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08-31-2009, 06:14 AM
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Welcome to Lichborne (http://www.wow.com/category/death-knight-lichborne/), the Death Knight column that dares ask the hard-hitting questions of Blizzard. Questions such as: Can I make a Worgen Death Knight now? Pretty please with sugar on top?

We've now had about a week and a half to digest all the new information from BlizzCon (http://www.wow.com/blizzcon-2009) about the Cataclysm (http://www.wow.com/cataclysm/), and while it's not a complete picture of what we can expect from the expansion, there's enough information now that we can make some pretty good educated guesses about the direction of the game and the new theorycraft of being a Death Knight. Let's take a look at we can learn from the latest information.

New Races

The new races (http://www.wow.com/2009/08/21/blizzcon-2009-live-blogging-the-cataclysm-new-starter-zones/) definitely have some pretty awesome racials. The Worgen (http://www.wow.com/category/worgen/)'s plus damage racial will make them a very solid choice for a DPS Death Knight, and the sprint will be excellent for closing distance in PvP, especially when paired with Lichborne or Icebound Fortitude to avoid CC. Even the skinning racial will be nice for a leveling Death Knight who decides to take some time out to level the money making gathering tradeskills.

Goblins (http://www.wow.com/category/goblin/) are definitely going to be a nice little convenient race, with low buy and sell prices and a free bit of banking. Combat-wise, the Rocket Boots should be nice for closing distances or running away.

As far as whether these races will end up being the "best" races for Death Knights, I don't think I can say. Part of this is because I think the idea of a "best race" is, to at least some degree, rather subjective, but also, the devs strongly hinted they'll take a look at everyone's racial abilities as they move into Cataclysm, so its certainly possible that other races will get some new or upgraded racials that will keep pace with the awesomeness that are the new races' racials.Continue reading Lichborne: What Cataclysm might mean for Death Knights (http://www.wow.com/2009/08/31/lichborne-what-cataclysm-might-mean-for-death-knights/)

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Lichborne: What Cataclysm might mean for Death Knights (http://www.wow.com/2009/08/31/lichborne-what-cataclysm-might-mean-for-death-knights/) originally appeared on WoW.com (http://www.wow.com) on Mon, 31 Aug 2009 09:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds (http://www.weblogsinc.com/feed-terms/).

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