Unholy Death Knight DPS Pre-Raid BiS Gear - MoP Classic

This list represents the best gear available strictly from Heroic dungeons in Phase 3 of Mists of Pandaria Classic, although it is very important to remember that because other gear may be obtained at a higher item level from raids, crafting, World Bosses, etc., it is not a true "best in slot" list, but instead more of a rough guideline, and players should sim the gear they actually have available to them in order to determine their best combination of stats and effects.

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Item Slot	Name	Source
Helm	Метеоритный большой шлем	Королевское испытание
Neck	Гелиос, чистая душа Дюранда	Верховный инквизитор Вайтмейн
Shoulders	Изъеденный кислотой наплеч	Боец Га'док
Cloak	Пелерина стрекочущего роя	Райгонн
Chest	Бригантина ненавидящего дробителя	Тажань Чжу
Bracers	Командирские наручи	Псарь Браун
Gloves	Рукавицы темного пламени	Лилиан Восс
Belt	Пояс гренадера	Диверсант Кип'тилак
Legs	Пояс гренадера	Ткач пламени Кеглер
Boots	Анкерные башмаки	Командующий флангом Нер'онок
Ring	Кольцо огненных пальцев	Брат Корлофф
Ring	Перстень-печатка ловушки клинков	Синь Мастер Боя
Trinket	Углеродный карбункул	Янь-Чжу Высвобожденный
Trinket	Уроки темного магистра	Темный магистр Гандлинг
Weapon	Могу'Дар, клинок тысячи рабов	Синь Мастер Боя

Best World Drop Items for Unholy Death Knights

Mists of Pandaria brings with it a whole lot of world content with the chance to get powerful gear. This includes Rare Mobs, like Моргринн Треснувший Клык, but also World Bosses, such as Ша Злости.

Oondasta

Oondasta is the T15-equivalent of Galleon, offering a wide range of rare epic items, as well as a very small chance of dropping the mount Поводья кобальтового доисторического дикорога. You should aim to kill the boss every single week for the chance of items such as Боевой доспех деспотичного короля, Ремень тираннотитана, Боевые перчатки карнотавра, Цепь альфа-самцовости, and Кольцо короля Кангрома. Should you be fortunate enough to obtain one of these items, they will outperform their Celestial Dungeon-equivalent. Make sure to gear around these.

Nalak

Nalak is also worth attempting every single week. They have the chance of dropping PvP gear, as well as T15 Gloves Рукавицы всепоглощающего зева and Legs Наголенники всепоглощающего зева. Furthermore, they have a very small chance of dropping the rare mount Поводья грозового кобальтового облачного змея.

Galleon and Salyis' Warband

Salyis' Warband, also commonly referred to as "Galleon", has a very small chance of dropping a random item level 496 piece. None of these are pre-raid BiS at this point, but there are still a handful of powerful items, such as Шнурованный ремень безумной силы and Перстень главаря разбойников, making a weekly trip to Valley of the Four Winds worth your time.

Sha of Anger

Sha of Anger is notable in that it drops ilvl-496 Tier 14 legs and gloves, as well as various ilvl-483 Malevolent Gladiator's pieces. This is a great way to get a head start on your tier set, if you get lucky.

The first time you kill the Sha of Anger, it will also drop Коготь Злости. This can be turned in for Высокие ботинки закаленной ярости, a decent early pair of boots.

Rare Mobs

There are tons of Rare mobs scattered around Pandaria, and each one has their own unique drop. Most of these are toys, cosmetics, or similar items, but a small handful can drop strong equipment. None of these items are likely to last you until raiding, but they can be a great stepping stone when gearing in pre-raid content.

Моргринн Треснувший Клык drops Боевая палица хрустящего клыка, an ilvl-420 weapon.
Ку'нас drops Апокрифические ножные латы Ку'наса, ilvl-440 leg armor.
Торик-Этис drops Окровавленные поножи Торик-Этиса, ilvl-440 leg armor.

Reputation for Unholy Death Knights in Phase 3

Reputation gear can be very strong, especially in earlier stages of gearing. While many of these items are mostly relevant in the earliest stages of the game, the introduction of Натиск Шадо-Пан does yield some useful items when gearing up for Phase 3 raiding. Remember to get your Reputation with Черный принц done as well, as this yields powerful Gems.

The Black Prince

Reputation	Item	Price
Honored	Кристаллизованный ужас
Revered	Око Черного принца
Exalted	Емкий изначальный алмаз

Shado-Pan Assault

Reputation	Item	Price
Neutral	Боевая подвеска атакующего	1250 Очки доблести
Friendly	Наручи костолома Кольцо Натиска Шадо-Пан Жестокий талисман Натиска Шадо-Пан	1250 Очки доблести 1250 Очки доблести 1750 Очки доблести
Honored	Теплый плащ острых осколков Окровавленные дробители черепов Наголенники крушителя сводов	1250 Очки доблести 1750 Очки доблести 2250 Очки доблести
Revered	Бригантина гигантского зуба Ремень-праща с ножнами	2250 Очки доблести 1750 Очки доблести
Exalted	Наплечные щитки ослепления

Kirin Tor Offensive and Sunreaver Onslaught

Reputation	Item	Price
Honored	Обласканный громом воинский пояс / Обласканный громом воинский пояс
Revered	Надежный плащ фанатика Шань'цзэ / Надежный плащ фанатика Шань'цзэ
Exalted	Обновленная печать Джин / Обновленная печать Джин Поводья золотистого древнего дикорога / Поводья багрового древнего дикорога

Operation: Shieldwall and The Dominance Offensive

Reputation	Item	Price
Neutral	Знак рыцарства Покорителя / Знак рыцарства "Заслона"	1750 Очки справедливости
Honored	Перстень Покорителя / Перстень "Заслона"	937 Очки доблести
Revered	Солереты стесывающего скалы / Вымокшие в море солереты Сокрушительский ремень Квона / Ремень сокрушительной силы Медальон раскалывателя черепов / Медальон разбивателя шлемов	1312 Очки доблести 1312 Очки доблести 1312 Очки доблести
Exalted	Величественная бронированная виверна / Величественный грифон

The Klaxxi

Reputation	Item	Price
Honored	Исцеляющий янтарь Чертеж: поясная пряжка из живой стали Чертеж: кираса призрака-разорителя Чертеж: рукавицы призрака-разорителя Драгоценное ожерелье Кровожадного Плетеный пояс клакси-аннулятора	20 Кипарит 20 Кипарит 20 Кипарит 625 Очки доблести 875 Очки доблести
Revered	Особый знак признания клакси Набедренники Невредимого	1125 Очки доблести
Exalted	Поводья янтарного скорпиона Янтарный фламберг Клакси'весса Гербовая накидка клакси

Shado-Pan

Reputation	Item	Price
Honored	Плащ темного послушника Вок Стального Брюха	625 Очки доблести 875 Очки доблести
Revered	Особый знак признания Шадо-Пан Большой шлем громкого голоса	1125 Очки доблести
Exalted	Поводья синего верхового тигра Шадо-Пан Поводья зеленого верхового тигра Шадо-Пан Поводья красного верхового тигра Шадо-Пан Гербовая накидка Шадо-Пан

Golden Lotus

Reputation	Item	Price
Honored	Наплеч Каменной Ступни Кольцо Золотой лестницы	875 Очки доблести 625 Очки доблести
Revered	Особый знак признания Золотого Лотоса Нагрудный доспех Рассветного Клинка	1125 Очки доблести
Exalted	Поводья лазурного ездового журавля Поводья королевского ездового журавля Поводья золотистого ездового журавля Гербовая накидка Золотого Лотоса

Best Crafted & Profession Gear for Unholy Death Knights

Mists of Pandaria offers a handful of powerful crafted items that you should look out for early on. Some is faction specific, while other items are BoE and therefore available on the Auction House. Some of these items will only see use for a short while, while others have much greater longevity and will essentially be used for the entirety of the phase.

Заколдованный стальной большой шлем is a great option to boost your item level. It also has large amount of stats, making it a great option for your Helm-slot.
Реликвия Сюэня is a good trinket option, allowing you to focus on other item slots early on. It is likely cheap at this point and worth spending some gold on.
Закаленные в крови боевые кулаки is also a great stop-gap piece allowing you to quickly boost your item level.
Заколдованные стальные боевые сапоги - As with the other options, these are a great chance to boost your item level and pick up some easy stats.

Best Pre-Raid Unholy Death Knights Trinkets

As an Unholy Death Knight, you generally want trinkets that yield the highest amount of Strength as possible, as this is your most precious Stat, due to multiple modifiers.

Best Trinkets
Unholy Death Knights typically want two passive trinkets as they can be used in conjunction with Нейронные пружины, granting the highest amount of Strength as possible.

Active Trinkets

Медальон раскалывателя черепов is not the greatest trinket but is still a powerful early option and has the added bonus of only costing Valor Points. It has a high amount of passive Strength, which is nice. The on-use Crit is not ideal, but decent enough. Note that it is locked behind a lengthy reputation grind which is likely not worth doing.

Passive Trinkets

Талисман ярости Изначалия will last you all the way until you obtain raid trinkets. It works great with your entire kit due to the large amount of Strength.
Легендарное перо Цзи-Кунь will also last the entire way into raiding, whether you replace it in T14 content or T15 depends on your luck. It will however be replaced by any Heroic-quality trinket.
Реликвия Сюэня is generally the best passive trinket prior to obtaining any loot from Celestial Dungeons or Raids. It has great longevity and might still see some use on specific bosses.

Reaching Hit and Expertise Cap for Unholy Death Knights

In Mists of Pandaria, your Hit cap is 7.5% Hit or 2550 Hit Rating and 7.5% Expertise or 2550 Expertise Rating. Keep in mind that some abilities, such as the Draenei racial Heroic Presence, will contribute to your overall Hit and/or Expertise needed.

Hit Rating

At 7.5% Hit, your special (yellow damage) hits will no longer be able to miss raid bosses. This effectively means your abilities will never miss, though your regular swings still might.

It is even more important to be Hit capped as a Pet class like Unholy Death Knight, since both your Ghoul and Gargoyle inherit your Hit chance and will miss if not capped.

Expertise Rating

At 7.5% Expertise, raid bosses will no longer be able to dodge your attacks. They will however still be able to parry them. For the vast majority of raid bosses, you will be positioned behind them, and enemies cannot parry attacks from behind.

Expertise also grants Spell Hit in Mists of Pandaria, making it much more important than earlier. Since a large part of your kit is spell based, not missing is essential.

Gemming for Unholy Death Knights

Death Knight has always been a class that feels better with gear. The more you Crit and the more Haste you have, the more fun your character is to play. Gems are also a great place to grab any Hit and Expertise that we may be missing. This can be especially useful when aiming for Socket Bonuses, as Гравированный императорский аметист is typically the only good way to utilize a Blue Socket if we want the bonus.

Meta Gem: Емкий изначальный алмаз / Рокочущий изначальный алмаз
Red Gem: Рельефный первозданный рубин
Orange Gem: Покрытый письменами закатный оникс
Purple Gem: Гравированный императорский аметист
Green Gems: Прожигающий самородный нефрит
Engineering Gems: Точная шестеренка & Прочная шестеренка

Our Unholy Death Knight guides are always updated with the latest information from in-game experience, simulations, and logs; make sure to check our changelog to this page by clicking on View Changelog at the top of the page.

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