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#1 Aug 22 2009 at 11:10 PM Rating: Decent
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Hi, currently my DK is lvl 74 and I'm starting to wonder which stats I should be focusing on for max dps.
I've been trying to stick with any plate gear that adds Crit Strike rating, but someone just told me I should be getting armor penetration, but his reasoning was "just because it's better"

So I thought I'd ask the community and see if I can get a more rational response.
#2 Aug 23 2009 at 7:10 AM Rating: Excellent
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The best dps stat possible for a DK is strength. Point for point, it will give you the highest dps. After strength comes ArP because most of Blood DK's damage is physical, so you'll need to be able to pierce the high armor of raid bosses. Hit/Expertise/Crit comes next. They are important, but they aren't quite as good as strength or ArP. Obviously try to make sure you are hit capped though, because being way below the hit cap will totally destroy your dps. Expertise is a little less important if you remember to attack mobs from behind whenever possible.

Haste and agility can pretty much be ignored. Haste doesn't affect rune cooldowns, and agility really only adds to our crit, and crit rating does a better job of it. Most of the good DK dps gear has plenty of stamina on it as well, so you should be fine on health.

As for gemming, +str gems are always best, but use 2 Sovereign Twilight Opal (+str/+stam) or it's epic counterpart (idk the name lol) to meet the meta requirement for the +crit rate/+crit damage meta gem. Also, in general, don't worry about socket bonuses. They are pretty useless for the most part.
#3 Aug 23 2009 at 7:59 AM Rating: Decent
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Thank you very much, that was an awesome answer ^^
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