Help me choose DK vs Paladin

Hey folks, I’m coming over from Classic and I’d like some help deciding between DK and Paladin. Can you compare the following please?

Blood vs Prot
Unholy vs Ret

I spoke to a Blood DK today who was telling me he doesn’t need to swap gear between changing between Blood and Undead because ilvl >>>>>> Second suit of gear. Is this true?

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Blood is a more solid tank spec IMO, and more fun to play
Ret is more fun to play, but Unholy, played correctly, is a great DPS spec. The trick is, it has a higher skill cap than Ret.

Given the choice between Paladin and DK, I’d play DK first (though Paladin is VERY close behind that).

My sims disagree with this. I have separate gear for both specs with very little overlap.

I’ve had ton of fun with both specs, but I think, even after being a dk main since late Wrath, ret has been a bit more enjoyable.

I might stick with Unholy right now if I were you though, for the covid buff.

Unholy does not have a higher skill cap than ret lmao, I main both ret and unholy. Besides cool downs unholy single target rotation is 2 buttons and a rune spender

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That’s entirely not true.

It’s easier to DPS on Ret than it is on Unholy.

A monkey playing Ret can bang on their keyboard and do well.

Unholy isn’t like that at all.

You’re wrong, but you do you, boo boo.

You don’t have any logs/have them hidden, so I can tell you know what you’re talking about

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Go anything but pally. Ret is dog sh*t and far from enjoyable. In mythics they’re okay with the right traits/talents. If you like to pvp and choose ret, you will regret even coming to retail.

Yeah unholy skillcap is quite literally using ur pet macros. It’s not very big brain and incredibly mongo. Ret damage rotation is insanely simply but requires high awareness and reaction speed (using sanc as soon as a cc lands etc) unholy is also way harder to be punished whereas in certain matchups if ret ever leaves pillar they die. You have no clue what you are saying, please stop.

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