know there are no simple endangered species answers, use your signal lights, and see what you think about while passing along Wildcat Boulevard.
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More than any other country, the United States seems to have an instinctive affinity for guns.
Given its rugged history and penchant for individualism and self-reliance, perhaps that isn't altogether surprising. After all, the U.S. was born out of armed revolution, in which musket-wielding colonists fought off their British overlords. Later, westward expansion and tales of swashbuckling gunslingers enshrined the mythos of firearms into the national psyche.
The passage of time hasn't diminished Americans' fondness for guns.
According to a Gallup poll released in October 2011, almost half of respondents reported having a gun on the premises of their house or property, and one in three claimed to personally own a gun.
At a minimum, these answers imply more than 100 million guns exist in the United States today. The true figure probably is much higher because many citizens own a cache of multiple firearms. Another estimate, from the Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies in Geneva, puts the number at 270 million – or about 88 guns per 100 people. The next closest country, Yemen, measured 55 guns per 100 people.
In short, America packs a lot of heat. And its citizens tend to bristle at any infringement, real or perceived, of their beloved Second Amendment rights.
Guns are back in the national spotlight in the wake of the recent Aurora massacre. After a brief hiatus to grieve for the 12 victims killed in the attack, politicians have begun to murmur, albeit tentatively, about policy changes to curb gun violence.
It remains to be seen whether gun control will feature prominently in the presidential campaign this fall. To this point, guns have not been a pressing issue for most voters. The ailing economy and stubbornly feeble job market win that contest by a wide margin, regardless of political party affiliation. In another Gallup poll taken earlier this year on voter priorities, guns didn't even register.
Conspiracy afoot?
But according to one segment of U.S. society – the gun lobby and its supporters – the election in November carries grave ramifications for the future. A potential second term for President Barack Obama, in their view, would entail an unprecedented assault on their right to bear arms.
Based on Obama's tenure in office, it seems an odd argument to make. During the 2008 campaign, he supported reinstating the federal assault-weapons ban, which had prohibited semiautomatic firearms and high-capacity magazines while in effect from 1994 to 2004. The president has not proposed the idea since, although Aurora could change the equation.
The only substantive firearms bill signed into law during Obama's first term actually expanded gun rights by allowing civilians to conceal-carry inside national parks and bring guns onto Amtrak trains (as long as they are unloaded and remain inside checked baggage).
Strangely, the president simultaneously has drawn the ire of the National Rifle Association and received an "F" grade from the Brady Center to Prevent Gun Violence, a national advocacy group that favors "sensible gun regulations."
The dearth of gun legislation has not stopped the NRA's longtime CEO, Wayne LaPierre, from making a series of vociferous warnings.
LaPierre has called Obama's inaction a deliberate, carefully crafted ruse – or "massive Obama conspiracy," as he puts it – to lull gun owners into complacency before "dismantling" the Second Amendment and pursuing a sweeping gun grab if re-elected.
Local gun owners and instructors offered varied reactions to LaPierre's elaborate theory.
To Gene Pearcey, Obama is the latest in a long string of politicians intent on disarming the public in order to consolidate more control.
"The Second Amendment is not about duck hunting. It's about having a means to defend yourself, whether from home intruders, massive riots or a tyrannical government that becomes too powerful," Pearcey said. "(The administration) can say whatever they want. But quite honestly, I don't believe them."
J.D. McKnight struggled to reconcile Obama's verbal support for gun rights as president with his earlier statements as an Illinois state senator and the reputation of the Democratic Party.
"To be fair, (Obama) publicly said he was not against the private ownership of firearms or the use of firearms for self-defense," McKnight said. "But some literature suggests he has a private agenda. And traditionally, Democrats are anti-gun to some degree."
Jeff Mannix gave the conspiracy talk no credence whatsoever.
"It's all fabricated. All fear-mongering. Obama has been pretty kind to gun rights," Mannix said. "They like to start rumors to inflame panic and paranoia. And people buy it. It's a good fundraising tool."
LaPierre has closed several letters to NRA members with an appeal to renew or upgrade their memberships, or otherwise donate financially.
"Sign up friends and neighbors. The future of our liberty, our free America is in our hands," he wrote.
A tall order
Excising the Second Amendment from the Bill of Rights, which LaPierre purports is Obama's ultimate goal, would be a colossal undertaking. Amendments to the Constitution require a two-thirds supermajority vote in both the Senate and House of Representatives, as well as ratification by three-quarters of state legislatures. In the age of the filibuster, when even minor bills are stalled in Congress indefinitely, the odds of that happening look virtually impossible.
But to those suspicious of Obama, that is small comfort. They worry the president would try to sidestep the procedural red tape by nominating liberal Supreme Court justices, approving international arms treaties and using executive privilege.
"It's a big fear for those of us who have been paying attention," said Velbeth Jones, chairwoman of La Plata County Republicans. "Look what (Obama) has done by executive order. He's saying 'don't arrest illegal immigrants.' That's circumventing our laws. He's taking the laws on the books and saying 'don't abide by them.'"
Adding fuel to the fire are the proposed United Nations Arms Trade Treaty and "Fast and Furious" gunwalking scandal on the U.S.-Mexico border. Various conservative politicians and pundits have construed them as evidence of Obama's intent to covertly "chip away" at gun rights.
The administration has denied the accusations in both cases.
Boon for business
In late 2008, consumers across the country flocked to gun shops in droves, skittish that president-elect Obama and would enact a barrage of restrictions. Demand for handguns, rifles, shotguns and ammunition spiked and have remained high since.
According to the National Shooting Sports Foundation, the U.S. gun industry has risen in value from $19 billion in 2008 to more than $31 billion last year. June was the 25th consecutive month where the number of FBI background checks was higher compared with that same month the previous year.
"The Obama factor" has become something of an inside joke among the gun crowd, with industry experts facetiously labeling the president "salesman of the year."
Sellers in Southwest Colorado recalled the 2008 firearms rush as if it was yesterday.
"We had lines out the door," said Bruce Dominey, owner of Rocky Mountain Pawn & Gun.
Eric Taylor, who works at Goods for the Woods, has noticed history beginning to repeat itself this year.
"There were shortages of certain products. It happened in 2008, and it will happen again. People have started stocking up early," he said.
On the other hand, Steve Artherton, a gunsmith at Shooter's World in Cortez, thought gun panic wasn't unique to Obama.
"Whenever there's a change in power, there's concern with rights being treated as privileges," he said.
Lesser of two evils
Mitt Romney, the presumed Republican nominee for president, seemed to echo LaPierre's sentiments when speaking to the NRA in April.
"We need a president who will stand up for the rights of hunters, sportsmen and those who seek to protect their home and family," he said. "President Obama has not; I will."
Left unsaid was Romney's own checkered history with the gun crowd. During an unsuccessful Senate run in 1994, Romney famously said he didn't "line up" with interest groups, including the NRA. He later signed a state assault-weapons ban as governor of Massachusetts and tripled registration fees on gun owners.
Since embarking on his two presidential campaigns, however, Romney has tried to adopt a more gun-friendly image, becoming a "lifetime NRA member" in 2006 and describing his "small varmint" hunting exploits.
Some gun advocates feel they will be settling for two unsatisfactory choices this year.
"I don't think, for Second Amendment supporters, (Romney) will be their hero," said Jeff Crank, a Colorado Springs radio host and former president of the Pikes Peak Firearms Coalition. "The lesser of two evils? Perhaps. I think there's some truth to that."


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Bond issues for two lake area school districts sailed to an easy victories with widespread support. Those district saw better than a 60 percent voter approval rate in Tuesday night's election. Students in Climax Springs did not fare as well as their counterparts in Camdenton and School of the Osage.
Bond issues for two lake area school districts sailed to an easy victories with widespread support. Those district saw better than a 60 percent voter approval rate in Tuesday night's election. Students in Climax Springs did not fare as well as their counterparts in Camdenton and School of the Osage.
While that's good news for the Camdenton and School of the Osage districts where voters overwhelmingly approved bond issues for major projects in each district.
Camdenton School District voters passed the bond issue by 65 percent with 2,981 in favor of the measure. Nearly 35 percent or 1,536 voters said no.
Superintendent Tim Hadfield said he felt Tuesday night's election "was very reflective of our community support for our kids."
"I would just like to thank our patrons for the consideration of the kids not only now but of the future. The passage of this issue will help the meet of kids down the road," he said. "I think this is a win for our children."
The measure passed by 63.9 percent of the votes cast in the School of the Osage District with 1,079 in favor and 690 opposed.
"We are very very excited and happy for our kids. This is a great project. We are ecstatic and appreciative of our photos. We are very blessed to be in a school district where our constituents are supportive of education," Osage Superintendent Brent Depeé said.
Supporters of the bond issue were consciously optimistic the whole time, he said.
"Celebrating the old and remembering the old and looking to the future, that'swhat this is all about," he said. "It just worked really well. It's need to see multiple generations working together. It was a pleasurable campaign."
The news was not so good for the Climax Springs District where voters turned down not one but two proposals for new and or renovated facilities. There were two proposals on Tuesday's ballot. Proposition A would have allowed the district to build a new facility. Proposition B would have given the district the ability to renovate the existing facilities.
Voters overwhelmingly defeated both proposals leaving the district with few options for deteriorating facilities.
The question the Climax Springs District will now have to answer is what happens next. Without the funds from the bond issues, the district may have to make some tough choices.
Tuesday night's election marks the third time in three years voters have said no to much-needed improvements for the district.
Yet a petition circulated last winter to try to dissolve the district failed to get enough signatures to be placed on the ballot. A structural audit of the school found multiple life safety and building code issues as well as major and minor building issues. The audit stated that the facility "does not provide safety to its occupants."
Camdenton R-III School District, however, will be seeing construction soon with the approval of the $43 million bond issue to build a new Osage Beach Elementary, a major renovation and expansion of Hurricane Deck Elementary, security upgrades to existing buildings and a refinance of existing lease purchase certificates from the construction of the high school. With the district funding the issue by moving a portion of its operating levy into debt service, the bonds won't raise taxes. The $35 million improvement to the elementary facilities promised equality across the district in addition to alleviating overcrowding.
The School of the Osage bond issue addresses pre-k to second grade overcrowding at the Mills Elementary School, security improvements to existing schools and updating of the high school science labs.
The current school tax rate is $2.72, the lowest in the state. The bond asks for a 12.9-cent increase, which would bring the new rate to $2.849, which is still less than surrounding communities. On average, a property with a $100,000 assessed value will have a $24.51 annual increase in taxes.
The bond issue will fund a 24-classroom elementary school addition to the Heritage Building, as well as renovations and improvements to the existing Heritage Building and campus. The elementary school addition will increase the number and size of classrooms and provide technology needed for current teaching methods. Construction plans include elevator and ADA access, and energy efficient lighting, heating and cooling. The Heritage campus will benefit with improved parent and bus drop-off and pickup, increased and improved parking and improved security and safety measures.


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| March 14, 2007, 8:40 am
Some events are fun; others, simply delicious.
The 2007 Mountain Mardi Gras, signature event for the Limb Preservation Foundation, raised $150,000 for patient assistance, education and research programs by treating 750 costume-glad guests to a Harry Potter-themed good time that included a walkabout supper with food from a dozen or so of the area's top restaurants.
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After interviewing more than 40 applicants, Flat Rock Playhouse has hired the former general manager of the Dallas Theater Center in Texas as its new managing director.
After interviewing more than 40 applicants, Flat Rock Playhouse has hired the former general manager of the Dallas Theater Center in Texas as its new managing director.
Hillary Hart, a 2000 graduate of the University of North Carolina's School of the Arts, will start work April 2. She will report to the Playhouse's board of trustees directly and work collaboratively with Artistic Director Vincent Marini.
Her primary responsibilities will be financial management of the nonprofit theater, said Board Chairman Bill McKibbin, including budget development and administration, personnel, contract negotiations, marketing, strategic planning and daily operations of YouTheatre.
McKibbin said having two equal administrators — one managing, one artistic — who are both accountable to the board was a structural change that brings the Playhouse more in line with what other nonprofit theaters of its size have done for decades.
Until last Thursday, Hart was the general manager of the Dallas Theater Center, an $8.5 million regional theater founded in 1954, whose various venues include a building designed by Frank Lloyd Wright. There, she handled budgeting, fundraising, union and vendor relations, contracts and personnel.
Having attended school in Winston-Salem, Hart said she was "absolutely taken with the state and its people. You could not find a prettier place in the world to call home. When I saw this position advertised, I said, 'It's time for me to go back.'"
Hart said the Playhouse's reputation as an "organization with deep roots in the community" was also a draw. She and her husband have a 5-year-old son who is starting kindergarten, so the couple was also looking for a family-friendly area in the mountains to call home, she said.
"On my site visit there, I was so taken by the generosity of spirit from everyone," Hart said. "Talk about a great place to bring your children up."
While Hart's resume was strong on the financial management side, McKibbin said her well-rounded theater background made her an even more impressive candidate. Before joining DTC in 2006, Hart worked as production manager for the renowned Alvin Ailey II dance company and has served, at various times, as a stage hand, writer and director.
"We thought it was important that we find someone who can not only master a budget, but also relate to the public and staff with a lifelong love of theater," he said. "Hillary fits the bill."
The Playhouse's recent financial woes were not a deterrent for Hart, she said, pointing out that even the nation's biggest theater companies have struggled in the past three years as foundations, corporate sponsors and private donors tightened their belts from the recession. Public funding for the arts has also suffered from federal budget cuts, which used to trickle down more to state and local levels.
"That's one thing I imparted to the board when I was interviewing: you're not alone," Hart said. "There may be unique elements to what's happened in Flat Rock, but every arts institution has gone through a watershed moment where there has to be a paradigm shift in how they operate."
Early on, Hart said, it was clear the Playhouse "had an unusual balance of earned and contributed revenues. The way it was wasn't sustainable. I think everybody starting realizing that in 2010, and I think you've seen a little bit of turn since Vincent got there."
Contributed revenues include foundation grants, individual and corporate donations, in-kind contributions and public funding. Earned revenues come from ticket sales, season subscriptions, program ads and concession sales.
In 2011, the Playhouse reported to the Internal Revenue Service that it earned $2.86 million in box office sales and other earned revenue, while bringing in $676,384 in contributions and grants.
One of her goals, Hart said, is to shift the Playhouse's revenue stream more toward a 50/50 ratio of earned and contributed revenues, calling it "absolutely necessary for the Flat Rock Playhouse to continue to operate for any period of time."
Hart said one of the first things she'll do is embark on a "listening tour," talking with local governmental, civic and business leaders, including those who have been critical of the Playhouse in recent months.
"That doesn't mean I'll be able to solve all problems in a day, but without having a baseline understanding of how they feel, you can't fix things," she said.
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I'd like to tell you that leveling up as a Frost Death Knight is a hard thing to do, but then I would be lying. You see, Frost Death Knights have this thing called a God Complex where they think they can kill whoever they want to without harm or repercussion to themselves, all the loot belongs to them, their DPS is through the roof putting everyone else to shame, and so on. The bad news is, occasionally that will come back to bite you in the butt and score you a trip to the spirit healer. The good news is, that whole God Complex thing started because the majority of it is actually true.
Enough with the intro, let's take a look at how to go about leveling and playing a Frost Death Knight.
Playing a Frost Death Knight
The Frost DK is a powerhouse of AoE burst damage. From the time you pick up your first sword and choose your spec, you're going to be destroying everything that gets in your way. Your playstyle will evolve a bit as you gain more and more levels, but the power that you hold in your AoE means you will be able to go through quests at incredible speed, and in areas where mobs are close enough together you can kill enough of them in a short enough amount of time that you can earn more experience from that than you can questing. With the right selection of talents and glyphs you will also be able to take on groups of mobs that are higher level than you and still end the fight at, or close to, full health.
Now, just because your AoE damage is so fantastic doesn't mean that you can't also deal out some serious pain against single mobs. You also have a chance to proc guaranteed critical hits from two of your hardest hitting abilities, and those procs are incredibly frequent. We'll get into rotations for AoE and solo a bit further down in the article, but first let's get a little bit better understanding of how the Death Knight class actually works.
- Frost Presence (55): Strengthens you with the presence of Frost, increasing Runic Power generation by 20%, and reducing the duration of effects that remove control of your character by 20%.
- Blood Presence (57): You assume the presence of Blood, increasing Stamina by 25% and base armor by 55%, and reducing damage taken by 10%. Threat generation is also significantly increased.
- Unholy Presence (70): You are infused with unholy fury, increasing attack speed and rune regeneration by 10%, and movement speed by 15%.
Death Knights have three Presences to choose from, and can have only one active at any given time. You'll start off with only Frost Presence, and after a few levels you'll add Blood Presence. Frost is a DPS stance, where Blood is for tanking. At level 70 you'll get access to the last one, Unholy which is another DPS stance.
Blood Presence is one you should typically ignore unless you're in a group situation and the tank dies. With your AoE capabilities, you can lay down some serious threat. Blood also has some benefit in PvP situations, and if you're fighting hard hitting mobs then you might want to consider it as well. In my journey to level 75 (I'm currently 81) I've been in Blood Presence for a grand total of about 5 minutes, and even then only because I was carrying a flag in WSG.
When you get to end game content, you will want to run Frost Presence at all times as that's simply the best method of you increasing your DPS. However, while you're leveling you may find that Unholy is more beneficial for allowing your Runes to come off of cooldown faster because you can front-load your DPS so much with Howling Blast and Blood Boil that you don't need to bother with other spells. So as far as leveling is concerned, I suggest you try out both Frost and Unholy and use the one you feel benefits you more. Personally, I tend to lean more towards Unholy for leveling, but I'm an AoE grinding fanatic so it suits my playstyle better.
Resource System: Runes and Runic Power
Death Knights operate on a dual-resource system, where using one builds up the other. They aren't a fully integrated pair of resources though, as using the second does not restore the first, but it's important to know what they are and how they work so we'll take a look at them in a little more detail here.
Runes are your first, and primary resource. You have 2 Blood Runes, 2 Frost Runes, and 2 Unholy Runes as a Death Knight. Your spells all have certain requirements to cast them, with most costing 1 of a particular type of rune, and some requiring multiple runes but usually of different types as opposed to say, 2 Frost, it will require 1 Frost and 1 Unholy. Now, as Frost your Blood Runes are converted into what are called Death Runes which are basically wildcard runes that count as any type of Rune. So if you wanted to cast four spells in a row that cost 1 Frost Rune, then you could do so because your Death Runes count as Frost (and Blood, and Unholy).
When you use a rune it switches from being an Active rune to a Regenerating rune, meaning that it's currently unavailable, but once it's finished regenerating you'll be able use it again. If you use up the other rune of that same type before the first rune is finished regenerating, then the newly-used rune goes into a state of Depletion, which means it's been completely consumed and will not begin the regeneration stage until the first rune goes from regen to active.
I know that's going to be confusing if you aren't familiar with the DK class yet, so let's look at an example: You start the fight with your runes at 2Death/2Frost/2Unholy all Active. You pull with Howling Blast (1F) and follow it with a Plague Strike (1U). This means you'll have 2 Active Death runes because you haven't used either, 1 Active Frost and 1 Regenerating Frost because you've used only 1, and 1 Active and 1 Regenerating Unholy because you've used only one of those as well. If you then cast Howling Blast (1F) and Blood Boil (1D) then your runes will be: 1 Active and 1 Regenerating Death because Blood Boil takes 1Blood which you don't have so it uses Death, 1 Regenerating and 1 Depleted Frost because you've used both, and 1 Active and 1 Regenerating Unholy.
The Regeneration process takes 10 seconds by default, but your Haste increases the speed of regeneration, as does Unholy Presence (10%, so basically 1 second off). So once a rune is used and starts to regen there will be a 10 second count before it becomes active again, and if you use the other rune of that same type before the regeneration is finished, then the second rune stays in depleted status until the first regen is finished. There are all kinds of addons that you can use to monitor runes if you struggle with them. Unlike Mana, being in or out of combat has no effect on how quickly your runes regenerate.
One thing to note about Death Runes is that they are consumed only if you do not otherwise have an active rune of the necessary type available. That means, if you cast Howling Blast and you have a Frost Rune available, it's going to consume the Frost Rune even if you have both Death Runes available. it always prioritizes the actual rune required to cast the spell first, and then uses Death Runes only if all of the others have already been consumed.
Runic Power is the second resource, and you build it by using Runes. Any time you use a rune, you gain 10 Runic Power, pretty simple. There are some abilities that generate Runic Power without costing any runes, such as Horn of Winter, and there are other abilities that grant you additional Runic Power beyond just 10. You start with 0 by default, and you build it up to a maximum of 100 as you spend your runes or cast the other abilities which grant Runic Power.
Also, if you decide to use Frost Presence, you'll generate 10% extra Runic Power. Not that that's a whole lot, really, but it certainly adds up over time.
As Frost, you'll spend the vast majority of your Runic Power on Frost Strike as it's one of your primary single-target DPS attacks. You might spend a bit in Death Coil as well, but unless you pick the talents and/or glyphs that allow you to use Death Coil for healing you probably won't have much use for that spell beyond finishing off mobs that run away from you when they have only a sliver of health left.
- Frost Fever: A disease dealing Frost damage every 3 seconds for 30 seconds. Caused by Icy Touch, Howling Blast, Chains of Ice, or other spells.
- Blood Plague: A disease dealing Shadow damage every 3 seconds for 30 seconds. Caused by Plague Strike and other abilities.
For the most part, the majority of your damage is going to be dealt directly rather than over-time, but diseases are a key part of your DPS not because of the damage that they do themselves, but because of how your other spells interact with them. For example, Obliterate is a single-target attack that deals massive damage on its own, but it gets a 12.5% damage increase for each of your active diseases on the target, and Blood Boil is an AoE attack that deals 50% extra damage to targets that have either of your diseases on them. As you begin to progress towards end game and find more mobs that can survive beyond your initial burst damage, disease damage will play a larger role in your overall DPS. From 55-75 though, you will more often than not kill your targets before your diseases manage to deal even half of their total damage.
Runeforging is a unique class ability that allows you to basically enchant your weapon. A Runeforging counts as an enchant, in fact, so it's important to know what these do so that you can decide whether you want to utilize a runeforge or an enchant. Applying a runeforge to a weapon requires you to be near a rune forge, so you will need to either use a Death Gate to return to Ebon Hold to apply it, use the one in north-west Ice Crown, or find one of the few others scattered around the world now. Not that it's a big deal since you have access to Death Gate, it's just something to be aware of.
- Rune of Cinderglacier (55): Affixes your rune weapon with a rune that has a chance to increase the damage by 20% for your next 2 attacks that deal Frost or Shadow damage.
- Rune of Razorice (55): Affixes your weapon with a rune that causes 2% extra weapon damage as Frost damage and increases enemies' vulnerability to your Frost attacks.
- Rune of Spellbreaking (57): Affixes your one-handed rune weapon with a rune that deflects 2% of all spell damage and reduces the duration of Silence effects by 50% (not cumulative with additional Silence duration reduction).
- Rune of Spellshattering (57): Affixes your two-handed rune weapon with a rune that deflects 4% of all spell damage and reduces the duration of Silence effects by 50%.
- Rune of Lichbane (60): Affixes your rune weapon with a rune that adds 2% extra weapon damage as Fire damage or 4% versus Undead targets.
- Rune of Swordbreaking (63): Affixes your one-handed rune weapon with a rune that increases Parry chance by 2% and reduces the duration of Disarm effects by 50%.
- Rune of Swordshattering (63):Affixes your two-handed rune weapon with a rune that increases Parry chance by 4% and reduces the duration of Disarm effects by 50%.
- Rune of the Fallen Crusader (70): Affixes your rune weapon with a rune that has a chance to heal you for 3% and increase total Strength by 15% for 15 seconds.
- Rune of Nerubian Carapace (72): Affixes your one-handed rune weapon with a rune that increases Armor by 2% and total Stamina by 1%.
- Rune of Stoneskin Gargoyle (72): Affixes your two-handed rune weapon with a rune that increases Armor by 4% and total Stamina by 2%.
These are all of the runeforgings that currently exist in the game, and you'll have access to all of them within the scope of this guide. If you're going to wield a two-handed weapon, then you want Rune of the Fallen Champion. If you are going to dual wield instead, then you want Razorice on your main-hand weapon, and Rune of the Fallen Champion on your off-hand.
Until you get to level 80 and unlock your Mastery perk, there's not much benefit at all to using two weapons instead of one, so I suggest you stick to using a two-hander until you reach level 80 and then figure out which you prefer more.
Important Spells & Abilities
All numbers below are taken from Wowhead's database, and those with a level slider were set to 75, the max for this specific guide. Numbers in parenthesis are the level at which you gain access to the spell or ability.
Since DK's start at level 55, they have a lot of spells dumped on them in a short amount of time, so these lists of spells are going to be long even though we're only looking at a 20 level spread. So sit back, enjoy the ride, and prepare for information overload.
Attack Spells for Levels 55-75
- Icy Touch (55): Chills the target for Frost damage and infects them with Frost Fever, a disease that deals periodic Frost damage for 30 seconds.
- Plague Strike (55): A vicious strike that deals 100% weapon damage plus 309 and infects the target with Blood Plague, a disease dealing Shadow damage over time.
- Frost Strike (spec): Instantly strike the enemy, causing 105% weapon damage as Frost damage.
- Howling Blast (spec): Blast the target with a frigid wind, dealing Frost damage to that foe, and Frost damage to all other enemies within 10 yards, infecting all targets with Frost Fever.
- Death Coil (55): Fire a blast of unholy energy, causing Shadow damage to an enemy target or healing damage on a friendly Undead target.
- Obliterate (61): A brutal instant attack that deals 230% weapon damage. Total damage is increased by 12.5% for each of your diseases on the target.
- Death Strike (56): Focuses dark power into a strike that deals 185% weapon damage plus 331 to an enemy and heals you for 20% of the damage you have sustained from non-player sources during the preceding 5 seconds (minimum of at least 7% of your maximum health). This attack cannot be parried.
- Blood Boil (58): Boils the blood of all enemies within 10 yards, dealing 2304 to 2816 Shadow damage. Deals 50% additional damage to targets infected with Blood Plague or Frost Fever.
- Death and Decay (60): Corrupts the ground targeted by the Death Knight, causing Shadow damage every second to targets that remain in the area for 10 seconds.
Icy Touch is the typical method for Death Knights to apply their Frost Fever disease. However, as Frost, you have access to Howling Blast which does the exact same thing but deals even more damage and deals its damage to all targets in an area. As such, you won't be casting Icy Touch as Frost because it has the exact same cost as Howling Blast and is inferior in almost every way.
Plague Strike is your method of applying the Blood Plague disease, and until you get a better method around level 80, you'll be using this spell a lot to apply that disease and beef up your other attacks. Frost Strike is your primary Runic Power dump, it's single target only but since there's no AoE spell that uses Runic Power it doesn't really matter. The spell does good damage, and you'll get a passive proc pretty early on that will guarantee this baby crits when you use it so it's a great skill.
Obliterate is your hardest hitting single-target ability, and at level 70 it will be your ticket to free Howling Blast casts. Death Coil won't be used very often unless you're fighting a lot of caster mobs or need to stay away from a boss's big attack or something. You can take talents and glyphs that turn this into a healing spell, but whether or not you use those is up to you.
Death Strike is already a pretty decent attack on it's own because it can heal you, but when you combine it with a glyph (discussed near the end of this article) you'll be able to cast this one for free every time you kill something which will make you an incredibly durable and efficient killing machine. Blood Boil is your second source of AoE damage, and it actually hits even harder than Howling Blast does. It is truly a fantastic AoE attack, and it packs one heck of a punch even at level 55.
Death and Decay is last on the list, and it deals some pretty solid damage. It does come with a 30 second cooldown which means you won't be using it for every fight unless you're taking breaks in between to let it cooldown. But, if you're fighting things in a dungeon particularly since health pools will be larger, then you want to cast this as often as it comes off of cooldown. In terms of AoE, there's not much else you're going to use Unholy runes on once your diseases are established, so you might as well get some more AoE damage out of it.
Buffs & Procs for Levels 55-75
Note, this list does not include Presences, which were discussed in the Playing a DK section up above.
- Blood of the North (spec): Permanently transforms your Blood Runes into Death Runes. Death Runes count as a Blood, Frost, or Unholy Rune.
- Icy Talons (spec): Your melee attack speed is increased by 20%.
- Plate Specialization: Increases your Strength by 5% while wearing only Plate armor.
- Killing Machine (63): Your autoattacks have a chance to grant a 100% critical strike bonus to your next Obliterate or Frost Strike.
- Improved Frost Presence (65): While in Frost Presence, your Frost Strike ability costs 15 less Runic Power.
- Brittle Bones (66): Your Frost Fever also applies the Physical Vulnerability effect (target takes 4% additional physical damage).
- Pillar of Frost (68): Calls upon the power of Frost to increase your Strength by 20%. Icy crystals hang heavy upon the DK's body, providing immunity against external movement such as knockbacks. Lasts 20 seconds.
- Rime (70): Your Obliterate has a 45% chance to cause your next Howling Blast or Icy Touch to consume no runes.
- Might of the Frozen Wastes (74): When wielding a tow-handed weapon, your Obliterate deals 40% more damage, and all melee attacks deal an additional 10% damage.
- Threat of Thassarian (74): When dual-wielding, your Death Strikes, Obliterates, Plague Strikes, and Frost Strikes also deal damage with your off-hand weapon, and your Frost Strike damage is increased by 40%.
Most of this list is very self explanatory, so I won't bother talking about everything.
Killing Machine is your ticket to free crits when you cast Obliterate or Frost Strike. You'll typically want to use these on Obliterate if you have the Runes available to cast it, but if you don't have the runes then go ahead and spend it on Frost Strike. After you hit level 80 your weapon choice will determine whether or not Frost Strike is better than Obliterate of Killing Machine procs, but we'll get into that in the next guide. Improved Frost Presence reducing the Runic Power cost of Frost Strike means you can deal a lot more damage to a single target than if you were in Unholy Presence. This is why I suggest Unholy Presence for AoE situations and Frost Presence for boss fights.
Pillar of Frost is a buff that you definitely want to be familiar with. Immunity to knockbacks isn't that big of a deal in the PvE world, but you might want to keep that in mind if you enjoy PvP. The real benefit is from the 20% Strength buff, and the fact that it only has a 1 minute cooldown so you can use it quite often.
When you get access to Rime, you finally get a reason to consider changing up your playstyle a bit. Obliterate costs 2 Runes to cast, and it hits only one target which isn't always ideal when you're facing multiple mobs at once. However, Rime gives you a chance for Obliterate to proc a Rune-free Howling Blast cast, which means you can get even more AoE damage thrown in there. Obliterate is already a great spell that deals powerful damage, but this just gives you a little bonus incentive to cast it, regardless of your situation.
At level 74 you get both Might of the Frozen Wastes and Threat of Thassarian. The first gives you a 40% damage increase to Obliterate along with a 10% damage increase to melee attacks in general if you're wielding a two-handed weapon, which is why wielding a two-handed weapon prioritizes Obliterate for Killing Machine procs. The second increases the damage of your melee attacks by adding damage from your off-hand weapon as well, and it also boosts the damage of Frost Strike by 40% when you're dual-wielding, and that's why you prioritize Frost Strike for Killing Machine procs when you're dual wielding instead.
Utility Spells for Levels 55-75
- Death Grip (55): Harness the unholy energy that surrounds and binds all matter, drawing the target toward the Death Knight and forcing the enemy to attack the Death Knight for 3 seconds.
- Death Gate (58*): Opens a gate which the Death Knight can use to return to Ebon Hold.
- Pestilence (56): Spreads existing Blood Plague and Frost Fever infections from your target to all other enemies within 10 yards.
- Raise Dead (56): Raises a ghoul to fight by your side. You can have a maximum of one ghoul at a time. Lasts 1 minute.
- Mind Freeze (57): Smash the target's mind with cold, interrupting spellcasting and preventing any spell in that school from being cast for 4 seconds.
- Chains of Ice (58): Shackles the target with frozen chains, reducing movement speed by 60% for 8 seconds. Also infects the target with Frost Fever.
- Strangulate (58): Shadowy tendrils constrict the enemy's throat, silencing them for 5 seconds. Non-player victim spellcasting is also interrupted for 3 seconds.
- Path of Frost (61): Your freezing aura creates ice beneath your feet, allowing party or raid members within 50 yards to walk on water for 10 minutes. Works while mounted, but being attacked or receiving damage will cancel the effect.
- Icebound Fortitude (62): The Death Knight freezes his blood to become immune to stun effects and reduce all damage taken by 20% for 12 seconds.
- Horn of Winter (65): The Death Knight blows the Horn of Winter, which generates 10 Runic Power and increases attack power of all party and raid members within 100 yards by 10%. Lasts 5 minutes.
- Anti-Magic Shell (68): Surrounds the Death Knight in an Anti-Magic Shell, absorbing 75% of damage dealt by harmful spells (up to a max of 50% of the DK's health) and preventing application of harmful magical effects. Damage absorbed generates Runic Power. Lasts 5 seconds.
- Control Undead (69): Dominates the target undead creature, forcing it to do your bidding. While controlled, the time between the undead minion's attacks is increased by 30% and its casting speed is slowed by 20%. Lasts up to 5 minutes.
- Raise Ally (72): Pours dark energy into the dead target, reuniting spirit and body to allow the target to reenter battle with 60% health and 20% mana.
- Empower Rune Weapon (75): Empower your rune weapon, immediately activating all your runes and generating 25 Runic Power.
I've gone ahead and listed all of the utility spells you get in this level range, but I'm only going to discuss the ones that are particularly important.
Death Grip is important because you're all about dealing damage to things, right? Well, the best way to deal damage to things is to make sure they're close enough to actually get hit! With this spell you can pull an enemy to you, which means no more pesky caster mobs nuking your face from a distance. It's also good in dungeons for peeling mobs off of your healer, or in PvP for all sorts of things. Death Gate mostly gets mentioned because that's your easiest way to access a Runeforge when you get a new weapon and need to enchant it.
Pestilence is how you spread diseases from one target to every other target within range. Personally, I use a Tier 1 talent that adds Pestilence's ability to my Blood Boil which means I can spread my diseases while also dealing AoE damage so I'm not "wasting" runes on casting this when I can do the exact same thing and also kick the crap out of things at the same time. Raise Dead gives you a ghoul minion for 1 minute which can help you with DPS, but is most useful if you invest in the Death Pact talent which lets you drain 50% of your ghoul's life to heal yourself for 50% of your maximum health. He lasts for 1 minute and it has a 2 minute cooldown, so you might as well pull this little bugger out whenever you get the chance for extra damage or just to have things beat on something other than you for a minute.
Mind Freeze is your melee-range interrupt/silence, and Strangulate is your ranged interrupt/silence. Chains of Ice will rarely be useful in PvE, it's primarily a PvP spell in my opinion. Path of Frost allows you to walk on water, which is great for fishing. You can also use a glyph that reduces your fall damage while this spell is active.
Icebound Fortitude reduces the damage you take by 20% for 12 seconds, so it's a nice survival tool and can come in pretty handy on large AoE pulls. Anti-Magic Shell is another defensive cooldown, this one reducing spell damage you take by 75% for 5 seconds or until it has absorbed 50% of your max health worth of damage, whichever comes first.
Horn of Winter is an Attack Power buff that lasts 5 minutes, and also gives you 10 Runic Power every time you cast it, which is nice since it doesn't have a Rune cost. This is sort of your filler spell if you have nothing else to do in combat because your Runes are all regenerating and you don't have enough Runic Power to cast Frost Strike. Raise Ally allows you to resurrect someone instantly, so you'll want to be aware of it's use if you plan to do much in dungeons or raiding.
Last but not least, Empower Rune Weapon allows you to instantly restore all of your runes to Active status, and grants you 25 Runic Power. This is a great DPS cooldown for both AoE and single-target situations. With this, I was able to easily pull groups of mobs in zones that were six levels higher than me and AoE them down before they killed me. It was great for farming herbs in Cataclysm zones when I was just barely half-way through Wrath content, and the experience really helped me get through Northrend which is the hardest place for me to level as I still have some burnout from that expansion.
Leveling a Frost Death Knight
Alright, so now that we know how the Death Knight class works and what spells we have available to us, let's get into some rotations.
- Single Target: Howling Blast (F), Plague Strike (U), Obliterate (FU), [Howling Blast if Rime procs], Obliterate (DD), [Howling Blast if Rime procs], Frost Strike x3, Horn of Winter, Frost Strike
- Multi-Target: Howling Blast (F), Plague Strike (U), Blood Boil x2 (D,D), Howling Blast (F) or Obliterate (FU), [Howling Blast if Obliterate procs Rime), Frost Strike x3, Horn of Winter, Frost Strike
Single Target If you're killing single targets as Frost, then you want to keep throwing out your big hits. Start of with your diseases, and then start in on the big blows. Obliterate is your biggest damage dealer right now, so focus on that. If Rime procs, make sure you throw those out there since they're free damage, but otherwise you want to use Obliterate as much as possible, keep diseases up if you're fighting a boss but while questing nothing should live longer than your disease duration anyway. When Killing Machine procs you want to prioritize Obliterate, but Frost Strike is fine if your runes are all regenerating. It's better to use a proc on weaker ability for good results, than to overwrite a proc and miss using it completely.
Personally, I avoid killing single mobs whenever possible because it's just not worth my time. I can kill six mobs just as fast as I can kill one, so if there's any possibility at all that I can kill things in multiples then that's how I prefer to do it. That's just me, it's not something that's written in stone. If you like them one at a time, then more (frost) power to you.
Multi-Target is my preferred method of killing, questing, leveling, farming, you name it. Out in the world, almost nothing will be able to stand up to this rotation. I frequently killed mobs that were 4-7 levels higher than me in groups of 4-10. Blood Boil in particular hits like a freaking truck, and Howling Blast is nothing to laugh at either (well, you'll be laughing pretty hard, but those on the receiving end won't). The key to being able to do this with mobs that are higher level is either using Dark Pact, which lets you drain 50% of your Ghoul's health to heal you for 50% of your max health, or using the Glyph of Dark Succor which gives you a free cast of Death Strike every time you kill something that gives you experience. With some types of mobs you won't need to heal even if they are higher level than you, but others can deal a significant amount of damage so you'll want to either use your defensive cooldowns or make use of healing talents and abilities.
If you're doing Multi-target in a dungeon, then I suggest you use this rotation to start the fight, and then switch to Obliterate for your Frost and Unholy runes and Blood Boil for your Death runes. Obliterate will give you a chance to proc free Howling Blast casts, and Blood Boil is your big hitter, so that will be your best method of spending your runes from that point on in the fight.
Talent Points
- Roiling Blood: Your Blood Boil now also triggers Pestilence if it strikes a diseased target.
- Lichborne: Draw upon unholy energy to become undead for 10 seconds. While undead, you are immune to Charm, Fear, and Sleep effects, and Death Coil will heal you.
- Death's Advance: You passively move 10% faster, and movement-impariing effects may not reduce you below 70% of normal movement speed. When activated, you gain 30% movement speed and may not be slowed below 100% of normal movement speed for 6 seconds.
- Death Pact: Drain vitality from an undead minion, healing the Death Knight for 50% for his maximum health and causing the minion ot suffer damage equal to 50% of its maximum health.
- Blood Tap: Each damaging Death Coil, Frost Strike, or Rune Strike generates 2 Blood Charges, up to a maximum of 12 charges. Blood Tap consumes 5 Blood Charges to activate a random fully-depleted rune as a Death Rune.
I use Roiling Blood because if I'm going to spend a Blood (Death) rune to spread my diseases, then I would much rather do it while also dealing significant damage. Pestilence by itself does no damage, it just spreads the diseases, but this will cause Blood Boil to spread disease on top of dealing its damage. For leveling, this is one of the best talents you get in my opinion. Lichborne is my talent of choice because I do PvP quite a bit and find it useful for the CC breaking functionality, but also because you can use it in combination with Deal Coil (see macro section below) to heal yourself with your Runic Power if you find you're in need of additional healing.
Death's Advance is sort of a quality of life talent, it increases your speed by 10% at all times and can be activated for 6 seconds of 30% speed. People might not realize it, or perhaps they just take it for granted, but increasing your movement speed actually has a significant impact on how fast your character actually levels. You may also consider using Asphyxiate instead. It's good in PvP because it's a ranged stun, but it's also really good in PvE for dealing some instant damage and for a touch of survivability if you've pulled just a few too many mobs. I used it for most of my leveling, switching back and forth with Death's Advance and I enjoy using both of them.
Death Pact is a fantastic healing talent, allowing you to heal 50% of your maximum health for the low low price just 50% of your Ghoul's hit points. I don't need to use my Ghoul in most combat situations, so he instead turns into a (re)living healing potion. If I start to get low enough that I'm uncomfortable, I just summon the ghoul and immediately hit Death Pact to heal myself for half of my hit points. Blood Tap is probably the best method of rune regeneration you can get. Some people prefer the passive regeneration talents instead of active like this one, but this gives you more control of the situation and ensures that you get the runes you need when you need them instead of just being random. I typically use Blood Tap for the sake of getting another Blood Boil cast in heavy AoE situations, or to get more Obliterate casts during boss fights.
Major Glyphs
- Glyph of Dark Succor: When you kill an enemy that yields experience or honor, while in Frost or Unholy Presence, your next Death Strike within 15 seconds is free and will restore at least 20% of your maximum health.
- Glyph of Pestilence: Increases the radius of your Pestilence effect by 5 yards.
- Glyph of Icebound Fortitude: Reduces the cooldown of your Icebound Fortitude by 50%, but also reduces its duration by 75%.
The first two glyphs are the ones that I really suggest, with the third being the best one I can think of for the leveling process. Dark Succor is the most important for leveling because that's how you're going to destroy everything around you and end the fight with full health while you're at it. In an AoE situation, after you unleash your Blood Boils and Howling Blasts you should just be a Frost Strike or two away from killing anything that's there, and then you can start spamming Death Strike to finish everything off and heal yourself while you're at it. It's an incredibly powerful healing tool while you level.
Pestilence is just to give us a better radius on spreading our diseases, and since Blood Boil deals 50% extra damage to targets that have an active disease on them, you want to make sure you get those diseases on as many targets as possible. Icebound Fortitude is mostly if you're a crazy sucker like me and enjoy pushing your limits either by fighting higher level mobs or by fighting large groups of mobs. You'll get better survivability overall from being able to use Icebound Fortitude more frequently rather than for longer periods of time. Since you're going to kill things so quickly outside of dungeons anyway, the normal duration of the spell is going to be mostly wasted making it better to reduce the cooldown.
Other glyphs you may want to consider include: Anti-Magic Shell if you're into PvP while you level, Shifting Presences if you find yourself changing frequently, and Death Coil if you often run in groups or do LFG a lot and want to be able to put your Runic Power to a defensive use rather than offense. Death Knights have some pretty decent glyphs to choose from, but as far as Frost-specific glyphs go there's not really anything that's super appealing except for Dark Succor and even that is only good while leveling.
Minor Glyphs
- Glyph of Path of Frost: Your Path of Frost ability allows you to ffall from a greater distance without suffering damage.
- Glyph of Tranquil Grip: Your Death Grip spell no longer taunts the target.
None of these are all that critical, so you can really use any glyphs you want. I use Path of Frost because I have a tendency to dive-bomb my targets from the sky because it makes me feel cool. Tranquil Grip is the closest you'll come to a truly useful glyph as it removes the taunt from Death Grip. It's a glyph you'll likely use at end game, so you might as well get it now.
The other minor glyphs are either cosmetic or have an effect that really makes no difference at all. I use Death Gate personally, just because I often farm things in the area of Ebon Hold, so I can get there in half the time. Most players though, probably won't take enough trips through the Death Gate to make this glyph worth using or worth making/paying for in the first place.
Gearing Up Your Frost Death Knight
Here are the stats that you're looking for on your gear.
Strength > Hit = Expertise > Haste > Crit
Strength is the source of all your damage, so that's the top. Hit and Expertise determine whether or not your attacks hit their target, so those are up next. Haste isn't a huge deal, but it does impact disease damage. The problem with Haste is that you'll kill everything except for dungeon bosses so fast that it won't seem to have much impact at all. Crit is low on the list because we have Killing Machine which guarantees that we crit often enough that there's not much point in raising our random chance to crit.
I don't have much for you in the way of macros for the Death Knight as most of their spells are pretty straight forward.
/cast Lichborne
/cast [@player] Death Coil
/run UIErrorsFrame:Clear()
This macro is one that only works if you've taken the Lichborne talent. When you cast Lichborne you become Undead which makes you immune to some crowd control effects which is why it's often considered more of a PvP talent. However, by becoming undead you also become eligible to be healed by Death Coil as it deals damage to enemies but heals undead allies. With this macro you can spam the key that you have it bound to and you will apply Lichborne to yourself to become undead and then start casting Death Coil on yourself every time you press it. This is a bit of an emergency button, though you could use it at any time to heal yourself even if it's after the fight is over and you just don't want to waste the time eating food or applying a bandage to heal yourself.


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