While wandering around the World of Warcraft, you are likely to come across many would-be knights, but none more fearsome than the Death Knight. Death Knights begin the game at level 55, and are recommended for players that have already experience the content of the game up until that point.

Death Knights specialize in two group roles very well, and that is the role of a tank and a damage dealer. While there are three talent specializations, the two most effective choices are the Unholy and Blood talent trees. When utilizing the Blood talent specialization, you become a damage dealing machine that drains health back into your character based on a percentage of your damage output. This creates less down time as you mow through enemies.

Unholy Death Knights don’t have to heal very often because they usually have help with them in the form of zombies. This zombie can be cast on creatures once they are killed and are great companions to a Death Knight. If the talent specialization is done correctly, this zombie can be present nearly all of the time.

As a tank, Death Knights are the most deadly and difficult to take down in player versus player content. They are much different than all of the other tanks - particularly Warriors and Paladins. Much like the class of a Druid, Death Knights do not use shields. Instead, they prefer two handed weapons that they are able to instill unique buffs onto through the use of their runic power. They also have the ability to dual wield if they choose.

Death Knights also have many forms of damage mitigation, which particularly becomes useful when battling multiple enemies at a time. They do not use rage or mana, but rather have a unique system called runic power.

Runes, at first, will feel very new and might be difficult to understand. In order to use any skill, you will need the associated runes to use it. The major runes are made up of unholy, blood and frost - all of which can be used in several different combinations to perform the skills you need to. Some of the runes, like frost and unholy, can be used to make death runes, which is considered to be both when it comes time for them to be used on skills. This may seem confusing at first, but experimenting with several combinations will provide you a personalized style of game play.

One simple tip for you is to always remain cautious as you play death knight. Remember that they are exclusively unique and might not appear in any other way to be same as any of the classes that you have played before.

Be attentive to the levelling guide plus the quests as well, especially if you are a beginner. This will, in a much simpler way, teach you the basics of the game, and will further explain how to fully utilize the efficiency and pleasure that you achieve from playing death knight.