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Unholy Death Knight

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  • Last Updated: 21 hours ago

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

Gargingoyles

Gargingoyles

<Wings of Liberty>Deathwing (us)

Talents (class)

Wraith Walk
Death's Reach

Talents (spec)

Grave Mastery
Raise Abomination

Talents (hero)

Death Charge
Horsemen's Aid
A Feast of Souls

Talents (pvp)

Necrotic Wounds
Strangulate
Spellwarden
Tatsuyá

Tatsuyá

Blackrock (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
Strangulate
Doomburst
Tàtsù

Tàtsù

Blackrock (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
Strangulate
Doomburst

Stat Priority

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

47% of the best players use this combination
Galactic Gladiator's Medallion

Galactic Gladiator's Medallion

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

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.

15% 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 663 Haste for 15 sec. All Vanguard of the Light volunteers within 40 yards also gain 165 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 37 Strength for 12 sec. Multiple applications may overlap.

10% 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 206 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)

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 Masterful Lapis
Flawless Masterful Lapis

Flawless Masterful Lapis

32%

+16 Versatility & +7 Mastery

Flawless Versatile Amethyst

Flawless Versatile Amethyst

21%

+16 Mastery & +7 Versatility

Enduring Heliotrope

Enduring Heliotrope

13%

+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

105%

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 44 and your ally's Primary Stat by 11.

  • Wrist37%
  • Back37%
  • Feet16%
  • Waist11%
Prismatic Focusing Iris

Prismatic Focusing Iris

48%

Equip: Your spells and abilities have a chance to activate the Iris, firing a focused beam of light at your target and dealing 1,165 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 141%
  • Ring 238%
  • Neck21%
Devouring Banding

Devouring Banding

20%

Equip: Your damaging spells and abilities can cause you to heed the whispers and fire a Devouring Bolt at your target, dealing 1,492 Cosmic damage. This bolt devours their strength, seizing 91 of your highest secondary stat for you for 10 sec.

  • Back33%
  • Feet33%
  • Waist17%
  • Wrist17%

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

65%

Enchant Chest - Mark of the Worldsoul

Enchant Chest - Mark of Nalorakk

28%

Enchant Chest - Mark of Nalorakk

Feet icon

Feet

Enchant Boots - Farstrider's Hunt

52%

Enchant Boots - Farstrider's Hunt

Enchant Boots - Lynx's Dexterity

23%

Enchant Boots - Lynx's Dexterity

Hands icon

Hands

Heavy Knothide Armor Kit

5%

+3 Stamina

Legs icon

Legs

Forest Hunter's Armor Kit

95%

+41 Agility/Strength & +115 Stamina

Blood Knight's Armor Kit

3%

+41 Agility/Strength & +27 Armor

Main Hand icon

Main Hand

Rune of the Apocalypse

93%

Rune of the Apocalypse

Rune of the Fallen Crusader

5%

Rune of the Fallen Crusader

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

90%

Enchant Ring - Zul'jin's Mastery

Enchant Ring - Eyes of the Eagle

28%

Enchant Ring - Eyes of the Eagle

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
90%
Death Strike
90%
Raise Dead
90%
Runic Attenuation
90%
Improved Death Strike
90%
Cleaving Strikes
90%
Mind Freeze
90%
Blinding Sleet
83.3%
Gloom Ward
86.7%
2 / 2
Wraith Walk
86.7%
Unholy Momentum
90%
2 / 2
Control Undead
0%
Enfeeble
90%
Coldthirst
40%
Proliferating Chill
58.3%
Permafrost
25%
Veteran of the Third War
90%
Death Pact
63.3%
Brittle
88.3%
Blood Bond
30%
Icy Talons
41.7%
Death Notes
16.7%
Anti-Magic Zone
83.3%
Death Defiance
48.3%
Unholy Bond
90%
Ice Prison
0%
Asphyxiate
90%
Assimilation
15%
Anti-Magic Barrier
90%
Grip of the Dead
65%
Suppression
88.3%
Blood Scent
30%
Unholy Endurance
83.3%
Osmosis
70%
Insidious Chill
21.7%
Runic Protection
81.7%
Blood Draw
56.7%
Rune Mastery
90%
2 / 2
Subduing Grasp
6.7%
Will of the Necropolis
90%
2 / 2
Null Magic
86.7%
Unyielding Will
0%
Death's Echo
90%
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
90%
Scourge Strike
90%
Sudden Doom
90%
Clawing Shadows
90%
Putrefy
90%
Dark Transformation
90%
Foul Infections
90%
Grave Mastery
23.3%
Necromancer's Cunning
90%
Ebon Fever
90%
Festering Scythe
90%
Superstrain
1.7%
Soul Reaper
90%
Magus of the Dead
90%
Infected Claws
63.3%
Cycle of Death
43.3%
Coil of Devastation
81.7%
Army of the Dead
90%
Reaping
90%
Menacing Magus
16.7%
Ghoulish Frenzy
70%
Morbidity
73.3%
Harbinger of Doom
90%
Raise Abomination
81.7%
Unholy Devotion
88.3%
All Will Serve
0%
Blightburst
90%
Putrid Echoes
90%
Doomed Bidding
88.3%
Scourging
0%
1 / 2
Ancient Power
0%
1 / 2
Unholy Aura
90%
2 / 2
Commander of the Dead
88.3%
2 / 2
Blightfall
0%
Reanimation
86.7%
Outnumber
88.3%
Forbidden Knowledge
270%

Best PvP Talents

Necrotic Wounds

Necrotic Wounds

88%

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

83%

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

Spellwarden

Spellwarden

43%

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

Doomburst

Doomburst

28%

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

13%

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

Life and Death

Life and Death

7%

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

3%

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.