Unholy Death Knight PvP Stat Priority, Gear, and Trinkets — 12.1

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The stat priority for Unholy Death Knight in PvP is as follows:

Versatility is the best stat by far. Versatility, in PvP, has the highest contribution to output while also heavily increasing survivability through healing and damage mitigation. No other stat can compete with Versatility in value in PvP.

Mastery is a very valuable stat depending on your talent picks. Mastery drastically improves output to important abilities like Necrotic Coil.

Haste improves your ability to use your important burst windows by increasing resource generation and reducing the global cooldown.

As noted above, acquiring both your 2-set and 4-set bonus is crucial. It is important to note that ALL tier sets are nerfed to 50% effectiveness in PvP. Although this nerf is significant, tier sets are still important to acquire to maximize your chances to win. For Unholy Death Knights, this is your tier set:

• 2-set: Your Magus of the Dead and Lord of the Dead cast a more powerful Necrotic Bolt instead of Frostbolt, and Withering Grasp instead of Shadow Bolt.
• 4-set: Necrotic Bolt's damage is increased by 130%, and Withering Grasp's damage is increased by 130%, against enemies below 35% health.

In general, it is recommended to get both 2-set and 4-set for Unholy Death Knights

Embellishments are bonuses that can be put on crafted gear. These effects can have a drastic impact on the game. You are only allowed to have two Embellishments equipped at the same time. Here are the recommended Embellishments for Unholy Death Knight:

• Arcanoweave Lining is the best embellishment for Unholy Death Knights. This gives your spells and abilities a chance to empower an ally, increasing you and your teammate's primary stat. This is great for increasing your overall damage output.

Fill every gem socket you have with Flawless Masterful Lapis or Flawless Quick Lapis depending if you want to prioritize Haste or Mastery after 20%. Make sure that in one slot you have the PvP gem Enduring Heliotrope.

These are the best Unholy Death Knight enchants by slot:

• Helm: Enchant Helm - Empowered Hex of Leeching or Enchant Helm - Empowered Blessing of Speed
• Shoulder: Enchant Shoulders - Silvermoon's Mending or Enchant Shoulders - Akil'zon's Swiftness
• Chest: Enchant Chest - Mark of Nalorakk
• Legs: Forest Hunter's Armor Kit
• Rings: Enchant Ring - Silvermoon's Tenacity
• Boots: Enchant Boots - Farstrider's Hunt

Death Knights get a special weapon enchant called Runeforges. Runeforging is done by using your Death Gate to get back to Acherus, the Ebon Hold. Rune of the Apocalypse is our best Runeforge and will be used in all cases.