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Unholy Death Knight · Melee DPS

Unholy Death Knight · Mythic+

BalancedMythic+Data-drivenPatch 12.1.0
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When to use it

What the 15 top Mythic+ players we read are using, with the San'layn hero tree (100%). Average item level 329. The talent code is the one 6.7% of them use exactly.

This build is part of the guide Unholy Death Knight Mythic+ guide.

Mythic+ build

15 top profilesAverage item level 329Hero tree: San'layn (100%)

Talent code to import in-game (Talents → Import). Used exactly by 7% of the sample.

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Talent trees

Death Knight talents

Icebound FortitudeRunic AttenuationUnholy Momentum2/2Death's EchoWill of the Necropolis2/2Rune Mastery2/2Anti-Magic BarrierUnholy BondVeteran of the Third WarMind FreezeDeath StrikeBlinding SleetImproved Death Strike93Null MagicBrittleAnti-Magic ZoneGloom Ward2/2Unholy Endurance73Raise DeadCleaving StrikesSuppressionColdthirstBlood Draw67Death Pact80Runic Protection47Wraith Walk67Icy TalonsDeath Defiance40Death's Reach60Osmosis13Enfeeble73Insidious Chill87Permafrost73Grip of the Dead27Proliferating ChillBlood Scent93Assimilation27Blood BondDeath Notes27Subduing GraspVestigial ShellControl UndeadUnyielding WillIce Prison
Vampiric Strike

San'layn100%

Infliction of SorrowThe Blood is LifeInevitableVisceral StrengthGift of the San'laynFrenzied BloodthirstTransfusionThrill of BloodIncite TerrorVampiric SpeedPact of the San'layn93Vampiric Aura73Desecrate93
Rider's Champion

Rider of the Apocalypse

Mawsworn MenaceRide or Die!Let Terror ReignUnholy ArmamentsMograine's MightTrollbane's Icy FuryOn a Paler HorseDeath ChargeNazgrim's ConquestWhitemane's FamineHungering ThirstApocalypse NowHorsemen's AidPact of the ApocalypseFury of the HorsemenA Feast of Souls

Unholy talents

Ebon FeverLord of the DeadCommander of the Dead1/2Unholy Aura2/2Doomed BiddingPutrid EchoesBlightburstRaise AbominationHarbinger of DoomGhoulish FrenzyReapingArmy of the DeadMagus of the DeadFestering ScytheNecromancer's CunningFoul InfectionsDark TransformationPutrefyClawing ShadowsSudden DoomScourge StrikeOutbreakSoul ReaperCoil of Devastation7Unholy Devotion7OutnumberMorbidityCycle of Death93Scourging2/2Menacing Magus93BlightfallGrave MasteryInfected ClawsAll Will ServeAncient PowerSuperstrain

Apex

Forbidden Knowledge
Most picked PvP talentsNecrotic Wounds73Spellwarden67Strangulate47Doomburst27Bloodforged Armor13Zombify13Dark Simulacrum7

Gold means more than half of the top picks it; the number is the share that takes it when it isn't nearly everyone. Lines show which node unlocks which.

Secondary stat split

  1. 1. Critical Strike 41%
  2. 2. Mastery 35%
  3. 3. Haste 20%
  4. 4. Versatility 4%

Most socketed gems

  • 140%Flawless Masterful Garnet+16 Critical Strike & +7 Mastery
  • 80%Indecipherable Eversong Diamond+32 Primary Stat
  • 80%Flawless Masterful Peridot+16 Haste & +7 Mastery
  • 53%Flawless Deadly Amethyst+16 Mastery & +7 Critical Strike
  • 47%Flawless Quick Garnet+16 Critical Strike & +7 Haste
  • 40%Flawless Quick Amethyst+16 Mastery & +7 Haste

Gear by slot

  • Main hand

    • Maze-roa, Warlord's Furyilvl 334 · 47%
    • Blood Knight's Warbladeilvl 331 · 20%
    • Caustic Keeper-Crusherilvl 334 · 13%

    ✦ Rune of the Apocalypse (80%)

  • Off hand

    • Jaw of the Shackled Goddessilvl 321 · 20%

    ✦ Rune of the Stoneskin Gargoyle (20%)

  • Trinket

    • Voracious Heart of Ula'tekilvl 334 · 100%
    • Zul'jin's Guillotine Techniqueilvl 334 · 40%
    • Keeper's Seething Coreilvl 326 · 27%

  • Head

    • Baleful Grave-Knight's Casqueilvl 325 · 87%
    • Skullguard of the Risen Sacrificeilvl 334 · 13%

    ✦ Enchant Helm - Empowered Rune of Avoidance (60%)

  • Neck

    • Aqirbane Reliquaryilvl 333 · 73%
    • Pendant of Malefic Furyilvl 321 · 13%
    • Graft of the Domanaarilvl 321 · 7%

  • Shoulders

    • Baleful Grave-Knight's Gibbetsilvl 328 · 67%
    • Pauldrons of the Forgotten Sacrificeilvl 334 · 13%
    • Spellbreaker's Mantleilvl 331 · 13%

    ✦ Enchant Shoulders - Amirdrassil's Grace (67%)

  • Back

    • Baleful Grave-Knight's Greatcloakilvl 321 · 33%
    • Silken Voodoo Drapeilvl 339 · 27%
    • Adherent's Silken Shroudilvl 331 · 13%

  • Chest

    • Baleful Grave-Knight's Breastplateilvl 326 · 100%

    ✦ Enchant Chest - Mark of the Worldsoul (100%)

  • Wrists

    • Spellbreaker's Bracersilvl 331 · 73%
    • Shellbound Bracersilvl 325 · 27%

  • Hands

    • Baleful Grave-Knight's Deathgripsilvl 325 · 93%
    • Spellbreaker's Resolveilvl 331 · 7%

  • Waist

    • Girdle of Toxic Regretilvl 332 · 47%
    • Fanged Brute's Greatbeltilvl 331 · 20%
    • Baleful Grave-Knight's Girdleilvl 321 · 13%

  • Legs

    • Baleful Grave-Knight's Greavesilvl 333 · 80%
    • Chausses of Unbound Rancorilvl 334 · 20%

    ✦ +41 Agility/Strength & +115 Stamina (100%)

  • Feet

    • Spellbreaker's Marchilvl 331 · 80%
    • Poison-Proof Stompersilvl 321 · 7%
    • Baleful Grave-Knight's Sabatonsilvl 334 · 7%

    ✦ Enchant Boots - Lynx's Dexterity (53%)

  • Ring

    • Sickening Signet of Atroxusilvl 321 · 33%
    • Vile Alchemist's Bandilvl 326 · 33%
    • Masterwork Sin'dorei Bandilvl 331 · 33%

    ✦ Enchant Ring - Eyes of the Eagle (200%)