Unholy Death Knight
- Rated Battlegrounds
- 12 players
- Last Updated: 19 hours ago
See what 12 high-rated Rated Battlegrounds characters are using, based on the PvPLeaderboard rankings available for this update.
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
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Players
Stat Priority
Best Races
Best Items
Trinket Combinations
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
Use: Removes all movement impairing effects and all effects which cause loss of control of your character. (2 Min Cooldown)
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
Equip: Your spells and abilities have a chance to grant 198 primary stat for 20 sec.
Venomous Aspirant's Badge of Ferocity
Use: Increases primary stat by 244 for 15 sec. (1 Min Cooldown)
Venomous 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
Flawless Versatile Amethyst
+16 Mastery & +7 Versatility
Flawless Masterful Lapis
+16 Versatility & +7 Mastery
Enduring Heliotrope
+23 Primary Stat and +5% Damage Reduction when affected by Crowd Control
Best Embellishments
Arcanoweave Lining
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 45 and your ally's Primary Stat by 11.
- Waist36%
- Feet27%
- Shoulders18%
- Wrist18%
Prismatic Focusing Iris
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
Equip: Healing and damage from periodic effects can increase Strength by 8 for 15 sec, stacking up to 5 times.
- Waist50%
- Wrist50%
Best Enchants
Back
Goblin Glider
Chest
Enchant Chest - Mark of the Worldsoul
Enchant Chest - Mark of the Worldsoul
Enchant Chest - Mark of Nalorakk
Enchant Chest - Mark of Nalorakk
Feet
Enchant Boots - Farstrider's Hunt
Enchant Boots - Farstrider's Hunt
Legs
Forest Hunter's Armor Kit
+41 Agility/Strength & +115 Stamina
Main Hand
Rune of the Apocalypse
Rune of the Apocalypse
Ring
Enchant Ring - Zul'jin's Mastery
Enchant Ring - Zul'jin's Mastery
Enchant Ring - Silvermoon's Tenacity
Enchant Ring - Silvermoon's Tenacity
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 12 characters in this dataset selected each talent.
- 90% - 100% (best)
- 50% - 89% (good)
- 20% - 49% (situational)
- 0% - 19% (unpopular)
Talent Tree
Rider of the Apocalypse
Best Class Talents
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Best Hero Talents
Tier 7
Tier 8
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Tier 10
Tier 11
Best Specialization Talents
Tier 2
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Best PvP Talents
Necrotic Wounds
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
Shadowy tendrils constrict an enemy's throat, silencing them for 4 sec.
Spellwarden
Anti-Magic Shell is now usable on allies and its cooldown is reduced by 10 sec.
Doomburst
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
Death Strike reduces all Physical damage taken by 25% for 4 sec.
Life and Death
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
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.
Zombify
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.
Dark Simulacrum
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.