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Unholy Death Knight Guide for WoW WotLK Classic PvP

Patch Phase 4WotLK Classic Arena Season 8

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Best Unholy Death Knight WotLK PvP Build, Talents, Stat Priority, Trinkets, BiS gear, etc., ranked by their performance and popularity based on the World Top PvP Players in WotLK Classic Arena Season 8.

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Easy mode choices summary for Unholy Death Knight

Type
Top Choice
Max. Rating
Median Rating
Popularity
Talents
2438
2323
1%
Main Hand
2222
2207
1%
Off Hand
2254
2237
1%
Trinket
2529
2259
7%
Trinket Combination
2529
2320
4%
Head
2197
2142
1%
Neck
2432
2416
1%
Shoulders
2269
2141
1%
Back
2369
2288
1%
Chest
2262
2148
2%
Wrist
2529
2200
3%
Hands
2541
2203
2%
Waist
2263
2124
1%
Legs
2141
2140
1%
Feet
2582
2139
7%
Rings
2731
2131
29%
Item Level
271
2316
2282
1%
Tier
2314
2174
2%
Gem
2432
2368
1%
Gem Combination
2345
2253
1%
Back Enchant
2731
2077
65%
Chest Enchant
2731
2066
61%
Wrist Enchant
2477
2065
4%
Feet Enchant
2492
2090
27%
Stat
Median Value
Crit
30%
Race
Representation
Human
152 (62%)

Talents for Unholy Death Knight

-
Name
Max. Rating
Median Rating
Popularity
2438
2323
1%
2281
2229
1%
2416
2176
1%
2445
2174
1%
2529
2174
2%
2492
2162
7%
2319
2156
2%
2300
2134
1%
2202
2123
1%
2295
2119
1%
2369
2114
4%
2508
2113
2%
2140
2075
1%
2258
2053
2%
2541
2041
10%
2731
2030
2%
2363
2013
3%
2263
2011
3%
2285
2010
1%
2189
2008
1%
2207
2004
1%
2156
2003
3%
2373
2001
4%
2002
1996
1%

Stat Name for Unholy Death Knight

-
Name
Median Value
Crit
30%
Haste
16%

Main Hand for Unholy Death Knight

-
Name
Max. Rating
Median Rating
Popularity
2222
2207
1%
2731
2174
11%
2477
2098
30%
2207
2085
1%
2226
2065
2%
2432
2060
7%
2541
2057
2%
2492
2013
6%
2254
2007
5%
2285
1999
1%
2402
1994
2%
2078
1990
1%
2269
1980
1%
2209
1970
5%
2074
1958
1%
2016
1956
1%

Off Hand for Unholy Death Knight

-
Name
Max. Rating
Median Rating
Popularity
2254
2237
1%
2448
2203
1%
2226
2140
1%
2208
2139
1%
2262
2117
1%
2250
2077
2%
2402
2043
1%
2541
2034
2%
2012
2000
1%
2238
1994
2%

Trinket for Unholy Death Knight

-
Name
Max. Rating
Median Rating
Popularity
2529
2259
7%
2328
2235
1%
2541
2141
20%
2582
2096
18%
2492
2087
24%
2125
2086
1%
2473
2075
30%
2731
2057
17%
2508
2050
4%
2262
2044
4%
2731
2033
28%
2061
2021
1%
2345
2014
1%
2446
2012
21%
2197
2011
2%
2200
2010
1%
2204
2008
4%
2125
2002
1%

Trinket Combination for Unholy Death Knight

-
Name
Max. Rating
Median Rating
Popularity
2529
2320
4%
2328
2235
1%
2237
2226
1%
2432
2203
1%
2582
2196
3%
2492
2131
6%
2262
2098
2%
2541
2096
5%
2473
2087
13%
2203
2077
2%
2198
2074
1%
2352
2074
2%
2731
2049
11%
2360
2041
6%
2204
2035
2%
2345
2021
1%
2508
2016
1%
2446
2016
14%
2015
1999
1%
2319
1998
2%
2050
1992
1%
2202
1936
1%

Neck for Unholy Death Knight

-
Name
Max. Rating
Median Rating
Popularity
2432
2416
1%
2731
2174
17%
2508
2160
10%
2142
2097
1%
2104
2071
1%
2368
2062
2%
2492
2054
11%
2323
2041
3%
2317
2030
8%
2582
2022
7%
2477
2021
26%
2134
1996
2%
2033
1981
1%
2139
1959
1%

Shoulders for Unholy Death Knight

-
Name
Max. Rating
Median Rating
Popularity
2269
2141
1%
2731
2105
53%
2508
2096
5%
2197
2086
2%
2238
2060
2%
2174
2058
2%
2582
2023
2%
2529
2022
9%
2541
2012
5%
2219
1958
10%

Back for Unholy Death Knight

-
Name
Max. Rating
Median Rating
Popularity
2369
2288
1%
2432
2201
5%
2477
2130
6%
2508
2124
3%
2125
2103
1%
2582
2075
22%
2731
2074
8%
2141
2073
1%
2473
2058
6%
2140
2029
1%
2174
2019
1%
2345
2016
27%
2142
2011
1%
2416
2001
4%
2189
1986
2%
2021
1979
2%

Chest for Unholy Death Knight

-
Name
Max. Rating
Median Rating
Popularity
2262
2148
2%
2541
2096
4%
2219
2092
1%
2529
2071
7%
2142
2069
2%
2731
2066
59%
2314
2051
2%
2320
2038
1%
2141
2037
1%
2508
2028
1%
2582
2028
3%
2402
2015
2%
2328
2013
5%
2285
1999
2%

Wrist for Unholy Death Knight

-
Name
Max. Rating
Median Rating
Popularity
2529
2200
3%
2314
2175
2%
2508
2077
28%
2269
2050
2%
2731
2049
49%
2582
2037
5%
2125
2031
1%
2189
2009
1%

Hands for Unholy Death Knight

-
Name
Max. Rating
Median Rating
Popularity
2541
2203
2%
2314
2174
2%
2269
2140
1%
2731
2072
48%
2197
2069
2%
2529
2056
9%
2208
2044
2%
2206
2033
2%
2189
2028
1%
2202
2016
2%
2477
2016
16%
2582
2008
2%
2103
1962
1%

Waist for Unholy Death Knight

-
Name
Max. Rating
Median Rating
Popularity
2263
2124
1%
2582
2116
9%
2314
2107
2%
2203
2073
1%
2262
2070
1%
2731
2057
63%
2125
2036
1%
2316
2017
3%
2373
2009
4%
2229
2005
3%

Legs for Unholy Death Knight

-
Name
Max. Rating
Median Rating
Popularity
2141
2140
1%
2314
2123
4%
2582
2075
15%
2731
2072
45%
2320
2064
2%
2250
2052
2%
2219
2028
2%
2445
2027
14%
2508
2013
1%
2125
2011
1%
2269
2003
1%
2202
1999
1%

Feet for Unholy Death Knight

-
Name
Max. Rating
Median Rating
Popularity
2582
2139
7%
2174
2133
1%
2250
2107
3%
2263
2096
2%
2731
2064
60%
2529
2041
7%
2541
2038
5%
2285
2012
4%
2197
2002
1%
2314
1999
1%
2089
1966
1%

Rings for Unholy Death Knight

-
Name
Max. Rating
Median Rating
Popularity
2731
2131
29%
2541
2115
6%
2125
2103
1%
2314
2086
2%
2508
2076
14%
2731
2075
72%
2196
2072
1%
2219
2030
1%
2416
2019
2%
2036
2017
1%
2316
2015
5%
2473
2014
7%
2477
2014
20%
2207
2013
2%
2209
2012
3%
2320
2011
11%
2440
2007
6%
2295
2000
2%
2142
1994
1%

Item Level for Unholy Death Knight

-
Name
Max. Rating
Median Rating
Popularity
271
2316
2282
1%
270
2731
2258
4%
260
2508
2133
5%
269
2352
2125
4%
267
2440
2119
10%
266
2445
2098
8%
268
2446
2090
8%
264
2492
2088
8%
259
2219
2082
4%
261
2303
2056
5%
257
2320
2033
5%
263
2477
2030
5%
255
2174
2012
2%
254
2206
2007
1%
262
2202
2006
5%
265
2582
2006
7%
256
2250
2000
3%
258
2269
1999
3%

Tier for Unholy Death Knight

-
Name
Max. Rating
Median Rating
Popularity
2314
2174
2%
2269
2141
1%
2269
2140
1%
2141
2140
1%
2508
2124
2%
2314
2123
4%
2731
2105
53%
2541
2096
4%
2448
2096
4%
2508
2096
5%
2219
2092
1%
2731
2089
55%
2197
2086
2%
2731
2072
45%
2731
2072
48%
2202
2071
2%
2529
2071
7%
2142
2069
2%
2197
2069
2%
2731
2066
59%
2320
2064
2%
2238
2060
2%
2174
2058
2%
2209
2057
1%
2529
2056
9%
2208
2044
2%
2541
2041
10%
2582
2040
2%
2320
2038
1%
2141
2037
1%
2206
2033
2%
2582
2028
3%
2445
2027
14%
2582
2023
2%
2529
2022
9%
2202
2016
2%
2477
2016
16%
2123
2015
1%
2402
2015
2%
2206
2013
1%
2328
2013
5%
2125
2011
1%
2582
2008
2%
2202
1999
1%
2285
1999
2%
2219
1984
8%
2103
1962
1%
2219
1958
10%

Gem for Unholy Death Knight

-
Name
Max. Rating
Median Rating
Popularity
2432
2368
1%
2360
2123
1%
2508
2120
18%
2316
2118
1%
2731
2095
29%
2300
2090
3%
2731
2087
56%
2731
2080
45%
2731
2078
38%
2473
2075
26%
2473
2073
20%
2582
2070
41%
2731
2070
69%
2209
2069
3%
2209
2065
1%
2582
2065
29%
2175
2064
1%
2477
2061
5%
2582
2059
59%
2582
2058
83%
2184
2057
1%
2209
2041
4%
2582
2040
12%
2314
2036
3%
2316
2036
4%
2582
2034
25%
2123
2033
1%
2199
2028
1%
2448
2023
8%
2508
2015
9%
2146
2013
4%
2197
2011
2%
2119
2006
2%
2142
2000
2%
2207
1995
5%
2123
1991
2%
2508
1984
2%
2103
1982
1%
2006
1981
1%

Gem Combination for Unholy Death Knight

-
Name
Max. Rating
Median Rating
Popularity
2345
2253
1%
2473
2224
1%
2369
2219
1%
2303
2205
1%
2448
2196
1%
2416
2175
2%
2416
2159
6%
2445
2144
4%
2416
2142
3%
2416
2142
3%
2416
2142
6%
2731
2105
10%
2438
2101
7%
2373
2088
1%
2373
2088
1%
2373
2088
2%
2446
2088
3%
2373
2088
4%
2445
2088
7%
2373
2088
7%
2473
2087
12%
2373
2087
12%
2582
2077
10%
2402
2075
6%
2402
2075
6%
2582
2075
9%
2582
2075
19%
2582
2074
9%
2438
2070
1%
2446
2070
7%
2209
2069
1%
2302
2050
2%
2582
2050
14%
2197
2048
1%
2446
2044
1%
2056
2043
1%
2446
2042
12%
2446
2039
18%
2446
2038
3%
2446
2038
7%
2369
2035
8%
2450
2033
9%
2360
2023
2%
2450
2022
4%
2450
2022
5%
2323
2016
2%
2446
2011
3%
2108
2010
1%
2204
2009
4%
2582
2003
2%
2508
2000
3%
2123
1991
1%
2123
1991
2%
1975
1949
1%

Back Enchant for Unholy Death Knight

-
Name
Max. Rating
Median Rating
Popularity
2731
2077
65%
2209
2065
2%
2582
2044
20%
2473
2002
6%

Chest Enchant for Unholy Death Knight

-
Name
Max. Rating
Median Rating
Popularity
2731
2066
61%
2209
2065
2%
2582
2043
32%
2360
2028
1%

Wrist Enchant for Unholy Death Knight

-
Name
Max. Rating
Median Rating
Popularity
2477
2065
4%
2731
2057
92%

Feet Enchant for Unholy Death Knight

-
Name
Max. Rating
Median Rating
Popularity
2492
2090
27%
2320
2067
5%
2432
2050
9%
2731
2041
56%

Race for Unholy Death Knight

-
Name
Representation
Human
152 (62%)
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