Death knights...the anti caster!

These types of implementations, especially something like a new class that isn't settled into what types of synergies its going to exhibit, usually take a "kitchen sink" approach. I find that soon enough they're reigned in, scaled back, and find their place in harmony with the rest of the mechanics.

It's an extremely early implementation of the class and its abilities, nothing is final. Like anyone excited about making up a class as cool as the Death Knight there's going to be a ton of abilities, and we're going to throw everything in totally unbalanced just to try them out. Don't think it's final just because it's on a news site.

I should also add that what was shown to the press didn't include new talents and abilities for anything but Death Knights. Even though the Death Knight abilities are totally unfinished and just experimentation based right now, it also may seem crazy as there's no information available for other classes and their new talents/abilities.