Dual-Wielding And Loving It (for now)

As you can see from the screenshot, I’m giving dual-wielding a try on Rubeola. So far, so good. The reason for the experiment isn’t because I now hate Unholy. I think Unholy is still my favorite spec. And truth be told, I’m already missing my ghoul (not for his damage, but for his sparkling wit). But I thought with the changes to Frost to facilitate dual-wielding that have been introduced in the 3.2 patch, this was as good a time as any to try something new.

Actually, I decided to blow 1000g for Dual Spec so that I could play around with one spec while leaving my original Unholy spec alone. It was, perhaps, a frivolous use of 1000g. I could have just spent the 50g, or whatever it is these days, to spec one way, and then another 50g to spec back (or to something else). But I figured I might have a need for two specs anyway (DPS and tanking, or PVE and PVP, or who knows), so what the heck.

I’m using a 53/18 Frost spec that I found in a forum post on the DK forums. This particular spec focuses on Obliterate to be the big damage dealer. Frost Strike appears to be the main runic power dump, though I’m not quite sure yet if I should forgo Death Coil completely in favor of Frost Strike, or if I should mix them up. I need to do a bit more research. Also, I’m not exactly sure the best way to work Howling Blast into my rotation. I’m going to have to experiment a bit to see when and how best to use HB.

Currently, for weapons, I’m using two Reaper of Dark Souls, which can be obtain fairly cheaply from the Ebon Blade quartermaster (assuming you are revered with that faction). I’ve enchanted one blade with Fallen Crusader, and the other with Razorice. I plan to have Rubeola craft herself a Titansteel Bonecrusher as soon as she has enough titansteel. I’m also toying with buying an Ironforge Smasher from the Argent Tournament. They go for 25 Champion’s Seals. Rubeola has enough seals to buy one, but I can’t quite convince myself that it will be enough of an upgrade over her current swords to justify spending the seals. If Rubeola were going into instances and raiding, then yes, the upgrade would be worth it. But I’m not currently doing those things, and mobs die plenty fast with just the two swords.

For glyphs, I’m using Icy Touch,  Obliterate, and Frost Strike.

I’m not sure what to do about my ghoul. I could summon him ever 3 minutes for a 1 minute increase in DPS, perhaps. Is that what Death Knights without Master of Ghouls tend to do? If so, I should probably invest in a Glyph of Raise Dead so I don’t need to worry about lugging around corpse dust wherever I go.

So far, I’m liking new play style of dual-wielding quite a bit. I’m not yet sure that I like it as much as my Unholy build. But it’s new and I need to get used to it a bit more before I can decide.