UPDATED 4/25/2026
Update notes at the bottom of post.
Hey it’s Mob. We have Unholy Death Knight Rider of the Apocalypse covering both Mythic+ and Raid. This comes with two sequences a Single Target sequence and an AoE sequence. The ST sequence covers both boss fights and raid encounters. Swap to AoE on pulls with 3 or more enemies.
How the Sequences Work
The core gameplay loop is simple apply and maintain your plagues with Outbreak and Putrefy, build Lesser Ghoul stacks with Festering Strike and Festering Scythe, consume those stacks with Scourge Strike to summon Lesser Ghouls, and spend your Runic Power with Death Coil on single target or Epidemic on AoE to trigger Runic Corruption and keep your Runes regenerating fast.
Forbidden Knowledge Window
When you cast Army of the Dead it triggers a 30 second buff that automatically transforms Death Coil into Necrotic Coil and Epidemic into Graveyard. Both upgraded spells are explicitly in the sequence above their base versions. During Forbidden Knowledge windows Necrotic Coil and Graveyard fire automatically. Outside those windows WoW skips them since they don’t exist yet and falls through to Death Coil and Epidemic as normal. You get both behaviors completely automatically with no player input needed.
Single Target Sequence - UDK_Rider_ST
Use this on boss fights, single target pulls, and all raid encounters.
AoE Sequence - UDK_Rider_AoE
Use this on pulls with 3 or more enemies. Epidemic replaces Death Coil as your Runic Power spender since it hits all infected targets simultaneously. Graveyard replaces Epidemic during Forbidden Knowledge windows the same way Necrotic Coil replaces Death Coil in the ST sequence. Now uses Death and Decay in mythic+ sequence Everything else is identical to the ST sequence.
Modifiers
Two Modifiers
- alt modifier uses Dark Transformation and Army of the Dead together. Dark Transformation is on a 45 second cooldown. Army of the Dead which is on a 1 minute 30 second cooldown. This will fire off both abilities and do not forget to use Dark Transformation again before the Army of the Dead timer is back up align them again.
- Shift modifier will use scourge strike. This is to help if stacks cap at 8.
- Ctrl modifier will use Death and Decay at your position. This is in the main sequence but its lower in the priority. This just helps if you want to place it yourself or have it used earlier
Important: You will need to add Ctrl+[your key] and Shift+[your key] as separate keybinds in GSE’s keybinding menu all pointing to the same sequence so GSE knows to listen for those modifier combinations. Make sure none of those modifier combinations are already bound to other actions in your WoW keybinds.
ST/RAID Build
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AOE/Mythic+ Build
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GSE Sequences
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Hope you enjoy! Please let me know what you think and any feedback is welcome. Drop a comment if something feels off or if you find improvements. Always looking to refine these.
Update 12.0.5
Couple things that have changed.
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Talents have been updated for both Raid and Mythic+ to work in the Death and Decay changes and talents. Make sure to copy the new strings from this post.
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It should use more scourge strikes. I added a sequential loop at the bottom after the priority loop. I also added scourge strike as a shift modifier as at times it will still hit 8 and you can use this burn through some stacks, but it does it pretty well on its own.
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Death and Decay is now in the main loop of the mythic+ build. This is due to the new mechanics when using certain talents. I have also put this on the ctrl modifier as it is lower on the prio loop and if you want to place it yourself or place it faster.
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As you read modifiers have changed. Please check the modifier section in the post.
NOTE: You DO NOT have to use the modifiers. They are baked into the rotation, but the modifiers will give you more control over scourge strike but the sequence will usually catch up, and faster placement on death and decay.
Again, thank you to everyone who has helped tested and please give more feedback.
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If you enjoyed this sequence, check out my other builds:
- Unholy Death Knight — Rider of the Apocalypse
- Blood Death Knight — San’layn
- Havoc Demon Hunter — Fel-Scarred
- Vengeance Demon Hunter — Annihilator
- Guardian Druid — Elune’s Chosen
- Holy Paladin — Herald of the Sun
- Discipline Priest — Oracle
- Holy Priest — Archon