Types of Death Knights

This is a guest article submission on the roles Death Knights can fill in the World of Warcraft.

World of Warcraft is a famous game with millions of fans around the world. Many players spend several hours playing the game on the internet. One of the most prominent characters in the game is the Death Knight. The Death Knight will start to appear at level 55. Like the tanks, Death Knights is very destructive in the battlefield. There are 3 types of Death Knights including first generation Death Knight, second generation Death Knight, and third generation Death Knight.

The first generation of Death Knights is created by instilling the soul of an orc warlock into a corpse of the fallen knight of Azeroth. The knights cannot fight efficiently in the battle but they are intelligent and have superior magic power. They can use terror tactics to resurrect the fallen enemy soldiers to make them their servants. The fallen enemy soldiers will attempt to protect the Death Knight from the enemies in the battle field.

The second generation Death Knight is created from a group of fallen paladins. The paladins’ souls are twisted and succumbed to the Frozen Throne. Unlike the first generation Death Knights, they have unlimited casting spell ability. The paladins are former skilled warriors in the art of physical combat and can cast death coil, enhance the allied movement and resurrect the fallen enemies. The second generation death knights can also use the Death Pact spell to destroy the minion to obtain more health. Modern Death Knights are more flexible compare with the first generation Death Knights. Despite that, both the first and second generation of Death Knights are highly destructive and aggressive when face with enemies in the battle field.

The third generation Death Knights is originally created by the Lich King to support Acherus: The Ebon Hold. The Death Knight is includes a small number of the second generation Death Knights. Knights of the Ebon Blade can remove the scarlet crusade from the Plaguelands. In the Wrath of the Lich King Expansion, the Death Knight is freed from the Lich King but ally with their former factions. Under the supervision of the Highlord Darion Mograine, the freed Death Knights is now marching toward Northrend. The third generations Death Knights are an imitation of the previous incarnation and are equipped with melee abilities, and plate armor. They possess the dark magic which help them to fight against their enemies. By using the runic power, they can cast three different types of spells including unholy, blood and frost spells.

The Death Knight character takes a long time to build and often frustrate players who don’t know how to use them efficiently. If you want to find out the major options for the Death Knight character, you should buy a good Death Knight leveling guide.