- Author: Nevermore
- Date: January 10, 2023
- Expansion: WotLK Classic
In this section of the guide, we will help you choose the best equipment or alternatives that you can utilize for each of the different phases of the expansion. Having the Pre-raid tab contain items that you will want to acquire before you start any serious raiding!
This section of the guide will be divided into two parts: the first part of the section will have a simple BiS list. The second part of the section will have the best items along with all possible alternatives and extended explanations for their use.
Note: stats of the items may change once Phase 2 is released. This list is an educated guess based on the currently available information.
Best-in-Slot
Alternative: Ground Tremor Helm
Alternative: Pendant of the Nathrezim
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Alternative: Cloak of the Enemy
Alternative: Heroes’ Scourgeborne Chestguard
Alternative: Bindings of Dark Will
Alternative: Heroes’ Scourgeborne Handguards
Alternative: The General’s Steel Girdle
Alternative: Heroes’ Scourgeborne Legguards
Alternative: Greaves of Ancient Evil
Alternatives: Band of Torture & Nerubian Shield Ring
Alternatives: Offering of Sacrifice & Figurine – Monarch Crab (Jewelcrafting)
Alternative: Edge of Oblivion
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Those will be your best options for your ring slots.
Alternative: Repelling Charge
Alternative / Threat / DPS: Darkmoon Card: Greatness
Inevitable Defeat is the best choice, mainly due to the expertise it grants– (Thrash Naxxramas 25M)
Betrayer of Humanity is the second-best choice, as it provides you with a higher threat generation, however, Icy Touch should take care of any threat issues. (Kel’Thuzad Naxxramas 25M)
There are multiple choices for your Sigil, with Sigil of the Unfaltering Knight being one of the stronger choices.
Alternative: Sigil of Awareness — This sigil is a very potent choice as it grants you increased damage for Death Strike. It can aid in generating threat, even if you lose some Defense Rating.
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Those will be the best options for the trinket slots.
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Progressive Best-in Slot
Coming Soon!
We will release a completely detailed Progressive BiS list that will explain every item choice in detail and several alternatives!
About the Author

So.. just curious why not mention the kirin tor rings as an option ?
Shoulders: Why is Pauldrons of the Colossus no option?
Hey. (not OP, just looking into the option provided)
Looking into the Pauldrons of the Colossus, they’re not listed, as the secondary stat is Shield Block. As DKs, we do not get to wield shields, so this particular stat is pointless for us.
The question then becomes “Is 1 yellow gem slot worth the drop in 5 defense and 40 parry?”.
Looking at the gems available (not including JC only Epic gems, as they’re UNIQUE(3), you can get 20 parry from a Flashing Cardinal Ruby (which loses the socket bonus as it’s red).
If you’re interested in the gem socket to buff out on Stamina, then the Pauldrons of the Colossus are a good alternative, but for a pure Best In Slot list, I agree with the guide creator of Iron Dwarf Smith Pauldrons.
Is there any reason why as a Blood tank, you don’t go Dual wield instead of 2H? Most one-hand weapons have tanking stats on them, whereas 2H weapons tend to have mostly DPS stats.