Blood Death Knight Torghast Guide and Best Anima Powers - Dragonflight 10.2.5 (2024)

Last updated on Jan 15, 2024 at 15:00 by Mandl and Panthea38 comments

This page will guide you on how to get the most out of your BloodDeath Knight in Torghast, Tower of the Damned. For more information aboutTorghast in general, check out our dedicated pages below.

We strongly recommend using the Mythic+ talent loadout for Torghast,as it is the closest content type to it, and the end boss of each runlargely is defeated by proper choice of powers and not individualtalent choices.

Should you wish to optimize your Torghast runs a bit further, we included avery slightly different build below, where a single pointwas moved from Will of the Necropolis into Blood Draw.As Will of the Necropolis is not particularly strong in Torghast,and Blood Draw is modified by a whole raft of anima powers (it is adirect damage effect that can crit), this swap can allow you to do a largeburst of AoE damage every floor (its ICD gets reset when you complete a floor)by dropping yourself below 30%.

You can easily import the talent tree below into the game with the following string:

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Throughout Torghast, you will acquire Anima Powers. These will be multiplechoice windows and each of these will increase your power in Torghast in somecapacity. Some choices however will be better than others for your currentsituation within Torghast. For a complete list of Anima Powersavailable to Death Knights, please refer to the pages below.

Below is a ranked tier list to help you get the most out of yourAnima Powers. This Tier List assumes that the powers are the same level.It should be noted that a lot of these choices can come down to personalplay style and preference and you should choose what is best for you personally.

As Torghast is meant to be flexible and fun, this is just a rough guidelineso do not feel like you need to use these recommendations or you will not be ableto complete your run. Try things out and see how they go for you forthe best results.

• Skull Bloomer (changed to buff Death Strike in a hotfix)
• Superstrain
• Ancient Drake Breath
• Blood-tinged Poker
• Boundless Fortitude (when combined with Ancient Drake Breath)
• Exterminator (when combined with Bloating Fodder)
• Necromantic Bile
• Unquenchable Blade
• Undertaker's Crown
• Deathlord's Cypher (Allows you to have Heartbreaker and Blooddrinker)
• Deathlord's Invocation (Allows you to have Will of the Necropolis and Anti-Magic Barrier)
• Deathlord's Legacy (Allows you to have Grip of the Deadand Wraith Walk)

• Animate Armaments
• Bone Growing Juice
• Bone Harvester
• Darkreaver's Lens
• Lich Robes (when combined with Undertaker's Crown; this hasbeen roughly doubled in strength for Patch 9.0.5 and no longer causes Bonestormto be a trap talent, as it works off all Runic Power spent)
• Death Turf
• Blightstone (this can be dangerous and pull lots of mobs whenyou have multiple stacks)
• The Horsem*n's Call
• Occult Emitter
• Rune Hunter
• Tome of Swordplay
• Deathlord's Gift (Allows you to have Rapid Decompositionand Hemostasis)
• Deathlord's Mythos (Allows you to have Voracious and Bloodworms)

• Chains of Anguish
• Creeping Decay
• Darkreaver's Ward
• Force Pull
• Monstrous Concoction
• Phearomones
• Plaguebringer
• Slick Ice
• Unbreakable Cuffs
• Deathlord's Lesson (Allows you to have Foul Bulwark and Relish in Blood or Blood Tap)
• Deathlord's Ultimatum (Allows you to have Purgatory and Red Thirst or Bonestorm)

If an Anima Power is not in the Tier List above, it is either because wehave been unable to test it or find information about its tuning. It will bepopulated over time as we learn more about them.

Occasionally, you will be offered the ability to get Phantasma instead of anAnima Power, or increases to your Phantasma generation. It is hard to evaluatethese, but they are generally better than the "Average" Anima powers.

Blood Death Knight is quite strong for Torghast, in either group or solocontent. You will comfortably be able to progress through the towerwith very few limiting factors. Your play style will not differ much from normalMythic+/Raid in Torghast.

• Use line of sight to your advantage. This can be incredibly handy if thereare multiple caster mobs that you wish to stack up and cleave together.
• Use Mind Freeze, Death Grip, and Asphyxiateactively to interrupt/disrupt dangerous monsters.
• Use the perks you pick up on the way as they are incredibly valuable.

Some generic tips for a Venthyr Blood Death Knight:

• You can use Door of Shadows to cross gaps, get on top ofterrain, skip dangerous mobs etc.
• Swarming Mist is great to use on larger pulls to fuel Bonestorm.

There are also Venthyr Specific Anima Powers ranked from best to worst:

• Death's Deliverance - Whilst Swarming Mist is active, Door of Shadows has no cooldown and deals heavy AoE damage toarrival. This is a must have Anima Power should it become available in your run.
• Swarm Host - Death Grip activates or extends Swarming Mist for 3 seconds. Can be very powerful to chain pullstogether and speed up your run.
• Formless Executioner - Swarming Mist gains more damage whenyou dodge and this Anima Power conveniently increases your dodge too.

Some generic tips for a Kyrian Blood Death Knight:

• Summon your Summon Steward often to get Phial of Serenity.
• Your Summon Steward can also be used to change your talentsmid-floor.

There are also Kyrian Specific Anima Powers ranked from best to worst:

• Eyes of the Unceasing - Simple reduction to the cooldown of Shackle the Unworthy. Pick when available.
• Oppressor's Chain - Automatically activates (and does not activatethe cooldown of) Shackle the Unworthy on enemies that attack you(20 second cooldown on the proc). Free damage, pick up when available.
• Darkhelm of Nuren - Causes all enemies within 10y of your targetto be stunned for 5 seconds when you use Shackle the Unworthy
• Hateforged Cilice - 20% damage taken increase to the enemies with Shackle the Unworthy.
• Reinforced Manacle - 10% damage dealt reduction to enemies with Shackle the Unworthy.
• Twisted Hellchoker - Mind controls the enemy for 7 seconds when youuse Shackle the Unworthy. Will not be useful most of the time.

Some generic tips for a Night Fae Blood Death Knight:

• Make good use of your Soulshape to move around Torghast.
• Remember to refresh your Death's Due at the last second to ensure thebuff carries over to new packs to get the most of the ability.

There are also Night Fae Specific Anima Powers ranked from best to worst:

• Corrupted Sapwood - You will now generate an additional stack of Death's Due and increases the maximum amount of stacks by 8. Essentiallydoubling the power potential of Death's Due.
• Toxic Accumulator - Damage buff to Death's Due which increasesover time.
• Nightmare Tendrils - Causes Death's Due to root targets.Most of the time it will not be useful, however it can have some benefits if you arenot wanting enemies to flee into other groups of enemies in densely populatedcorridors.

Some generic tips for a Necrolord Blood Death Knight:

• Take some time between packs of enemies to use Fleshcraft.
• Ensure you get the grips from Abomination Limb to gain charges of Bone Shield and have more runes available for Heart Strike

There are also Necrolord Specific Anima Powers ranked from best to worst:

• Fatal Grasp - Any enemy gripped will now have Soul Reapercast on them.
• Engorged Limb - Duration of Abomination Limb increased basedon runes spent. A simple damage increase, and also more grips.
• Prosthetic Grabber - Allows you to grip enemies up to 40 yards away.Can potentially cause more harm than good.