My Death Knight is Unholy and NO I will not switch to Frost :P
Icy Veins says about Unholy stat distribution:
>>Note that Strength is extremely valuable, and choosing a higher item level piece in spite of its poor stat distribution should not be unusual for you.<<
And it also says:
>>Mastery, through Mastery: Dreadblade, increases your Shadow damage. Shadow damage makes up a great part of your total damage.<<
And I have found that I cannot get a single, solitary piece of gear upgrade that fails to have ***ABSOLUTELY*** nothing but Crit/Vers Crit/Vers Crit/Vers Crit/Vers Crit/Vers Crit/Vers Crit/Vers Crit/Vers Crit/Vers Crit/Vers Crit/Vers Crit/Vers Crit/Vers Crit/Vers Crit/Vers Crit/Vers Crit/Vers Crit/Vers Crit/Vers Crit/Vers Crit/Vers Crit/Vers Crit/Vers Crit/Vers Crit/Vers Crit/Vers Crit/Vers Crit/Vers Crit/Vers Crit/Vers Crit/Vers Crit/Vers Crit/Vers Crit/Vers Crit/Vers Crit/Vers Crit/Vers Crit/Vers Crit/Vers Crit/Vers Crit/Vers Crit/Vers Crit/Vers Crit/Vers Crit/Vers Crit/Vers Crit/Vers Crit/Vers Crit/Vers Crit/Vers Crit/Vers Crit/Vers Crit/Vers Crit/Vers Crit/Vers Crit/Vers Crit/Vers Crit/Vers Crit/Vers Crit/Vers Crit/Vers Crit/Vers Crit/Vers , the bane of gear upgrades.
So my question, how much Mastery can I afford to give up for Strength, never ever ever ***EVER*** failing to lose Mastery and getting nothing but Crit/Vers Crit/Vers Crit/Vers in return? Can I afford to end up with Mastery near ZERO and about 862 GAZILLION percent Crit/Vers ?
This is partially applicable to nearly all my toons but due to the specifics listed for Unholy DK, I'm using her as an example.
How much of the most important Secondary Stats can I afford to lose in return for ONLY the least important, even if Strength (the primary) is the overall king?
Is there a line I have to draw somewhere?