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Today I’m talking you through the Unholy Death Knight rotation you’ll be executing in Raids. This includes both pure single target as well as cleave. Furthermore, I talk extensively about how to use your cooldowns!
Note: For Orc and Troll racial cooldowns, always line these up with your Blight window.
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Shoutout to DaskeDK for providing the thumbnail art and the intro.
00:00 Introduction
01:05 Core Single Target Rotation
03:03 Army of the Dead
04:12 Dark Transformation
04:40 Apocalypse
05:20 Sacrifical Pact
05:42 Death and Decay
06:42 Unholy Blight
08:00 Soul Reaper
08:58 Unholy Assault
09:44 Summon Gargoyle
10:25 Covenant Class Abilities
11:28 Cooldown Alignment
13:45 Opener
15:40 Outro
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jesus fuck i love you dude
Thank you Bicep!
the more advanced unholy stuff the better, please and thank you 🙂
why would i use 1x festring strike early on the rotation ??
also why would i use outbreak then army of the deady not the opposite ?
amazing. this video has put everything on the shelves in my head. great job
Biceps I start in ST with the tipycall bfa opener: Festering/Army/Festering/Apoca/unholy bligth/dark transformation/Trinket….. U think is a bad opener?? If not where u think i should use the prepotion and the covenant ability with that opening. Thanks for your vids i read everypost in Acherus Discord <3
Great video! I have a suggestion that would help me and maybe others for future videos like this, it would help if you did an overlay of gameplay for the different scenarios and explained your opener and the rotation as it's being done. Sometimes it's hard to visualize a list of CDs.
So , to make sure I got this right . I am testing in ST. When both Blight and DT are ready , apoc is coming in 15-20sec every time. That means I hold Blight+DT until Apoc is ready. But in what situation Apoc would be ready in 55+seconds? When not runing army of the damned talent ? Thanks in advance and I appreciate the content!
Damn your explanation is super awesome and i learned quite a lot 😀 Have been running 2 weeks of m0 this far and didnt even bother lining up my Cooldowns properly, just spamming them.
Appreciate u
Woudln't it be a dps loss when it comes to holding a cooldown to align with other buffs when you'd lose a usage of said cooldown? A few % dmg increase on one usage at the cost of losing a full extra usage of apocalypse for example doesn't sound worth it – which in that case, you'd need to know the killtime, no?
Only recently realised that Blight buffs minion damage now and everything makes so much sense lmao thanks for all the effort you put in mr Biceps lots of people (including the seemingly multiplying number of DKs in my guild) appreciate it more than you will know <3
Killing it Biceps, I’ve mythic raid trials on Friday and this was much needed to pump the meters. What do you think about the usage of our best trinket, Inscrutable Quantum Device. Should I be prioritizing trying using the execute damage or the secondary stat buff?
Thanks for the video have been waiting for this one. Just one thing the video title mentions "cleave", yet the video only discussed ST. Was wondering how the opener goes when opening on two targets (when to use Apoc, how much runes spent on FS and when to drop DnD to start properly cleaving). Will this be discussed in the m+ video you mentioned?
Holy that tricky rotation,give me may dammy i need practice,thanks man you BEST
You should show some of this in action, be nice to see the dps an stuff for comparison
So much to keep track of on unholy now. Makes me miss warlords necroblight setup.
Great job explaning everything tho, have to try to learn it i guess
great video mate. will you be uploading a frost one too?
So what would the best talents be considering this rotation + venthyr covenant?
Could you also make an advanced guide for mythic+? Tips and tricks for each dungeon to maximize unholy's potential
really loving the new vids, king
Great video as allways Bicepump! Ahead of shadowlands it seemed That frost would pull ahead on raid encounters but with the information we have now alot of ppl tend to lean more towards UH. Whats your thoughts about this?
Thanks for the vid. Really glad to hear the part about over capping during the opener. I thought I was doing something wrong!
Hey Biceps,
ethernal hunger is buggy, isn't it? When I activated Dark Transfromation it showed me that it lasts only 15 Seconds as before.
Is kyrian any good with DK frost and unholy? I won't be doing high end mythic + and raids but i might do pvp
Thank god I found this channel, couldn’t ask for better guides
thanks bicep
hey guys baispampere
Wich Conduit do you think is better for M+ and Raids, Eternal Hunger or Lingering Plague?
Hey Pump, Thx for the Video. Do our pets profit from BL at anytime (wich means they adapt stats like ours with temporar buffs) or do they get the flat haste as we summon them till they die?
just started playing unholy in SL. I have a problem of epidemic not going off when I have enough resources. Is there any condition for using epidemic?
Opa na espera do frost rotação.
If there is about 25-30 seconds left on Apocalypse, but DT+Blight is ready, do you save Apocalypse until the next blight+dt or just when it's up? This is the window I'm currently getting at quite constantly.
i know you say " generally play at low fest wounds" but should you always have stacks on a target? Than you
These guides are awesome. I love learning the small nuances I wouldn't have considered. Absolutely loving Unholy this expansion. It PUMPS.
Edit: Do you recommend All will serve or Infected Claws? I find festering claws just helps me burst more wounds and have to worry less about later Apocalypse timing.
Awesome guide as always
Good video dude. I’m a new player but after a couple of days of grind I’m in the shadowlands now. Loving the unholy dk and your videos have helped me to understand the class a lot better. Your action bar is nearly set up the same as mine too without me even looking at yours 😎👊
thanks that's awesome. waiting for mythic video release. i hope we have a advanced mythic and raid frost guide too.
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Bicepspump for single target fight what pots do you use Potion of Phantom Fire or just pots of strength ?
Is the storyline alittle different for DK’s? Feel like it would be
Honestly, thank you so much for shining a different light on how to approach Unholy. I have been trying to transition to Unholy ever since DK was released but I could just never get into it, sticking to Frost as my off-spec as a result. But with Shadowlands returning some of the original kit and the play style being invigorated with legendaries and covenants, coupled with this particular video, I can honestly say I am so excited to give this a try!
Bicep i can't thank you enough for your videos. Amazing work, you explain everything perfectly
. One question,
I'm thinking of using frost(Obli build) for Mythic+, right now my UH Dk it's with the Necrolords.
Which would be better, upload a new character with a different covenant or use the offspec? Thanks and keep the amazing job.
Quantum leap @ 1:25
Hi Bicep – love the content. I (probably stupidly) made the ombie explosion legendary this week because I'm impatient. However in all content I do it seems to really do alot of damage. What's the reason its so unadvised to take this leggo? Is it just the face its completely RnG? Cheers x
Most confusing spec I've ever tried to play. Mastering all 4 druid specs are WAY easier than playing Unholy.
Should I be using unholy assault and voracity together or should I spread them out?
great job , can't wait for dungeon guide
Hey Bicep, thanks for all you do for the dk community, but for an advanced guide you spend a lot of time reading ability descriptions for our core abilities. Just my 2 cents.