Blood Death Knight Tank Nerub-ar Palace Raid Guide — The War Within (Season 1)

Last updated on Sep 16, 2024 at 23:00 by Mandl and Panthea 42 comments
General Information

On this page, you will find tips, tricks, and strategies tailored to your Blood Death Knight for each boss of the following raid: Nerub-ar Palace. All our content is updated for World of Warcraft — The War Within (Season 1).

1.

Introduction

Below, you can find class and spec-specific advice for every fight in Nerub-ar Palace. If you are looking for a general overview of the Raid that is not spec-specific, check out our dedicated Nerub-ar Palace guides.

This page assumes that you already understand most of the mechanics of each encounter. These can be found on the full raid guide, so what is contained here are details specifically tailored toward Blood Death Knight and how you can deal with each fight as best as possible.

All recommendations are progression-based tips and will not necessarily be the best for an overall DPS ranking.

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Nerub'ar Palace Boss Guides for Blood Death Knight

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Nerub'ar Palace Raid Builds, Tips, and Tricks for Blood Death Knight

Ulgrax the Devourer The Bloodbound Horror Sikran Rasha'nan Broodtwister Ovi'nax Nexus-Princess Ky'veza The Silken Court Queen Ansurek
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Tips for Ulgrax the Devourer for Blood Death Knight

2.1.

Defensive Tips

  • If you are not near full HP for Brutal Crush Icon Brutal Crush then use Icebound Fortitude Icon Icebound Fortitude or Lichborne Icon Lichborne.
2.2.

Cooldown Usage

  • You may want to save Abomination Limb Icon Abomination Limb for the intermission to gather adds quickly.
2.3.

Mechanical Tips

  • Anti-Magic Shell Icon Anti-Magic Shell can be used to run through Stalker's Netting Icon Stalker's Netting to remove it without getting rooted.
  • Use Death's Advance Icon Death's Advance when the boss leaps to the middle to avoid being knocked back.
2.4.

Best Talents

Be sure to make use of the 'Export Talents' button to import the build directly into your game!

3.

Tips for Bloodbound Horror for Blood Death Knight

2.5.

Defensive Tips

  • Anti-Magic Shell Icon Anti-Magic Shell with Vampiric Blood Icon Vampiric Blood should be enough to let you live without needing to run away for Goresplatter Icon Goresplatter.
2.6.

Cooldown Usage

  • Save Abomination Limb Icon Abomination Limb for when you are inside to grip the small adds.
2.7.

Mechanical Tips

  • Grip of the Dead Icon Grip of the Dead is very helpful for keeping the adds from reaching the boss when you are inside.
  • Pay attention to where the shadows of the adds are before going down into the other realm, as you can position Gruesome Disgorge Icon Gruesome Disgorge on top of them and let your DPS hit stuff straight away!
2.8.

Best Talents

Be sure to make use of the 'Export Talents' button to import the build directly into your game!

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Tips for Sikran for Blood Death Knight

2.9.

Defensive Tips

  • If your co-tank did not taunt after 2x Expose Icon Expose, be ready to use a defensive (or fight your way out of Purgatory Icon Purgatory).
2.10.

Cooldown Usage

  • On cooldown.
2.11.

Mechanical Tips

  • Taunt after the second Expose Icon Expose has hit your co-tank.
  • Anti-Magic Zone Icon Anti-Magic Zone to negate the mitigate Cosmic Shards Icon Cosmic Shards for the raid.
2.12.

Best Talents

Be sure to make use of the 'Export Talents' button to import the build directly into your game!

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Tips for Rasha'nan for Blood Death Knight

2.13.

Defensive Tips

  • Savage Assault Icon Savage Assault will apply a DoT based on the amount of unmitigated damage you took (damage to your health bar). Reduce this by having Anti-Magic Shell Icon Anti-Magic Shell and Blood Shield Icon Blood Shield active. The remaining DoT is handled by Death Strike Icon Death Strike.
2.14.

Cooldown Usage

  • On cooldown.
2.15.

Mechanical Tips

  • Death's Advance Icon Death's Advance to chase the boss in the intermission and ignore all of the slow effects from the webs on the ground.
2.16.

Best Talents

Be sure to make use of the 'Export Talents' button to import the build directly into your game!

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Tips for Broodtwister Ovi'nax for Blood Death Knight

Note that it is early days and that this section will be far more fleshed out as the Season progresses and cool tricks and tips are found.

2.17.

Defensive Tips

  • Volatile Concoction Icon Volatile Concoction will deal raid wide damage based on your missing HP when it expires. Get healthy with Vampiric Blood Icon Vampiric Blood and Death Strike Icon Death Strike before it expires.
2.18.

Cooldown Usage

  • Save Gorefiend's Grasp Icon Gorefiend's Grasp for when you are breaking multiple small egg clusters to grip all of the parasites together.
2.19.

Mechanical Tips

  • Keep the boss on top of any Voracious Worms to cleave them down.
  • Tank Colossal Spiders next to the boss to cleave them down.
2.20.

Best Talents

Be sure to make use of the 'Export Talents' button to import the build directly into your game!

3.

Tips for Nexus-Princess Ky'veza for Blood Death Knight

2.21.

Defensive Tips

  • Use Vampiric Blood Icon Vampiric Blood and Anti-Magic Shell Icon Anti-Magic Shell for each set of Void Shredders Icon Void Shredders.
  • Avoid going below 10% HP, as the boss will try to kill you with Reaper Icon Reaper.
2.22.

Cooldown Usage

  • On cooldown.
2.23.

Mechanical Tips

  • Swap after each set of Void Shredders Icon Void Shredders.
  • Pay attention to where the raid has placed their mechanics and move the boss to the opposite side of the arena to counter the effects of Nether Rift Icon Nether Rift.
  • Death's Advance Icon Death's Advance will prevent you from being dragged by Nether Rift Icon Nether Rift.
2.24.

Best Talents

Be sure to make use of the 'Export Talents' button to import the build directly into your game!

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Tips for The Silken Court for Blood Death Knight

2.25.

Defensive Tips

  • Anti-Magic Shell Icon Anti-Magic Shell can prevent the debuffs from Takazj.
2.26.

Cooldown Usage

  • On cooldown.
2.27.

Mechanical Tips

  • Death's Advance Icon Death's Advance will negate the slow effects from Web Bomb Icon Web Bomb.
  • The Scarabs from Anub'arash can be gripped.
2.28.

Best Talents

Be sure to make use of the 'Export Talents' button to import the build directly into your game!

3.

Tips for Queen Ansurek for Blood Death Knight

2.29.

Defensive Tips

  • Phase 1: If you are taking Feast Icon Feast then use Vampiric Blood Icon Vampiric Blood and Icebound Fortitude Icon Icebound Fortitude or Lichborne Icon Lichborne for the initial hit and Death Strike Icon Death Strike strike the absorb shield off.
  • Phase 1: If you are taking Liquefy Icon Liquefy then use Vampiric Blood Icon Vampiric Blood and Anti-Magic Shell Icon Anti-Magic Shell. Immediately follow this up with a Death Strike Icon Death Strike as Anti-Magic Shell Icon Anti-Magic Shell will be consumed and give you Runic Power for it.
  • Phase 3: If you are taking Infest Icon Infest then use Vampiric Blood Icon Vampiric Blood and Anti-Magic Shell Icon Anti-Magic Shell and run away. Place a Death and Decay Icon Death and Decay to slow the mobs and run back to the boss and taunt it to save your co tank from Gorge Icon Gorge.
  • Phase 3: If you are taking Gorge Icon Gorge then use Vampiric Blood Icon Vampiric Blood and Icebound Fortitude Icon Icebound Fortitude or Lichborne Icon Lichborne. Get ready to Death Strike Icon Death Strike and survive until your co tank returns to taunt the boss.
2.30.

Cooldown Usage

  • On cooldown.
2.31.

Mechanical Tips

  • Death's Advance Icon Death's Advance can negate the pull in effects from Wrest Icon Wrest.
  • Death's Advance Icon Death's Advance can negate the knockback from Oust Icon Oust.
2.32.

Best Talents

Be sure to make use of the 'Export Talents' button to import the build directly into your game!

3.

Changelog

  • 16 Sep. 2024: Updated tips for Ansurek.
  • 09 Sep. 2024: Page created.
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