Unholy Death Knight Guide for WoW Dragonflight Mythic+ Dungeons

Patch 10.2Dragonflight Mythic+ Season 3

Last Updated November 28, 2023

Best Unholy Death Knight Mythic Plus Build, Talents, Stat Priority, BiS gear, etc., ranked by their performance and popularity based on the latest M+ Logs from Dragonflight Mythic+ Season 3.

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Easy mode choices summary for Unholy Death Knight

Type	Top Choice	Max. Key	Popularity
Class Tree Talents	Permafrost Improved Death Strike Unholy Endurance Blood Draw Copy	+24	31%
Spec Tree Talents	Epidemic Improved Festering Strike Unholy Blight Replenishing Wounds Plaguebringer Defile Ebon Fever Unholy Pact Morbidity Superstrain Copy	+25	76%
Full Talent Tree	Permafrost Improved Death Strike Unholy Endurance Blood Draw Copy	+24	28%
Weapons	Whitefin Axe	+24	11%
Trinkets	Rezan's Gleaming Eye	+23	9%
Head	Lingering Phantom's Dreadhorns	+23	27%
Neck	Chain of the Green Flight	+25	24%
Shoulders	Lingering Phantom's Shoulderplates	+24	28%
Back	Vibrant Wildercloth Shawl	+25	42%
Chest	Lingering Phantom's Plackart	+24	29%
Wrist	Allied Wristguard of Companionship	+25	68%
Hands	Lingering Phantom's Gauntlets	+24	37%
Waist	Primal Molten Greatbelt	+24	21%
Legs	Lingering Phantom's Schynbalds	+23	27%
Feet	Embellished Ritual Sabatons	+24	20%
Rings	Signet of Titanic Insight Ring-Bound Hourglass	+23	18%
Gem	Keen Neltharite	+24	43%
Gem Combination	Keen Neltharite Keen Neltharite Keen Neltharite Skillful Illimited Diamond	+24	4%
Tier	Lingering Phantom's Gauntlets	+24	37%
Tier Combination	Lingering Phantom's Shoulderplates Lingering Phantom's Schynbalds Lingering Phantom's Dreadhorns Lingering Phantom's Gauntlets	+22	6%
Back Enchant	Enchant Cloak - Homebound Speed	+24	45%
Chest Enchant	Enchant Chest - Waking Stats	+25	93%
Wrist Enchant	Enchant Bracer - Devotion of Speed	+24	47%
Belt Enchant	Nitro Boosts	+24	6%
Feet Enchant	Enchant Boots - Plainsrunner's Breeze	+25	63%
Ring Enchant	Enchant Ring - Devotion of Mastery Enchant Ring - Devotion of Mastery	+25	43%
Weapon Enchant	Rune of the Fallen Crusader	+25	100%

Class Tree Talents for Unholy Death Knight

Name	Max. Key	Popularity
Permafrost Improved Death Strike Unholy Endurance Blood Draw Copy	+24	31%
Permafrost Anti-Magic Zone Unholy Endurance Blood Draw Copy	+24	12%
Improved Death Strike Anti-Magic Zone Unholy Endurance Blood Draw Copy	+23	9%
Permafrost Improved Death Strike Unholy Endurance Insidious Chill Will of the Necropolis Copy	+22	2%
Permafrost Improved Death Strike Grip of the Dead Blood Draw Copy	+23	2%
Anti-Magic Zone Asphyxiate Unholy Endurance Blood Draw Copy	+23	2%
Improved Death Strike Asphyxiate Unholy Endurance Blood Draw Copy	+23	2%
Improved Death Strike Anti-Magic Zone Grip of the Dead Blood Draw Copy	+23	2%
Improved Death Strike Anti-Magic Zone Unholy Endurance Insidious Chill Will of the Necropolis Copy	+24	2%
Coldthirst Improved Death Strike Unholy Endurance Blood Draw Copy	+21	1%

Spec Tree Talents for Unholy Death Knight

Name	Max. Key	Popularity
Epidemic Improved Festering Strike Unholy Blight Replenishing Wounds Plaguebringer Defile Ebon Fever Unholy Pact Morbidity Superstrain Copy	+25	76%
Epidemic Improved Festering Strike Unholy Blight Replenishing Wounds Plaguebringer Defile Ebon Fever Unholy Pact Ghoulish Frenzy Superstrain Copy	+23	4%
Epidemic Improved Festering Strike Unholy Blight Replenishing Wounds Plaguebringer Defile Ebon Fever Unholy Pact Ghoulish Frenzy Morbidity Superstrain Copy	+22	4%
Epidemic Improved Festering Strike Unholy Blight Replenishing Wounds Plaguebringer Defile Ebon Fever Improved Death Coil Unholy Pact Superstrain Copy	+24	2%
Improved Festering Strike Clawing Shadows Improved Death Coil Rotten Touch Coil of Devastation Reaping Summon Gargoyle Unholy Aura Commander of the Dead Copy	+22	2%
Epidemic Improved Festering Strike Unholy Blight Replenishing Wounds Plaguebringer Ebon Fever Improved Death Coil Unholy Pact Morbidity Superstrain Copy	+24	2%
Epidemic Improved Festering Strike Unholy Blight Replenishing Wounds Plaguebringer Defile Ebon Fever Improved Death Coil Unholy Pact Morbidity Superstrain Copy	+24	2%
Epidemic Improved Festering Strike Unholy Blight Replenishing Wounds Plaguebringer Ebon Fever Unholy Pact Ghoulish Frenzy Morbidity Superstrain Copy	+22	1%
Epidemic Runic Mastery Unholy Blight Replenishing Wounds Plaguebringer Defile Ebon Fever Unholy Pact Morbidity Superstrain Copy	+22	1%
Epidemic Improved Festering Strike Unholy Blight Clawing Shadows Defile Rotten Touch Reaping Summon Gargoyle Unholy Aura Commander of the Dead Copy	+23	1%

Full Talent Tree for Unholy Death Knight

Name	Max. Key	Popularity
Permafrost Improved Death Strike Unholy Endurance Blood Draw Copy	+24	28%
Permafrost Anti-Magic Zone Unholy Endurance Blood Draw Copy	+23	10%
Improved Death Strike Anti-Magic Zone Unholy Endurance Blood Draw Copy	+23	6%
Permafrost Improved Death Strike Unholy Endurance Insidious Chill Will of the Necropolis Copy	+22	2%
Improved Death Strike Anti-Magic Zone Grip of the Dead Blood Draw Copy	+23	2%
Improved Death Strike Anti-Magic Zone Unholy Endurance Blood Draw Ghoulish Frenzy Copy	+20	1%
Permafrost Improved Death Strike Grip of the Dead Blood Draw Copy	+23	1%
Anti-Magic Zone Asphyxiate Unholy Endurance Blood Draw Copy	+23	1%
Improved Death Strike Asphyxiate Unholy Endurance Blood Draw Copy	+23	1%
Improved Death Strike Anti-Magic Zone Unholy Endurance Insidious Chill Will of the Necropolis Copy	+24	1%

Weapons for Unholy Death Knight

Name	Max. Key	Popularity
Whitefin Axe	+24	11%
Ashkandur, Fall of the Brotherhood	+21	4%
Obsidian Seared Claymore	+21	1%

Trinkets for Unholy Death Knight

Name	Max. Key	Popularity
Rezan's Gleaming Eye	+23	9%
Neltharion's Call to Suffering	+22	6%
Gore-Crusted Butcher's Block	+23	6%
Porcelain Crab	+25	6%
Ominous Chromatic Essence	+21	3%
Might of the Ocean	+23	3%
Nightmare Egg Shell	+23	2%

Head for Unholy Death Knight

Name	Max. Key	Popularity
Lingering Phantom's Dreadhorns	+23	27%
Verdant Plate Crown	+21	1%
Anomuran Helm	+22	1%

Neck for Unholy Death Knight

Name	Max. Key	Popularity
Chain of the Green Flight	+25	24%
Torc of Passed Time	+24	16%
Elemental Lariat	+25	10%
Ironshell Pendant	+24	7%
Choker of Stolen Thunder	+22	6%
Raven Filigree Pendant	+22	5%
Bromach's Disentombed Locket	+23	4%
Red Sky Pendant	+22	2%

Shoulders for Unholy Death Knight

Name	Max. Key	Popularity
Lingering Phantom's Shoulderplates	+24	28%
Harp Shell Pauldrons	+22	2%
Primal Molten Pauldrons	+22	1%
Mantle of the Resolute Champion	+22	1%

Back for Unholy Death Knight

Name	Max. Key	Popularity
Vibrant Wildercloth Shawl	+25	42%
Drape of the Loyal Vassal	+25	17%
Raal's Bib	+23	6%
Cloak of Fading Echoes	+24	6%
Voice of the Silent Star	+22	5%
Shadowfeather Shawl	+23	5%
Periwinkle Cloak	+24	4%

Chest for Unholy Death Knight

Name	Max. Key	Popularity
Lingering Phantom's Plackart	+24	29%
Abalone Plate Armor	+23	6%
Etheldrin's Breastplate	+25	6%
Primal Molten Breastplate	+22	2%
Sarkareth's Abyssal Embrace	+21	1%

Wrist for Unholy Death Knight

Name	Max. Key	Popularity
Allied Wristguard of Companionship	+25	68%
Primal Molten Vambraces	+22	6%
Thornscar Wristguards	+21	5%
Incarnadine Bracers	+23	4%
Shadowshroud Vambraces	+22	2%
Manacles of Cruel Progress	+21	1%
Bonds of Desperate Ascension	+21	1%

Hands for Unholy Death Knight

Name	Max. Key	Popularity
Lingering Phantom's Gauntlets	+24	37%
Grips of the Everlasting Guardian	+23	7%
Ravencrest Bonecrush Gauntlets	+23	2%
Risen Lord's Oversized Gauntlets	+23	1%

Waist for Unholy Death Knight

Name	Max. Key	Popularity
Primal Molten Greatbelt	+24	21%
Rivet-Sealed Waistplate	+24	15%
Greatbelt of Disruption	+22	7%
Girdle of Burgeoning Apathy	+22	5%
Unstable Frostfire Belt	+22	1%

Legs for Unholy Death Knight

Name	Max. Key	Popularity
Lingering Phantom's Schynbalds	+23	27%
Rook Footman's Legplates	+22	2%
Petrified Wickerplate Greaves	+22	2%
Triton Legplates	+23	2%
Frostfire Legguards of Preparation	+24	2%
Primal Molten Legplates	+20	1%

Feet for Unholy Death Knight

Name	Max. Key	Popularity
Embellished Ritual Sabatons	+24	20%
Primal Molten Sabatons	+23	17%
Goldsteel Sabatons	+24	13%
Fatty Hooves of Gory Comfort	+23	9%

Rings for Unholy Death Knight

Name	Max. Key	Popularity
Signet of Titanic Insight Ring-Bound Hourglass	+23	18%
Arch-Druid's Tainted Seal Signet of Titanic Insight	+23	8%
Band of Twisted Bark Signet of Titanic Insight	+23	4%
Arch-Druid's Tainted Seal Ring of Contempt	+24	4%
Arch-Druid's Tainted Seal Band of Twisted Bark	+24	3%
Signet of Titanic Insight Entropic Convergence Loop	+22	2%
Seal of the Regal Loa Signet of Titanic Insight	+23	2%
Ring of Contempt Signet of Titanic Insight	+23	2%
Band of Callous Dominance Signet of Titanic Insight	+23	2%
Arch-Druid's Tainted Seal Band of Callous Dominance	+23	2%

Gem for Unholy Death Knight

Name	Max. Key	Popularity
Keen Neltharite	+24	43%
Keen Ysemerald	+25	39%
Skillful Illimited Diamond	+25	35%
Fierce Illimited Diamond	+23	31%
Sensei's Neltharite	+24	20%
Sensei's Alexstraszite	+23	9%
Crafty Ysemerald	+23	8%
Crafty Alexstraszite	+22	4%
Fractured Neltharite	+23	4%
Inscribed Illimited Diamond	+24	4%

Gem Combination for Unholy Death Knight

Name	Max. Key	Popularity
Keen Neltharite Keen Neltharite Keen Neltharite Keen Neltharite Skillful Illimited Diamond	+22	4%
Keen Neltharite Keen Neltharite Keen Neltharite Skillful Illimited Diamond	+24	4%
Keen Ysemerald Keen Ysemerald Keen Ysemerald Keen Ysemerald Fierce Illimited Diamond	+22	3%
Keen Ysemerald Keen Ysemerald Keen Ysemerald Fierce Illimited Diamond	+23	3%
Keen Ysemerald Keen Ysemerald Keen Ysemerald Skillful Illimited Diamond	+22	2%
Keen Neltharite Keen Neltharite Keen Neltharite	+23	2%
Keen Neltharite Keen Neltharite Skillful Illimited Diamond	+22	2%
Keen Ysemerald Keen Ysemerald Keen Ysemerald Keen Ysemerald	+23	2%
Keen Neltharite Keen Neltharite Keen Neltharite Keen Neltharite Keen Neltharite Skillful Illimited Diamond	+23	2%
Keen Ysemerald Keen Ysemerald Skillful Illimited Diamond	+24	2%

Tier for Unholy Death Knight

Name	Max. Key	Popularity
Lingering Phantom's Gauntlets	+24	37%
Lingering Phantom's Plackart	+24	29%
Lingering Phantom's Shoulderplates	+24	28%
Lingering Phantom's Schynbalds	+23	27%
Lingering Phantom's Dreadhorns	+23	27%

Tier Combination for Unholy Death Knight

Name	Max. Key	Popularity
Lingering Phantom's Shoulderplates Lingering Phantom's Schynbalds Lingering Phantom's Dreadhorns Lingering Phantom's Gauntlets	+22	6%
Lingering Phantom's Shoulderplates Lingering Phantom's Dreadhorns Lingering Phantom's Gauntlets Lingering Phantom's Plackart	+22	5%
Lingering Phantom's Schynbalds Lingering Phantom's Dreadhorns Lingering Phantom's Gauntlets Lingering Phantom's Plackart	+22	4%
Lingering Phantom's Shoulderplates Lingering Phantom's Schynbalds Lingering Phantom's Gauntlets Lingering Phantom's Plackart	+23	3%

Back Enchant for Unholy Death Knight

Name	Max. Key	Popularity
Enchant Cloak - Homebound Speed	+24	45%
Enchant Cloak - Graceful Avoidance	+25	37%
Enchant Cloak - Regenerative Leech	+24	7%
Enchant Cloak - Writ of Avoidance	+21	1%
Enchant Bracer - Writ of Speed	+22	1%

Chest Enchant for Unholy Death Knight

Name	Max. Key	Popularity
Enchant Chest - Waking Stats	+25	93%
Enchant Chest - Sustained Strength	+24	5%

Wrist Enchant for Unholy Death Knight

Name	Max. Key	Popularity
Enchant Bracer - Devotion of Speed	+24	47%
Enchant Bracer - Devotion of Avoidance	+25	37%
Enchant Bracer - Devotion of Leech	+23	6%

Belt Enchant for Unholy Death Knight

Name	Max. Key	Popularity
Nitro Boosts	+24	6%
Dimensional Shifter	+23	2%

Feet Enchant for Unholy Death Knight

Name	Max. Key	Popularity
Enchant Boots - Plainsrunner's Breeze	+25	63%
Enchant Boots - Watcher's Loam	+25	27%

Ring Enchant for Unholy Death Knight

Name	Max. Key	Popularity
Enchant Ring - Devotion of Mastery Enchant Ring - Devotion of Mastery	+25	43%
Enchant Ring - Devotion of Haste Enchant Ring - Devotion of Haste	+23	30%
Enchant Ring - Devotion of Haste Enchant Ring - Devotion of Mastery	+25	13%
Enchant Ring - Devotion of Critical Strike Enchant Ring - Devotion of Critical Strike	+24	4%
Enchant Ring - Devotion of Critical Strike Enchant Ring - Devotion of Mastery	+22	3%
Enchant Ring - Devotion of Critical Strike Enchant Ring - Devotion of Haste	+23	2%
Enchant Ring - Devotion of Mastery Enchant Ring - Devotion of Versatility	+20	1%
Enchant Ring - Devotion of Haste	+22	1%
Enchant Ring - Devotion of Versatility Enchant Ring - Devotion of Versatility	+23	1%
Enchant Ring - Devotion of Haste Enchant Ring - Devotion of Versatility	+24	1%

Weapon Enchant for Unholy Death Knight

Name	Max. Key	Popularity
Rune of the Fallen Crusader	+25	100%

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