Last week we kicked off a PvP series on how to deal with specific classes starting with

the druid. We featured those slippery shapeshifters mostly because I'm a doofus who

thought they were first on the alphabetical list -- cut me some slack, though, since

druids were first on the list for years before those upstart death knights came along.

Of course, when the game's first hero class was introduced with Wrath of the Lich King,

it was no coincidence that their popularity was directly proportional to their being

completely imbalanced and overpowered. It was so broken that Arena Season 5 was

dominated by death dnights and even unskilled keyboard turners and clickers could

sometimes achieve gaudy rankings using the class.

While the class has been tuned down somewhat, this hasn't diminished their popularity

and death knights remain formidable opponents in the Battlegrounds and world PvP. Today

we'll take a look at the dreaded death knight and try to outline a few key points to

remember when facing one. Just as with the first installment of this series, these

articles are by no means an exhaustive and complete guide to fighting a particular

class. PvP depends greatly on context, in part determined by your own class, your

environment, your opponent's spec, and player skill among other things. With that

disclaimer out of the way, let's take a quick overview of death knights just to give

players a general idea of what to expect.

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