The truth about the 4th death knight spec

So if yall are unaware we’re getting new death knight races soon. On bigger news though it seems like death knights are getting a 4th spec which honestly makes sense because of the whole 4 horseman theme death knights have going… what the “fire” deathknight spec will be is up to speculation.

I personally think it will be the new unholy, focused on dot damage through burning it’s victims. Unholy will get a legion style rework to play more like the heavily requested necromancer class with a heavy focus on summoning undead minions maybe even giving us a new ranged dps to play via deathbolts instead of melee swings

I personally would want fire DK to play similar to eso dk class and then for unholy to take a lot of spells from eso necromancer class.

I’m honestly looking forward to more legion level reworks

It’s honestly common sense as well.

Blizzard hasn’t added a ranged dps class/spec ever. They even took one away through survival hunters becoming melee. Necromancers are highly requested but couldn’t exist as a standalone class next to warlocks and dks. So they remake unholy into the necromancer class and for people that liked old unholy they can play fire dks

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Maybe if people don’t know, you should add i don’t know… some kind of proof.

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those death knight skin textures could easily be for the new Lich class people are talking about too I think.

But all of this is speculation really. There is no confirmation yet. We have the skins for other races being dks, but not full on models last i checked, and we don’t know if there will even be a 4th dk spec.

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Its more likely frost gets made 2h again and this speculated 4th spec is the new dw spec.

But its all speculation at this point. Fun, but speculation.

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Seriously, ya’ll need to cool it with the DK stuff. If it was really happening Blizzard likely wouldn’t be adding all of the assets straight into the game, especially not this early, since we know it isn’t coming in 8.3. No use getting excited just to be let down later.

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New death knight races are facts.

New dk swords level 58*,Blues *based on dk specs with a 4th sword being called “burning blade of ebon blade”.

Others are called unholy, freezing, crimson.

Idk all 4 swords are 2h swords

links to these facts or just rumor/speculation.

Youtube videos and patch files are not facts.

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This most likely scenario is that the blade is literally there for transmog, and has absolutely no correlation with a new 4th spec.

Hate to rain on the parade here

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It’s public knowledge on wowhead.

Just literally look it up

https://www.wowhead.com/news=295682/8-3-ptr-new-death-knight-ebon-blade-swords

Death knights - and death knight lore - are my favorite everything in the entire game.

If Blizzard provides a new starting area for new DK races, I’m fully on board… because who doesn’t want new DK stuff? But if they don’t, if they just shoe-horn them in to the current starting area, I’d prefer they leave DKs alone.

The idea of a fire-based spec, what with Bolvar’s, eh, condition and all is extremely interesting.

I mean the original DKs were just orc warlocks in human knight corpses .

If death knights can use void magic, don’t see why they can’t also use fel that’s sitting right next to death magic.

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Speculation = facts.

cool.

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Read the OP.

I said the new races are facts, then said the new swords"it seems" *implying speculation * mean a 4th DK spec.

I swear DK players never disappoint showing how they’re the peak intelligence of the playerbase.

I wouldn’t jump to conclusions fam. I’d wait till either more info drops from wowhead dataming things, or till blizzcon.

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yes, it does seem that some players have trouble understanding what a fact is.

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I’m thinking the fire “spec” will be less of an actual spec and more of an on off toggle within frost spec. Like it will just switch the frost damage to fire and be mechanically almost identical but just look fiery with different talents.

Seems odd to give dks a fourth full spec and leave dh with just two.

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But they’re not though.

Link me an official Blizzard statement or press release about new DK races. I dare you.

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this. those death knight skins revealed so far could just as easily be for NPC characters and what-not, and just because they added a fire sword with a death knight tag on it doesn’t mean there’s a new spec incoming.

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Tbh Demon hunters 3rd spec should have just been warlocks old demonology.

It leaves a bad taste in my mouth they deleted our spec and threw it in the trash… not only that to be a demon hunter you have to be magically adept … it makes little since that all of them would be dive in hack and slash freaks. Even in wc3 DH meta made the character into a ranged aoe dps unit

You’re one of those that won’t take nothing as fact until it’s officially announced… no wonder you’re playing one of those deranged night warriors.

They’re literally making the assets you think blizzard just likes wasting developer time…?

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