DW pvp?

[Deathshock]

thats right  after solid naxx raiding since 1 week after wotlk realese here in europe i have grown tired of raiding tbh, but i love being the dual-wielding death knight, so i was just wondering if there is any chance to have some real good chance with DW in pvp,,,, i know that unholy 2hnd is what most people would suggest, but the thing is, i dont want 2 ,XD i like being a DW-er and i want to keep it that way.... plx link some specs if you know anything (im currently using the FS ghouler spec 0/45/26.....)

[sixpackje]

have tested dw pvp in arena with a funteam (i mean pve spec / gear) and i was quite happy of the HB :p

could really pew pew

no idee when it commes to a real full pvp build in talents tough, i would think u loose to much damage cause there is alot of kiting goiing on in arena and u rather wanna hit somebody hard when u can hit him

[Deathshock]

true

[Nev]

Could try a 0/31/40 maybe?

I'm just pulling that out of my ass though, Seems like it could be fun.

[grayen]

I've been running the 32/39 pve spec in 2v2 arena with a BM hunter and my wife's moonkin (gear not that good).  I've found that if you go up against 2 melee dps teams (warriors/rogues/ferals/DKs), you can stand toe to toe and dish it out with lucky HB crits.

Where I have the most trouble is frost mages/arcane mages.  The constant slowing and/or snaring is pretty painful.  I havent tried yet, but if there's a way to get down into AMZ while maintaining the damage of HB, it would probably be alright.  I'm not saying that 32/39 is a great pvp spec, but in my 1450-1600 fluctuation, it's not horrible either if you dont go up against pvp gear stacked pro arena teams.  You also dont have to respec.

Some tips that I've picked up are:

Icebound Fort when you are eating a warrior WW, this pretty much negates that damage to a manageable amount.  Bone Shield is amazing, you should be able to have at least 2 applications, 1 at the prep, then 1 after combat starts.  If you're glyphed for it, that's 8 hits that gets reduced by 40%.  Couple that with IF or AMS and you can survive for a good while.  Also AMS generates a ton of Runic power if you're being attacked by casters so throwing up Garg before AMS (knowing you're being attacked) allows you to DC and keep the Garg up for some precious time.

Again, I'm not a pro pvp'er or anything, I just like playing with my wife.  Obviously speccing the 24/0/47 UH gives you alot of survivability and some burst.  This is only my experience with trying to pvp with the pure 32/39  raid dps spec.

[Nev]

Been thinking about trying something like this: http://www.wowhead.com/?talent=jfV0acZG0et0xbMMoZf0Ghxbk

Imp rune tap since our Death Strikes suck. dark convic to help offset the KM uptime problem casued by resillience. Still have garg for when you need the burst damage to get somone down in areana.

Obviously not going to be as good as a 21/0/50 or something, But I run with a holy paladin and im never attacked anyways, I've been running 17/0/54 ish with full pve gear because the biggest problem for me is getting one of the dps down before my paladin is raped. I'm never the one getting attacked.

Ultimately, If I find that I'm REALLY not getting attacked, I might try something like http://www.wowhead.com/?talent=jZG0et0xbMMohZf0GhxbkxxoR0o UH Aura plus Frost Fever snare for super peeling power.

[Hymn]

I ran 2v2s the other day with 32/39 with a ret pally and didnt mind it much. I lost some deathstrike healing and I gained some ranged damage. Literally capable of doing over 10k damage while im running to them is pretty awesome (IT, HB, BT-IT).

[Nev]

Did some 2s as http://www.wowhead.com/?talent=jZG0et0xbMMohZf0GhxbkxxoR0o

Did really good, Since im still not being attacked my damage output was much higher then 2h unholy, Chilblains + Uh Aura is awsome for peeling, and Chains of ice causing frost fever is great, I was spamming pestilence and chains everywhere and using HBs for burst.

Best part is not getting kited due to IT HB and DC range.

[neuromancer]

I am still at 70, no arena. But can hold myself up against many a BG foe on a DW Frost build, only using PVP weapons and gear + some AH items here and there.