In order to never have a skill be dodged or parried the Expertise needed is 26 (6.5% or 214 Expertise Rating).

It is, however, still important to obtain the cap for not only your own damage but also for the Ghouls' damage. The Expertise Cap is less important for Unholy Death Knights as the majority of damage comes from spells. Haste is important to generate more Blood-Caked Blade attacks and both the Summon Gargoyle and Army of the Dead benefit from the current Haste value that the Death Knight has at the time of casting. The Ghoul pet summoned with Raise Dead is a significant portion of damage as it is now permanent with Master of Ghouls and benefits from the player's stats with Ravenous Dead. Strength is very important and is the reason why Unholy scales better than Frost. 885 Hit Rating (27%) for off-hand auto attacks.446 Hit Rating (17%) for more spell damage from Blood Boil and Death and Decay.Hit Rating is still an important stat above the skill attack cap, increasing it to higher thresholds will also improve damage. The Frost talent Nerves of Cold Steel (for dual-wielding) and the Draenei passive Heroic Presence reduce the hit rating needed from gear by 3% and 1% respectively. Otherwise, here is a high level breakdown:įor Unholy Death Knights 263 Hit Rating (8%) is the minimum amount required to ensure attacks with skills always hit. If you want our most robust discussion on stat priority for Unholy DKs, see here. Players need to make sure that they achieve specific stat thresholds, such as Hit Rating and Expertise, and then they can focus on increasing other stats. The stat priority outlined below ranks the stats to help players decide which item is a better choice. Being a 'stronger' buff means that Death Knights who do not have the glyph can't use Horn of Winter to generate Runic Power unless using the following macro: Unholy Death Knight Rotation Guide - Dragonflight 10.0.5 - Guides - Wowhead Unholy Death Knight Rotation Guide - Dragonflight 10.0.5 By Bicepspump Last Updated: 8 Changelog Patch: 10.0.5 Favorite: Rating: 4. It is generally useless as Horn of Winter is used to generate Runic Power whenever there is a break from casting other abilities. Many players make the mistake of taking Glyph of Horn of Winter. There also is a variation of the Unholy Death Knight build that uses Blood Talents, which we will explain in more depth under the Optional Talents. The three Minor Glyphs that are almost always seen for Unholy Death Knights are Glyph of Raise Dead for a minor improvement in inventory management, and Glyph of Pestilence for a significant range increase to Pestilence and Glyph of Blood Tap to help reduce taking damage when using Blood Tap. For longer AoE encounters Glyph of Icy Touch performs better than Glyph of Dark Death.Each of these glyphs are very important to increasing overall damage. The best Major Glyphs for Unholy Death Knights are Glyph of Death and Decay, Glyph of Dark Death, and Glyph of the Ghoul.

Unholy death knight talents