Unholy Death Knight DPS Sanctum of Domination Raid Guide — Shadowlands 9.2.5

During Shadowlands Season 4, Castle Nathria, Sanctum of Domination, and Sepulcher of the First Ones will each spend time being featured as a Fated Raid. During these times encounters within the specific raid will include an additional mechanic and items will drop at increased item levels. If you would like to learn more general information about the Fated Raids system as a whole, please see our overview below. Otherwise, continue to use this page for specialization-specific tips.

On this page, you will find Unholy Death Knight-specific information to deal with each boss in the Sanctum of Domination raid.

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 Knights and what you can do to deal with each fight as best as possible.

We advise you to use the following talents against The Tarragrue.

• Level 15: All Will Serve or Clawing Shadows
• Level 25: Unholy Blight
• Level 30: No specific recommendation
• Level 35: Soul Reaper
• Level 40: No specific recommendation
• Level 45: Unholy Pact
• Level 50: Army of the Damned

We advise you to use the following Legendary against The Tarragrue: Deadliest Coil.

Recommended Covenant: Necrolord

• In order to engage this encounter you will need to kill the Infused Goliaths. When defeated they will drop an Anima Orb with 3 choices of powers. Once you have defeated all 4 Infused Goliaths the boss will spawn.
• When it comes to your choices, there is generally always a clear-cut option. Do not pick anything that can potentially have a negative impact on your group. Otherwise, just pick up the DPS power that can be chosen.
• You can soak Chains of Eternity with Icebound Fortitude.
• Heroic: You can soak Remnant: Soulforge Heat with Anti-Magic Shell and not receive any debuffs.
• Mythic: Anti-Magic Shell will no longer prevent debuffs from Remnant: Soulforge Heat.

For more information, please refer to our The Tarragrue guide.

We advise you to use the following talents against The Eye of the Jailer.

• Level 15: All Will Serve (or Clawing Shadows, situationally)
• Level 25: Unholy Blight
• Level 30: No specific recommendation
• Level 35: Soul Reaper
• Level 40: No specific recommendation
• Level 45: Unholy Pact
• Level 50: Army of the Damned

We advise you to use the following Legendary against The Eye of the Jailer: Deadliest Coil.

Recommended Covenant: Necrolord

• Death's Advance can be used to avoid the pulling effect from Dragging Chains.
• You can use Death's Advance + Anti-Magic Shell to run through the Annihilating Glare.

For more information, please refer to our The Eye of the Jailer guide.

We advise you to use the following talents against The Nine.

• Level 15: All Will Serve (or Clawing Shadows, situationally)
• Level 25: Unholy Blight
• Level 30: No specific recommendation
• Level 35: Soul Reaper
• Level 40: No specific recommendation
• Level 45: Unholy Pact
• Level 50: Army of the Damned

We advise you to use the following Legendaries against The Nine.

1. Deadliest Coil
2. Frenzied Monstrosity

Recommended Covenant: Necrolord

• You can grip Formless Mass adds, use Death Grip to do so.
• Death's Advance can be used to help with the pull/push effects of the encounter.
• Make sure to leverage Soul Reaper on the add that spawns to proc the Unholy DK 4-Piece. Also try and use Gavel of the First Arbiter on this add since using it on the boss will spawn it out of reach.

For more information, please refer to our The Nine guide.

We advise you to use the following talents against Remnant of Ner'zhul.

• Level 15: All Will Serve (or Clawing Shadows, situationally)
• Level 25: Unholy Blight
• Level 30: No specific recommendation
• Level 35: Soul Reaper
• Level 40: No specific recommendation
• Level 45: Unholy Pact
• Level 50: Army of the Damned

We advise you to use the following Legendary against Remnant of Ner'zhul: Deadliest Coil.

Recommended Covenant: Necrolord

• You can use Death's Advance to dodge the huge knockback. Ideally you should use it for the second cast on Heroic.
• Leverage Soul Reaper on the orbs just before they die to proc the Unholy DK 4-Piece!

For more information, please refer to our Remnant of Ner'zhul guide.

We advise you to use the following talents against Soulrender Dormazain.

• Level 15: All Will Serve (or Clawing Shadows, situationally)
• Level 25: Unholy Blight
• Level 30: No specific recommendation
• Level 35: Soul Reaper
• Level 40: No specific recommendation
• Level 45: Unholy Pact
• Level 50: Army of the Damned

We advise you to use the following Legendaries against Soulrender Dormazain.

1. Deadliest Coil
2. Frenzied Monstrosity

• Mawsworn Agonizers can be gripped. Use Death Grip and Abomination Limb to help group them up.
• Make sure you leverage Soul Reaper on the adds as much as possible to trigger the Unholy DK 4-Piece!

For more information, please refer to our Soulrender Dormazain guide.

We advise you to use the following talents against Painsmith Raznal.

• Level 15: All Will Serve (or Clawing Shadows, situationally)
• Level 25: Unholy Blight
• Level 30: No specific recommendation
• Level 35: Soul Reaper
• Level 40: No specific recommendation
• Level 45: Unholy Pact
• Level 50: Army of the Damned

We advise you to use the following Legendary against Painsmith Raznal: Deadliest Coil.

• The Flameclasp Traps leave a stacking debuff when they blow up. Your raid should stagger them but Anti-Magic Shell is still useful to prevent the debuff stacking on yourself.
• Use Anti-Magic Zone when the tank runs out with the debuff or when your raid is triggering the Flameclasp Traps.
• Make sure to align your Abomination Limb for the adds that spawn after the intermission (Mythic).

For more information, please refer to our Painsmith Raznal guide.

We advise you to use the following talents against Guardian of the First Ones.

• Level 15: All Will Serve (or Clawing Shadows, situationally)
• Level 25: Unholy Blight
• Level 30: No specific recommendation
• Level 35: Soul Reaper
• Level 40: No specific recommendation
• Level 45: Unholy Pact
• Level 50: Army of the Damned

We advise you to use the following Legendary against Guardian of the First Ones: Deadliest Coil.

• Use Anti-Magic Zone for when your raid stacks up to tank the Purging Protocol.
• Another possible usage of Anti-Magic Zone is when the Energy Cores explode, dealing magic damage to everyone in the raid.

For more information, please refer to our Guardian of the First Ones guide.

We advise you to use the following talents against Fatescribe Roh-Kalo.

• Level 15: All Will Serve (or Clawing Shadows, situationally)
• Level 25: Unholy Blight
• Level 30: No specific recommendation
• Level 35: Soul Reaper
• Level 40: No specific recommendation
• Level 45: Unholy Pact
• Level 50: Army of the Damned

We advise you to use the following Legendary against Fatescribe Roh-Kalo: Deadliest Coil.

• You can pre-immune the application of Twist Fate with Anti-Magic Shell. The application is random so there is only a chance that you can make it work.
• Use Anti-Magic Shell to run across beams in the intermission phase. This is particularly important if you are running the central rune!
• Leverage Soul Reaper on the adds as much as possible to proc the Unholy DK 4-Piece!

For more information, please refer to our Fatescribe Roh-Kalo guide.

We advise you to use the following talents against Kel'Thuzad.

• Level 15: All Will Serve or Clawing Shadows
• Level 25: Unholy Blight
• Level 30: No specific recommendation
• Level 35: Soul Reaper
• Level 40: No specific recommendation
• Level 45: Unholy Pact
• Level 50: Army of the Damned

We advise you to use the following Legendaries against Kel'Thuzad.

1. Deadliest Coil
2. Frenzied Monstrosity

• Anti-Magic Shell can avoid the root when soaking Frost Blast.
• Wraith Walk can be used to remove the root if you do not use Anti-Magic Shell.
• Both Shadow Fissure and Foul Winds can be dodged by using Death's Advance.
• Leverage Soul Reaper on the adds as much as possible to proc the Unholy DK 4-Piece!

For more information, please refer to our Kel'Thuzad guide.

We advise you to use the following talents against Sylvanas Windrunner.

• Level 15: Clawing Shadows
• Level 25: Unholy Blight
• Level 30: No specific recommendation
• Level 35: Pestilent Pustules or Soul Reaper
• Level 40: No specific recommendation
• Level 45: Unholy Pact
• Level 50: Army of the Damned

We advise you to use the following Legendary against Sylvanas Windrunner: Deadliest Coil.

• Shadow Dagger can be dodged by pre-using Anti-Magic Shell. The application is random so there is only a chance you will dodge it.
• You can use Death's Advance to avoid the pulling effect of Domination Chains.
• Banshee's Bane applies stacks that can be avoid by using Anti-Magic Shell.
• Soul Reaper is only worth as a talent if you have Gavel of the First Arbiter. If you do, you want to ensure you proc your Unholy DK 4-Piece on the add every time you spawn it!

For more information, please refer to our Sylvanas Windrunner guide.