Unholy Death Knight Argent Gear
Unholy Death Knight gear for Argent Defender: ilvl-capped equipment for the full Trial of the Grand Crusader gauntlet under "A Tribute to Dedicated Insanity". Hover any item for the full Wowhead tooltip.
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Stat Priorities
- See the Herald & Argent guide for stat priorities
Caps & Requirements
Hit/expertise caps shift a lot at this gear level — the creator notes below (and the full mechanics writeup in the Herald & Argent guide) cover the real per-build requirements.
Best Races
Blood Fury, and if you run an axe, +5 expertise from Axe Specialization. Expertise is a priority stat for every DK spec, so racial expertise is worth a lot of gear budget.
Sword / Mace Specialization covers 2H sword and mace users with +3 expertise; Every Man for Himself for utility.
Notes
Alternatives are listed where two items are close enough that raid composition, luck or professions decide between them.
The Unholy Death Knight list in short
This is the Argent Defender gear list for the Unholy Death Knight: ilvl-capped equipment for the full Trial of the Grand Crusader gauntlet under "A Tribute to Dedicated Insanity". It covers 17 equipment slots with the enchant, the gems and the close alternatives for every piece, in 2 builds (Dual-Wield Build and 2H Build).
In short: the Dual-Wield Build build uses the Frostblade Hatchet in the main hand with the Frostblade Hatchet in the off hand and the Sigil of Virulence in the sigil slot; its trinkets are Comet's Trail and Darkmoon Card: Greatness; the head slot is Koltira's Helmet of Triumph and the chest is Koltira's Battleplate of Triumph.
List by Scatty (Vista), from a community BiS project. Full credits and the method are on the Argent Defender page.
2 builds for the Unholy Death Knight
Dual-Wield Build shown on the sheet
medium high confidenceUnholy Death Knight gear for Argent Defender (Dual-Wield Build). Community BiS list by Scatty (Vista), from the Grand Selayan Cartel itemization compendium.
2H Build
medium high confidenceUnholy Death Knight gear for Argent Defender (2H Build). Community BiS list by Scatty (Vista), Apakalipsis, from the Grand Selayan Cartel itemization compendium.
All slots of this build
- Head Sunreaver Champion's Faceplate
- Neck Strength of the Heavens
- Shoulders Koltira's Shoulderplates of Triumph
- Back Cloak of the Triumphant Combatant
- Chest Koltira's Battleplate of Triumph
- Wrist Armplates of the Nether Lord
- Hands Koltira's Gauntlets of Triumph
- Waist Belt of the Impaler
- Legs Koltira's Legplates of Triumph
- Feet Sabatons of Lifeless Night
- Ring Gormok's Band
- Ring Seal of the Betrayed King
- Trinket Comet's Trail
- Trinket Darkmoon Card: Greatness
- Main hand Mor'kosh, the Bloodreaver
- Sigil Sigil of Virulence
Common questions
QWhat is the best weapon for a Unholy Death Knight?
In the Dual-Wield Build build the pick is the Frostblade Hatchet in the main hand with the Frostblade Hatchet in the off hand and the Sigil of Virulence in the sigil slot.
QWhich stats matter for a Unholy Death Knight in Argent Defender?
At this item level the hit and expertise caps shift with your exact itemization, so use the creator notes and the gem plan on this page together with the Unholy build for your race. The full explanation is in the Herald & Argent guide.
QWhich race is best for a Unholy Death Knight?
For the Death Knight the best races are Horde: Orc and Alliance: Human. The reason for each is in the Best Races panel on this page.
QWhat does this Unholy Death Knight list assume?
The Dual-Wield Build build assumes: Level 80. Confidence in this gear set is medium high.