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Unholy Death Knight

  • Battleground Blitz
  • 50 players
  • Last Updated: 7 hours ago

See what 50 high-rated Battleground Blitz 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

Lìsanalgaíb

Lìsanalgaíb

Tarren Mill (eu)

Talents (Class)

Wraith Walk
Asphyxiate

Talents (Specialization)

Raise Abomination

Talents (Hero)

Vampiric Speed
Blood-Soaked Ground
Bloody Fortitude
Pact of the San'layn

Talents (PvP)

Necrotic Wounds
Strangulate
Bloodforged Armor
Tatsuki

Tatsuki

<ALLES ERREICHT>Blackrock (eu)

Talents (Class)

Wraith Walk
Asphyxiate

Talents (Specialization)

Raise Abomination

Talents (Hero)

Vampiric Speed
Blood-Soaked Ground
Bloody Fortitude
Pact of the San'layn

Talents (PvP)

Necrotic Wounds
Strangulate
Spellwarden
Caseyryback

Caseyryback

<PRETTY GIRL CLUB>Ravencrest (eu)

Talents (Class)

Wraith Walk
Asphyxiate

Talents (Specialization)

Raise Abomination

Talents (Hero)

Vampiric Speed
Blood-Soaked Ground
Bloody Fortitude
Pact of the San'layn

Talents (PvP)

Necrotic Wounds
Strangulate
Doomburst

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 Orc

Most Used Items

Trinket Combinations

64% of the best players use this combination
Venomous Gladiator's Medallion

Venomous Gladiator's Medallion

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

Venomous Gladiator's Insignia of Alacrity

Venomous Gladiator's Insignia of Alacrity

Equip: Your spells and abilities have a chance to grant 314 primary stat for 20 sec.

8% of the best players use this combination
Voracious Heart of Ula'tek

Voracious Heart of Ula'tek

Use: Bite the heart and embrace the ravening hunger, gaining 436 Strength for 20 sec. While the hunger persists, gain a very high chance to devour a morsel of your target with every attack, dealing 13,921 Physical damage and further increasing your Strength by 48. (1 Min 30 Sec Cooldown)

Zul'jin's Guillotine Technique

Zul'jin's Guillotine Technique

Equip: You have a chance to follow up your attacks with Guillotine, hurling a massive axe in an arc at your target to deal 44,002 Physical damage. Damage increased by 2% for every 1% health the target is missing.

6% 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)

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

40%

+16 Versatility & +7 Mastery

Flawless Versatile Amethyst

Flawless Versatile Amethyst

18%

+16 Mastery & +7 Versatility

Enduring Heliotrope

Enduring Heliotrope

14%

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

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

88%

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 47 and your ally's Primary Stat by 12.

  • Feet36%
  • Waist29%
  • Wrist20%
  • Back13%
  • Shoulders2%
  • Head1%
Prismatic Focusing Iris

Prismatic Focusing Iris

6%

Equip: Your spells and abilities have a chance to activate the Iris, firing a focused beam of light at your target and dealing 2,186 Arcane damage every second for 4 sec. Each unique gem color you have socketed empowers the Iris, causing it to deal 1% additional damage per.

  • Ring 150%
  • Ring 250%
Sunfire Silk Lining

Sunfire Silk Lining

4%

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

  • Feet25%
  • Back25%
  • Waist25%
  • Wrist25%

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

10%
Chest icon

Chest

Enchant Chest - Mark of the Worldsoul

74%

Enchant Chest - Mark of the Worldsoul

Enchant Chest - Mark of Nalorakk

26%

Enchant Chest - Mark of Nalorakk

Feet icon

Feet

Enchant Boots - Farstrider's Hunt

68%

Enchant Boots - Farstrider's Hunt

Enchant Boots - Shaladrassil's Roots

18%

Enchant Boots - Shaladrassil's Roots

Hands icon

Hands

Heat Wave

4%

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Falco Strikes

2%

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Legs icon

Legs

Forest Hunter's Armor Kit

94%

+41 Agility/Strength & +115 Stamina

Blood Knight's Armor Kit

6%

+41 Agility/Strength & +27 Armor

Main Hand icon

Main Hand

Rune of the Apocalypse

96%

Rune of the Apocalypse

Rune of the Fallen Crusader

4%

Rune of the Fallen Crusader

Ring icon

Ring

Enchant Ring - Silvermoon's Tenacity

106%

Enchant Ring - Silvermoon's Tenacity

Enchant Ring - Zul'jin's Mastery

46%

Enchant Ring - Zul'jin's Mastery

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
98%
Blinding Sleet
92%
Gloom Ward
98%
2 / 2
Wraith Walk
98%
Unholy Momentum
100%
2 / 2
Control Undead
0%
Enfeeble
98%
Coldthirst
52%
Proliferating Chill
72%
Permafrost
14%
Veteran of the Third War
100%
Death Pact
88%
Brittle
100%
Blood Bond
10%
Icy Talons
56%
Death Notes
6%
Anti-Magic Zone
88%
Death Defiance
86%
Unholy Bond
100%
Ice Prison
0%
Asphyxiate
100%
Assimilation
12%
Anti-Magic Barrier
100%
Grip of the Dead
36%
Suppression
100%
Blood Scent
22%
Unholy Endurance
100%
Osmosis
82%
Insidious Chill
18%
Runic Protection
98%
Blood Draw
78%
Rune Mastery
100%
2 / 2
Subduing Grasp
2%
Will of the Necropolis
100%
2 / 2
Null Magic
98%
Unyielding Will
0%
Death's Echo
100%
Vestigial Shell
2%

San'layn

Hero class image
Infliction of Sorrow
100%
Incite Terror
100%
Inevitable
100%
The Blood is Life
100%
Blood-Soaked Ground
100%
Vampiric Strike
100%
Gift of the San'layn
100%
Pact of the San'layn
100%
Bloody Fortitude
100%
Vampiric Speed
100%
Frenzied Bloodthirst
100%
Transfusion
100%
Thrill of Blood
100%
Visceral Strength
100%
Outbreak
100%
Scourge Strike
100%
Sudden Doom
100%
Clawing Shadows
100%
Putrefy
100%
Dark Transformation
100%
Foul Infections
100%
Grave Mastery
20%
Necromancer's Cunning
100%
Ebon Fever
100%
Festering Scythe
100%
Superstrain
0%
Soul Reaper
96%
Magus of the Dead
100%
Infected Claws
38%
Cycle of Death
42%
Coil of Devastation
96%
Army of the Dead
100%
Reaping
100%
Menacing Magus
14%
Ghoulish Frenzy
98%
Morbidity
86%
Harbinger of Doom
100%
Raise Abomination
98%
Unholy Devotion
94%
All Will Serve
0%
Blightburst
100%
Putrid Echoes
100%
Doomed Bidding
100%
Scourging
18%
1 / 2
Ancient Power
0%
1 / 2
Unholy Aura
100%
2 / 2
Commander of the Dead
100%
2 / 2
Blightfall
8%
Lord of the Dead
100%
Outnumber
92%
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

94%

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

Spellwarden

Spellwarden

72%

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

Doomburst

Doomburst

14%

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.

Bloodforged Armor

Bloodforged Armor

10%

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

4%

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.

Zombify

Zombify

2%

Reanimates a nearby corpse, summoning a zombie for 20 sec that slowly moves towards your target. If your zombie reaches its target, it explodes after 3.0 sec. The explosion stuns all enemies within 8 yards for 3 sec and deals 10% of their health in Shadow damage.