Unholy Death Knight Mythic+ Build & Gear Guide in Midnight Season 2

Spec Popularity

Overall Played: 13.0%
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Popular Team Comps

groups
Guardian
+3
Alternatives
Blood 7%
Protection 6%
Protection 2%
Vengeance 2%
+3 rarer (<1%)
Restoration
+1
Alternatives
Holy 2%
Mistweaver 1%
+4 rarer (<1%)
Arcane
+4
Alternatives
Arms 4%
Devourer 1%
Demonology 1%
Beast Mastery 1%
Elemental 1%
+21 rarer (<1%)
Retribution
+5
Alternatives
Arms 5%
Devourer 2%
Elemental 2%
Demonology 2%
Shadow 1%
Beast Mastery 1%
+21 rarer (<1%)
Unholy
+12
Alternatives
Devourer 4%
Arms 8%
Demonology 3%
Elemental 2%
Shadow 2%
Assassination 1%
Subtlety 1%
Beast Mastery 3%
Balance 2%
Havoc 1%
Destruction 1%
Windwalker 1%
Fury 1%
+15 rarer (<1%)
7.8 K Runs 85% Timed Highest Key: +18
Protection
+3
Alternatives
Blood 4%
Vengeance 2%
Protection 2%
Guardian 2%
+2 rarer (<1%)
Holy
Alternatives
Restoration 3%
+5 rarer (<1%)
Arcane
Unholy
+9
Alternatives
Arms 5%
Elemental 4%
Devourer 3%
Demonology 3%
Havoc 1%
Balance 2%
Subtlety 1%
Windwalker 1%
Retribution 2%
Beast Mastery 2%
+16 rarer (<1%)
Shadow
+12
Alternatives
Elemental 6%
Devourer 5%
Arms 9%
Demonology 4%
Balance 4%
Havoc 2%
Subtlety 1%
Beast Mastery 3%
Retribution 3%
Marksmanship 1%
Assassination 1%
Windwalker 2%
Destruction 1%
+13 rarer (<1%)
6.4 K Runs 84% Timed Highest Key: +18

Highest Run

+18 Den of Nalorakk EU
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Guardian Holy Devourer Arcane Unholy

How this data is collected

Every talent, stat and gear number on this page is drawn from real Mythic+ runs recorded this season, so it shows what players actually do rather than theory. To keep the picture focused on how Unholy Death Knight is played at the highest level, only the hardest keys are counted. For each dungeon we look up the highest keystone level anyone has completed, across every class and spec, and then include every run from there down to 5 levels below it, giving the 6 highest key levels of that dungeon. The hardest key completed anywhere this season so far is a +20 in Den of Nalorakk, so there every run of +15 and above is counted. Each dungeon uses its own top key, so a quieter one keeps a lower band. In Voidscar Arena, for example, the hardest key so far is a +18, so its runs start from +13 instead. The sample keeps refreshing as new high keys are posted, so the numbers track how the spec is being played right now rather than averaging the whole season. On top of that, the talent, gear and stat breakdowns are built from a rolling window of roughly the last two weeks, so they stay in step with recent tuning and meta shifts. Run totals and key levels still cover the full season.

Talents

Most Unholy Death Knight players build into the Rider of the Apocalypse hero tree. The tree below is the build they run at the highest keys, and the percentage under each talent is how often it is picked. Most of it is a fixed core. The talents sitting near 100% are taken by almost everyone, so the real decisions are the flexible picks that players swap from dungeon to dungeon. The pick that shifts the most by dungeon is Runic Protection, which far more players run in Den of Nalorakk than anywhere else. Open Talents per Dungeon below to see every swap like this.

100%
100%
100%
100%
100%
100%
80%
100%
2
100%
2
0%
93%
TOP
65%
1%
79%
100%
TOP
39%
100%
1%
99%
55%
99%
TOP
33%
100%
0%
48%
100%
TOP
47%
88%
79%
79%
6%
96%
68%
47%
100%
2
28%
100%
2
99%
2%
100%
4%
100%
100%
100%
100%
100%
100%
100%
100%
100%
100%
0%
99%
100%
17%
82%
46%
100%
100%
87%
TOP
67%
12%
100%
99%
0%
92%
100%
100%
0%
2
0%
1
100%
2
100%
2
0%
100%
100%
Stat Priority

Stat priority is the order in which Unholy Death Knight players value their secondary stats, based on what the highest-key players actually carry on their gear. Most prioritize Crit, followed by Mastery, Haste and Versatility. Strength is your main stat and comes mostly from item level, so a higher-item-level piece is almost always an upgrade. Use this order as a guide when choosing between similar items, gems and enchants, not as a hard rule.

1 Strength icon
Strength
2.1 K
then
2 Crit icon
Crit
26.4%
then
3 Mastery icon
Mastery
53.2%
then
4 Haste icon
Haste
15.7%
then
5 Versatility icon
Versatility
2.7%
Tertiary Priority
1 Avoidance icon
Avoidance
2.4%
then
2 Speed icon
Speed
52
then
3 Lifesteal icon
Lifesteal
3.3%
Gear Overview

This section lists the gear that Unholy Death Knight players equip most often in those high keys, broken down slot by slot. For each slot the most popular item is shown first with its alternatives underneath, and the percentage next to each item tells you how common that choice is. It is a snapshot of what is being played, not a guaranteed upgrade for your character, so always simulate your own character before committing to gear changes. You can do that with Raidbots Top Gear.

Item
Popularity

5 %

+16

4 %

+16

Whispering Periapt

Mastery Versatility

1 %

+14

Aqirbane Reliquary

The Venomous Abyss Crit Mastery Haste Versatility

1 %

+17

SIM

16 %

+16

6 %

+17

Swelling Sea Spaulders

The Tidebound Grotto Crit Mastery

2 %

+16

Light-Judged Spaulders

The Voidspire Crit Haste

2 %

+15

SIM

23 %

+17

5 %

+16

4 %

+16

4 %

+16

3 %

+17

Miststalker's Shroud

Crit Versatility

2 %

+15

Galerider's Veil

Crit Versatility

2 %

+16

Item
Popularity

25 %

+17

10 %

+17

Pledgebearer's Girdle

Versatility Crit

4 %

+16

Girdle of Toxic Regret

The Venomous Abyss Crit Mastery

4 %

+17

Spellbreaker's Girdle

Crafted Crit Mastery

2 %

+17

Spellbreaker's March

Crafted Crit Mastery

13 %

+17

11 %

+17

11 %

+17

Scaled Fiend's Warboots

The Venomous Abyss Mastery Haste

5 %

+17

Entombed Cultist's Sabatons

The Venomous Abyss Crit Haste

4 %

+17

4 %

+16

3 %

+15

11 %

+16

Sin'dorei Band of Hope

March on Quel'Danas Crit Mastery

6 %

+17

Hex Loop

Mastery Crit

5 %

+17

Sporecaller's Blooming Loop

Sporefall Haste Mastery

5 %

+16
Enchants, Gems & Crafting

Expand any panel below for the finer gear choices Unholy Death Knight players make in these high keys. It covers the enchants and gems they run in each slot, the embellishments and missives on their crafted gear, and the combinations they pair together. Each list is ordered by how common the choice is among the sampled characters, over the same rolling two-week window as the gear above.

4x Relentless Rider's Lament

48 %

+16
4x Baleful Grave-Knight's Crucible

11 %

+17
4x Baleful Grave-Knight's Crucible

8 %

+18
4x Baleful Grave-Knight's Crucible

6 %

+18
4x Relentless Rider's Lament

5 %

+16
2x Baleful Grave-Knight's Crucible
2x Relentless Rider's Lament

5 %

+16
4x Relentless Rider's Lament

4 %

+15
4x Baleful Grave-Knight's Crucible

4 %

+18
4x Baleful Grave-Knight's Crucible

4 %

+17
5x Baleful Grave-Knight's Crucible

4 %

+17

14 %

+17

14 %

+18

13 %

+16

12 %

+16

7 %

+17

7 %

+17

6 %

+17

5 %

+16

4 %

+17

4 %

+16