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World of Warcraft: An Exclusive In-Depth Look at the Death Knight

Posted May 9th, 2008 by Cody Bye

When it comes to upcoming expansion's for a released game, nothing in the world is bigger than World of Warcraft's Wrath of the Lich King. One of the biggest draws of the expansion is the introduction of the Death Knight, a brand new character class for players to enjoy. However, since the game's unveiling at BlizzCon 2007, little has been said about the upcoming class. The wait is finally over! Ten Ton Hammer has your exclusive in-depth look at this upcoming class, which includes details on abilities, powers, and more!

The Death Knight has a pretty good selection of abilities that are going to screw with enemy casters, at the core of which is their “Anti-Magic Shell.” According to Chilton, the Death Knight uses a rune to surround the Death Knight in an anti-magic shell, which absorbs 75% of the damage from the next spell and transfers that into runic power. In addition to that, they have a handful of other anti-magic abilities including the “Mind Freeze” ability which interrupts casting and a runic power ability called “Strangulate” which flushes all of the Death Knight’s runic power, silences an enemy for a maximum of five seconds, and causing a bit of damage.

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Comments

By the gods - you better be excited about this class! It looks AMAZING.

I posted on the news discussion thread as well but I just posted a thread on my guild's website about it (and a little bit of bragging about you guys ) - and I agree with you Cody I am glad I have a 10th slot on my character selection screen for it. The fact that it is just having 1 level 55 toon on your account to open it is nice....though a quest would have been cool as well.

OMG! This is great! For those who think Warlocks are OP, they are gonna get PWNED by the "magic tank" Death Knight!! But at the same time, Hunters and Rogues will probably be able to take them down pretty easy.

I am very excited for this class now. The ability to raise ANOTHER PLAYER as a ghoul just made me jump up and down in my seat! This will come in very handy as a quick "rez" in a raid where you are about to wipe on a boss that you ALMOST have down.

I can't wait to see the...

Okay, I've been thinking about this more and I can't believe what the Death Knight really means. This is the class I've been waiting for since WoW came into existance. A melee combat fighter with REAL magic abilities (as opposed to a warrior or rogue with Pseudo-magic abilities or a Pally, who's only real magic comes in the healing/support area and is unwieldy in my experience {okay, I suck playing a Pally, I'll admit it}).

From how the article described the Death Knight abilities, it se...

Think about it though - if the Death Knight's abilities are that "powerful" then all the other classes will have something as will the the mobs/bosses. The whole knockback/"leap to" will be just like CCs, fears, and stuns - some mobs will be affected, others will not. I have always complimented Blizzard on their expansions (Starcraft, Diablo II) because of how they change the game, not just add to it. As I have said before many companies would have said "here's the BE/Draenei, you can have...

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