Since I realized tanks are not a viable option in PvP, I started looking for a DPS spec that comes close to Blood DK theme and playstyle - self-healing through a variety of damage spells (dots especially), having decent defensives and sharing similar vampire theme of draining enemies. I love PvP a lot, and Blood DK is one of if not my most favourite specs in the game, I know its playstyle is unique, but still would rather learn pvp through viable spec than not.
Fury warrior, and Affliction warlock I’d say
youve not seen the ammount of ppl quit all pvp related and start pushing prot warriors and bdks for their first r1’s with the addition of shuffles?
there is some really notorious old gladiators example who have not done any pvp entire dragonflight except started que shuffles as prot warrior and bdk for r1’s handed to them on 2.1-2.2cr
i wouldnt call them unviable, its just matter of how delusional player wants to be with his “achievements” or how much they care about actual pvp instead just the ranks and how to cheese them
now obviously in any real pvp setting bdk and prot war wouldnt be r1 because they wont compete with the real specs and comps that are pushing way higher than the tanks at the 2.1-2.2 shuffle ratings
Hey,
You should try Fury warrior and Havoc DH!
Forget about affliction, if you’re new you won’t have fun on this spec at all.
Cheers
Blood dk is absolutely viable.
I also leveled one and just did some casual SS with him and I got 1950 CR without tryharding. Tank gameplay is really chill because you know you are one of the least viable specs and there is only so much you can do to affect the end goal, but it has it’s moments. Personally I really enjoy just hooking melee back from my ranged partner to the point they ragequit the match, or a ranged back into melee range and they find out they can’t get away because my death grip also makes them unable to benefit from movement speed bonuses for a few seconds.
You can also anti magic shell your allies and deal actually quite big dmg in AOE to the whole group, not to mention slowing everyone down 24/7 with chains of ice.
Keep playing blood, it’s super fun.
but is it in 2v2 or 3v3 tho, could one gain r1 there playing bdk or prot war. I dont think they could, only made possible with shuffle when they gain r1 for 2.1cr lol
hope ppl understand that aswell, that what they can cheese in shuffle doesnt equal same as in real pvp setting in arenas
Idk about current season but Brewmaster was played by Brewzin up to 3,2k last season in regular arenas, and blood dk has been several times glad viable in 3s.
Eityer way he can have fun getting the same achis and merit as the 3s and 2s folk :). Plus blood dk is very strong in BG’s.
yeah i remember brewski in awc but seriously, what comp bdk or prot war in 3s or 2s will push 
well im happy were getting the solo rbg so there will be role for these tanks in pvp outside of premade bgs aswell which is pretty tough scene to get in these days, but tbh i dont see single tank in arenas as theyre not really viable so im fine either way lol
https://worldofwarcraft.blizzard.com/en-us/character/eu/kazzak/rahbekios
This guy has 3 Blood DKs at 2400+ in RSS and 3s so seems legit xD Just stack Haste and Versa as they increase your damage.
Prot Warrior seems worse as the only guy is at 2300 in RSS and 2200 in 3s.
https://worldofwarcraft.blizzard.com/en-us/character/us/area-52/wr%C3%A4th%C3%B8fg%C3%B8d
Brewmaster seems doing good. 2600 guy in RSS and in 3s (but he might be playing WW).
https://worldofwarcraft.com/en-us/character/us/tichondrius/loadingdh
Vengeance seems to be a thing in NA
https://worldofwarcraft.com/en-us/character/us/tichondrius/rzovo
Same with Guardian Druid.
Prot Paladin is meh because Blizzard considered it “a healer” and Prot Paladins only play against themselves.
no other spec is similar to BDK really.
fury warrior and havoc dh self heals but it is mostly through active abilities. affliction warlock can heal a bit through dots but not really, and no one has vampire theme besides bdk.
healing through dots has almost entirely been removed from the game over the years.
i would recommend just trying warrior as it is quite tanky and you can heal yourself for a huge chunk of health every 25 seconds through impending victory, while absorbing a lot of damage through ignore pain. but yeah this is not a bdk. you are not going to facetank peoples offensive cooldowns and live without a ton of help from your healer.
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