Blizzard's Midnight API restricts addon access to your personal buffs and cooldowns during M+ and raid — the exact content where aura tracking matters most. The addons listed here work within these restrictions and cover what WeakAuras used to handle.

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Unholy Death Knight · Essentials

Addons and talent builds for Unholy Death Knight — Festering Wound stacking with Festering Strike, Scourge Strike consumption timing to maximise Shadow damage, Dark Transformation cadence on your permanent Ghoul, and Apocalypse burst window management that carry into M+ and raid. Mark your setup and share it with one link. Reviewed 28 Jun 2026.

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Talent Builds

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Rider of the Apocalypse

Recommended entry-point build — Rider of the Apocalypse single-target tuning for learning Festering Wound stacking, Scourge Strike consumption, Apocalypse timing, and Dark Transformation cadence before adding AoE optimisation.

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Rotation

Links to the Icy Veins rotation page. Select your hero talent build once you're there.

Builds

Custom build

Record your own talent build alongside your addons — it's included when you share your setup. Get a talent string from the Wowhead talent calculator or export directly from the in-game talent tree (press N → share icon). Paste the URL or the raw string — both work.

Addons

Why no WeakAuras? Midnight's API blocks WeakAuras from reading your buffs and cooldowns. The addons here cover what it used to handle.

Meters & logs 1

Details! Damage Meter

DPS meter

345.4M downloads

Works in Midnight Updated 1 May 2026

Per-spell breakdown showing your direct damage split versus pet damage from your Ghoul and Army of the Dead minions. Low pet damage as a proportion of total suggests Festering Wounds aren't stacking consistently for Apocalypse, or Dark Transformation timing is off.

Tracks: DPS meter · Scourge Strike efficiency · Pet damage · Festering Wounds · Epidemic AoE
Requires: Standalone addon · CurseForge

Open on CurseForge

Nameplates & targeting 1

Platynator

Enemy nameplates

9.5M downloads

Works in Midnight Updated 19 May 2026

Shows Virulent Plague timers and Festering Wound stack counts on enemy nameplates so you can scan the room at a glance without a separate tracker widget. In M+, seeing which targets have 4+ wounds ready for Scourge Strike is the key information for maximising Apocalypse minion summoning value.

Tracks: Enemy nameplates · Virulent Plague · Festering Wounds · Disease uptime · Cast bars
Requires: Standalone addon · CurseForge

Open on CurseForge

Cooldowns & tracking 2

OmniCD

AMZ coordination

33.4M downloads

Works in Midnight Updated 27 Feb 2026

Tracks group cooldowns from the combat log — shows when Anti-Magic Zone is available so you can coordinate the drop with your group and space it across consecutive dangerous magic casts. Also covers kick cooldowns for Mind Freeze coordination.

Tracks: AMZ coordination · Mind Freeze coverage · Group cooldowns · Bloodlust tracking
Requires: Standalone addon · CurseForge

Open on CurseForge

BetterCooldownManager

Personal cooldowns

938.2K downloads

Works in Midnight Updated 22 Apr 2026

Configurable timers for your major cooldowns on screen. Surfaces Unholy Assault (45-sec), Dark Transformation (1-min), and Apocalypse (90-sec) as your rotation anchors, with audio cues when Dark Transformation comes back to prevent leaving your Ghoul untransformed between cooldown cycles.

Tracks: Personal cooldowns · Audio cues · Dark Transformation · Apocalypse · Army of the Dead
Requires: Standalone addon · CurseForge

Open on CurseForge

Rotation helper 1

MaxDps

Next ability highlight

5.8M downloads

Works in Midnight Updated 1 Apr 2026

Highlights the next optimal ability based on your current resource state, Festering Wound counts, and Sudden Doom procs. Lets you focus attention on Ghoul positioning and mechanic awareness instead of tracking the wound-management priority list manually.

Tracks: Next ability highlight · Festering Wounds · Sudden Doom · Runic Power · Rotation priority
Requires: Standalone addon · CurseForge

Open on CurseForge

Frames & Action Bars 3

BetterBlizzFrames

Unit frames

4.8M downloads

Works in Midnight Updated 1 May 2026

BetterBlizzFrames enhances the default Blizzard unit frames rather than replacing them. For Unholy DK, the value is keeping rune count and Runic Power visible at a consistent position alongside your target frame castbar for interrupt timing.

Tracks: Unit frames · Castbars · Rune tracking · Focus frame
Requires: Standalone addon · CurseForge

Open on CurseForge

Dominos

Action bars

22.2M downloads

Works in Midnight Updated 10 May 2026

Dominos gives you full control over action bar layout. For Unholy DK, a dedicated cooldown bar keeps Apocalypse, Unholy Assault, Army of the Dead, and Dark Transformation at consistent visible positions, separate from the main rotation bar of Festering Strike, Scourge Strike, Death Coil, and Epidemic.

Tracks: Action bars · Bar positioning · Burst cooldown layout · Fade out of combat
Requires: Standalone addon · CurseForge

Open on CurseForge

ElvUI

Advanced Unit frames

Tukui.org addon

Works in Midnight Updated 15 May 2026

Most of what ElvUI covers for Unholy DK is better handled by BetterBlizzFrames (frames), Dominos (action bars), and Platynator (nameplates). Only install if you want a fully unified UI aesthetic and are prepared for the configuration overhead.

Tracks: Unit frames · Action bars · Nameplates · Full UI replacement
Requires: Full UI replacement · tukui.org — not on CurseForge

Open on Tukui.org

Utility & QoL 3

Leatrix Plus

Auto repair

63.9M downloads

Works in Midnight Updated 10 Mar 2026

Leatrix Plus handles the small overhead: auto-repair at vendors, auto-sell grey items, remove NPC dialogue delays, block duel requests. Install once, configure in 5 minutes.

Tracks: Auto repair · Auto-sell greys · UI cleanup · Duel block
Requires: Standalone addon · CurseForge

Open on CurseForge

Bagnon

Bag consolidation

159.9M downloads

Works in Midnight Updated 5 Mar 2026

Bagnon merges all your bags into a single scrollable window with a search bar. Find flasks, combat potions, and gear quickly without opening bag slots one at a time.

Tracks: Bag consolidation · Item search · Single window
Requires: Standalone addon · CurseForge

Open on CurseForge

Pawn

Upgrade arrows

125.6M downloads

Works in Midnight Updated 1 Mar 2026

Adds an upgrade arrow to item tooltips based on your stat weights. For Unholy DK, highlights Haste gear for rune regeneration and Mastery (Dreadblade) which boosts pet and Scourge Strike damage, without needing to sim every drop.

Tracks: Upgrade arrows · Stat weights · Loot comparison
Requires: Standalone addon · CurseForge

Open on CurseForge

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Macros Coming soon

Outbreak on target/focus, Dark Transformation on Ghoul, Death Coil on Sudden Doom proc, Army of the Dead pre-pull opener

Stat Priority Coming soon

Strength primary, Haste for rune regeneration speed and faster Festering Strike casts, Mastery (Dreadblade) increases pet and minion damage plus Scourge Strike bonus, Crit as a flex secondary

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