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Unholy Death Knight

  • 2v2
  • 33 players
  • Last Updated: 3 days ago

This page is automatically generated by looking up the top 50 Unholy Death Knight on the 2v2 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

Chøka

Chøka

<Shuffle Club>Tichondrius (us)

Talents (class)

Asphyxiate

Talents (spec)

-

Talents (hero)

Death Charge
Pact of the Apocalypse
Fury of the Horsemen

Talents (pvp)

Necrotic Wounds
Strangulate
Spellwarden
Galarga

Galarga

<No Peel No Heal>Nemesis (us)

Talents (class)

Asphyxiate

Talents (spec)

-

Talents (hero)

Death Charge
Pact of the Apocalypse
A Feast of Souls

Talents (pvp)

Necrotic Wounds
Strangulate
Spellwarden
Revolutiio

Revolutiio

<dont kill me ill cry>Tichondrius (us)

Talents (class)

March of Darkness
Death's Reach

Talents (spec)

Grave Mastery
Raise Abomination

Talents (hero)

Newly Turned
Blood-Soaked Ground

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

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

94% of the best players use this combination
Astral Gladiator's Medallion

Astral Gladiator's Medallion

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

Astral Gladiator's Insignia of Alacrity

Astral Gladiator's Insignia of Alacrity

Equip: Your spells and abilities have a chance to grant 55 primary stat for 20 sec.

3% of the best players use this combination
Improvised Seaforium Pacemaker

Improvised Seaforium Pacemaker

Equip: Repurpose a Seaforium charge to give your heart a kick, causing your first ability every 60 sec to trigger Explosive Adrenaline, granting 92 Critical Strike for 15 sec. While exploding, Critical Strikes cause you to blow up again, extending this duration by 1 sec, up to 15 times.

Signet of the Priory

Signet of the Priory

Use: Raise your signet to the Light, increasing your highest secondary stat by 230 for 20 sec. Your act inspires nearby signetbearers within your party, granting them 6 of the same stat for 20 sec. (2 Min Cooldown)

3% of the best players use this combination
Astral Gladiator's Insignia of Alacrity

Astral Gladiator's Insignia of Alacrity

Equip: Your spells and abilities have a chance to grant 55 primary stat for 20 sec.

Astral Aspirant's Badge of Ferocity

Astral Aspirant's Badge of Ferocity

Use: Increases primary stat by 54 for 15 sec. (1 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 Versatile Onyx
Versatile Onyx

Versatile Onyx

31%

+10 Mastery and +3 Versatility

Masterful Emerald

Masterful Emerald

15%

+10 Haste and +3 Mastery

Masterful Sapphire

Masterful Sapphire

13%

+10 Versatility and +3 Mastery

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 Elemental Focusing Lens on a Ring 2 item
Elemental Focusing Lens

Elemental Focusing Lens

194%

Equip: Your damaging spells and abilities have a chance to deal 670 damage to your target. The magic school chosen is based upon your selection of socketed Khaz Algar gems.

  • Ring 244%
  • Ring 142%
  • Neck11%
  • Wrist2%
  • Feet2%
Writhing Armor Banding

Writhing Armor Banding

3%

Equip: Embrace the darkness. Double the effects of your other Nerubian embellished item, positive and negative.

  • Waist100%
Ascendance

Ascendance

3%

Equip: Gain Ascendance every 8 seconds spent in combat. Ascendance grants 1 of a random secondary stat for 15 sec, stacking up to 10 times. This is a Nerubian embellishment.

  • 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.
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Back

Chant of Burrowing Rapidity

Chant of Burrowing Rapidity

73%

Permanently enchants a cloak with ancient magic that chants with power, granting 12 Speed and causing the cooldown of your Hearthstone to recover 15% faster while in Khaz Algar. Cannot be applied to items lower than level 70.

Chant of Leeching Fangs

Chant of Leeching Fangs

18%

Permanently enchants a cloak with ancient magic that chants with power, granting 18 Leech and heal for 1,527 every 5 sec while out of combat. Cannot be applied to items lower than level 70.

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Chest

Crystalline Radiance

Crystalline Radiance

97%

Permanently enchants a chestpiece with Earthen rune magic to increase your Intellect by 34. Cannot be applied to items lower than level 70.

Oathsworn's Strength

Oathsworn's Strength

3%

Permanently enchants a chestpiece to increase your Strength by 24 and Stamina by 12. Cannot be applied to items lower than level 70.

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Feet

Scout's March

Scout's March

76%

Permanently enchants a pair of boots with a scout's swiftness, increasing Speed by 12. Cannot be applied to items lower than level 70.

Defender's March

Defender's March

15%

Permanently enchants a pair of boots with a defender's tenacity, increasing Stamina by 41. Cannot be applied to items lower than level 70.

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Legs

Stormbound Armor Kit

Stormbound Armor Kit

97%

Use: Apply a Stormbound Armor Kit to your leg armor, causing it to permanently gain 8 Agility or Strength. Additionally, the item also gains 8 Stamina. (1 Sec Cooldown)

Defender's Armor Kit

Defender's Armor Kit

3%

Use: Apply a Defender's Armor Kit to your leg armor, permanently increasing its Agility or Strength by 8. Additionally, the item also gains 10 armor. (1 Sec Cooldown)

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Main Hand

Rune of the Fallen Crusader

82%

Rune of the Fallen Crusader

Rune of the Apocalypse

18%

Rune of the Apocalypse

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Ring

Cursed Mastery

Cursed Mastery

100%

Permanently infuses a ring with a cursed chant, sapping 3 of your Critical Strike while granting 16 Mastery. Cannot be applied to items lower than level 70.

+21 Versatility

+21 Versatility

48%

Permanently enchants a ring with Beledar's radiance, increasing Versatility by 15. Cannot be applied to items lower than level 70.

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Wrist

+66 Speed

+66 Speed

79%

Permanently enchants bracers with ancient magic that chants with power, granting 46 Speed. Cannot be applied to items lower than level 70.

+43 Leech

+43 Leech

15%

Permanently enchants bracers with ancient magic that chants with power, granting 38 Leech. Cannot be applied to items lower than level 70.

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
48.5%
1 / 2
Wraith Walk
39.4%
Unholy Momentum
100%
2 / 2
Control Undead
0%
Enfeeble
54.5%
Coldthirst
42.4%
Proliferating Chill
75.8%
Permafrost
6.1%
Veteran of the Third War
75.8%
Death Pact
15.2%
Brittle
78.8%
Blood Bond
57.6%
Icy Talons
66.7%
Death Notes
0%
Anti-Magic Zone
72.7%
Death Defiance
9.1%
Unholy Bond
78.8%
Ice Prison
6.1%
Asphyxiate
93.9%
Assimilation
12.1%
Anti-Magic Barrier
78.8%
Grip of the Dead
36.4%
Suppression
84.8%
Blood Scent
30.3%
Unholy Endurance
69.7%
Osmosis
69.7%
Insidious Chill
15.2%
Runic Protection
66.7%
Blood Draw
27.3%
Rune Mastery
78.8%
2 / 2
Subduing Grasp
0%
Will of the Necropolis
78.8%
2 / 2
Null Magic
72.7%
Unyielding Will
0%
Death's Echo
75.8%
Vestigial Shell
3%

Rider of the Apocalypse

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Pact of the Apocalypse
100%
Apocalypse Now
96.8%
A Feast of Souls
90.3%
Hungering Thirst
96.8%
Whitemane's Famine
100%
Mawsworn Menace
87.1%
Nazgrim's Conquest
93.5%
Death Charge
100%
Trollbane's Icy Fury
96.8%
Rider's Champion
100%
Mograine's Might
100%
Unholy Armaments
0%
Let Terror Reign
19.4%
Ride or Die!
19.4%
Outbreak
100%
Scourge Strike
100%
Sudden Doom
100%
Clawing Shadows
57.6%
Putrefy
57.6%
Dark Transformation
100%
Foul Infections
78.8%
Grave Mastery
21.2%
Doomed Bidding
57.6%
Morbidity
57.6%
Festering Scythe
57.6%
Superstrain
21.2%
March of Madness
48.5%
Magus of the Dead
57.6%
Infected Claws
51.5%
Ebon Fever
75.8%
Scythe of Decay
33.3%
Coil of Devastation
75.8%
Army of the Dead
78.8%
Unholy Devotion
63.6%
Menacing Magus
3%
Ghoulish Frenzy
60.6%
Blightfall
54.5%
Harbinger of Doom
78.8%
Raise Abomination
60.6%
Putrid Echoes
57.6%
All Will Serve
3%
Blightburst
57.6%
Soul Reaper
78.8%
Necromancer's Cunning
54.5%
Scourging
27.3%
2 / 2
Ancient Power
21.2%
2 / 2
Reaping
57.6%
Unholy Aura
21.2%
2 / 2
Commander of the Dead
54.5%
2 / 2
Pestilence
6.1%
Reanimation
51.5%
Outnumber
72.7%
Forbidden Knowledge
0%

Best PvP Talents

Necrotic Wounds

Necrotic Wounds

100%

Putrefy has 1 additional charge and 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

85%

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

Spellwarden

Spellwarden

67%

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

Stitchmaster

Stitchmaster

27%

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.

Bloodforged Armor

Bloodforged Armor

9%

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

Doomburst

Doomburst

6%

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.

Life and Death

Life and Death

6%

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.