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.
Tree position
In the Unholy Death Knight talent tree, Unholy Devotion sits in the Unholy specialization talents, row 7 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 Unholy Devotion from Army of the Dead, Menacing Magus and Reaping.
Army of the DeadSummon 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.
Menacing MagusYour Magus of the Dead Shadow Bolt now fires a volley of Shadow Bolts at up to 8 nearby enemies. Your Lord of the Dead Frostbolts now chain to 3 additional enemies.
ReapingScourge 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.
Connected below
Unholy Devotion leads on to Putrid Echoes and Doomed Bidding.
Putrid EchoesPutrefy deals 20% increased damage, has 2 additional charges and consumes up to 2 available charges.
Doomed BiddingConsuming Sudden Doom summons forth a Lesser Ghoul to assist you for 8 sec.
Same row
Also on this row: Morbidity, Harbinger of Doom, Raise Abomination or Summon Gargoyle and All Will Serve.
MorbidityDiseased enemies take 1% increased damage from you per disease they are affected.
Harbinger of DoomSudden Doom triggers 30% more often and can accumulate up to 2 charges.
Raise AbominationArmy of the Dead now raises an Abomination for 30 sec to attack enemies while emitting a disease cloud, dealing (35% of Attack Power) Plague damage to nearby enemies every 2 sec.
Summon GargoyleArmy of the Dead now summons a Gargoyle into the battlefield to bombard your enemies for 25 sec. The Gargoyle gains 1% increased damage for every 1 Runic Power you spend and always critically strikes.
All Will ServeRaise 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.
Talent trees
Unholy Devotion is in the talent tree of 3 specializations. Death Knight: Blood (Tank), Frost (DPS), Unholy (DPS).
Unholy Devotion Changes by patch
Tracked changes to this talent between game data builds, newest first.
- First tracked in the game data (patch 12.1.0)