Introduced in the Wrath of the Lich King expansion, Death Knights are World of Warcraft's first hero class. Death knights start at level 55 in a special, instanced zone unreachable by any other class: Acherus, the Ebon Hold, located in Tierras de la Peste: El Enclave Escarlata. Here they will earn their talent points as quest rewards and even get a special summoned mount, the Destrero de la muerte de Acherus!

Death knights have multiple very strong damage dealing options, as each of their talent trees can be specced to perform exceptionally well with a variety of melee abilities, spells and damage-over-time dealing diseases. They are also very capable tank classes, with both their Blood and Frost trees providing unique options - Blood dealing more with self-healing abilities and Frost providing significant damage mitigation and strong AoE damage.

Death knights fight with a special buff active called a presence (similar to a warrior's stances) which provides special bonuses to their roles. Death knights utilize a unique power system, with most spells costing either Runes, which are replenished throughout battle, or Runic Power, which can be generated by various abilities.

• Unholy death knights can spec into Maestro de los necrófagos, which makes their summoned Ghoul minion a permanent pet to aid in battle!
• The death knight class has its own special weapon enchanting ability called Forja de runas, which replaces the need for conventional weapon enchants.
• Death knights are a very unique damage-dealing class in that their damage is dealt by both melee abilities and spells!