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Unholy Death Knight

  • Solo Shuffle
  • 50 players
  • Last Updated: 8 minutes ago

This page is automatically generated by looking up the top 50 Unholy Death Knight on the Solo Shuffle 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

Kciktep

Kciktep

<i wanna die>Tichondrius (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
Bloodforged Armor
Spellwarden
Death

Death

<Wish>Scilla (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
Bloodforged Armor
Danksight

Danksight

Dalvengyr (us)

Talents (class)

Wraith Walk
Asphyxiate

Talents (spec)

Raise Abomination

Talents (hero)

Death Charge
Pact of the Apocalypse
A Feast of Souls

Talents (pvp)

Dark Simulacrum
Necrotic Wounds
Spellwarden

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 Highmountain Tauren

Best Items

Trinket Combinations

70% 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.

26% 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 Badge of Ferocity

Galactic Gladiator's Badge of Ferocity

Use: Increases primary stat by 208 for 15 sec. (1 Min Cooldown)

2% of the best players use this combination
Radiant Plume

Radiant Plume

Equip: The Plume's radiance grants you 264 Mastery, waning over 60 sec before reigniting to full incandescence. The Plume's power also regenerates while out of combat.

Use: While out of combat, invoke the Plume's dual nature to transform it into an Umbral Plume. (5 Min Cooldown)

Light Company Guidon

Light Company Guidon

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

Use: Lead the charge to gain 610 Haste for 15 sec. All Vanguard of the Light volunteers within 40 yards also gain 152 Speed for 6 sec. (1 Min 30 Sec 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

60%

+16 Versatility & +7 Mastery

Flawless Versatile Amethyst

Flawless Versatile Amethyst

19%

+16 Mastery & +7 Versatility

Enduring Heliotrope

Enduring Heliotrope

16%

+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 Waist item
Arcanoweave Lining

Arcanoweave Lining

174%

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 28 and your ally's Primary Stat by 7.

  • Waist40%
  • Back26%
  • Feet26%
  • Wrist5%
  • Shoulders2%
Hunt

Hunt

24%

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%
Blood

Blood

2%

Equip: Your damaging spells and abilities have the chance to grant Farstrider's Guile, increasing your lowest secondary stat by 116 for 15 sec. When an allied player dies, gain 96 of your highest secondary stat for 15 sec. This effect can only occur once every 5 min.

  • Main Hand100%

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.
Chest icon

Chest

Enchant Chest - Mark of the Worldsoul

90%

Enchant Chest - Mark of the Worldsoul

Enchant Chest - Mark of Nalorakk

10%

Enchant Chest - Mark of Nalorakk

Feet icon

Feet

Enchant Boots - Farstrider's Hunt

72%

Enchant Boots - Farstrider's Hunt

Enchant Boots - Lynx's Dexterity

18%

Enchant Boots - Lynx's Dexterity

Hands icon

Hands

Heavy Knothide Armor Kit

18%

+3 Stamina

Legs icon

Legs

Forest Hunter's Armor Kit

100%

+41 Agility/Strength & +115 Stamina

Main Hand icon

Main Hand

Rune of the Apocalypse

100%

Rune of the Apocalypse

Ring icon

Ring

Enchant Ring - Silvermoon's Tenacity

136%

Enchant Ring - Silvermoon's Tenacity

Enchant Ring - Zul'jin's Mastery

48%

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 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
100%
Death Strike
100%
Raise Dead
100%
Runic Attenuation
100%
Improved Death Strike
100%
Cleaving Strikes
100%
Mind Freeze
100%
Blinding Sleet
100%
Gloom Ward
100%
2 / 2
Wraith Walk
90%
Unholy Momentum
100%
2 / 2
Control Undead
0%
Enfeeble
98%
Coldthirst
70%
Proliferating Chill
84%
Permafrost
2%
Veteran of the Third War
100%
Death Pact
98%
Brittle
100%
Blood Bond
10%
Icy Talons
16%
Death Notes
2%
Anti-Magic Zone
100%
Death Defiance
98%
Unholy Bond
100%
Ice Prison
0%
Asphyxiate
100%
Assimilation
0%
Anti-Magic Barrier
100%
Grip of the Dead
58%
Suppression
100%
Blood Scent
14%
Unholy Endurance
100%
Osmosis
94%
Insidious Chill
6%
Runic Protection
96%
Blood Draw
58%
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
8%

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
6%
Necromancer's Cunning
100%
Ebon Fever
100%
Festering Scythe
100%
Superstrain
0%
Soul Reaper
100%
Magus of the Dead
100%
Infected Claws
48%
Cycle of Death
54%
Coil of Devastation
96%
Army of the Dead
100%
Reaping
100%
Menacing Magus
6%
Ghoulish Frenzy
98%
Morbidity
94%
Harbinger of Doom
100%
Raise Abomination
98%
Unholy Devotion
96%
All Will Serve
4%
Blightburst
100%
Putrid Echoes
100%
Doomed Bidding
100%
Scourging
0%
1 / 2
Ancient Power
0%
1 / 2
Unholy Aura
100%
2 / 2
Commander of the Dead
100%
2 / 2
Blightfall
0%
Reanimation
100%
Outnumber
100%
Forbidden Knowledge
100%

Best 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

88%

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

Bloodforged Armor

Bloodforged Armor

14%

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.