The new patch is about to hit and DPS Dk’s cookie-cutter FOTM spec, Unholy, looks set to change from a Blood sub-spec, to Frost.

Now, in reality, the theorycraft puts the dps gain only marginally higher than Blood. So marginal as to make it nearly unnoticable. But – and here’s the kicker – keep in mind this theorycrafting is alrgely limited to single-target DPS. For multi-target, we are looking at potentially a larger gain, thanks simply to the new strength buff to Endless Winter, and Black Ice. See, Dk’s get their disease ’spellpower’ from Strength. All Unholy DKs’ take Ravenous Dead, which increases STR by 3%. Factor in an extra 4% STR from Endless Winter and we’re looking at a 7% increse in STR. Then factor in Black Ice. TL;DR? Our diseases will be hitting for a lot more. Of course this is tempered by the loss of Bladed Armor and 2-Handed Weapon Specialisation reducing our physical damage, so expect to see Blood and Scourge Strikes dropping in overall damage. But on AoE, our strikes aren’t what give us our numbers – our Pestilence’d diseases are. And now they’re going to be hitting harder.

The 3.3.3 subspec looks to incease single target DPS by anything from 10 to 10 dps according to EJ. PErhaps that’s trivial. But tack on a theoretical incrase in our AoE DPS and the logic behind switching to a Frost subspec becomes a lot more solid. If anything, 3.3.3 will only be enforcing Unholy as the ‘go to’ spec for DPS DK’s who want to do it all. Will frost and blood provide superior single target DPS, though? I suppose that’s the question we should be asking.

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