Death Knight vs Demon Hunter who would win? (Lorewise)

[DemonHunter18]

they are probably equal.maybe DK have an edge but DH are above them when they use Meta.

[un_known]

going by the fact that Arthas had the "lol i win" button that was frostmourne, Illidan would've won

[Trollokdamus]

When Arthas and Illidan first met in combat as regular Death Knight and Demon Hunter, they were even. However, a Death Knight, as an undead, doesn't know tiredness, fear or pain, so eventually he would come out on top.

[mathewhayden]

considering mobility and burst was always the better option for melee high-end pvp esp arena, DH would win.

[Kellorion]

Lorewise if a death knight and a demon hunter fought together who would win? According to the Arthas vs Illidan battle it appears that death knights are stronger but those were boss characters, what about when regular death knights vs demon hunters fought with each other.

In lore, pre helm of domination Illidan was more powerful, pre skull of gul'dan they were equal.

[Snes]

Monks beat them all. Weapons are for wimps.

[Aeluron Lightsong]

Depends on who the said Death Knight and Demon Hunter is. We've seen Arthas vs Illidan fight and although Arthas won, it wasn't a faceroll either.

[Unceunce]

I'd have to say that the Demon Hunter would win because of their leaps and shit =)

[Dastreus]

DK. Anti-magic capabilities and dulling physical attacks. Not to mention stopping all the jumping and maneuvering.

[TheCookieGod]

The Demon Hunter who was reraised as a Death Knight.

Or maybe the Death Knight who consumed demonic flesh and became a demon hunter.

It's a coin flip honestly.

[Nathreim]

Death Knight.

They counter magic and mobility and are probably the most battle tested warriors on Azeroth. Also lorewise their necromancy is not as gimped as we see in game.

[Deleted]

every DK will beat easily ANY dh you send for him

[Al Gorefiend]

A DK can be an Orc or Tauren who have quadruple the muscle mass of both elves. Then they wear heavier armor, wield massive weapons, and have magic comparable or succeeding demon hunters

Not even a contest.

[TheMediator]

"Average"? Probably DK. The rank-and-file among the Illidari are generally recruits within maybe a few years of experience fighting the Legion at best with standard weaponry, no armor, etc. Compare that to death knights, who have been fighting through the third war and various minor campaigns in the Plaguelands. Every Death Knight goes through the process of forging his own magical rune blade, not to mention the Death Knights themselves are already selected from those with combat experience in their past lives.

On the top-end of the spectrum, ignoring Illidan and Arthas who have had a number of external transformations and infusements of power beyond the norm, Demon Hunters are much more powerful than Death Knights. The most skilled among the Demon Hunters have had millennia of combat experience, scavenged powerful weapons from the Legion, and mastered their inner demon. On the Death Knight side of things, there isn't really that much of an escalation of power. Aside from Darion Mograine who wielded the Corrupted Ashbringer, the most powerful of the Death Knights were just evil, twisted paladins. That's pretty much it. Their weaponry wasn't particularly potent beyond what a standard issue death knight might use, their magic wasn't baffling powerful, and they had maybe a few decades of experience combined in life and undeath. It's hard to imagine someone like Rivendare facing down an Annihilan.

[Ciddy]

Lorewise, it would depend on the actual characters. Illidan could probably destroy some random, nameless death knight. Same as how Arthas could destroy some random demon hunter.

Arthas won against Illidan, of course, but it wasn't exactly an easy win for him.

If we were talking random death knight vs random demon hunter, and both are equally skilled at their classes, I'd probably give the DK an edge for the same reasons others have mentioned.

[Radaney]

I'll go with DH on this.

They're basically Warcrafts Delta Force.

[swaggers]

A DK can be an Orc or Tauren who have quadruple the muscle mass of both elves. Then they wear heavier armor, wield massive weapons, and have magic comparable or succeeding demon hunters

Not even a contest.

Does muscle mass matter? Since they're dead I mean, it's not like they're actually using their muscles (not oxidising carbohydrates), they're magically animated.
But still I'd go with the general killing machines over the specialised hunters not hunting the thing they specialise against.

[Stormspellz]

generic dk vs generic dh, is the same as generic knight vs knight.

[Torgent]

A DK can be an Orc or Tauren who have quadruple the muscle mass of both elves. Then they wear heavier armor, wield massive weapons, and have magic comparable or succeeding demon hunters

Not even a contest.

And if that's actually how it worked, you'd be correct. But it's not, so you should be embarrassed for claiming the solution to be that simple. If this were true, how do we block and parry bosses that are literally 10x the size of tanks? Oh because in fantasy size =/= strength.

[DarthMonk79]

So it's basically the fight between prince oberyn and the mountain, with oberyn being Illidan and the mountain Arthas.

Also, you say "in the latest book" but according to the wikia, it says that in the "Arthas: Rise of the lich king" that their fight was longer and that Illidan brought Arthas on his knees with one spell. When Illidan went for the killing blow, that's when Arthas somehow managed to strike back. So it sounds like even back then that Illidan was meant to be stronger or something =o

Love that book, but don't forget at that time he wasn't the LK yet, he was still a DK and a weakened one too as he was losing whatever powers given to him by Ner'zhul because the Throne was under attack. People that have read the book apparently seem to always forget that part. He was barely a DK as his powers were weakening consistently. He was only able to grab a few surges of energy.