Wrath of the Lich King first made it’s appearance in last year’s Blizzon. The expansion to the hguhely popular online multiplayer series is expected to offer new lands to explore, a ruthless antihero, Arthas and loads of new content. Blizzard has also incorporated a new Death Knight class, besides changing the raiding system. The strange Death Knight is for takes for anyone whose character has reached the 55th level or higher. Once you cross the 55 level mark, you’ll be given an option to create a Dark Knight on any race. There are of course some caveats to abide by, players are allowed to create a single Death Knight per realm per account, your undead characters will all be level 55 , in addition you will be able to summon a regular mount. The Dark Knight is a powerful character with a rune –powered spell system. A series of six slots is provided beneath the Knight’s health bar and can holf a combination of any three rune class naelmy unholy, blood and frost. The configuration of the rune is customizable by the players, however you’ll need to go to a specific location to be able to recive this power. The rune configuration will also vary depending on the spell choice of the character. Once a rune is used it needs a cool down time, this makes the configuration important as you would be rendered vulnerable during the cool down time. The Death Knight has some pretty lethal spells including an ice-shackle and a snare which pulled spellcasters to melee distances. A by-product of the rune powered abilites is the runic power, which will be generated everytime you unleash one. This allows you to store a powerful ability such as the warrior’s rage and unleash it to devastate an enemy. The catch is that the ability bleeds over time. In addition the Knight also has the ability to create “presences”, these offers a unique set of buffs much like the Paladin’s aura. As if these weren’t enough the guy gets a pet too. The Knight has the ability to conjure a spirit from a corpse, friend or foe to fight by his side. Though the spirit lasts only a short period, it packs in so much power that it decimates anyone who opposes it’s master within seconds. The spirit has got it’s own range of spells and has the ability to disease the enemy. The developers are aware that powering the Knight so heavily could distort the balance of the game. They have solved this by not giving the Death Knight the healing ability, this prevent an all Death Knight group look from surviving. The other major news is the new raiding technique used in Lich King . The highly positive review that the heroic dungeon in the previos expansion received made the developers introduce the setting in all of the five main dungeons. Esides all of the Lich King dungeons will allow 10-15 person versions to allow more players to enjoy the endgame content.
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