Additional Resources for Unholy Death Knight — Midnight (12.0.1)
On this page we will be helping you with additional resources for your Unholy Death Knight. This covers Add-on and WeakAura recommendations, Macros, Simulations, and some more esoteric knowledge of your spec!
Welcome to our additional resources page for Unholy Death Knight. Here you will find links to recommended third-party tools, guides that can help you reach the next level in your gameplay by teaching you how to sim yourself or analyze your own logs, as well as other information that can help you improve both your character and performance.
How To Sim Yourself
Simming yourself is an incredibly useful and powerful tool that you can use to make informed decisions on what gems to socket, what gear to prioritize, or even what dungeons to run for the best chance at an upgrade. We have a very comprehensive guide on how to use this tool even as a beginner, so make sure to check it out!
How to Analyze Logs
In order to help you further elevate your performance and improve your ability to self-analyze your gameplay, we are preparing a set of guides that teach you how to look at your own logs, find rotational issues, check for uptimes on buffs and debuffs, and much more. Please make sure to check back at a later time once these have been completed.
Useful Simulations
It can often useful to look at some baseline simulations when looking at trinket upgrades and racial priority. You can find them on our brief simulations page.
Unholy Death Knight Macros and Addons
There are several useful macros and addons that the Unholy Death Knight can leverage to make our life easier! To read more about them, please visit our macros and addons page:
Unholy Death Knight Mistakes
There are a couple common mistakes that some Unholy Death Knights unknowingly make as they try and optimise their DPS. To review these mistakes and potentially help yourself review your own gameplay, please see our common mistakes page:
Changelog
- 26 Feb. 2026: Updated for Midnight.
- 10 Feb. 2026: Updated for Midnight pre-patch.
- 08 Dec. 2025: Updated headers.
- 30 Nov. 2025: Page created.
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This guide has been written by Bicepspump, a semi-hardcore player raiding with Pixelbased Lifeforms on Kazzak. He is heavily involved in the DK DPS theorycrafting community, testing hyoptheses and investigating the correct priority to use. He produces guide content on YouTube and frequently streams on Twitch.
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