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Unholy Death Knight
The DPS specialization of the Death Knight class. Its ladders, talent tree, and the class page are below.
Unholy Death Knight at a glance
- Class
- Death Knight
- Role
- DPS
- Armor
- Plate
- Resource
- Runes and Runic Power
- Introduced in
- Wrath of the Lich King
- Sibling specs
- 2
Other Death Knight specializations
Recent Unholy Death Knight hotfixes
- September 10, 2026 Classes › Death Knight › Unholy
Resolved an issue causing Magus of the Dead to occasionally spawn at extreme vertical differences.
- September 1, 2026 Classes › Death Knight › Unholy
Resolved an issue causing Mastery: Dreadblade and Foul Infections to not increase the critical strike chance of Plague Erupt effects.
- August 31, 2026 Classes › Death Knight › Unholy
Resolved an issue causing Dread and Virulent Plague Erupt effects to not work as intended with the target damage modifiers and caster damage modifiers Foul Infections, Thrill of Blood, Incite Terror, Morbidity, Soul Reaper, Brittle, and the War debuff of Rune of the Apocalypse.
- August 25, 2026 Classes › Death Knight
Developers’ notes: Frost Death Knight has performed under our expectations at the beginning of Curse of Ula'tek, especially in the Venomous Abyss raid.
- August 25, 2026 Classes › Death Knight › Unholy
Resolved an issue causing the Unholy Devotion attack speed increase to also reduce attack damage and therefore have a neutral effect.
- August 19, 2026 Classes › Death Knight
Resolved an issue causing Army of the Dead Epidemic Orders to cast from the Death Knight instead of the Lesser Ghoul.
- August 19, 2026 Classes › Death Knight › Unholy
Resolved an issue causing Forbidden Knowledge Rank 4 to not have a chance to activate when the Dread Plague target has a damage absorb effect.
- August 19, 2026 Classes › Death Knight › Unholy
Resolved an issue causing Transfusion to not empower already summoned Lesser Ghouls.
Blizzard Entertainment's official hotfix notes, shown in full at the hotfix tracker.
Every Death Knight hotfix, by date: Death Knight hotfixes.