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UnholyDeath Knight

Ready-Made Talent Builds

In game: talent window → Import

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  • Most popularRider of the Apocalypse
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  • AlternativeRider of the Apocalypse
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Where players disagree

51 talents are taken by almost everyone. These are the picks the field is actually split on.

  • Death Defiance68%
  • Grip of the Dead67%
  • Infected Claws62%
  • Icy Talons46%
  • Coldthirst43%
  • Cycle of Death38%
  • Blood Bond32%

Top Playersby rating

  1. 1Ггузииhowling-fjordOrc · Rider of the Apocalypse · 253 ilvl54% W3438
  2. 2TàtsúblackrockOrc · Rider of the Apocalypse · 245 ilvl51% W3405
  3. 3TatsuyáblackrockOrc · Rider of the Apocalypse · 245 ilvl52% W3377
  4. 4НурглgreymaneOrc · Rider of the Apocalypse · 291 ilvl52% W3364
  5. 5XnechsenkesselHuman · Rider of the Apocalypse · 251 ilvl52% W3361
+74 more on the leaderboard →

Stat Priority

Mastery > Haste > Versatility > Critical Strike

  • Mastery41.1%
  • Haste13.8%
  • Versatility13.7%
  • Critical Strike10.0%

Leech 1.3%

In-game percentages, averaged over the sample.

Hero Talent Tree

  • Rider of the Apocalypse100%

PvP Talents

  • Necrotic Wounds100%
  • Strangulate91%
  • Spellwarden65%
  • Doomburst20%
  • Bloodforged Armor14%
  • Life and Death6%
  • Zombify3%
  • Stitchmaster1%

Races

  • Orc27%
  • Human22%
  • Night Elf13%
  • Highmountain Tauren9%
  • Blood Elf6%
  • Kul Tiran5%
  • Undead5%
  • Void Elf4%

+6 more

Talent Tree

ActivePassiveChoiceCore path 80%+

Death Knight — Class

8 points23 pointsIcebound Fortitude — 100% (79/79)100%Death Strike — 100% (79/79)100%Raise Dead — 100% (79/79)100%Runic Attenuation — 100% (79/79)100%Improved Death Strike — 100% (79/79)100%Cleaving Strikes — 100% (79/79)100%Mind Freeze — 99% (78/79)99%Blinding Sleet — 95% (75/79)95%Gloom Ward — 91% (72/79) · 2 rank91%March of Darkness / Wraith Walk — 91% (72/79)91%Unholy Momentum — 100% (79/79) · 2 rank100%Control Undead — 0% (0/79)Enfeeble — 97% (77/79)97%Coldthirst — 43% (34/79)43%Proliferating Chill — 73% (58/79)73%Permafrost — 18% (14/79)18%Veteran of the Third War — 100% (79/79)100%Death Pact — 85% (67/79)85%Brittle — 100% (79/79)100%Blood Bond — 32% (25/79)32%Icy Talons — 46% (36/79)46%Death Notes — 9% (7/79)9%Anti-Magic Zone — 92% (73/79)92%Death Defiance — 68% (54/79)68%Unholy Bond — 100% (79/79)100%Ice Prison — 3% (2/79)Asphyxiate / Death's Reach — 100% (79/79)100%Assimilation — 19% (15/79)19%Anti-Magic Barrier — 100% (79/79)100%Grip of the Dead — 67% (53/79)67%Suppression — 99% (78/79)99%Blood Scent — 29% (23/79)29%Unholy Endurance — 94% (74/79)94%Osmosis — 82% (65/79)82%Insidious Chill — 22% (17/79)22%Runic Protection — 91% (72/79)91%Blood Draw — 73% (58/79)73%Rune Mastery — 100% (79/79) · 2 rank100%Subduing Grasp — 5% (4/79)5%Will of the Necropolis — 100% (79/79) · 2 rank100%Null Magic — 96% (76/79)96%Unyielding Will — 1% (1/79)Death's Echo — 100% (79/79)100%Vestigial Shell — 4% (3/79)

Rider of the Apocalypse — 100%

Rider's Champion — 100% (79/79)100%On a Paler Horse / Death Charge — 100% (79/79)100%Mograine's Might — 100% (79/79)100%Horsemen's Aid / Pact of the Apocalypse — 100% (79/79)100%Ride or Die! — 100% (79/79)100%Whitemane's Famine — 100% (79/79)100%Nazgrim's Conquest — 100% (79/79)100%Trollbane's Icy Fury — 100% (79/79)100%Let Terror Reign — 100% (79/79)100%Hungering Thirst — 100% (79/79)100%Fury of the Horsemen / A Feast of Souls — 100% (79/79)100%Mawsworn Menace — 100% (79/79)100%Unholy Armaments — 100% (79/79)100%Apocalypse Now — 100% (79/79)100%

San'layn — 0%

Vampiric Strike — 0% (0/79)Newly Turned / Vampiric Speed — 0% (0/79)Blood-Soaked Ground / Desecrate — 0% (0/79)Vampiric Aura / Bloody Fortitude — 0% (0/79)Thrill of Blood — 0% (0/79)Infliction of Sorrow — 0% (0/79)Frenzied Bloodthirst — 0% (0/79)The Blood is Life — 0% (0/79)Visceral Strength — 0% (0/79)Inevitable — 0% (0/79)Incite Terror — 0% (0/79)Pact of the San'layn / Sanguine Scent — 0% (0/79)Transfusion — 0% (0/79)Gift of the San'layn — 0% (0/79)

Unholy — Spec

8 points20 pointsOutbreak — 100% (79/79)100%Scourge Strike — 100% (79/79)100%Sudden Doom — 100% (79/79)100%Clawing Shadows — 100% (79/79)100%Putrefy — 100% (79/79)100%Dark Transformation — 100% (79/79)100%Foul Infections — 100% (79/79)100%Plague Mastery / Grave Mastery — 22% (17/79)22%Necromancer's Cunning — 100% (79/79)100%Ebon Fever — 100% (79/79)100%Festering Scythe — 100% (79/79)100%Superstrain — 4% (3/79)Soul Reaper — 100% (79/79)100%Magus of the Dead — 100% (79/79)100%Infected Claws — 62% (49/79)62%Cycle of Death — 38% (30/79)38%Coil of Devastation — 89% (70/79)89%Army of the Dead — 100% (79/79)100%Reaping — 100% (79/79)100%Menacing Magus — 23% (18/79)23%Ghoulish Frenzy — 87% (69/79)87%Morbidity — 85% (67/79)85%Harbinger of Doom — 100% (79/79)100%Raise Abomination / Summon Gargoyle — 97% (77/79)97%Unholy Devotion — 97% (77/79)97%All Will Serve — 3% (2/79)Blightburst — 97% (77/79)97%Putrid Echoes — 100% (79/79)100%Doomed Bidding — 100% (79/79)100%Scourging — 0% (0/79) · 2 rankAncient Power — 1% (1/79) · 2 rankUnholy Aura — 99% (78/79) · 2 rank99%Commander of the Dead — 100% (79/79) · 2 rank100%Blightfall — 0% (0/79)Reanimation — 97% (77/79)97%Outnumber — 100% (79/79)100%Forbidden Knowledge — 100% (79/79)100%

Gear

Head

  • Relentless Rider's CrownHaste / Mastery · ilvl 24678%
  • Galactic Gladiator's Plate HelmVers / Mastery · ilvl 24610%
  • Thalassian Competitor's Plate GuardHaste · ilvl 23910%
  • Crown of the Dark EnvoyCrit / Mastery · ilvl 2761%

Neck

  • Thalassian Competitor's AmuletVers / Mastery · ilvl 246 · socket44%
  • Galactic Gladiator's AmuletVers / Mastery · ilvl 246 · socket32%
  • Rotmire's SporeheartMastery / Crit · ilvl 298 · socket9%
  • Barbed Ymirheim ChokerCrit / Haste · ilvl 272 · socket4%

+6 more

Shoulder

  • Relentless Rider's DreadthornsHaste / Vers · ilvl 24672%
  • Shoulderplates of Frozen BloodMastery / Crit · ilvl 28913%
  • Thalassian Competitor's Plate PauldronsCrit / Mastery · ilvl 2429%
  • Light-Judged SpauldersCrit / Haste · ilvl 2893%

+3 more

Back

  • Galactic Gladiator's ShawlVers / Mastery · ilvl 24646%
  • Thalassian Competitor's Cloth CloakCrit / Haste · ilvl 24629%
  • Adherent's Silken ShroudCrit / Mastery · ilvl 28511%
  • Galactic Gladiator's DrapeVers / Haste · ilvl 2464%

+6 more

Chest

  • Relentless Rider's CuirassHaste / Crit · ilvl 24672%
  • Galactic Gladiator's ChestplateVers / Mastery · ilvl 24620%
  • Galactic Gladiator's ChestguardVers / Haste · ilvl 2634%
  • Thalassian Competitor's Plate BreastplateVers / Mastery · ilvl 2394%

Wrist

  • Galactic Gladiator's Plate WristguardsVers / Mastery · ilvl 24637%
  • Thalassian Competitor's Plate BindingsCrit · ilvl 23922%
  • Spellbreaker's BracersVers / Mastery · ilvl 28519%
  • Thalassian Competitor's Plate ArmguardsCrit / Mastery · ilvl 24214%

+2 more

Hands

  • Relentless Rider's BonegraspsMastery / Haste · ilvl 24686%
  • Galactic Gladiator's Plate HandguardsVers / Mastery · ilvl 24614%

Waist

  • Thalassian Competitor's Plate WaistguardCrit / Haste · ilvl 24641%
  • Galactic Gladiator's Plate GirdleVers / Mastery · ilvl 24633%
  • Girdle of Devouring RotCrit / Mastery · ilvl 29813%
  • Galactic Gladiator's Plate GreatbeltVers / Haste · ilvl 2465%

+5 more

Legs

  • Galactic Gladiator's Plate WargreavesVers / Mastery · ilvl 24657%
  • Relentless Rider's LegguardsCrit / Mastery · ilvl 28924%
  • Galactic Gladiator's Plate LegguardsVers / Haste · ilvl 24611%
  • Thalassian Competitor's Plate GreavesCrit / Vers · ilvl 2426%

+1 more

Feet

  • Thalassian Competitor's Plate SabatonsHaste / Vers · ilvl 24242%
  • Thalassian Competitor's Plate DunkersVers · ilvl 24618%
  • Galactic Gladiator's Plate WarbootsVers / Haste · ilvl 24614%
  • Greaves of the UnformedCrit / Mastery · ilvl 28913%

+6 more

Ring

  • Thalassian Competitor's SignetVers / Mastery · ilvl 246 · socket54%
  • Galactic Gladiator's SignetVers / Mastery · ilvl 246 · socket22%
  • Platinum Star BandCrit / Mastery · ilvl 289 · socket6%
  • Masterwork Sin'dorei BandCrit / Mastery · ilvl 285 · socket4%

+11 more

Trinket

  • Galactic Gladiator's Insignia of AlacrityHaste · ilvl 24637%
  • Galactic Gladiator's Medallionilvl 24636%
  • Gaze of the AlnseerMastery · ilvl 2988%
  • Light Company Guidonilvl 2987%

+10 more

Main Hand

  • Galactic Gladiator's GreatswordVers / Mastery · ilvl 24668%
  • Blood Knight's WarbladeCrit / Mastery · ilvl 2858%
  • Thalassian Competitor's GreatswordVers / Mastery · ilvl 2468%
  • Liferipper's CutlassMastery / Crit · ilvl 2986%

+3 more

Enchants

Head

  • Empowered Blessing of Speed48%
  • Empowered Rune of Avoidance20%
  • Blessing of Speed11%

+3 more

Shoulder

  • Akil'zon's Swiftness46%
  • Amirdrassil's Grace24%
  • Flight of the Eagle11%

+2 more

Back

  • Goblin Glider5%

Chest

  • Mark of the Worldsoul67%
  • Mark of Nalorakk30%

Hands

  • Heavy Knothide Armor Kit5%

Waist

  • Nitro Boosts6%

Legs

  • Forest Hunter's Armor Kit96%
  • Blood Knight's Armor Kit1%

Feet

  • Farstrider's Hunt61%
  • Lynx's Dexterity19%
  • Shaladrassil's Roots14%

Ring

  • Silvermoon's Tenacity41%
  • Zul'jin's Mastery31%
  • Eyes of the Eagle9%

+4 more

Main Hand

  • Rune of the Apocalypse97%
  • Thalassian Phoenix Oil6%
  • Rune of the Fallen Crusader3%

Gems and Embellishments

Gems437 total

  • Flawless Masterful Lapis+14 Versatility & +6 Mastery39%
  • Flawless Versatile Amethyst+14 Mastery & +6 Versatility20%
  • Enduring Heliotrope+20 Primary Stat and +5% Damage Reduction when affected by Crowd Control13%
  • Flawless Masterful Garnet+14 Critical Strike & +6 Mastery8%
  • Flawless Deadly Amethyst+14 Mastery & +6 Critical Strike5%
  • Flawless Versatile Peridot+14 Haste & +6 Versatility3%

+10 more

Embellishments149 total

  • Arcanoweave Lining58%
  • Prismatic Focusing Iris19%
  • Devouring Banding12%
  • Hunt7%
  • Sunfire Silk Lining3%

Collected Jul 29