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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
2723
2554
1%
Main Hand
2623
2525
2%
Off Hand
2406
2292
2%
Trinket
2880
2556
1%
Trinket Combination
2722
2699
1%
Head
2587
2494
1%
Neck
2996
2522
3%
Shoulders
2546
2442
1%
Back
2823
2418
5%
Chest
2982
2305
19%
Wrist
2623
2447
1%
Hands
2982
2310
12%
Waist
2763
2329
2%
Legs
2982
2301
29%
Feet
2624
2423
1%
Rings
2546
2309
1%
Item Level
278
2982
2582
1%
Tier
2587
2494
1%
Gem
2419
2330
2%
Gem Combination
2763
2624
1%
Back Enchant
2996
2272
64%
Chest Enchant
2982
2274
37%
Wrist Enchant
2996
2272
94%
Belt Enchant
2543
2535
1%
Feet Enchant
2903
2286
30%
Stat
Median Value
Crit
32%
Race
Representation
Human
192 (63%)

Talents for Unholy Death Knight

-
Name
Max. Rating
Median Rating
Popularity
2723
2554
1%
2803
2505
4%
2484
2419
1%
2473
2346
1%
2468
2300
4%
2823
2297
3%
2622
2287
1%
2770
2272
6%
2356
2269
1%
2982
2266
12%
2311
2256
1%
2610
2250
8%
2914
2249
4%
2587
2246
4%
2340
2233
3%
2903
2231
5%
2773
2212
3%
2139
2136
1%

Stat Name for Unholy Death Knight

-
Name
Median Value
Crit
32%
Haste
18%

Off Hand for Unholy Death Knight

-
Name
Max. Rating
Median Rating
Popularity
2406
2292
2%
2442
2148
1%

Trinket for Unholy Death Knight

-
Name
Max. Rating
Median Rating
Popularity
2880
2556
1%
2610
2458
1%
2877
2447
15%
2982
2446
3%
2914
2368
24%
2722
2307
2%
2982
2302
15%
2880
2271
33%
2291
2267
1%
2514
2262
1%
2623
2260
7%
2798
2251
16%
2996
2229
13%
2262
2228
1%
2996
2226
21%
2903
2216
17%
2647
2209
12%
2328
2208
2%
2285
2202
1%
2546
2190
1%
2314
2186
1%

Back for Unholy Death Knight

-
Name
Max. Rating
Median Rating
Popularity
2823
2418
5%
2546
2346
1%
2468
2314
2%
2982
2305
50%
2623
2249
1%
2514
2239
1%
2577
2210
1%
2996
2209
4%
2722
2209
22%
2356
2203
3%

Wrist for Unholy Death Knight

-
Name
Max. Rating
Median Rating
Popularity
2623
2447
1%
2624
2394
1%
2982
2305
52%
2577
2296
1%
2514
2239
1%
2996
2226
35%
2313
2220
1%

Waist for Unholy Death Knight

-
Name
Max. Rating
Median Rating
Popularity
2763
2329
2%
2982
2301
21%
2800
2285
6%
2996
2268
58%
2446
2229
1%
2239
2209
1%
2442
2209
2%

Item Level for Unholy Death Knight

-
Name
Max. Rating
Median Rating
Popularity
278
2982
2582
1%
271
2903
2401
9%
277
2565
2391
1%
274
2523
2352
1%
275
2877
2327
2%
276
2704
2307
4%
272
2996
2304
6%
269
2763
2297
5%
270
2880
2287
10%
279
2760
2286
1%
273
2914
2253
7%
263
2608
2250
6%
265
2509
2237
3%
261
2271
2234
1%
260
2330
2234
1%
268
2624
2231
6%
262
2512
2228
4%
266
2798
2217
5%
267
2587
2216
9%
264
2489
2183
4%

Gem Combination for Unholy Death Knight

-
Name
Max. Rating
Median Rating
Popularity
2763
2624
1%
2598
2551
1%
2803
2447
6%
2823
2379
1%
2877
2362
12%
2803
2356
2%
2803
2346
9%
2598
2340
2%
2803
2330
5%
2996
2325
13%
2996
2317
16%
2903
2307
5%
2877
2307
14%
2982
2306
2%
2624
2299
1%
2996
2297
15%
2451
2292
2%
2363
2288
1%
2803
2283
1%
2914
2282
12%
2982
2275
5%
2468
2272
6%
2763
2268
2%
2982
2266
9%
2982
2266
10%
2484
2258
3%
2773
2253
6%
2367
2248
2%
2803
2244
8%
2803
2239
1%
2512
2238
8%
2803
2235
4%
2484
2227
5%
2398
2220
1%
2322
2217
1%
2553
2217
4%
2308
2216
1%
2451
2203
1%
2302
2203
1%
2279
2201
1%
2285
2168
2%

Back Enchant for Unholy Death Knight

-
Name
Max. Rating
Median Rating
Popularity
2996
2272
64%
2982
2266
26%
2823
2225
3%
2514
2217
2%

Chest Enchant for Unholy Death Knight

-
Name
Max. Rating
Median Rating
Popularity
2982
2274
37%
2996
2268
56%
2514
2209
3%

Wrist Enchant for Unholy Death Knight

-
Name
Max. Rating
Median Rating
Popularity
2996
2272
94%
2514
2209
4%

Belt Enchant for Unholy Death Knight

-
Name
Max. Rating
Median Rating
Popularity
2543
2535
1%

Feet Enchant for Unholy Death Knight

-
Name
Max. Rating
Median Rating
Popularity
2903
2286
30%
2982
2269
55%
2996
2196
7%
2773
2193
5%

Race for Unholy Death Knight

-
Name
Representation
Human
192 (63%)

Potion

-
Name
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