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Unholy Death Knight

  • 2v2
  • 50 players
  • Last Updated: 8 hours ago

See what 50 high-rated 2v2 characters are using, based on PvPLeaderboard’s EU and US rankings.

Where these stats come from

Starting at the top of the rankings, we work down until we have everything we need for 50 characters.

A character is ignored if their Battle.net profile is missing or incomplete, if they aren’t max level, or if their talents don’t fit the current talent tree.

Use this as a starting point, then adjust your setup for your bracket, comp, rating, and matchup.

Sources: PvPLeaderboard; Battle.net

Players

Nöctis

Nöctis

<TurtleBay>Ravencrest (eu)

Talents (Class)

Wraith Walk
Death's Reach

Talents (Specialization)

Grave Mastery
Raise Abomination

Talents (Hero)

Vampiric Speed
Desecrate
Bloody Fortitude
Pact of the San'layn

Talents (PvP)

Necrotic Wounds
Strangulate
Spellwarden
Daéneriahh

Daéneriahh

<Security>Tarren Mill (eu)

Talents (Class)

Wraith Walk
Asphyxiate

Talents (Specialization)

Raise Abomination

Talents (Hero)

Death Charge
Pact of the Apocalypse
A Feast of Souls

Talents (PvP)

Necrotic Wounds
Strangulate
Bloodforged Armor
Jb

Jb

<TurtleBay>Thunderhorn (eu)

Talents (Class)

Wraith Walk
Asphyxiate

Talents (Specialization)

Raise Abomination

Talents (Hero)

Death Charge
Pact of the Apocalypse
A Feast of Souls

Talents (PvP)

Necrotic Wounds
Strangulate
Spellwarden

Stat Priority

Values are relative to the highest stat. The stat priority for a Unholy Death Knight is
Versatility > Mastery > Haste > Critical Strike

Most Used Races

The best race for a Unholy Death Knight for the Alliance is Human and for the Horde is Highmountain Tauren

Most Used Items

Trinket Combinations

50% of the best players use this combination
Venomous Aspirant's Insignia of Alacrity

Venomous Aspirant's Insignia of Alacrity

Equip: Your spells and abilities have a chance to grant 206 primary stat for 20 sec.

Venomous Aspirant's Medallion

Venomous Aspirant's Medallion

Use: Removes all movement impairing effects and all effects which cause loss of control of your character. (2 Min Cooldown)

14% of the best players use this combination
Venomous Aspirant's Medallion

Venomous Aspirant's Medallion

Use: Removes all movement impairing effects and all effects which cause loss of control of your character. (2 Min Cooldown)

Venomous Aspirant's Insignia of Alacrity

Venomous Aspirant's Insignia of Alacrity

Equip: Your spells and abilities have a chance to grant 198 primary stat for 20 sec.

6% of the best players use this combination
Venomous Gladiator's Insignia of Alacrity

Venomous Gladiator's Insignia of Alacrity

Equip: Your spells and abilities have a chance to grant 270 primary stat for 20 sec.

Venomous Aspirant's Medallion

Venomous Aspirant's Medallion

Use: Removes all movement impairing effects and all effects which cause loss of control of your character. (2 Min Cooldown)

Most Used Sockets

Values are based on the total amount of sockets of all players. The most popular socket for a Unholy Death Knight is Flawless Masterful Lapis
Flawless Masterful Lapis

Flawless Masterful Lapis

28%

+16 Versatility & +7 Mastery

Enduring Heliotrope

Enduring Heliotrope

19%

+23 Primary Stat and +5% Damage Reduction when affected by Crowd Control

Flawless Versatile Amethyst

Flawless Versatile Amethyst

16%

+16 Mastery & +7 Versatility

Most Used Embellishments

Embellishments are specific abilities that can be added onto a piece of gear or weapons to add an equip bonus. The most popular embellishment for a Unholy Death Knight is Arcanoweave Lining on a Feet item
Arcanoweave Lining

Arcanoweave Lining

74%

Equip: Your spells and abilities have a chance to draw in a mana wyrm that will empower you and an ally with Arcanoweave Insight, increasing your Strength by 36 and your ally's Primary Stat by 9.

  • Feet41%
  • Waist36%
  • Wrist15%
  • Back6%
  • Shoulders2%
Sunfire Silk Lining

Sunfire Silk Lining

12%

Equip: Healing and damage from periodic effects can increase Strength by 8 for 15 sec, stacking up to 5 times.

  • Wrist55%
  • Waist45%
Hunt

Hunt

8%

Equip: Your spells and abilities have the chance to grant 85 secondary stats for 15 sec based on the target creature's type.

  • Main Hand100%

Most Used Enchants

Percentages use the 50 characters in this dataset. A value above 100% means the enchant appears more than 50 times, usually because the same enchant is applied to both rings.
Back icon

Back

Goblin Glider

4%
Chant of Winged Grace

Chant of Winged Grace

2%

Permanently enchants a cloak with ancient magic that chants with power, granting 25 Avoidance and reducing fall damage by 10%. Cannot be applied to items lower than level 70.

Chest icon

Chest

Enchant Chest - Mark of the Worldsoul

74%

Enchant Chest - Mark of the Worldsoul

Enchant Chest - Mark of Nalorakk

14%

Enchant Chest - Mark of Nalorakk

Feet icon

Feet

Enchant Boots - Farstrider's Hunt

62%

Enchant Boots - Farstrider's Hunt

Enchant Boots - Lynx's Dexterity

6%

Enchant Boots - Lynx's Dexterity

Legs icon

Legs

Forest Hunter's Armor Kit

66%

+41 Agility/Strength & +115 Stamina

Thalassian Scout Armor Kit

4%

+24 Agility/Strength

Main Hand icon

Main Hand

Rune of the Apocalypse

96%

Rune of the Apocalypse

Rune of the Fallen Crusader

2%

Rune of the Fallen Crusader

Ring icon

Ring

Enchant Ring - Silvermoon's Tenacity

64%

Enchant Ring - Silvermoon's Tenacity

Enchant Ring - Zul'jin's Mastery

42%

Enchant Ring - Zul'jin's Mastery

Wrist icon

Wrist

+72 Avoidance

+72 Avoidance

2%

Permanently enchants bracers with ancient magic that chants with power, granting 50 Avoidance. Cannot be applied to items lower than level 70.

Talents

The new talent system is not as straight-forward as the talent systems from previous expansions. Many talents are situational, and choosing your talents should be done based on the content you are doing. This heat map will show what talents are must-picks, which ones are situational, and which ones are rarely chosen.

Colors

The colors indicate talent popularity. The percentages show how many of the 50 characters in this dataset selected each talent.

  • 90% - 100% (best)
  • 50% - 89% (good)
  • 20% - 49% (situational)
  • 0% - 19% (unpopular)

Talent Tree

Talent Tree Background
Icebound Fortitude
100%
Death Strike
100%
Raise Dead
100%
Runic Attenuation
100%
Improved Death Strike
100%
Cleaving Strikes
100%
Mind Freeze
100%
Blinding Sleet
94%
Gloom Ward
100%
2 / 2
Wraith Walk
92%
Unholy Momentum
100%
2 / 2
Control Undead
0%
Enfeeble
100%
Coldthirst
58%
Proliferating Chill
60%
Permafrost
22%
Veteran of the Third War
100%
Death Pact
78%
Brittle
100%
Blood Bond
16%
Icy Talons
56%
Death Notes
10%
Anti-Magic Zone
94%
Death Defiance
66%
Unholy Bond
100%
Ice Prison
0%
Asphyxiate
100%
Assimilation
26%
Anti-Magic Barrier
100%
Grip of the Dead
42%
Suppression
100%
Blood Scent
30%
Unholy Endurance
96%
Osmosis
78%
Insidious Chill
24%
Runic Protection
90%
Blood Draw
66%
Rune Mastery
100%
2 / 2
Subduing Grasp
12%
Will of the Necropolis
100%
2 / 2
Null Magic
100%
Unyielding Will
0%
Death's Echo
100%
Vestigial Shell
0%

Rider of the Apocalypse

Hero class image
Pact of the Apocalypse
100%
Apocalypse Now
100%
A Feast of Souls
100%
Hungering Thirst
100%
Whitemane's Famine
100%
Mawsworn Menace
100%
Nazgrim's Conquest
100%
Death Charge
100%
Trollbane's Icy Fury
100%
Rider's Champion
100%
Mograine's Might
100%
Unholy Armaments
100%
Let Terror Reign
100%
Ride or Die!
100%
Outbreak
100%
Scourge Strike
100%
Sudden Doom
100%
Clawing Shadows
100%
Putrefy
100%
Dark Transformation
100%
Foul Infections
100%
Grave Mastery
24%
Necromancer's Cunning
100%
Ebon Fever
100%
Festering Scythe
100%
Superstrain
0%
Soul Reaper
94%
Magus of the Dead
100%
Infected Claws
52%
Cycle of Death
54%
Coil of Devastation
88%
Army of the Dead
100%
Reaping
94%
Menacing Magus
28%
Ghoulish Frenzy
90%
Morbidity
76%
Harbinger of Doom
100%
Raise Abomination
98%
Unholy Devotion
100%
All Will Serve
0%
Blightburst
100%
Putrid Echoes
100%
Doomed Bidding
100%
Scourging
6%
2 / 2
Ancient Power
0%
1 / 2
Unholy Aura
100%
2 / 2
Commander of the Dead
100%
2 / 2
Blightfall
6%
Lord of the Dead
100%
Outnumber
90%
Forbidden Knowledge
100%
4 / 4

Most Used PvP Talents

Necrotic Wounds

Necrotic Wounds

100%

Putrefy applies a Necrotic Wound to the enemy when it deals damage, absorbing 8% of all healing received for 15 sec. Max 3 stacks. Adding a stack does not refresh the duration.

Strangulate

Strangulate

90%

Shadowy tendrils constrict an enemy's throat, silencing them for 4 sec.

Spellwarden

Spellwarden

60%

Anti-Magic Shell is now usable on allies and its cooldown is reduced by 10 sec.

Bloodforged Armor

Bloodforged Armor

32%

Death Strike reduces all Physical damage taken by 25% for 4 sec.

Doomburst

Doomburst

12%

Sudden Doom also causes your next Death Coil to deal the damage of your plagues an additional time at 25% effectiveness and reduce the target's movement speed by 45% for 3 sec.

Dark Simulacrum

Dark Simulacrum

4%

Places a dark ward on an enemy player that persists for 12 sec, triggering when the enemy next spends mana on a spell, and allowing the Death Knight to unleash an exact duplicate of that spell.

Life and Death

Life and Death

2%

When the target afflicted with your Dread Plague is healed, you are also healed for 10% of the amount. Additionally, Dread Plague deals 200% of its remaining damage to the target when dispelled.