Menacing Magus

In the Unholy Death Knight talent tree, Menacing Magus sits in the Unholy specialization talents, row 6 of 11. It is a single-point node. Its row opens once 8 points are spent in Unholy Talents.

Connected above

The tree draws a line into Menacing Magus from Magus of the Dead.

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  Magus of the Dead

  Dark Transformation and Army of the Dead summon a Magus of the Dead who hurls Frostbolts and Shadow Bolts at your foes for 15 sec.

Connected below

Menacing Magus leads on to Unholy Devotion, All Will Serve and Doomed Bidding.

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  Unholy Devotion

  Putrefy causes your permanent Ghoul to go on an unholy frenzy, increasing its attack speed and energy regeneration by 25% for 12 sec. Multiple applications may overlap.

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  All Will Serve

  Raise Dead summons an additional skeletal archer at your command that shoots Blighted Arrows. An unholy arrow that deals (34% of Attack Power) Shadow damage. When consuming Sudden Doom, your Death Coil commands your archer to fire an additional Blighted Arrow at 80% effectiveness. Epidemic will instead cause Blighted Arrow to ricochet and hit up to additional targets.

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  Doomed Bidding

  Consuming Sudden Doom summons forth a Lesser Ghoul to assist you for 8 sec.

Same row

Also on this row: Cycle of Death, Coil of Devastation, Army of the Dead, Reaping and Ghoulish Frenzy.

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  Cycle of Death

  Putrefy reduces the cooldown of Death and Decay by 1.1 sec.

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  Coil of Devastation

  Death Coil deals 10% increased damage and causes the target to take an additional 30% of the direct damage dealt over 4 sec.

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  Army of the Dead

  Summon or empower Lesser Ghouls to form an unholy army of 8. While active, summoning a Lesser Ghoul will instead execute Orders based on nearby enemies. Death Orders Lesser Ghouls strike with you, dealing Shadow damage to your target. Epidemic Orders Lesser Ghouls erupt in viscera, dealing Shadow damage to nearby enemies. Deals reduced damage beyond 5 targets.

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  Reaping

  Scourge Strike, Festering Strike, and Death Coil deal 30% additional damage to enemies below 35% health. Dark Transformation resets Soul Reaper's cooldown and allows it to be used on any target.

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  Ghoulish Frenzy

  Dark Transformation increases the attack speed and damage of you and your Monstrosity by 5% for 15 sec.