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Did they nerf Unholy Death Knight?

No change in Hotfixes 23 Oct 2026. Last buffed in Hotfixes 7 Oct 2026. · Death Knight

Last change: buffed in Hotfixes 7 Oct 2026 · source post.

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Unholy Death Knight

Death KnightNERFED

Developers’ notes: A recent bug fix resulted in Blightfall dealing significantly more damage than we expected. Alongside this tuning change, we’re also making sure the damage is represented accurately when an Augmentation Evoker is present in the group.

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  • Blightfall now deals 100% of the remaining plague damage (was 200%).
  • Resolved an issue causing Augmentation Evoker Reattribution damage: plague erupt effects ⇒ be attributed to the Death Knight

Unholy Death Knight

Death KnightADJUSTED

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  • Resolved an issue with Blightfall doing less damage as more time passes since the plague was applied.

Unholy Death Knight

Death KnightBUFFED

Developers’ notes: We’re looking to increase Unholy Death Knight’s damage output in raid. In parallel, we’re aiming to bring Blightfall build back to where it was prior to the bug fixes that made it no longer viable.

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  • Scourging now causes your plagues to erupt at 65%/100% (was 50%/70%). Does not apply to PvP combat.
  • Blightfall deals 200% of the plague damage remaining (was 100%). Does not apply to PvP combat.

San’layn

  • Infliction of Sorrow causes Vampiric Strike to erupt plagues with 75% increased effectiveness (was 30%).
  • Thrill of Blood increases Dread Plague damage by 20% (was 10%).
  • Frenzied Bloodthirst now increases Death Coil and Death Strike damage by 5% per stack.

Unholy Death Knight

Death KnightBUFFED

Developers’ notes: We would like to push for the San’layn hero talent tree to be a more viable option for Unholy Death Knights in PvP.

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San’layn

  • Inevitable now causes plagues to deal up to 60% increased damage based on the target’s missing health (was 30%) in PvP combat.
  • Vampiric Strike damage increased by 100% in PvP combat.

Unholy Death Knight

Death KnightADJUSTED

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  • Resolved an issue causing Magus of the Dead to occasionally spawn at extreme vertical differences.

Unholy Death Knight

Death KnightADJUSTED

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  • Resolved an issue causing Mastery: Dreadblade and Foul Infections to not increase the critical strike chance of Plague Erupt effects.

Unholy Death Knight

Death KnightADJUSTED

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  • Resolved an issue causing Dread and Virulent Plague Erupt effects to not work as intended with the target damage modifiers and caster damage modifiers Foul Infections, Thrill of Blood, Incite Terror, Morbidity, Soul Reaper, Brittle, and the War debuff of Rune of the Apocalypse.

Unholy Death Knight

Death KnightADJUSTED

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  • Resolved an issue causing the Unholy Devotion attack speed increase to also reduce attack damage and therefore have a neutral effect.

Unholy Death Knight

Death KnightADJUSTED

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  • Resolved an issue causing Forbidden Knowledge Rank 4 to not have a chance to activate when the Dread Plague target has a damage absorb effect.
  • Resolved an issue causing Transfusion to not empower already summoned Lesser Ghouls.
  • Resolved an issue causing Lord of the Dead to occasionally have a delay in between casts.
  • Dark Simulacrum can now be tracked through the Cooldown Manager.

## Patch history

  1. Hotfixes 7 Oct 2026 buffed · 18 line(s) · source
  2. Patch Notes 6 Aug 2026 nerfed · 32 line(s) · source
  3. Hotfixes 29 Jul 2026 adjusted · 3 line(s) · source
  4. Patch Notes 21 Apr 2026 buffed · 17 line(s) · source
  5. Patch Notes 9 Feb 2026 nerfed · 51 line(s) · source
  6. Patch Notes 21 Jan 2026 buffed · 84 line(s) · source
  7. Hotfixes 26 Nov 2025 buffed · 1 line(s) · source

## Specs changed in Hotfixes 23 Oct 2026

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