Unholy Death Knight DPS Gear and Best in Slot — Midnight Season 1

With the release of Midnight, all items have been squished to a much more reasonable level, capping out at 289 ilvl in Season 1.

The Crest upgrade system is a useful way to upgrade even lower-item level gear to higher versions that can be quite useful in your journey. We recommend that you check out our dedicated page for more information on this gear upgrade system if you are not yet familiar with it:

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BiS Gear for Unholy Death Knight

Overall BiS List Mythic+ Gear BiS List Raid Gear BiS List

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BiS List for Unholy Death Knight

Below, you will find the theoretical BiS (Best-in-Slot) set of gear for Midnight Season 1. In general, you will often find that a large number of different combinations of gear will perform equally well. We always recommend simulating your character to find out what is your personal best path to optimising your DPS.

Slot	Item	Boss/ Dungeon/ Source
2H Weapon	BiS -> Bellamy's Final Judgement. Alternative for early power spike -> Bloomforged Greataxe with Darkmoon Sigil: Hunt Crafted by Blacksmithing.	Lightblinded Vanguard in The Voidspire
Helm	Relentless Rider's Crown	Matrix Catalyst, or Lightblinded Vanguard in The Voidspire
Neck	Amulet of the Abyssal Hymn	Seat of the Triumvirate
Shoulder	Shoulderplates of Frozen Blood	Pit of Saron
Cloak	Adherent's Silken Shroud with Arcanoweave Lining	Crafted by Leatherworking
Chest	Relentless Rider's Cuirass	Matrix Catalyst, or Chimaerus in The Dreamrift
Bracers	Spellbreaker's Bracers with Arcanoweave Lining	Crafted by Blacksmithing
Gloves	Relentless Rider's Bonegrasps	Matrix Catalyst, or Vorasius in The Voidspire
Belt	Hate-Tied Waistchain	Crown of the Cosmos in The Voidspire
Legs	Relentless Rider's Legguards	Matrix Catalyst, or Vaelgor and Ezzorak in The Voidspire
Boots	Greaves of the Unformed	Chimaerus in The Dreamrift
Ring #1	Platinum Star Band	Algeth'ar Academy
Ring #2	Sin'dorei Band of Hope	Belo'ren in March on Quel'Danas
Trinket #1	Gaze of the Alnseer	Chimaerus in The Dreamrift
Trinket #2	Light Company Guidon	Imperator Averzian in The Voidspire

2.2.

Mythic+ Gear BiS List for Unholy Death Knight

The below list contains the theoretical best gear obtainable from Mythic+. It includes embellishments and tier sets. Each item in this list is the best "replacement" when compared to the total BiS list (in the cases where the BiS item is not from Mythic+, catalyst or crafted). It answers the question "what if I had all the items in my BiS list except this one slot, what would be the best option from Mythic+?" To clarify, this list is not your best total set of gear, but your best replacement gear.

TipsWhich Dungeons Should I Farm?

If you have limited time to play the game, we recommend to farm the following dungeons:

• Maisara Caverns: Your tier BiS 2H weapon drops from this dungeon.
• Pit of Saron: BiS shoulders and solid ring, weapon and belt.
• Algeth'ar Academy: BiS ring, solid weapon and the best M+ trinket.

Slot	Item	Boss/ Dungeon/ Source
2H Weapon	Liferipper's Cutlass (tied with Bellamy's Final Judgement)	Maisara Caverns
Helm	Relentless Rider's Crown	Matrix Catalyst
Neck	Barbed Ymirheim Choker	Seat of the Triumvirate
Shoulder	Shoulderplates of Frozen Blood	Pit of Saron
Cloak	Adherent's Silken Shroud with Arcanoweave Lining	Crafted by Leatherworking
Chest	Relentless Rider's Cuirass	Matrix Catalyst
Bracers	Spellbreaker's Bracers with Arcanoweave Lining	Crafted by Blacksmithing
Gloves	Relentless Rider's Bonegrasps	Matrix Catalyst
Belt	Bent Gold Belt	Pit of Saron
Legs	Relentless Rider's Legguards	Matrix Catalyst
Boots	Oathsworn Stompers	Magister's Terrace
Ring #1	Platinum Star Band	Algeth'ar Academy
Ring #2	Occlusion of Void	Nexus-Point Xenas
Trinket #1	Algeth'ar Puzzle Box	Algeth'ar Academy
Trinket #2	Solarflare Prism	Skyreach

2.3.

Raid Gear BiS List for Unholy Death Knight

The below list contains the theoretical best gear obtainable from Raid. It includes embellishments and tier sets. Each item in this list is the best "replacement" when compared to the total BiS list (in the cases where the BiS item is not from Raid, catalyst or crafted). It answers the question "what if I had all the items in my BiS list except this one slot, what would be the best option from Raid?" To clarify, this list is not your best total set of gear, but your best replacement gear.

TipsWhich Raid-Items Do I Want Most?

If you need to submit a list of highly-important items to your raid leader, or simply want to focus on the most important bosses and items, we got you covered!

• Light Company Guidon: BiS on-use that is significantly better than any alternative. Drops from Imperator Averzian. who also drops our Tier-Set chest and our BiS Boots.
• Gaze of the Alnseer: BiS passive trinket that is significantly better than any alternative. Drops from Chimaerus.
• Bellamy's Final Judgement: BiS weapon that does have an equivalent option from Mythic+. Still a very strong upgrade in most cases. Dropped from Lightblinded Vanguard.
• Sin'dorei Band of Hope: BiS ring with Crit Mastery that will help you get to your perfect stat balance. Drops from Belo'ren.

Slot	Item	Boss/ Dungeon/ Source
2H Weapon	Bellamy's Final Judgement	Lightblinded Vanguard in The Voidspire
Helm	Relentless Rider's Crown	Matrix Catalyst, or Lightblinded Vanguard in The Voidspire
Neck	Ribbon of Coiled Malice	Fallen-King Salhadaar in The Voidspire
Shoulder	Light-Judged Spaulders	Imperator Averzian in The Voidspire
Cloak	Adherent's Silken Shroud with Arcanoweave Lining	Crafted by Leatherworking
Chest	Relentless Rider's Cuirass	Matrix Catalyst, or Chimaerus in The Dreamrift
Bracers	Spellbreaker's Bracers with Arcanoweave Lining	Crafted by Blacksmithing
Gloves	Relentless Rider's Bonegrasps	Matrix Catalyst, or Vorasius in The Voidspire
Belt	Hate-Tied Waistchain	Crown of the Cosmos in The Voidspire
Legs	Relentless Rider's Legguards	Matrix Catalyst, or Vaelgor and Ezzorak in The Voidspire
Boots	Greaves of the Unformed	Chimaerus in The Dreamrift
Ring #1	Signet of the Starved Beast	Vorasius in The Voidspire
Ring #2	Sin'dorei Band of Hope	Belo'ren in March on Quel'Danas
Trinket #1	Gaze of the Alnseer	Chimaerus in The Dreamrift
Trinket #2	Light Company Guidon	Imperator Averzian in The Voidspire

Unholy Death Knight favours a combination of one active trinket and one passive trinket. For active trinkets, Light Company Guidon is by far our best option with great synergy with our 1.5 minute Cooldowns. It does grant Haste which is not considered a great stat, but there are no other 1.5 minute cooldown trinkets with stat effects. Our second-best option is Algeth'ar Puzzle Box which unfortunately comes with a 2 minute cooldown, significantly reducing its power for us.

For passive trinkets, Gaze of the Alnseer is our best option. It is followed by a large number of good options like Radiant Plume, Heart of Ancient Hunger and Darkmoon Dominion: Hunt.

Aim to pick up one trinket from each of these categories as a pair:

Unholy Death Knight Trinkets

On-Use - Light Company Guidon or, alternatively, Algeth'ar Puzzle Box
Passive - Gaze of the Alnseer or, alternatively, Radiant Plume

There are quite a few other valuable trinkets out there, so make sure to click on our ranking chart to see if they are worth equipping.

Click for Unholy Death Knight Trinket Rankings

Ranking	Trinkets
S Tier	Light Company Guidon - Click for Details Best on-use by far which synergises nicely with our 1.5 minute cooldowns. It does grant Haste which is not considered a good stat. However, there are no alternative 1.5 minute cooldown trinkets that provide on-use stat effects. Gaze of the Alnseer
A Tier	Algeth'ar Puzzle Box - Click for Details Second-best one-use trinket. The stat effect is really strong, giving us our best stat in the form of Mastery. The only reason why this trinket is not our BiS is because of its 2 minute cooldown, desyncing it from our main 1.5 minute burst. Radiant Plume/ Umbral Plume Heart of Ancient Hunger Solarflare Prism Darkmoon Dominion: Hunt
B Tier	Solarflare Prism Heart of Wind Darkmoon Dominion: Blood Vessel of Tortured Souls
C Tier	Lost Idol of the Hash'ey Darkmoon Dominion: Void Dragon Games Equipment Magister's Alchemist Stone Kroluk's Warbanner
D Tier	Undreamt God's Oozing Vestige Latch's Crooked Hook Mark of Light Crucible of Erratic Energies Void Stalker's Contract Darkmoon Dominion: Rot

Professions are a great way to gear up with your optimal secondary stats, as adding special items to the crafting process lets you pick and choose the exact secondary stats you want.

If you want to find out more about professions, i.e. to learn how to craft your own Mythic itemlevel equipment, make sure to check out our Midnight Profession guide!

Deciding what to craft is a difficult task. Our BiS crafted items are Cloak and Wrists, both with Crit Mastery and Arcanoweave Lining. However, crafting a 2H weapon early is often by far the largest upgrade possible and a significantly more efficient spend of your crests. It also sits only 0.5% behind the BiS setup. We generally recommend crafting a 2H weapon unless you have looted a strong 2H already.

Unholy Death Knight Crafted Gear Priority

• Bloomforged Greataxe with Darkmoon Sigil: Hunt
• Silvermoon Agent's Deflectors with Arcanoweave Lining
• Any item you do not have on Myth track yet.

Up to two of your crafted items can be Embellished. This is a similar concept as Unique-Equipped, as you can only wear two items that have the Embellished status. Some crafted items, many of which have powerful procs or beneficial effects by default, are considered Embellished. You can also add Embellishments from a variety of professions to any crafted item, adding the effect to this item either when creating it or at a later stage.

As there is a lot of competition for Embellishments, you will have to pick and choose the two strongest ones for your overall DPS output. Most of them provide very similar DPS benefits, even if the effects are entirely different. The two best choices for this are:

• For Raid: Arcanoweave Lining on crafted Wrists and a crafted Cloak.
• For Mythic+: Arcanoweave Lining on crafted Wrists and a crafted Cloak.

A strong alternative is to run Darkmoon Dominion: Hunt on a crafted 2H weapon. This setup is 0.5% behind the BiS setup but provides a significant amount of early power. We recommending to sim yourself to get a better understanding of the choices relevant for your specific character.

You can add sockets to Helmets, Belts, and Bracers with the Radiant Jewelbinder consumable that you can get if you do not select any of the choices in your Great Vault. Not picking a choice will grant you tokens, six of which can be traded in for the Radiant Jewelbinder item that allows you to add a socket to the above piece of gear, if you acquired them in Season 1.

Myth Dawncrest is a currency you can use to upgrade your gear. Each piece comes in a specific leveling track where it can be upgrade to a specific max level. If you see an item with Myth 3/6, it means that it can be upgrade a total of 3 times to reach Myth 6/6. Since crests are limited each week and upgrading different items costs the same amount of crests regardless, you will want to prioritize your usage of them on items you plan on not replacing anytime soon, or that offer the biggest benefits.

Unholy Death Knight Crest Upgrade Priority

Weapon ➜ Trinkets ➜ Helmet/Chest/Legs ➜ Shoulders/Gloves/Belt/Boots

These are simply the items that tend to be the best to upgrade. Do not follow the priority blindly as there are cases where you would want to upgrade something else first. Always sim yourself to figure out what it your current best option.

With all the different layers of gearing currently available to players, it is impossible to cover all edge cases and individual recommendations in a guide. We therefore highly recommend simming your own character by using Raidbots. This website allows for precise and individualized recommendations that consider your exact talents, gear, trinket, and all the other layers of gearing that the game has to offer. Learning to use this tool is essential to maximizing your potential, as it is the only reliable way to get information on which piece of gear, enchant, gem, or trinket is the best for your character.

The Droptimizer feature from Raidbots lets you identify which dungeons and Raid Bosses offer the highest DPS upgrades to you. It simulates all of the potential upgrades in a raid or a dungeon and lists the bosses/dungeons by rank order of how much DPS you can expect to gain from each of the items it drops. We have a guide for it that you can access using the link below.

Which gems and enchants to use heavily depends on your current stat priority. As previously mentioned, this priority can shift and change whenever you acquire new gear, so simming yourself to figure out the best use of your newly acquired socket is highly recommended. In general, prioritise Mastery and Critical Strike on all gear pieces and consumables. It is the most likely to be the best option.