Death Knight
Unholy
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Unholy Death Knight
Rotation
Here is a suggested priority order at level 80, in Blood PresenceInstant · 1 sec cooldownIncreases your damage by 15% and heals you for 4% of the non-periodic damage you deal. Only one presence at a time. Costs 1 Blood Rune..
Before the fight
- Ghoul: summon it with Raise DeadInstant · 3 min cooldown · Duration 1 minRaises a ghoul to fight at your side for 1 minute. Without a humanoid corpse that yields experience or honor, it requires Corpse Dust. Only one ghoul at a time..
- Horn of WinterInstant · 20 sec cooldown · Duration 2 minGenerates 10 runic power and increases the Strength and Agility of all party and raid members within 30 yards by 155 for 2 minutes.: keep it active.
Single-target priorities
- Icy TouchInstant · Duration 15 secChills the target for 227 to 245 Frost damage and infects it with Frost Fever, which deals periodic damage and reduces its melee and ranged attack speed by 14% for 15 seconds. Very high threat in Frost Presence. Costs 1 Frost Rune, generates 10 runic power. and Plague StrikeInstantA vicious strike that deals 50% weapon damage plus 189 and infects the target with Blood Plague, a disease that deals Shadow damage over time. Costs 1 Unholy Rune, generates 10 runic power.: keep your diseases on the target.
- Death and DecayInstant · 30 sec cooldown · Duration 10 secCorrupts the targeted ground for 10 seconds, dealing 62 Shadow damage every second to enemies in the area. Produces a high amount of threat. Costs 1 Blood, 1 Frost and 1 Unholy Rune.: as soon as its cooldown is over, if the target stays in the area for its full duration.
- Scourge StrikeUnholy · Row 9 · 1 rankInstantAn unholy strike that deals 70% weapon damage plus 560 as Physical damage, plus 12% of that damage as Shadow damage for each of your diseases on the target.: with your remaining Frost and Unholy Runes.
- Blood StrikeInstantInstantly strikes the enemy for 40% weapon damage plus 306; total damage is increased by 12.5% for each of your diseases on the target. Costs 1 Blood Rune, generates 10 runic power.: with your Blood Runes, to keep DesolationUnholy · Row 7 · 5 ranksBlood Strike makes you deal 1% / 2% / 3% / 4% / 5% additional damage with all attacks for 20 seconds. active.
- Ghoul FrenzyUnholy · Row 7 · 1 rankInstant · 10 sec cooldown · Duration 30 secRequires: Master of Ghouls (1 rank)Grants your pet 25% haste for 30 seconds and heals it for 60% of its health over the duration.: keep it on your ghoul.
- Death CoilInstantFires a blast of unholy energy that deals 443 Shadow damage to an enemy, or heals a friendly undead target for 665. Costs 40 runic power.: to spend runic power.
Multiple targets
- Death and DecayInstant · 30 sec cooldown · Duration 10 secCorrupts the targeted ground for 10 seconds, dealing 62 Shadow damage every second to enemies in the area. Produces a high amount of threat. Costs 1 Blood, 1 Frost and 1 Unholy Rune.: where the enemies are grouped.
- Icy TouchInstant · Duration 15 secChills the target for 227 to 245 Frost damage and infects it with Frost Fever, which deals periodic damage and reduces its melee and ranged attack speed by 14% for 15 seconds. Very high threat in Frost Presence. Costs 1 Frost Rune, generates 10 runic power. and Plague StrikeInstantA vicious strike that deals 50% weapon damage plus 189 and infects the target with Blood Plague, a disease that deals Shadow damage over time. Costs 1 Unholy Rune, generates 10 runic power., then PestilenceInstantSpreads your Blood Plague and Frost Fever from the target to all other enemies within 10 yards. Costs 1 Blood Rune, generates 10 runic power.: to spread your diseases.
- Blood BoilInstantBoils the blood of all enemies within 10 yards, dealing 180 to 220 Shadow damage, and more to targets with Blood Plague or Frost Fever. Costs 1 Blood Rune.: with your Blood Runes.
Cooldowns
- Summon GargoyleUnholy · Row 11 · 1 rankInstant · 3 min cooldown · Duration 30 secA Gargoyle flies in and bombards the target with Nature damage based on your attack power for 30 seconds.: in Unholy PresenceInstant · 1 sec cooldownIncreases your attack speed and movement speed by 15% and reduces the global cooldown of your abilities by 0.5 second. Only one presence at a time. Costs 1 Unholy Rune., along with your other cooldowns; then go back to Blood PresenceInstant · 1 sec cooldownIncreases your damage by 15% and heals you for 4% of the non-periodic damage you deal. Only one presence at a time. Costs 1 Blood Rune..
- Army of the DeadChanneled · 10 min cooldown · Duration 4 secChanneled: summons a legion of ghouls that swarm the area, taunting and fighting anything they can. While channeling, you take less damage based on your dodge and parry chance. Costs 1 Blood, 1 Frost and 1 Unholy Rune.: at the start of the fight.
- Empower Rune WeaponInstant · 5 min cooldownImmediately activates all your runes and generates 25 runic power.: when all your runes are on cooldown.
Key points
This list is a suggested priority order, not a sequence to repeat mechanically. Your ghoul must attack at all times: remember to send it at your target.
