World of Warcraft

Frostmourne

Binds when picked up
Unique
Sword
Two-Hand
Speed 4.00
597 - 896 Damage
(186.6 damage per second)
+100 Strength
+200 Stamina
+150 Intellect
Requires Level 80
Equip: The wielder of Frostmourne will become the new Lich King.
"Hail to the king, baby!"

"Stats for Frostmourne, as it may appear in World of Warcraft: Wrath of the Lich King, were previewed at BlizzCon 2007. The developers stated that they were still working out the details, particularly with regards to the Equip effect."

BlizzConFrostmourne.jpg
 
The Death Knight will be the first hero class in World of Warcraft, set to be introduced in the new expansion, World of Warcraft: Wrath of the Lich King.
Overview
Once certain criteria are met, players will be able to create a new death knight character, which will start at a high level. The exact level has not yet been determined, but a senior producer of Blizzard says it will be somewhere around level 50 or 60.
The death knight combines martial prowess with dark, necromantic energies. Players might be familiar with the death knight from previously released Warcraft games -- most recently, in the campaigns for Warcraft III: Reign of Chaos and the Warcraft III: The Frozen Throne expansion, the former paladin Arthas became a death knight and wrought havoc across Azeroth before fusing with the spirit of Ner'zhul to become the Lich King. It is important to note that these particular Death Knights are based upon those created by the Lich King in Warcraft III, not those of Orcish origin as seen in WarCraft II.
The death knight is the first hero class in World of Warcraft; once certain criteria are met, players will unlock through a non-raiding quest chain the ability to create a new death knight character, which will begin play at a high experience level with multiple spells and abilities ready to use. Blizzard is currently exploring various options for how the death knight will play and the types of abilities at its disposal, and they'll be revealing more information about this new class as they get further along in development.
The trailer depicts a cinematic of a character being surrounded by the undead minions of the Lich King, and waking up as a Death Knight. However, previewers indicate that a Death Knight is created as a new character after being unlocked through a questline by an existing level 80 character, and the player does not lose access to the unlocking character.
The way death knights were portrayed in past Warcraft games is certainly a source of inspiration for Blizzard, but they are still determining how best to capture that feel within the mechanics of World of Warcraft, and haven't made any final determinations on specific abilities. In general terms, the death knight can be considered a type of class that combines damage dealing and tanking, but naturally it will have an array of unique abilities as well.
The death knight uses a unique rune-based resource system to govern his spells and abilities. Three rune types: blood, frost, and unholy, each with an attached color and symbol. Death Knight players will have to carve these runes into their weapons anytime outside combat, so they'll have to choose which sort of runes to emphasize in their spec.
Races
According to a panel at BlizzCon 2007, the Death Knight is planned to be available to every race at this time, though the list may change in development.
Abilities
The following abilities have been confirmed at BlizzCon:
* Army of the Dead - Spell summons undead minions to fight for Death Knight. These creatures run around and attack things at random.
* Unholy Embrace - Target is embraced by a silhouette of darkness for 6 seconds, corrupting any healing spells and effects cast upon or currently affecting the target to cause damage for 50% of their healing potential instead of restoring health. Any damage shields cast upon or currently affecting the target will also be instantly consumed, dealing 50% of their absorption potential in damage. Once afflicted with Unholy Embrace, the target cannot be afflicted with Unholy Embrace again for 1 minute.
Possible Abilities
May have offensive aura capability, much like paladin auras but instead of buffing, they debuff, or deal damage. Both Baron Rivendare and Alexi Barov (two prominent Death Knights) have damaging auras, and seeing as how the Death Knight is intended as the opposite of a Paladin, this would make perfect sense.
Miscellaneous information
* Designed to fulfill both tanking and DPS roles.
* Can tank using two-handed weapons or dual-wielding - cannot use shields.
* May only use bladed weapons, currently swords/axes.
* Wears plate armor.
* Spells and abilities are a mix of both casting and melee.
* Uses a rune system instead of mana, energy, or rage including three schools: blood, frost and unholy.
 
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