Best Death Knight Blood DPS Talent Spec 51/20/0

Blood

This blood knight dps spec is sub speced in frost. This uses obliterates as a main source of damage. I am a fan of this because icy talons is increased by bloody vengeance. You also have runic power mastery for the extra bit of RP you generate with massive heart strikes. This build will see some big numbers and scale good. It is a gear dependent build so its not for you in the blues.

The next blood death knight dps/pvp/arena/tanking talent you will get is 2/2 Butchery. (Whenever you kill an enemy that grants experience or honor, you generate up to 20 runic power. In addition, you generate 2 runic power per 5 sec while in combat.)
PVE* In pve this talent is ok. I would say this is a great grinding talent, and offers a little for long boss fights. This offers about .4% dps up per point.
PVP*In pvp this talent is very lack luster. Not many fights last long enough to give 2 runic power per 5 seconds much of an advantage. And if you kill something in pvp, the 20 runic power isn't a big deal because you killed who you were trying to kill.

The next blood death knight dps/pvp/arena/tanking talent you will get is 5/5 dark conviction. (Increases your chance to critically hit with weapons, spells and abilities by 5%.)
PVE*There isn't a ton of synergy with death knights and crit besides you see some crazy numbers. This talent will give you about 1.1% dps up per point. I would say this is almost below average for death knight talents, but still good to invest in. Go with BA or 2H Special over this tho.
PVP*In pvp this talent loses value even more. This just isn't as good as it looks. You still need to pick it up if you have the points, but don't bother if you are stretching just for it.

The next blood death knight dps/pvp/arena/tanking talent you will get is 3/3 death rune mastery. (Whenever you hit with Death Strike or Obliterate there is a 100% chance that the Frost and Unholy Runes will become Death Runes when they activate.)
PVE*This talent is made for deep blood builds. If you are deep blood then this will be about 2% dps up per point if used right. If you don't have heart strike then don't get this.
PVP*For pvp this is about the same as for pve. Deep blood specs need this and all others don't. Its that simple, unless you have a crazy blood rune spec or something.

The next blood death knight dps/pvp/arena/tanking talent you will get is 3/3 Bloody Strikes. (Increases the damage by 30% and the bonus damage from diseases by 60% of Blood Strike and Heart Strike, and increases the damage of Pestilence by 60%.)
PVE*This is a great talent for deep blood builds and even hybrid builds using blood strike. This is a 2.6% dps up per point for deed blood death knights. This is even a good tanking talent because of threat generation. Great overall pve talent.
PVP*In pvp this is an above average talent. You may not always have diseases stacked as blood but its still a nice boost. Id say it is really only useful for deep blood pvp builds.

The next blood death knight dps/pvp/arena/tanking talent you will get is 3/3 Veteran of the Third War. (Increases your total Strength and Stamina by 6%, and your expertise by 6.)
PVE*In pve this is about a 1.6% dps up per point before you are expertise capped. This is on par with some of the best talents in the blood tree. For tanking this is also a nice stamina boost, and expertise is a great tanking stat, plus the strength gives you parry. Great tanking talent.
PVP*In pvp this is an awesome talent if you can get to it. 6% stamina, more attack power, more parry, expertise, all in one talent. This is one of the best pvp talents around and if you can get it i advise you to do so.

The next blood death knight dps/pvp/arena/tanking talent you will get is 1/1 Mark of Blood. (Place a Mark of Blood on an enemy. Whenever the marked enemy deals damage to a target, that target is healed for 4% of its maximum health. Lasts for 20 sec or up to 20 hits.)
PVE*I have to say that this is a great talent. This is a good raid utility/tanking talent. This is a good reason to have you in a raid. It is also a good Oh Crap button. Great talent overall.
PVP*In pvp this makes blood stand out. This is a 20 second rogue cc, and fury warriors are also helpless. Just amazing if you cast it on the fastest swinging dps and even works on ice lance spamming mages and feral druids. Just a great all around talent and should be in every pvp build that can reach it.

The next blood death knight dps/pvp/arena/tanking talent you will get is 3/3 Bloody Vengeance. (Gives you a 3% bonus to physical damage you deal for 30 sec after dealing a critical strike from a weapon swing, spell, or ability. This effect stacks up to 3 times.)
PVE*In pve this is a great deep blood talent. 9% physical damage is a great buff to your overall damage. This is about a 2.3% damage increase per point. Any blood build should have this.
PVP*In pvp this talent loses some value. Resilience makes crits harder to come by, and blood death knight fall short because of this. If you are deep blood pvp then pick this up still, but if you are hybrid you may be better off looking at something else.

The next blood death knight dps/pvp/arena/tanking talent you will get is 2/2 Abomination's Might. (Your Blood Strikes and Heart Strikes have a 50% chance and your Obliterates have a 100% chance to increase the attack power by 10% of raid members within 45 yards for 10 sec. Also increases your total Strength by 2%.)
PVE*In pve this makes you worth bringing to a raid. This does not stack with other similar buffs, but its still good. I would say its very valuable in 10 mans and little less so in 25 mans. It is also not a bad tanking talent to pick up.
PVP*In pvp this talent is good if you are running double dps. The death knight will buff up the other class very well. This should be used for double burst down teams or 5v5 teams. It is worth getting but situational, and may be hard to keep up at all times.

The next blood death knight dps/pvp/arena/tanking talent you will get is 1/1 Hysteria. (Induces a friendly unit into a killing frenzy for 30 sec. The target is Enraged, which increases their physical damage by 20%, but causes them to suffer damage equal to 1% of their maximum health every second.)
PVE*In pve this is a good talent and if used on cooldown it is a 3.2% damage up for one point. This is great for burst down parts of a fight or to cast on you IMBA rogue. A good solid talent for pve, and not for a tank :P.
PVP*For pvp i can't tell you how good this is. It is a burst down, anit cc on you or your healer. It is a great talent, and you need to try it. Its great for double burst down teams and for healer/death knight teams.

The next blood death knight dps/pvp/arena/tanking talent you will get is 2/2 Blood Aura. (All party or raid members within 45 yards of the Death Knight are healed by 4% of the damage they deal. Only damage dealt to targets that grant experience or honor can trigger this heal.)
PVE*In pve this is a great utility talent. This will make you have a little better shot at getting that raid spot.
PVP*In pvp this is just an average talent. If you are deep blood i would consider it but just depends on your build and the focus of your build. 4% healed isn't bad when combined with blood presence, but not awesome. It is average and is probably worth it in most deep blood builds.

The next blood death knight dps/pvp/arena/tanking talent you will get is 5/5 Sudden Doom. (Your Blood Strikes and Heart Strikes have a 20% chance to make your next Death Coil consume no runic power and critically hit if cast within 15 sec.)
PVE*This is a great pve talent if you learn to use it right. It is kind of hard to learn at first, but if you use the procs right then you could really make a solid rotation around these procs. Best case, this is a 2.5% dps up per point and worse case it is a .7% up per point. It is very RNG.
PVP*This is a great blood talent for pvp. It gives blood that burst that is needed, and in a future patch it will become a little better. For now i would give this the thumbs up for 80% of the blood death knight pvp specs.

The next blood death knight dps/pvp/arena/tanking talent you will get is 3/3 Might of Mograine. (Increases the critical strike damage bonus of your Blood Boil, Blood Strike, Death Strike, Heart Strike, and Obliterate abilities by 45%.)
PVE*In pve this is a 2% dps up per point. This is a great dps and tanking talent. You should invest in this for sure. This is some of the only crit synergy you will see in the blood tree.
PVP*In pvp this is great to cancel out all of the resilience. It is always nice to have that huge death strike too. This is only an average pvp talent and you will use this in most of your builds.

The next blood death knight dps/pvp/arena/tanking talent you will get is 5/5 Blood Gorged. (When you are above 75% health, you deal 4% more damage. Also increases your expertise by 2.)
PVE*There is no reason that every blood build shouldn't have this. It is a 2.3% dps up per point, and is not RNG. Just get this and you will go far.
PVP*In pvp it is different. You will find yourself under 75% all the time (most of the time). I would come close to saying that if you are not in a double burst down then this is not worth the points. If you are in a burst down then make sure you blow rune tap if you get close to 75%.

The next blood death knight dps/pvp/arena/tanking talent you will get is 1/1 Dancing Rune Weapon. (Unleashes all available runic power to summon a second rune weapon that fights on its own for 10 sec plus 1 sec per 5 additional runic power, doing the same attacks as the Death Knight.)
PVE*Besides being the coolest looking talent in the game, this is a good dps talent. With full RP it last 22 seconds. If you do 3000 dps then it is 66000 damage every 3 mins. That means it gives you close to 200dps if used on cooldown on a single target. Remember that heart strike now hits 4 times per attack. 200 dps makes this a 7.5% dps up with one point. Really not bad, but consider it takes 100 RP and it makes it really only a 4% dps up. But that is still not bad. Combine it with runic power mastery and now we get some math going.
PVP*In pvp this is proving to be pretty good now. With heart strike cleaving, and a 22 second duration, its proving to be an adrenaline rush for death knights. This is actually a great burst down move to pressure the healer and dps at the same time when you get them close. This will demolish noob teams btw. Just you and a rogue/warrior/caster blow the aoe moves and cooldowns (MAKE SURE you use hysteria with this) and you get a killing machine. I actually approve of this 51 point death knight talent :P.

The next Frost death knight dps/pvp/arena/tanking talent you will get is 2/2 Glacier Rot. (diseased enemies take 10% more damage from your Icy Touch, Howling Blast and Frost Strike.)

The next Frost death knight dps/pvp/arena/tanking talent you will get is 5/5 Black Ice. (Increases your Frost damage by 30%)
PVE*In pve this is a huge damage increase for for frost builds. This will be almost 3% damage increase per point. For non frost specs, i would say it depends on how your rotations look.
PVP*In pvp this is as helpful as pve. 30% damage on spells that already scale good. This will give frost builds the burst that you are looking for. To bad it is getting nerfed next patch.

The next Frost death knight dps/pvp/arena/tanking talent you will get is 3/3 Annihilation. (Increases the critical strike chance of your melee special abilities by 3%. In addition, there is a 100% chance that your Obliterate will do its damage without consuming diseases.)
PVE*This is a huge pve talent. This is a great blood talent and should be in the best blood dps builds. Besides that, it isn't a great talent for unholy and frost specs.
PVP*In pvp this isn't really a great talent. You won't use this unless you are deep blood pvp spec. If you are blood this is huge tho.

The next Frost death knight dps/pvp/arena/tanking talent you will get is 2/3 Runic Power Mastery. (Increases your maximum Runic Power by 30.)

-Brandon C.