Upcoming Changes to Death Knights in Shadowlands Beta - Death's Due (Blue DnD) Changed

Posted 2020/09/23 at 1:33 PM by Squishei

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In this week’s Shadowlands build, Death's Due has been updated and its buff and debuffs are no longer applied each time it deals damage.

Now your Heart Strike, Scourge Strike, and Obliterate apply Death's Due to the target, reducing the damage they deal to you and increasing your Strength by the same amount. The duration of the buff/debuff has also been reduced and the maximum amount of stacks has been reduced to 8.

In addition to these changes, Death's Due has a unique bonus for Frost that allows their Obliterate to hit 1 additional target while they stay within Death's Due .

These changes to Death's Due are aimed at making it a little more rotation-impactful, rather than just a passive bonus when casting it, while making it more balanced against the other Covenant choices.

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Comment by Exurerip blue dnd, it was fun while it lastedComment by Maloumah yes lets buff the best covenant for dks so everyone can be fairy dk nowComment by BrutalGardenBig oof.Comment by MaximusPMah yes lets buff the best covenant for dks so everyone can be fairy dk nowComment by TontokamLol, and suddenly Frost becomes the spec that profits the most from the fairies. Blizz please, buff Abomination Limbs dps or make it give us somekind of buff.Comment by Ysildarah yes lets buff the best covenant for dks so everyone can be fairy dk nowComment by Maloumah yes lets buff the best covenant for dks so everyone can be fairy dk nowComment by garzekSo are we back to Venthyr?Comment by yoppa74rip blue dnd, it was fun while it lastedComment by PMMickI always thought Frost DK fit best thematically with the Fae so I'm glad the ability gets something special for that spec.Comment by Maloumare you guys blind or sth? that an obvious buff to frost right there with obli 2h frost will deal huge cleave dmgComment by Laernas*Laughs in Necrolord*Comment by BassiekReally? Instead of providing some interaction with DnD for frost DKs, they decided to give us some interaction only if we pick Night Fae as our covenant? This is the solution that frost DK's were asking for?
Man, this is ridiculous.Comment by Maloumall the dk rerollers that have no idea how the class plays trying to be smartassesComment by VymaarThey finally listened to our feedback and gave frost cleave inside dnd AND IT’S COVENANT LOCKED LOLLLLLLLLLLLLComment by MaloumReally? Instead of providing some interaction with DnD for frost DKs, they decided to give us some interaction only if we pick Night Fae as our covenant? This is the solution that frost DK's were asking for?
Man, this is ridiculous.Comment by Izual2022It is a buff to a very specific situation and a nerf in every other regard.Comment by jeekzRemovedComment by tpittma2Are they still not going to address the issue with Abom's Limb being completely useless in 95% of raid environments as well as STILL pulling mobs not in combat? Good luck trying to get into M+ groups as a Necrolord. Pugs will just immediately auto-decline you after they've had a few Necrolord DKs burn their keys.Comment by NamesInValThe loneliness I feel as a DK going for Kyrian is immeasurable.

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