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Unholy Death Knight

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This page is automatically generated by looking up the top 50 Unholy Death Knight on the Blitz leaderboard. The data on this page is updated every 24 hours in order for the data to be as relevant as possible.

This page only shows what the best players in the world are using. This might not apply to every skill bracket in Mythic+. Use this page as the starting point of your journey, and don’t be afraid to stray away from what is presented on this page!

Players

Kickstop

Kickstop

<Nerd der PVP spielt>Antonidas (eu)

Talents (class)

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Talents (spec)

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Talents (hero)

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Talents (pvp)

Spaidz

Spaidz

Mal'Ganis (us)

Talents (class)

Wraith Walk
Asphyxiate

Talents (spec)

Raise Abomination

Talents (hero)

Death Charge
Pact of the Apocalypse
A Feast of Souls

Talents (pvp)

Necrotic Wounds
Strangulate
Spellwarden
Sîlverâzz

Sîlverâzz

<Do Not Panic In PVP>Drek'Thar (eu)

Talents (class)

Wraith Walk
Asphyxiate

Talents (spec)

Raise Abomination

Talents (hero)

Death Charge
Pact of the Apocalypse
A Feast of Souls

Talents (pvp)

Necrotic Wounds
Stitchmaster
Strangulate

Stat Priority

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

Best Races

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

Best Items

Trinket Combinations

30% of the best players use this combination
Galactic Aspirant's Insignia of Alacrity

Galactic Aspirant's Insignia of Alacrity

Equip: Your spells and abilities have a chance to grant 134 primary stat for 20 sec.

Galactic Aspirant's Medallion

Galactic Aspirant's Medallion

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

27% of the best players use this combination
Galactic Gladiator's Insignia of Alacrity

Galactic Gladiator's Insignia of Alacrity

Equip: Your spells and abilities have a chance to grant 176 primary stat for 20 sec.

Galactic Aspirant's Medallion

Galactic Aspirant's Medallion

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

10% of the best players use this combination
Light Company Guidon

Light Company Guidon

Equip: You are a volunteer of the Vanguard of the Light.

Use: Lead the charge to gain 633 Haste for 15 sec. All Vanguard of the Light volunteers within 40 yards also gain 158 Speed for 6 sec. (1 Min 30 Sec Cooldown)

Gaze of the Alnseer

Gaze of the Alnseer

Equip: Your damage and healing has a chance to grant you Alnsight for 12 sec. While active, casting spells and abilities manifests unstable Alnscorned and consumes their essence to grant you 34 Strength for 12 sec. Multiple applications may overlap.

Best Sockets

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

Flawless Versatile Amethyst

29%

+16 Mastery & +7 Versatility

Flawless Masterful Lapis

Flawless Masterful Lapis

16%

+16 Versatility & +7 Mastery

Enduring Heliotrope

Enduring Heliotrope

15%

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

Best 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 Wrist item
Arcanoweave Lining

Arcanoweave Lining

90%

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 30 and your ally's Primary Stat by 8.

  • Wrist33%
  • Back30%
  • Feet22%
  • Waist15%
Prismatic Focusing Iris

Prismatic Focusing Iris

60%

Equip: Your spells and abilities have a chance to activate the Iris, firing a focused beam of light at your target and dealing 1,142 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 142%
  • Ring 239%
  • Neck19%
Devouring Banding

Devouring Banding

22%

Equip: Your damaging spells and abilities can cause you to heed the whispers and fire a Devouring Bolt at your target, dealing 1,463 Cosmic damage. This bolt devours their strength, seizing 91 of your highest secondary stat for you for 10 sec.

  • Feet31%
  • Wrist23%
  • Back23%
  • Waist15%
  • Shoulders8%

Best Enchants

Percentages are calculated in relation to 50 players. If an enchant has a value of more than 100%, it means the enchant is found more than 50 times. This usually happens when the same enchant is applied to both rings.
Back icon

Back

Goblin Glider

7%
Chest icon

Chest

Enchant Chest - Mark of the Worldsoul

57%

Enchant Chest - Mark of the Worldsoul

Enchant Chest - Mark of Nalorakk

33%

Enchant Chest - Mark of Nalorakk

Feet icon

Feet

Enchant Boots - Farstrider's Hunt

58%

Enchant Boots - Farstrider's Hunt

Enchant Boots - Shaladrassil's Roots

13%

Enchant Boots - Shaladrassil's Roots

Legs icon

Legs

Forest Hunter's Armor Kit

87%

+41 Agility/Strength & +115 Stamina

Blood Knight's Armor Kit

7%

+41 Agility/Strength & +27 Armor

Main Hand icon

Main Hand

Rune of the Apocalypse

97%

Rune of the Apocalypse

Rune of Razorice

2%

Rune of Razorice

Off Hand icon

Off Hand

Rune of the Fallen Crusader

2%

Rune of the Fallen Crusader

Ring icon

Ring

Enchant Ring - Zul'jin's Mastery

102%

Enchant Ring - Zul'jin's Mastery

Enchant Ring - Amani Mastery

33%

Enchant Ring - Amani 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 the popularity of the talent. The numbers below indicate the percentage of the top 50 players that have chosen this talent.

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

Talent Tree

Talent Tree Background
Icebound Fortitude
95%
Death Strike
95%
Raise Dead
95%
Runic Attenuation
95%
Improved Death Strike
95%
Cleaving Strikes
95%
Mind Freeze
95%
Blinding Sleet
93.3%
Gloom Ward
90%
2 / 2
Wraith Walk
90%
Unholy Momentum
95%
2 / 2
Control Undead
0%
Enfeeble
95%
Coldthirst
58.3%
Proliferating Chill
68.3%
Permafrost
23.3%
Veteran of the Third War
95%
Death Pact
58.3%
Brittle
93.3%
Blood Bond
50%
Icy Talons
50%
Death Notes
16.7%
Anti-Magic Zone
83.3%
Death Defiance
41.7%
Unholy Bond
95%
Ice Prison
3.3%
Asphyxiate
95%
Assimilation
15%
Anti-Magic Barrier
95%
Grip of the Dead
50%
Suppression
90%
Blood Scent
38.3%
Unholy Endurance
85%
Osmosis
76.7%
Insidious Chill
21.7%
Runic Protection
85%
Blood Draw
46.7%
Rune Mastery
95%
2 / 2
Subduing Grasp
11.7%
Will of the Necropolis
95%
2 / 2
Null Magic
90%
Unyielding Will
0%
Death's Echo
95%
Vestigial Shell
5%

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
95%
Scourge Strike
95%
Sudden Doom
95%
Clawing Shadows
95%
Putrefy
95%
Dark Transformation
95%
Foul Infections
95%
Grave Mastery
21.7%
Necromancer's Cunning
95%
Ebon Fever
93.3%
Festering Scythe
95%
Superstrain
1.7%
Soul Reaper
95%
Magus of the Dead
95%
Infected Claws
85%
Cycle of Death
31.7%
Coil of Devastation
93.3%
Army of the Dead
95%
Reaping
95%
Menacing Magus
23.3%
Ghoulish Frenzy
71.7%
Morbidity
71.7%
Harbinger of Doom
95%
Raise Abomination
68.3%
Unholy Devotion
90%
All Will Serve
1.7%
Blightburst
88.3%
Putrid Echoes
93.3%
Doomed Bidding
91.7%
Scourging
8.3%
2 / 2
Ancient Power
3.3%
1 / 2
Unholy Aura
93.3%
2 / 2
Commander of the Dead
91.7%
2 / 2
Blightfall
3.3%
Reanimation
91.7%
Outnumber
90%
Forbidden Knowledge
278.3%

Best PvP Talents

Necrotic Wounds

Necrotic Wounds

93%

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

82%

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

Spellwarden

Spellwarden

40%

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

Doomburst

Doomburst

23%

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

23%

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

Life and Death

Life and Death

13%

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.

Stitchmaster

Stitchmaster

7%

When a Lesser Ghoul dies, you gather the remains to heal for 2% of its maximum health. Death Strike sacrifices all Lesser Ghouls under your command.

Dark Simulacrum

Dark Simulacrum

2%

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.

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.