Unholy Death Knight PvE Guide — Midnight
1 479 viewsAbout the Class
Unholy Death Knight (UDK) is a melee fighter who wields a two-handed weapon (sword, axe) and uses a variety of diseases and curses to deal damage. The spec has excellent burst damage in both AoE and single-target combat.
Strengths
- Very strong burst damage.
- A simple rotation that makes it easy to grasp the spec's core identity and quickly put up solid numbers.
- Strong defensive tools for both yourself and your group/raid.
Weaknesses
- A small number of abilities, which significantly limits the rotation. The spec may feel boring to some players.
- Single-target damage is inconsistent and depends on talent choices, so it can fall short compared to other specs.
- Few abilities that affect crowd control of enemy groups.
Stat Priority
Strength
Mastery
Critical Strike
Haste
VersatilityTalents
Rotation (Ability Priority)
- Outbreak if
Virulent Plague is not active - Festering Strike after using
Dark Transformation if you have more than 3 stacks of Vile Ghoul - Soul Reaper if the target is below 35% health
Death and Decay after Dark Transformation ends- Army of the Dead
- Dark Transformation
- Soul Reaper while Dark Transformation is active
Festering Wound- Festering Wound if you have more than 2 charges or Virulent Plague is not active
- Festering Wound
- Soul Reaper
- Festering Wound if Dark Transformation will be recovering for more than 15 seconds
- Festering Scythe if any target is missing the debuff or it is about to expire
Death Coil if 
Sudden Doom is proc'd or you have more than 80 Runic Power- Festering Strike if there are no stacks of Vile Ghoul
Scourge Strike if there are stacks of Vile Ghoul- Death Coil
Best-in-Slot Gear (BiS)
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Enchants, Gems, Consumables
Leveling
From the very first level you will already have abilities to deal damage. Your main abilities at early levels will be Outbreak, Scourge Strike and 
Death Strike. As you level up you will gain new abilities, moving closer to your main rotation. We recommend following the ability priority from the rotation section.
Useful Tips for Mythic+ Keys
1
If your group has few classes able to interrupt spells, or you plan a fight with many spell-casting mobs, be sure to pick up the 
Cold Thirst talent. Interrupting abilities gives you 10 Runic Power and reduces the cooldown of the interrupt by 3 seconds, letting you interrupt dangerous enemy spells more often.
2
Take the 
Asphyxiate talent if your group lacks or has insufficient crowd control. This ability lets you stun a target for 5 seconds, preventing it from casting dangerous spells.
3
Try to use 
Death Grip as often as possible on mobs that cast constantly and stay in place. This ability interrupts the cast and pulls the pesky mob to you.
Macros
#showtooltip Mind Freeze /cast [@focus,harm,nodead][] Mind Freeze
#showtooltip Asphyxiate /cast [target=mouseover, exists] Asphyxiate
#showtooltip Raise Ally /cast [@mouseover,help,dead][] Raise Ally
Author
Fouren
Fouren has been playing World of Warcraft for over 15 years. He is an active player with 12 Cutting Edge achievements under his belt, and has reached the top 1% and 0.1% multiple times on various classes. His main classes are healers, particularly Holy Paladin.
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