So I’ve played DK every expac, and it’s played roughly the same since cata. I’ve just came back from a year break and with the introduction of our 2 set piece I’m kinda at a loss of exactly when I should be using dancing rune weapon on pulls in M+. Should I just run into a pack, blood boil, then pop it and spam heart strike? Should I be using death strike, or just spamming heart strike to keep rune weapon up? Should I save it for a little while in a pack, then pop it? What’s the proper usage?
I pretty much use it on CD, especially on larger packs. I’ll generally open with my DnD and spam heart strike, using Bonestorm at max RP and only ever death striking if I’m close to death. Otherwise, I just let my RP cap which at times seems like a degenerate playstyle, but the uptime + parry + damage of it all is too great to ignore.
I’ll pretty much ignore using my blood boil/DS except as filler, while waiting for a rune to recharge.
Definitely get the 4pc pronto, it’s nuts.
Once you have the 4 piece, use it on cooldown and for 10+ keys pick haste as your stats from the dreadlords.
With enough haste your DRW has near 100% uptime.