Blood DK is S-Tier -Don't Pretending It’s Not

Classes Death Knight
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Not sure why people on YouTube keep calling Blood DK an A-tier tank when it’s clearly S-tier. It feels like they’re just trying to hype up Vengeance DH but let’s be real, Vengeance isn’t even close to what Blood DK brings to the table. Between its self-sustain & incredible control Blood DK consistently performs.

You won’t find another tank that has been as consistently steady and reliable throughout all of WoW’s expansions. Yes, I agree if you don’t manage Blood DK’s cooldowns properly, you can feel like a paper tank. But even then it’s nowhere near as fragile as Demon Hunter which only has one reliable damage reduction ability and to make matters worse, it “spreads” onto other targets instead of keeping the DH stable. Jeeez, that’s way too risky for a tank that’s supposed to survive frontline punishment. If anything, Blood DK is the tank to beat right now.

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I love blood dk, but it still is lacking party buff and more utility. Like giving good raid buff and gorefiends gasp (with silence) as baseline i would be more then happy

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It’s S tier in low and mid keys, but for competitive keys it simply reaches its limit earlier than other specs as it’s more prone to one-shots.

If you’re just gonna go to around ~3k though, blood dk will be an amazing tank.

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BDK is good in low to mid tier keys.
Most tier lists are based on the capabilities of different specs to push keys and high end M+ where Blood struggles a lot due to how the spec works.

So no, it’s not S tier as you get slap with reality when you reach the highest point thus the spec is A, which is not even bad.