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Unholy Death Knight

  • Solo Shuffle
  • 50 players
  • Last Updated: 16 hours ago

See what 50 high-rated Solo Shuffle 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

Sairusmarsik

Sairusmarsik

Ravencrest (eu)

Talents (Class)

Wraith Walk
Asphyxiate

Talents (Specialization)

Raise Abomination

Talents (Hero)

Vampiric Speed
Blood-Soaked Ground
Bloody Fortitude
Sanguine Scent

Talents (PvP)

Necrotic Wounds
Strangulate
Spellwarden
Zámåchäu

Zámåchäu

Ravencrest (eu)

Talents (Class)

Wraith Walk
Asphyxiate

Talents (Specialization)

Raise Abomination

Talents (Hero)

Death Charge
Pact of the Apocalypse
A Feast of Souls

Talents (PvP)

Necrotic Wounds
Strangulate
Bloodforged Armor
Gaías

Gaías

<Victim Specs>Antonidas (eu)

Talents (Class)

Wraith Walk
Asphyxiate

Talents (Specialization)

Plague Mastery
Raise Abomination

Talents (Hero)

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

Talents (PvP)

Necrotic Wounds
Strangulate
Spellwarden

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 Night Elf and for the Horde is Highmountain Tauren

Most Used Items

Trinket Combinations

44% of the best players use this combination
Venomous Gladiator's Insignia of Alacrity

Venomous Gladiator's Insignia of Alacrity

Equip: Your spells and abilities have a chance to grant 270 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)

14% 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)

12% 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 270 primary stat for 20 sec.

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

32%

+16 Versatility & +7 Mastery

Flawless Versatile Amethyst

Flawless Versatile Amethyst

26%

+16 Mastery & +7 Versatility

Enduring Heliotrope

Enduring Heliotrope

17%

+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

94%

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.

  • Feet38%
  • Waist30%
  • Back18%
  • Wrist12%
  • Shoulders1%
  • Head1%
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%
Prismatic Focusing Iris

Prismatic Focusing Iris

2%

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%

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.
Chest icon

Chest

Enchant Chest - Mark of the Worldsoul

88%

Enchant Chest - Mark of the Worldsoul

Enchant Chest - Mark of Nalorakk

12%

Enchant Chest - Mark of Nalorakk

Feet icon

Feet

Enchant Boots - Farstrider's Hunt

68%

Enchant Boots - Farstrider's Hunt

Enchant Boots - Lynx's Dexterity

14%

Enchant Boots - Lynx's Dexterity

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

88%

Enchant Ring - Silvermoon's Tenacity

Enchant Ring - Zul'jin's Mastery

74%

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
100%
Blinding Sleet
100%
Gloom Ward
98%
2 / 2
Wraith Walk
96%
Unholy Momentum
100%
2 / 2
Control Undead
0%
Enfeeble
100%
Coldthirst
70%
Proliferating Chill
74%
Permafrost
2%
Veteran of the Third War
100%
Death Pact
90%
Brittle
100%
Blood Bond
12%
Icy Talons
18%
Death Notes
2%
Anti-Magic Zone
98%
Death Defiance
90%
Unholy Bond
100%
Ice Prison
0%
Asphyxiate
100%
Assimilation
10%
Anti-Magic Barrier
100%
Grip of the Dead
62%
Suppression
100%
Blood Scent
14%
Unholy Endurance
100%
Osmosis
98%
Insidious Chill
2%
Runic Protection
96%
Blood Draw
70%
Rune Mastery
100%
2 / 2
Subduing Grasp
0%
Will of the Necropolis
100%
2 / 2
Null Magic
100%
Unyielding Will
0%
Death's Echo
100%
Vestigial Shell
0%

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%
Plague Mastery
12%
Necromancer's Cunning
100%
Ebon Fever
100%
Festering Scythe
100%
Superstrain
0%
Soul Reaper
90%
Magus of the Dead
100%
Infected Claws
34%
Cycle of Death
42%
Coil of Devastation
98%
Army of the Dead
100%
Reaping
100%
Menacing Magus
4%
Ghoulish Frenzy
98%
Morbidity
96%
Harbinger of Doom
100%
Raise Abomination
100%
Unholy Devotion
100%
All Will Serve
0%
Blightburst
100%
Putrid Echoes
100%
Doomed Bidding
100%
Scourging
28%
1 / 2
Ancient Power
0%
1 / 2
Unholy Aura
100%
2 / 2
Commander of the Dead
100%
2 / 2
Blightfall
2%
Lord of the Dead
100%
Outnumber
96%
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.

Spellwarden

Spellwarden

86%

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

Strangulate

Strangulate

80%

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

Bloodforged Armor

Bloodforged Armor

20%

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

Life and Death

Life and Death

8%

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.

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.

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.