Class Guide

Unholy Death Knight

How this spec actually plays, read from real archived arena matches: the talents top-rated players converge on, which of them earn their slot in-game, and the burst window.

10 matches · rated 3123–3022

Death Knight

Blood• Frost• Unholy

Demon Hunter

Devourer• Havoc• Vengeance

Druid

Balance• Feral• Guardian• Restoration•

Evoker

Augmentation• Devastation• Preservation•

Hunter

Beast Mastery• Marksmanship• Survival•

Mage

Arcane• Fire• Frost•

Monk

Brewmaster• Mistweaver• Windwalker•

Paladin

Holy• Protection• Retribution•

Priest

Discipline• Holy• Shadow•

Rogue

Assassination• Outlaw• Subtlety•

Shaman

Elemental• Enhancement• Restoration•

Warlock

Affliction• Demonology• Destruction•

Warrior

Arms• Fury• Protection•

• = match sample analysed

The core kit

Taken by nearly every sampled player, and put to work in nearly every game.

Blinding Sleet

used in 10/10

Anti-Magic Barrier

used in 10/10

Veteran of the Third War

used in 10/10

Rune Mastery

used in 10/10

Mind Freeze

used in 10/10

Osmosis

used in 10/10

Commander of the Dead

used in 10/10

Unholy Aura

used in 10/10

Coil of Devastation

used in 10/10

Morbidity

used in 10/10

Harbinger of Doom

used in 10/10

Soul Reaper

used in 10/10

Outnumber

used in 10/10

Dark Transformation

used in 10/10

Outbreak

used in 10/10

Scourge Strike

used in 10/10

Sudden Doom

used in 10/10

Festering Scythe

used in 10/10

Ghoulish Frenzy

used in 10/10

Army of the Dead

used in 10/10

Ebon Fever

used in 10/10

Mograine's Might

used in 10/10

Death's Echo

used in 10/10

Reaping

used in 10/10

Putrefy

used in 10/10

Clawing Shadows

used in 10/10

Putrid Echoes

used in 10/10

Unholy Armaments

used in 10/10

Forbidden Knowledge

used in 10/10

Death Charge

used in 10/10

Anti-Magic Zone

used in 8/10

Strangulate

used in 8/10 PvP

Burst window

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The single highest-damage real 12s window in the sample

Putrefy
→
Necrotic Coil
→
Necrotic Coil
→
Blinding Sleet
→
Necrotic Coil
→
Necrotic Coil
→
Scourge Strike
→
Scourge Strike
→
Necrotic Coil
→
Scourge Strike

Also commonly taken

Icebound Fortitude 10/10 Suppression 10/10 Unholy Endurance 10/10 Wraith Walk 10/10 Blood Draw 10/10 Runic Attenuation 10/10 Gloom Ward 10/10 Will of the Necropolis 10/10 Brittle 10/10 Unholy Momentum 10/10 Cleaving Strikes 10/10 Unholy Bond 10/10 Magus of the Dead 10/10 Foul Infections 10/10 Unholy Devotion 10/10 Apocalypse Now 10/10 Hungering Thirst 10/10 Whitemane's Famine 10/10 Mawsworn Menace 10/10 Nazgrim's Conquest 10/10 Trollbane's Icy Fury 10/10 Doomed Bidding 10/10 Null Magic 10/10 Blightburst 10/10 Lord of the Dead 10/10 Let Terror Reign 10/10 Ride or Die! 10/10 Enfeeble 10/10 Necromancer's Cunning 10/10 Infected Claws 10/10 Rider's Champion 10/10 Raise Abomination 10/10 Pact of the Apocalypse 10/10 A Feast of Souls 10/10 Spellwarden 10/10 Necrotic Wounds 10/10 Icy Talons 7/10 Coldthirst 7/10 Runic Protection 7/10 Assimilation 6/10

▶ The sample — 10 matches

Match	Rating	Length	Flagged talents
Match 1	3123	412s	0
Match 2	3096	143s	6
Match 3	3089	211s	6
Match 4	3088	353s	0
Match 5	3068	174s	7
Match 6	3066	220s	5
Match 7	3035	219s	2
Match 8	3030	119s	8
Match 9	3025	138s	10
Match 10	3022	290s	3