RECOMMENDED GEAR · RETAIL · MIDNIGHT SEASON 2
Unholy Death Knight: recommended gear (SimulationCraft)
For every slot: the item from SimulationCraft’s raid profile for Unholy Death Knight in Midnight Season 2 (patch 12.1.5), with the raid boss, dungeon or profession it comes from. Hover an item for details.
The selection comes from SimulationCraft’s raid profile for this specialization – a typical, strong gear set that the SimC developers maintain for simulations. It is no guarantee for “best in slot”: what helps your character most depends on stats, item level, talents and the fight – best simulate it yourself. Item level, gems and enchants are not shown here. Alternatives are the differing items of the hero talent variants of the same profile.
| Slot | Recommended | Alternatives |
|---|---|---|
| Head | Baleful Grave-Knight's CasqueTier set · Token: Venomforged Effigy · Boss: The Twin Fangs | – |
| Neck | Aqirbane ReliquaryRaid: The Venomous Abyss · Boss: Ula'tek | – |
| Shoulders | Baleful Grave-Knight's GibbetsTier set · Token: Venomforged Remnant · Boss: The Lost Explorers | – |
| Back | Silken Voodoo DrapeRaid: The Venomous Abyss · Boss: The Coiled Altar | – |
| Chest | Baleful Grave-Knight's BreastplateTier set · Token: Venomforged Icon · Boss: Vashnik the Malignant | – |
| Wrists | Spellbreaker's BracersCrafted (profession, per profile) | – |
| Hands | Baleful Grave-Knight's DeathgripsTier set · Token: Venomforged Idol · Boss: Entombed Sentinels | – |
| Waist | Girdle of Toxic RegretRaid: The Venomous Abyss · Boss: The Coiled Altar | – |
| Legs | Baleful Grave-Knight's GreavesTier set · Token: Venomforged Relic · Boss: Sszorak | – |
| Feet | Spellbreaker's MarchCrafted (profession, per profile) | – |
| Ring 1 | Vile Alchemist's BandRaid: The Venomous Abyss · Boss: Vashnik the Malignant | – |
| Ring 2 | Sickening Signet of AtroxusDungeon: Voidscar Arena · Boss: Atroxus | – |
| Trinket 1 | Voracious Heart of Ula'tekRaid: The Venomous Abyss · Boss: Ula'tek | – |
| Trinket 2 | – | |
| Main hand | Maze-roa, Warlord's FuryRaid: The Venomous Abyss · Boss: The Coiled Altar | – |
Profile: MID2_Death_Knight_Unholy.simc · Variants: San'layn
Talents: example build
In the game: open the talent window (key N) → choose “Import” in the loadout menu → paste the string (Ctrl+V or Cmd+V) → confirm.
Hero talents: Rider · Profile MID2_Death_Knight_Unholy.simc
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Hide talent treeShow talent tree · Class 34 · Spec 34 · Hero 13
Bright = selected, grey = not selected; number = rank. Hover or tap a talent for its name, rank and description.
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Selected talents as a list
Class talents (Death Knight): Icebound Fortitude · Death Strike · Raise Dead (granted) · Runic Attenuation · Improved Death Strike · Cleaving Strikes · Mind Freeze · Gloom Ward (2/2) · Wraith Walk · Unholy Momentum (2/2) · Enfeeble · Permafrost · Veteran of the Third War · Brittle · Icy Talons · Death Notes · Anti-Magic Zone · Unholy Bond · Death's Reach · Assimilation · Anti-Magic Barrier · Suppression · Blood Scent · Unholy Endurance · Insidious Chill · Runic Protection · Rune Mastery (2/2) · Subduing Grasp · Will of the Necropolis (2/2) · Null Magic · Death's Echo
Specialization: Unholy: Outbreak · Scourge Strike · Sudden Doom · Clawing Shadows · Putrefy · Dark Transformation · Foul Infections · Grave Mastery · Necromancer's Cunning · Ebon Fever · Festering Scythe · Soul Reaper · Magus of the Dead · Infected Claws · Coil of Devastation · Army of the Dead · Reaping · Morbidity · Harbinger of Doom · Raise Abomination · Unholy Devotion · Blightburst · Putrid Echoes · Doomed Bidding · Unholy Aura (2/2) · Commander of the Dead (2/2) · Lord of the Dead · Outnumber · Forbidden Knowledge (4/4)
Hero talents: Rider of the Apocalypse: Pact of the Apocalypse · Apocalypse Now · Fury of the Horsemen · Hungering Thirst · Whitemane's Famine · Mawsworn Menace · Nazgrim's Conquest · Death Charge · Trollbane's Icy Fury · Rider's Champion (granted) · Mograine's Might · Unholy Armaments · Let Terror Reign · Ride or Die!
Hero talents: San'layn · Profile MID2_Death_Knight_Unholy_San'layn.simc
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Hide talent treeShow talent tree · Class 34 · Spec 34 · Hero 13
Bright = selected, grey = not selected; number = rank. Hover or tap a talent for its name, rank and description.
2/2
2/22/22/22/22/21/24/4
Selected talents as a list
Class talents (Death Knight): Icebound Fortitude · Death Strike · Raise Dead (granted) · Runic Attenuation · Improved Death Strike · Cleaving Strikes · Mind Freeze · Gloom Ward (2/2) · Unholy Momentum (2/2) · Enfeeble · Permafrost · Veteran of the Third War · Death Pact · Brittle · Icy Talons · Death Notes · Anti-Magic Zone · Death Defiance · Unholy Bond · Death's Reach · Assimilation · Anti-Magic Barrier · Suppression · Blood Scent · Unholy Endurance · Insidious Chill · Runic Protection · Rune Mastery (2/2) · Will of the Necropolis (2/2) · Null Magic · Death's Echo
Specialization: Unholy: Outbreak · Scourge Strike · Sudden Doom · Clawing Shadows · Putrefy · Dark Transformation · Foul Infections · Grave Mastery · Necromancer's Cunning · Ebon Fever · Festering Scythe · Soul Reaper · Magus of the Dead · Coil of Devastation · Army of the Dead · Reaping · Ghoulish Frenzy · Harbinger of Doom · Raise Abomination · Unholy Devotion · Blightburst · Putrid Echoes · Doomed Bidding · Scourging (2/2) · Unholy Aura (2/2) · Commander of the Dead (1/2) · Blightfall · Lord of the Dead · Forbidden Knowledge (4/4)
Hero talents: San'layn: Infliction of Sorrow · Incite Terror · Inevitable · The Blood is Life · Blood-Soaked Ground · Vampiric Strike (granted) · Gift of the San'layn · Pact of the San'layn · Bloody Fortitude · Vampiric Speed · Frenzied Bloodthirst · Transfusion · Thrill of Blood · Visceral Strength
Talents: talent string unchanged from the raid profile of SimulationCraft (GPL-3.0, Commit c5fea93, Midnight Season 2). Talent tree: computed from the string with game data by Blizzard Entertainment (tree layout from the DB2 tables via wago.tools, build 12.1.5.70529; names and descriptions from the official Game Data API, region EU). Your browser loads the talent icons from Blizzard’s image server.
Selection: SimulationCraft, raid profiles profiles/MID2 (GPL-3.0), commit c5fea93 of October 23, 2026; only the item IDs per slot are used. Names, item icons and sources: Blizzard Entertainment (official Game Data API, region EU) and GuildLoot’s Retail data. Your browser loads the item icons from Blizzard’s image server (privacy policy); the texts are written by GuildLoot. Fan project, not affiliated with Blizzard. License and sources