Unholy Death Knight DPS Vault of the Incarnates Raid Guide — Dragonflight 10.2.7
On this page, you will find tips, tricks, and strategies tailored to your Unholy Death Knight for each boss of the following raid: Vault of the Incarnates. All our content is updated for World of Warcraft — Dragonflight 10.2.7.
Introduction
Below, you can find class and spec-specific advice for every fight in Vault of the Incarnates. If you are looking for a general overview of the Raid that is not spec-specific, check out our dedicated Vault of the Incarnates guides.
On this page, you will find Unholy Death Knight specific information to deal with each boss in the Vault of the Incarnates raid. These are not complete encounter guides but specific tips for doing the bosses as a Unholy Death Knight.
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.
The Default Raid Build above is your generic single target talent tree. Each boss below
will note if it uses this build or a different one and if you should tweak
anything. Your choice comes into play with any kind of AoE, where Menacing Magus,
Improved Death Coil and
Unholy Pact become potential picks. This will be the "Cleave"
build. Furthermore, pure Single Target bosses will run
Enfeeble
whereas Cleave bosses run
Unholy Ground.
Eranog
Talents
For Eranog, we use the default build to gain as much single target as possible!
We also pick up Menacing Magus and
Unholy Pact to get some extra cleave on the adds.
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Tips
-
Make sure to use
Dark Transformation/
Outbreak to DoT up the adds as soon as possible. Also, use
Death and Decay to cleave the adds with
Scourge Strike.
- You can use
Death Grip and
Abomination Limb to help control the small adds that spawn, grouping them up to help your team AoE them down more quickly.
- When the linked adds spawn, make sure to use
Outbreak on both the ones your raid will kill ASAP, more efficiently killing them with your DoTs.
For more information, please refer to our Eranog guide.
Terros
Talents
For this, boss, we suggest you use the default build at the top of this page due to the single-target nature of the fight.
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Tips
- Use your
Anti-Magic Zone when the tank clears the spikes.
- Actively use your
Anti-Magic Shell when big hits are incoming. You can also use it to run across ground effects safely.
For more information, please refer to our Terros guide.
The Primal Council
Talents
For this boss, we suggest you run a no-army AoE build to do as much AoE damage as possible!
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Tips
Each boss must die within a few seconds of the others or risk a complete wipe.
You will naturally do more damage to your current target, so be sure to target
swap to the highest health boss. Make sure to use your Defile
as much as possible with the
Scourge Strike cleave on the bosses.
-
If you are being put into the kick rotation, pick up
Coldthirst!
-
Epidemic will be the only Runic Power dump you'll use here. Never use
Death Coil.
For more information, please refer to our The Primal Council guide.
Sennarth, the Cold Breath
Talents
Even if this boss has a lot of adds, we generally recommend focusing on your
single target here! We pick up Menacing Magus and
Unholy Pact to get some added cleave.
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Tips
The big spider is going to be the biggest priority. Make sure to focus on this as soon as it spawns.
-
You can use
Anti-Magic Shell to run over patches of ice without taking damage.
-
Use
Death's Advance to immune the grip/push mechanic!
For more information, please refer to our Sennarth guide.
Dathea, Ascended
Talents
We recommend running a primarily single-target-focused build here. Abomination Limb
is good value for grouping the platform adds.
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Tips
-
Use
Death Grip and
Abomination Limb to group up the adds on the platform.
- Use
Death's Advance to negate the pushback. You have to use both charges to last the entire duration here!
- Use
Blinding Sleet to help control the platform adds.
For more information, please refer to our Dathea guide.
Kurog Grimtotem
Talents
This is a primarily single-target encounter (Heroic/Normal) or 2-target encounter (Mythic). We recommend running the normal single-target build with both Menacing Magus and Improved Death Coil.
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Tips
- Use
Anti-Magic Zone to help reduce the raid-wide AoE damage once the boss reaches high energy.
- Leverage
Death and Decay as much as possible whenever there is more than one target.
For more information, please refer to our Kurog Grimtotem guide.
Broodkeeper Diurna
Talents
Another add-heavy fight where our disease build can do really well! If you are on
add duty, pick up Menacing Magus, otherwise run the standard Single Target
one.
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Tips
-
Make sure to use
Outbreak and
Dark Transformation to DoT up all adds as soon as they spawn (if on add duty).
-
Leverage
Death and Decay as much as possible on the adds.
- Use
Anti-Magic Zone when the staff is active to help mitigate the damage.
- Use
Anti-Magic Shell to immune the root application in phase 2.
For more information, please refer to our Broodkeeper Diurna guide.
Raszageth the Storm-Eater
Talents
For this boss, we suggest you run the standard build with Menacing Magus and Unholy Pact. Also pick
up
Blinding Sleet to help with spark interrupts.
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Tips
-
Use
Death's Advance to negate the pushbacks in Phase 1!
- Time your 1.5-minute burst window for when the boss takes increased damage during shields!
- On Mythic, use
Anti-Magic Shell to immune the healer absorb when going to the blue side in intermission 1.
For more information, please refer to our Raszageth guide.
Changelog
- 07 May 2024: Reviewed for 10.2.7.
- 22 Apr. 2024: Reviewed for Season 4, updated all talent builds.
- 01 May 2023: Reviewed for Patch 10.1.
- 12 Apr. 2023: Updated after 10.0.7 buffs.
- 20 Mar. 2023: Updated builds for Patch 10.0.7.
- 24 Jan. 2023: Reviewed for Patch 10.0.5.
- 11 Dec. 2022: Page added.
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This guide has been written by Bicepspump, a semi-hardcore player raiding with Pescorus on Kazzak. He is heavily involved in the DK DPS theorycrafting community, testing hyoptheses and investigating the correct priority to use. He is also a moderator in the Acherus Death Knight Discord, frequently answering questions and discussing optimisations (do not hesitate to reach out). He produces guide content on YouTube and frequently streams on Twitch.
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