Alternatively, dropping Two-Handed Weapon Specialization and Dark Conviction would allow you to get some of the more powerful talents deep in the Unholy tree. Two of the must-have abilities in this spec are Butchery and Vendetta. Good variation of this build are possible by going deeper into the Blood tree, possibly including Rune Tap and Bladed Armor, depending on your play style and downtime between pulls. They return a huge amount of runic power and health every time you kill a mob that grants experience. It would be wise to include at least those two abilities in any Death Knight power leveling build.

 

While not available until much later in the tree, Bloodworms and Vampiric Blood help improve your wow power leveling time significantly. If you find you aren’t ever losing enough health to need Rune Tap, you can drop it for higher damage abilities in either the Blood or Unholy trees. Even if you are not a fan of the melee oriented Blood tree, if you plan on leveling solo, you should consider it a very strong option if you plan on leveling as quickly and easily as possible.

 

Mark of Blood is also available early on, which should all but remove your need to ever need to eat or bandage while you wow power leveling. This provides a huge advantage to other classes and even other Death Knight specs. Choosing a spec is largely comes down to personal preference and play-style. However, some abilities such as Butchery and Vendetta are going to greatly improve the speed you can in your Wotlk Death Knight power leveling steps no matter which tree and abilities you prefer.