Unholy Death Knight Mythic+ data from tracked players

The tables in this block come from a different sample than the talent tables further down: Unholy characters in the highest Mythic+ keys we captured gear for, US and EU. The Unholy overview has the same data with both talent builds.

Sample: n=48 characters · EU 14, US 34 · keys +14 to +21, median +19 · October 6, 2026 to October 19, 2026 · updated October 19, 2026 11:46 UTC

Top Unholy players stack Critical Strike > Mastery > Haste > Versatility on their gear.

Sample: n=48 characters · EU 14, US 34 · keys +14 to +21, median +19 · October 6, 2026 to October 19, 2026 · updated October 19, 2026 11:46 UTC

How this is computed: for each character we add up the Critical Strike, Haste, Mastery and Versatility rating printed on every equipped item, then take each stat's share of that total. The table shows the median share across the sample. Gems, enchants, buffs and talents are not included. This is what top players chose to wear, not simulated stat weights; a sim of your own character is the better tool for close calls. Stats joined by = are within 2 points of each other.

Sample: n=48 characters · EU 14, US 34 · keys +14 to +21, median +19 · October 6, 2026 to October 19, 2026 · updated October 19, 2026 11:46 UTC

Most common trinket pairs

Sample: n=48 characters · EU 14, US 34 · keys +14 to +21, median +19 · October 6, 2026 to October 19, 2026 · updated October 19, 2026 11:46 UTC

An embellishment is read from the item's own limit line (Unique-Equipped: Embellished) and named by the effect the item grants.

Most common embellishment sets

• Arcanoweave Lining: 36 of 48 (75%)
• Arcanoweave Lining + Loa Worshiper's Band: 4 of 48 (8%)
• Loa Worshiper's Band + Stabilizing Gemstone Bandolier: 2 of 48 (4%)
• Arcanoweave Lining + Hunt: 2 of 48 (4%)

Crafted item stat choices

The two secondary stats players picked on crafted gear, across 121 crafted items.

• Critical Strike / Haste: 25 of 121 (21%) crafted items
• Haste / Mastery: 23 of 121 (19%) crafted items
• Critical Strike / Versatility: 21 of 121 (17%) crafted items
• Haste / Versatility: 18 of 121 (15%) crafted items
• Mastery / Versatility: 18 of 121 (15%) crafted items
• Critical Strike / Mastery: 16 of 121 (13%) crafted items

Sample: n=48 characters · EU 14, US 34 · keys +14 to +21, median +19 · October 6, 2026 to October 19, 2026 · updated October 19, 2026 11:46 UTC

Gems

223 filled sockets in the sample.

Most-used loadout string among the top 50 tracked Unholy players: CwPAkXBWxkyfx9CbGaHonEAhLBYmBjZmZYWGzMTz2MGjhZAAAAAAAAMzYmZAwyMmZYmxMzYw2MbmxsoZgZjZbaswAMDAjZmxMYmZmZMjB (1 / 50 (2%)). Open in the talent calculator

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Talent variation: 50 distinct loadout strings in a sample of 50.

Most-taken talent nodes among decoded loadouts. Granted-free nodes are excluded so the table is not a list of the whole tree.

Talent	Tree	Taken	What it does (client tooltip)
Runic Attenuation	class	50 / 50 (100%)	Auto attacks have a chance to generate 3 Runic Power.
Anti-Magic Barrier	class	50 / 50 (100%)	Reduces the cooldown of Anti-Magic Shell by 20 sec and increases its duration and amount absorbed by 40%.
Will of the Necropolis	class	50 / 50 (100%)	Damage taken below 30% Health is reduced by 20%.
Brittle	class	50 / 50 (100%)	Your diseases have a chance to weaken your enemy causing your attacks against them to deal 6% increased damage for 5 sec.
Asphyxiate	class	50 / 50 (100%)	Lifts the enemy target off the ground, crushing their throat with dark energy and stunning them for 5 sec.
Improved Death Strike	class	50 / 50 (100%)	Death Strike's cost is reduced by 5, and its healing is increased by 15%.
Veteran of the Third War	class	50 / 50 (100%)	Stamina increased by 20%. Damage taken reduced.
Unholy Momentum	class	50 / 50 (100%)	Increases Haste by 2%.
Death Strike	class	50 / 50 (100%)	Focuses dark power into a strike with both weapons, that deals a total of Physical damage and heals you for 20.2% of all damage taken in the last 5 sec, minimum 7.1% of maximum health.
Cleaving Strikes	class	50 / 50 (100%)	Frostscythe deals 20% increased damage during Remorseless Winter.Heart Strike hits up to 3Scourge Strike and Festering Strike deal 10% increased damage. additional enemies while you remain in Death and Decay. When leaving your Death and Decay you retain its bonus effects for 4 sec.
Unholy Bond	class	50 / 50 (100%)	Increases the effectiveness of your Runeforge effects by 20%.
Rune Mastery	class	50 / 50 (100%)	Consuming a Rune has a chance to increase your Strength by 3% for 8 sec.

Hero talent trees in this cohort

• Rider of the Apocalypse: 28 / 50 (56%)
• San'layn: 22 / 50 (44%)

Best runs of TheWoWDB-tracked Unholy Death Knight characters in Mythic+ season 18 (US), one row per dungeon: 353 dungeon bests across 8 dungeons. Voidscar Arena has the most (47).

Dungeon	Characters	Timed	Highest timed	Median key
Voidscar Arena	47	33	+12	+9
Kings' Rest	46	33	+12	+7
Altar of Fangs	45	28	+12	+7
Murder Row	45	34	+17	+7
Temple of Sethraliss	45	30	+18	+8
The Blinding Vale	44	30	+17	+8
Ruby Life Pools	43	33	+13	+9
Den of Nalorakk	38	20	+12	+9

Median secondary stats among the top 50 tracked Unholy players with a statistics payload.

Most common trinkets among the top 50 tracked Unholy players with equipment stored.

Trinket	Equipped
Gaze of the Alnseer	30 / 50 (60%)
Light Company Guidon	29 / 50 (58%)
Galactic Gladiator's Medallion	8 / 50 (16%)
Galactic Gladiator's Insignia of Alacrity	8 / 50 (16%)
Zul'jin's Guillotine Technique	4 / 50 (8%)
Voracious Heart of Ula'tek	4 / 50 (8%)
Solarflare Prism	2 / 50 (4%)
Venomous Gladiator's Medallion	2 / 50 (4%)

Most common enchant display strings on stored gear.

Most common gem display strings on stored gear.

Most common item in each other slot (one winner per slot, count shown).

Slot	Item	Equipped
Back	Adherent's Silken Shroud	28 / 50 (56%)
Chest	Relentless Rider's Cuirass	39 / 50 (78%)
Feet	Greaves of the Unformed	25 / 50 (50%)
Finger 1	Platinum Star Band	12 / 50 (24%)
Finger 2	Platinum Star Band	11 / 50 (22%)
Hands	Relentless Rider's Bonegrasps	39 / 50 (78%)
Head	Relentless Rider's Crown	36 / 50 (72%)
Legs	Relentless Rider's Legguards	36 / 50 (72%)
Main Hand	Liferipper's Cutlass	20 / 50 (40%)
Neck	Rotmire's Sporeheart	20 / 50 (40%)
Off Hand	Jaw of the Shackled Goddess	1 / 50 (2%)
Shirt	Precious's Ribbon	7 / 50 (14%)
Shoulder	Shoulderplates of Frozen Blood	24 / 50 (48%)
Tabard	Tabard of the Lightbringer	7 / 50 (14%)
Waist	Relentless Rider's Chain	16 / 50 (32%)
Wrist	Spellbreaker's Bracers	37 / 50 (74%)

1. This page aggregates TheWoWDB-tracked Unholy Death Knight characters. It is not a rotation guide and it is not a world-first raid note.
2. Cohort: the highest Mythic+ rated characters among US players we crawl from the rated PvP ladders. The character profiles behind this page come from our crawl of the US rated PvP ladders, so players who never queue rated PvP are not in it.
3. The talent, gear, and stat tables describe the top 50 tracked players (cap 50) after requiring a stored talent loadout. Characters without a loadout do not count.
4. A page is published only when at least 30 such players exist. Below that, the URL 404s so a thin sample cannot rank.
5. Most-used means the highest count in this cohort. It is not a verdict that the choice is correct.
6. Embellishments are omitted: the Armory equipment payload we store lists slot, item, enchants, and gems, and does not flag embellishments.
7. PvP talent names come from the character profile when present. Mythic+ pages rank the cohort by stored mythic rating; PvP pages rank by the current US leaderboard rating; builds pages rank by item level.
8. The gear block at the top of this page is a separate sample: characters in the highest Mythic+ keys we captured equipment for (US and EU), read from data/spec_gear_summary.json with its own n and dates.
9. Client build for talent-tree labels: 12.1.5.70448.