Mists of Pandaria Classic Unholy Death Knight Gear and Best in Slot

The gear mentioned below is what is considered to be best in slot including gear obtainable from Raids, Dungeons and things able to be purchased from various vendors. This gear list follows the stat priority of Unholy Death Knight spec, which is:

1. Hit Rating to cap (7.5%)
2. Expertise Rating to cap(7.5%)
3. Critical Strike
4. Haste
5. Mastery

For more information on the best available gems and enchants, check out our Enchants and Gems Guide.

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Mists of Pandaria Classic Gear Sets

Phase 5 Phase 3 Phase 1

2.1.

Phase 5 Best in Slot

Slot	Item	Reforge	Source
Helm	Helmet of Cyclopean Dread	Haste → Critical Strike	Thok the Bloodthirsty (H) Siege of Orgrimmar
Neck	Malkorok's Tainted Dog Tags	Mastery → Haste	Malkorok (H) Siege of Orgrimmar
Shoulder	Pauldrons of Cyclopean Dread	Expertise → Critical Strike	Siegecrafter Blackfuse (H) Siege of Orgrimmar
Cloak	Gong-Lu, Strength of Xuen	Mastery → Hit	Cloak of Virtue
Chest	Breastplate of Cyclopean Dread	Mastery → Critical Strike	Sha of Pride (H) Siege of Orgrimmar
Bracer	Bracers of Blind Hatred	Mastery → Hit	Multiple Bosses (H) Siege of Orgrimmar
Gloves	Gauntlets of Cyclopean Dread	Hit → Critical Strike	General Nazgrim (H) Siege of Orgrimmar
Belt	Demolisher's Reinforced Belt	Mastery → Critical Strike	Iron Juggernaut (H) Siege of Orgrimmar
Legs	Legplates of Willful Doom	–	Malkorok (H) Siege of Orgrimmar
Boots	Greaves of Sublime Superiority	Hit → Haste	Sha of Pride (H) Siege of Orgrimmar
Ring 1	Seal of the Forgotten Kings	–	Spoils of Pandaria (H) Siege of Orgrimmar
Ring 2	Asgorathian Blood Seal	Expertise → Critical Strike	Siegecrafter Blackfuse (H) Siege of Orgrimmar
Trinket 1	Evil Eye of Galakras	–	Galakras (H) Siege of Orgrimmar
Trinket 2	Thok's Tail Tip	–	Thok the Bloodthirsty (H) Siege of Orgrimmar
Main-hand	Greatsword of Pride's Fall	Haste → Hit	Sha of Pride (H) Siege of Orgrimmar

2.2.

Phase 3 Best in Slot

Slot	Item	Reforge	Source
Helm	Crown of the Golden Golem	–	Dark Animus (H) Throne of Thunder
Neck	Talisman of Angry Spirits	Mastery → Haste	Troll Council (H) Throne of Thunder
Shoulder	Pauldrons of the All-Consuming Maw	Mastery → Critical Strike	Iron Qon (H) Throne of Thunder
Cloak	Tigerclaw Cape	–	Cloak of Virtue
Chest	Breastplate of the All-Consuming Maw	Expertise → Critical Strike	Dark Animus (H) Throne of Thunder
Bracer	Caustic Spike Bracers of Critical Strike	–	Durumu (H) Throne of Thunder
Gloves	Gauntlets of the All-Consuming Maw	Hit → Haste	Troll Council (H) Throne of Thunder
Belt	Flare-Forged Greatbelt	Mastery → Haste	Ra-den (H) Throne of Thunder
Legs	Greaves of the All-Consuming Maw	Mastery → Expertise	Ji-Kun (H) Throne of Thunder
Boots	Sabatons of the Superior Being	Expertise → Haste	Ra-den (H) Throne of Thunder
Ring 1	Ra-den's Ruinous Ring	Expertise → Critical Strike	Ra-den (H) Throne of Thunder
Ring 2	Band of the Scaled Tyrant	Hit → Critical Strike	Primordius (H) Throne of Thunder
Trinket 1	Fabled Feather of Ji-Kun	Hit → Critical Strike	Ji-Kun (H) Throne of Thunder
Trinket 2	Primordius' Talisman of Rage	–	Primordius (H) Throne of Thunder
Weapon	Greatsword of Frozen Hells	–	Iron Qon (H) Throne of Thunder

2.3.

Phase 1 Best in Slot

Slot	Item	Reforge	Source
Helm	Helmet of the Lost Catacomb	Hit → Critical Strike	Sha of Fear (H) Terrace of Endless Spring;
Neck	Shackle of Eversparks	Hit → Critical Strike	Protectors of the Endless (H) Terrace of Endless Spring
Shoulder	Shoulderpads of Misshapen Life	Mastery → Haste	Amber-Shaper Un'sok (H) Heart of Fear
Cloak	Hisek's Chrysanthemum Cape	Hit → Critical Strike	Imperial Vizier Zor'lok (H) Heart of Fear
Chest	Breastplate of the Lost Catacomb	–	Grand Empress Shek'zeer (H) Heart of Fear
Bracer	Bracers of Defiled Earth	Hit → Expertise	Protectors of the Endless (H) Terrace of Endless Spring
Gloves	Gauntlets of the Lost Catacomb	Expertise → Haste	Wind Lord Mel'jarak (H) Heart of Fear
Belt	Waistplate of Overwhelming Assault	Mastery → Critical Strike	Blade Lord Ta'yak (H) Heart of Fear
Legs	Greaves of the Lost Catacomb	Mastery → Critical Strike	Amber-Shaper Un'sok (H) Heart of Fear
Boots	Impaling Treads	Hit → Critical Strike	Wind Lord Mel'jarak (H) Heart of Fear
Ring 1	Dread Shadow Ring	–	Tsulong (H) Terrace of Endless Spring
Ring 2	Ring of the Bladed Tempest	Haste → Critical Strike	Blade Lord Ta'yak (H) Heart of Fear
Trinket 1	Relic of Xuen	–	Tiger Deck at Darkmoon Faire
Trinket 2	Lei Shen's Final Orders	Haste → Critical Strike	Will of the Emperor (H) Mogu'shan Vaults
Weapon	Shin'ka, Execution of Dominion	Mastery → Expertise	Sha of Fear (H) Terrace of Endless Spring;