Unholy Death Knight DPS Nerub-ar Palace Raid Guide — The War Within (Season 1)

Last updated on Sep 09, 2024 at 18:00 by Bicepspump 73 comments
General Information

On this page, you will find tips, tricks, and strategies tailored to your Unholy Death Knight for each boss of the following raid: Nerub-ar Palace. All our content is updated for World of Warcraft — The War Within (Season 1).

1.

Introduction

Below, you can find class and spec-specific advice for every fight in Nerub-ar Palace. If you are looking for a general overview of the Raid that is not spec-specific, check out our dedicated Nerub-ar Palace guides.

This page assumes that you already understand most of the mechanics of each encounter. These can be found on the full raid guide, so what is contained here are details specifically tailored toward Unholy Death Knight and how you can deal with each fight as best as possible.

All recommendations are progression-based tips and will not necessarily be the best for an overall DPS ranking.

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Nerub'ar Palace Boss Guides for Unholy Death Knight

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Nerub'ar Palace Raid Builds, Tips, and Tricks for Unholy Death Knight

Ulgrax the Devourer The Bloodbound Horror Sikran Rasha'nan Broodtwister Ovi'nax Nexus-Princess Ky'veza The Silken Court Queen Ansurek
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Tips for Ulgrax the Devourer for Unholy Death Knight

2.1.

Defensive Tips

  • You can help clear Stalker's Netting Icon Stalker's Netting by using Anti-Magic Shell Icon Anti-Magic Shell or Icebound Fortitude Icon Icebound Fortitude. Anti-Magic Shell will deplete as you soak, so it only works for a small number of soaks. Icebound works until the effect ends. Be careful when soaking as the AoE is larger than the actual soak range, causing nearby raid members to easily get rooted as well.
  • Use Death's Advance Icon Death's Advance to negate the pulling effect of Carnivorous Contest Icon Carnivorous Contest.
  • Use Anti-Magic Zone Icon Anti-Magic Zone for Carnivorous Contest Icon Carnivorous Contest as the raid groups up to soak the damage.
2.2.

Cooldown Usage

  • Use your Cooldowns as they come up. You can opt to send your 1.5 minute cooldowns during the intermission to do heavy add damage.
2.3.

Mechanical Tips

  • Use Death Grip Icon Death Grip and Abomination Limb Icon Abomination Limb to help group up the adds in the intermission.
2.4.

Best Talents

Be sure to make use of the 'Export Talents' button to import the build directly into your game!

3.

Tips for Bloodbound Horror for Unholy Death Knight

2.5.

Defensive Tips

  • Use Anti-Magic Zone Icon Anti-Magic Zone when your group soaks Gruesome Disgorge Icon Gruesome Disgorge or when the boss casts Goresplatter Icon Goresplatter.
  • Use Anti-Magic Shell Icon Anti-Magic Shell for Goresplatter Icon Goresplatter to soak up the damage.
2.6.

Cooldown Usage

  • Simply use your Cooldowns as much as possible.
  • Use Outbreak Icon Outbreak on the boss when you get sent downstairs. The big hitbox means that you can DoT up most of the adds, even the ones on the other side of the boss.
2.7.

Mechanical Tips

  • Use Death Grip Icon Death Grip to help control the Blood Horror adds, preventing them from reaching the boss.
2.8.

Best Talents

Be sure to make use of the 'Export Talents' button to import the build directly into your game!

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Tips for Sikran for Unholy Death Knight

2.9.

Defensive Tips

  • Phase Blades Icon Phase Blades is physical damage, so you can only use Icebound Fortitude Icon Icebound Fortitude and Lichborne Icon Lichborne to help yourself survive the mechanic.
  • Use Anti-Magic Shell Icon Anti-Magic Shell if you get targeted by Decimate Icon Decimate.
  • Use Anti-Magic Zone Icon Anti-Magic Zone when your raid destroys multiple Cosmic Simulacrum Icon Cosmic Simulacrum.
  • You can use Anti-Magic Shell Icon Anti-Magic Shell to immune the DoT from Decimate Icon Decimate destroying the adds.
2.10.

Cooldown Usage

  • Use on Cooldown.
2.11.

Mechanical Tips

  • Make sure to save Death's Advance Icon Death's Advance for when the boss casts Shattering Sweep Icon Shattering Sweep to quickly get out and back in again.
2.12.

Best Talents

Be sure to make use of the 'Export Talents' button to import the build directly into your game!

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Tips for Rasha'nan for Unholy Death Knight

2.13.

Defensive Tips

  • Use Anti-Magic Zone Icon Anti-Magic Zone and Anti-Magic Shell Icon Anti-Magic Shell when the boss casts Erosive Spray Icon Erosive Spray.
  • Use Anti-Magic Zone Icon Anti-Magic Zone for Web Reave Icon Web Reave in the second phase.
  • You can use Anti-Magic Shell Icon Anti-Magic Shell to run across the puddles on the ground. The heavy movement and large damage of the puddles makes this a good tip.
2.14.

Cooldown Usage

  • Save Runic Power for the adds that spawn so you can DoT them up and spam Epidemic Icon Epidemic.
  • Move your pet further out form the boss when you have Dark Transformation Icon Dark Transformation for the adds, allowing you to DoT them up more efficiently.
2.15.

Mechanical Tips

  • Make sure to have Death's Advance Icon Death's Advance or Wraith Walk Icon Wraith Walk ready for when you are targeted by Spinneret's Strands Icon Spinneret's Strands so that you can quickly get out of the web.
  • Use Death Grip Icon Death Grip and Abomination Limb Icon Abomination Limb to help group up the Infested Spawn adds.
  • Try and save both charges of Death's Advance Icon Death's Advance and Wraith Walk Icon Wraith Walk for the intermission, to help you keep up with the group!
2.16.

Best Talents

Be sure to make use of the 'Export Talents' button to import the build directly into your game!

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Tips for Broodtwister Ovi'nax for Unholy Death Knight

2.17.

Defensive Tips

  • Use Anti-Magic Zone Icon Anti-Magic Zone when the tank explodes with Volatile Concoction Icon Volatile Concoction.
2.18.

Cooldown Usage

  • Save your Cooldowns for the adds that spawn. This means that you sometimes hold for around 20 seconds to line up with add spawns.
  • Pool Runic power and leverage Outbreak Icon Outbreak to quickly DoT up the adds around the boss and spam Epidemic Icon Epidemic to kill them quickly.
  • On Mythic, make sure to stack up 6 Festering Wound Icon Festering Wounds on the boss before the adds get gripped in. Follow up with Vile Contagion Icon Vile Contagion and Scourge Strike Icon Scourge Strike spam. Make sure to use both Abomination Limb Icon Abomination Limb, Dark Transformation Icon Dark Transformation and Death and Decay Icon Death and Decay before the adds spawn.
2.19.

Mechanical Tips

  • Use Blinding Sleet Icon Blinding Sleet to interrupt the Blood Parasite adds.
  • Use Death Grip Icon Death Grip to help control Blood Parasite adds that are fixating your fellow raiders.
  • Use Anti-Magic Shell Icon Anti-Magic Shell before Sticky Web Icon Sticky Web to immune the application.
2.20.

Best Talents

Be sure to make use of the 'Export Talents' button to import the build directly into your game!

3.

Tips for Nexus-Princess Ky'veza for Unholy Death Knight

2.21.

Defensive Tips

  • Use Anti-Magic Zone Icon Anti-Magic Zone during Starless Night Icon Starless Night.
  • Use Anti-Magic Shell Icon Anti-Magic Shell during the Nether Rift Icon Nether Rift pull to soak up the magic damage
  • 2.22.

    Cooldown Usage

    • On cooldown.
    2.23.

    Mechanical Tips

    • Use Death's Advance Icon Death's Advance to negate the pulling effect from the rifts.
    • Save a charge of Death's Advance Icon Death's Advance if you get targeted by Twilight Massacre Icon Twilight Massacre.
    2.24.

    Best Talents

    Be sure to make use of the 'Export Talents' button to import the build directly into your game!

    3.

    Tips for The Silken Court for Unholy Death Knight

    2.25.

    Defensive Tips

    • Use Anti-Magic Shell Icon Anti-Magic Shell before you get hit by Venomous Rain Icon Venomous Rain to immune the DoT application.
    2.26.

    Cooldown Usage

    • On cooldown.
    • Use Death and Decay Icon Death and Decay to cleave when the bosses are close together.
    • Use Death Coil Icon Death Coil as your Runic Power spender as we pick up Improved Death Coil Icon Improved Death Coil.
    2.27.

    Mechanical Tips

    • Use Death Grip Icon Death Grip, Abomination Limb Icon Abomination Limb and Blinding Sleet Icon Blinding Sleet to help control the adds.
    2.28.

    Best Talents

    Be sure to make use of the 'Export Talents' button to import the build directly into your game!

    3.

    Tips for Queen Ansurek for Unholy Death Knight

    2.29.

    Defensive Tips

    • Use Anti-Magic Zone Icon Anti-Magic Zone in phase 1 if your raid gets 3+ stacks from the Venom Nova Icon Venom Nova mechanic.
    • Use Anti-Magic Shell Icon Anti-Magic Shell to immune the root from Silken Tomb Icon Silken Tomb. This also prevents the root add from spawning.
    2.30.

    Cooldown Usage

    • Stack up Runic Power and ideally a proc of Sudden Doom Icon Sudden Doom before each Silken Tomb Icon Silken Tomb add spawn. Use Outbreak Icon Outbreak to DoT up the adds and then follow with Epidemic Icon Epidemic. Do the same for the Infest Icon Infest mechanic in the final phase, where the tank runs out to spawn a group of adds. You can stick on the boss during this, just doing your standard rotation with lots of Epidemic Icon Epidemic weaved in.
    • Leverage Death and Decay Icon Death and Decay in the final phase to help cleave the three adds that spawn, as well as the two web pulls.
    2.31.

    Mechanical Tips

    • Wrest Icon Wrest is cast multiple times during the encounter. Use Death's Advance Icon Death's Advance to immune the pull. You will not have it up for each one so plan out when you need to do the mechanic properly.
    2.32.

    Best Talents

    Be sure to make use of the 'Export Talents' button to import the build directly into your game!

    2.33.

    General Defensive Usage Notes

    Unholy Death Knight has several defensive spells that you should plan to use and rotate throughout mechanics. You should opt to use the smaller cooldown spells often as needed with incoming mechanics and save bigger cooldowns like Icebound Fortitude Icon Icebound Fortitude for large incoming damage.

    • Anti-Magic Shell Icon Anti-Magic Shell
    • Anti-Magic Zone Icon Anti-Magic Zone
    • Icebound Fortitude Icon Icebound Fortitude
    • Lichborne Icon Lichborne (with Unholy Endurance Icon Unholy Endurance)
    3.

    Changelog

    • 09 Sep. 2024: Guide added.
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