Death Knight Glyphs, Level 80

Updated 8 January 2010 for Patch 3.3.

These tables show the most popular glyphs by spec. 'Popularity' compares the total count of glyphs to the count of characters who have at least one glyph. The glyph names are links to Wowhead. The sample size is 39582 level 80 Death Knights from the US and EU armouries.

Major Glyphs

Glyph Type Popularity
Blood Builds
Glyph of Death Strike major 64 %
Glyph of Dark Death major 46 %
Glyph of Dancing Rune Weapon major 34 %
Glyph of Death and Decay major 28 %
Glyph of Disease major 25 %
Glyph of Obliterate major 25 %
Glyph of the Ghoul major 22 %
Glyph of Icy Touch major 16 %
Glyph of Plague Strike major 16 %
Glyph of Rune Tap major 15 %
Glyph of Vampiric Blood major 14 %
Glyph of Rune Strike major 13 %
Glyph of Heart Strike major 12 %
Glyph of Frost Strike major 12 %
Frost Builds
Glyph of Obliterate major 58 %
Glyph of Frost Strike major 49 %
Glyph of Howling Blast major 40 %
Glyph of Icy Touch major 33 %
Glyph of Death and Decay major 32 %
Glyph of Death Strike major 27 %
Glyph of Dark Death major 27 %
Glyph of Disease major 25 %
Glyph of Unbreakable Armor major 22 %
Glyph of the Ghoul major 20 %
Glyph of Rune Strike major 14 %
Unholy Builds
Glyph of the Ghoul major 67 %
Glyph of Dark Death major 52 %
Glyph of Icy Touch major 35 %
Glyph of Death Strike major 28 %
Glyph of Death and Decay major 26 %
Glyph of Scourge Strike major 26 %
Glyph of Disease major 25 %
Glyph of Obliterate major 21 %
Glyph of Plague Strike major 18 %
Glyph of Bone Shield major 13 %
Glyph of Frost Strike major 13 %

Minor Glyphs

Glyph Type Popularity
Blood Builds
Glyph of Raise Dead minor 89 %
Glyph of Horn of Winter minor 87 %
Glyph of Pestilence minor 68 %
Glyph of Blood Tap minor 25 %
Glyph of Death's Embrace minor 14 %
Frost Builds
Glyph of Raise Dead minor 89 %
Glyph of Horn of Winter minor 89 %
Glyph of Pestilence minor 75 %
Glyph of Blood Tap minor 27 %
Glyph of Death's Embrace minor 12 %
Unholy Builds
Glyph of Raise Dead minor 92 %
Glyph of Horn of Winter minor 84 %
Glyph of Pestilence minor 75 %
Glyph of Blood Tap minor 20 %
Glyph of Death's Embrace minor 15 %