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Ultimate Deathknight Skills
Heckler of Legends
Attacks 1 enemy. Has a 30% chance of placing a [Provoke] debuff for 1 turn. The chance increases to 55% against Legendary Champions.
Level 2: Damage +10%
Level 3: Buff/Debuff Chance +10%
Level 4: Damage +10%
Level 5: Buff/Debuff Chance +10%
Damage Multiplier: 3.5 DEF
Rats Off To Ya (Cooldown: 4 turns)
Attacks all enemies. Has an 80% chance of placing a 50% [Decrease ATK] debuff for 2 turns. Also has an 80% chance of placing a [Fear] debuff for 1 turn on each Legendary Champion.
Level 2: Damage +10%
Level 3: Buff/Debuff Chance +10%
Level 4: Buff/Debuff Chance +10%
Level 5: Cooldown -1
Damage Multiplier: 4 DEF
Get Comfy Everyone (Cooldown: 5 turns)
Places a [Shield] buff and a 15% [Continuous Heal] buff on all allies for 2 turns. The value of the [Shield] buff is proportional to this Champion’s DEF.
Level 2: Cooldown -1
Level 3: Cooldown -1
Shield Multiplier: 2.5 DEF
Too Awesome To Die (Passive)
Whenever an ally is attacked, has a 100% chance of completely blocking 1 hit, decreasing the damage to zero. This champion will receive that damage instead. The chance decreases to 50% if the attacker is a Boss. Does not work if the attack on the ally was an AoE attack. Whenever an enemy is healed, heals this champion by 20% of that heal.
Didn’t Need ‘Em (Passive)
Increase this Champion’s HP, DEF, and SPD by 10% for each dead ally.
Aura
Increases Ally DEF in all Battles by 30%
Ultimate Deathknight Build Guide
| Arena, Campaign, Clan Boss, Dungeons, Doom Tower, Faction Wars | |
Recommended ArtifactsPvE: Bloodthirst, Impulse, Lifesteal, Reflex, Relentless, Toxic |
Stats AllocationWeapon (ATK) |
Stats PriorityDEF Nuker & Debuffer: DEF%, C.RATE, C.DMG, SPD, ACC Supporting RolesPoisoner |
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Ultimate Deathknight Masteries Guide
Arena, Doom Tower, Faction Wars
Defense
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Support
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Dungeons (Solo Boss)
Pre-Requisite: Equip Ultimate Deathknight with a Toxic Set to enable him to apply Poison debuff on the enemies, so he can solo the dungeons easily. Toxic Set makes up for his weakness in damage output. With his amazing defensive abilities and aided by Toxic Set, this allows him to clear higher difficulty dungeons with no issues as the Poison damage scales based on enemies Max Health!
Offense
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Support
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Campaign, Clan Boss, Dungeons
Offense
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Support
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Ultimate Deathknight Review
Ultimate Deathknight is a Legendary Defense Force champion from Undead Hordes faction in Raid Shadow Legends. Ultimate Deathknight was introduced in Patch 5.80 as a free Legendary Login Reward in August 2022 as a huge marketing campaign for the original Deathknight who was desperate to transcend to greatness! He can only be obtained for a limited time from August 25 to October 27 in 2022. During this period, he will not be able to be summoned from Shards until the Ultimate Deathknight Hunt finishes at the end of the event!
Use Promo Code “DKRISES” and “DKSKELETONCREW” to gain sweet in-game resources while the event is running!
Amidst the unforgiving darkness of dungeons, Ultimate Deathknight reigns supreme, possessing a solid kit that can help players make strides in their progress. His AOE Decrease Attack ability is particularly potent in dungeons like Ice Golem and Spider, while his team shield ability provides the necessary support to keep your team up and running. These same abilities also come in handy against early Clan Boss and Hydra Clan Boss.
The most intriguing aspect of Ultimate Deathknight’s kit is his passive, which allows him to deflect single target damage and soak it up himself, making him a useful tank against spiderlings. This same ability could also prove useful against heavy-hitting opponents in the Arena, such as Rotos or Mountain King, and no doubt will see plenty of action in Doom Tower waves against tough foes.
Ultimate Deathknight will have many a use case in Doom Tower, particularly against the Magma Dragon, where he can provoke and safeguard his allies from harm. His shield ability will also prove its worth against the Scarab Boss and its pesky provoke debuffs.
Though his A2 and A3 abilities can be improved with books, it’s worth noting that he’s not the most powerful Legendary champion out there, and his usefulness may diminish as you approach endgame. Nevertheless, he can still be put to good use as a Dragon 25 and Ice Golem 25 solo specialist with niche builds like toxic gear and specific masteries, or as an Arena Specialist.
Ultimate Deathknight Champion Lore
Just as there are exalted heroes and lowly peons among the mortals, so too is it the case that the Undead Hordes are composed of many small and humble soldiers, and a few rare and powerful overlords who steer the course of the collective. Unlike the fractious, ambitious mortals, the Undead appear to have singular unity and obedience. Their hierarchies are absolute. The history of thousands of battles lend their weight to this being axiomatic. An Undead who dreams of rising above its station is, on principle, absurd.
Yet the idea persists. Perhaps mortals naturally project their own habits, norms, and personalities onto the bizarre and alien minds of those beings who live in death. Against the vast, nameless, faceless Hordes, it may be a psychological need to put a face and a name to Undeath. This explains the ubiquity of the Deathknight, a figure of primal legend that has been a sort of stock character in portrayals of the wars against the Undead. The everyman of the Undead Hordes, the Deathknight is the overworked and under-respected servant of the many dreaded lords of the Undead. Given his symbolic role as the downtrodden skeleton, many wondered if the Deathknight, like themselves, wanted a promotion. More clout, more power, more glory, more gold. Surely the allure of such things transcends even the curse of Undeath.
The story goes that the Deathknight, after another day of drudgery and defeat from which he resolutely regenerated his ancient bones, climbed into his coffin to rest. He lamented his lowly stature, his common chores, his nameless toils, his lack of respect. He wished to be made a famous hero, and prayed that it would come to pass. Then, astoundingly, the Arbiter herself appeared before this accursed creature in his meager chambers, and announced that it would be so. But rather than elevate the Deathknight to greatness she simply created a new Deathknight – an Ultimate Deathknight. Was it a rebuke upon the lowly Deathknight for her to twist his intent thusly? A jest? Scholars and theologians caution that the Arbiter, powerful though she be, has not the deific power of absolute creation. But common folk often see the Arbiter as a goddess regardless, even if it is a minor blasphemy. None can say what truly transpired.
There soon came to be new sightings of the Deathknight, but a Deathknight transformed, all swagger and glittering gilt plate, bearing a mighty and pristine blade. His armor, engraved with depictions of the rat companion Nibbles that traditionally accompanies the Deathknight, was proof against mighty blows. This Ultimate Deathknight was himself a swordmaster, unrivaled in all his duels. The people did not know whether to fear a new resurgence of Undeath with a more powerful Deathknight at its helm, or if the old Deathknight had been replaced or surpassed. Some said they saw both on the same battlefield, one cringing in the back ranks and the other covered in glory in the thick of the melee. Some claimed the Deathknight and the Ultimate Deathknight were bitter rivals. Others said they were father and son. Some said both, and the Deathknight represents the jealousy of a father surpassed and replaced by his own legacy. Some say the Ultimate Deathknight reconciled with his counterpart, and that although there can be only one Ultimate Deathknight and one not-so-Ultimate Deathknight, they became comrades in arms. The histories are muddled beyond comprehension.
Surely, all of this wildly creative storytelling bears little resemblance to the facts on the ground, but it is nonetheless a fascinating insight into the minds of the people. If the Deathknight represents the idea that a humble and well-meaning soul could still find some measure of dignity in Undeath – a comforting fantasy – then the Ultimate Deathknight represents the fantasy that fame will not go to one’s head and power will not corrupt that humble soul into an arrogant brute. Both of these mortal obsessions, writ large upon the blank canvas of Undeath’s clean white skull, may yet have caused the manifestation of both types of Deathknight. A popular myth, arising from no particular source but from many common misapprehensions, could be reflected and amplified by its own infamy, until it gives rise to the very phenomenon that produced the myth to begin with. Only the gods can say.
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I don’t experience the benefits of Toxic set. I switched my UDK (level 6, fully mastered as per Auymilove) from Regeneration to Toxic, and tried against Magic Keep around level 14. Most of my poison debuffs were blocked ( UDK has accuracy of 170). Could maintain no more than 1 poison for a single turn, and was killed fairly quickly. Was paired with various combinations of Sun Wukong, Ursula the Mourner, Visik the Unbound, and Rhonda. No Joy. Even though Regeneration doesn’t do much damage, at least it keeps him alive.
Ayumilove,
Do you know if the too awesome to die passive is affected by lay on hands? Or if his continuous heal works with lay on hands? I can’t find any definitive information about that. I see some people saying that continuous yield doesn’t work with lay on hands and that’s the other stuff that says it does. Incredibly frustrating trying to find a true answer
so how to counter this champ??
@Name: I have removed Leech skill from Ultimate Deathknight. Thanks!
For some reason DK is listed on the Leech debuff champion list.
I’ll admit starting Raid at the same time this guy came out free was basically a free pass on mid game content in week 1.
Frustrating to go up against in arena but the next free legendary champ that came out (Ronda) is, in spite of having an affinity weakness, one of the best counters I’ve found for him if you can lock his abilities down, stack some decrease defence on him and maybe HP burn.
Anyone struggling with him who missed Ronda try stacking heal reduction/HP burn/bomb and you’ll grind him down.
Wow, what a champ! Got the free one, and just pulled another from shards – worth building up a pair? I think so.
I use DK in spider, all attacks go to him and I have Paragon keep him alive! My team just has to survive the spider attack and I’m gold!
@tom I have noticed this too and I don’t think it is a mastery deal. Even when he is last I still see him proc too awesome to die passive and he doesn’t seem to take damage then. So I think it is a bug with that passive but not sure.
As to his gear I have found he does great in deflection gear. When his passive pulls in an attack with a debuff he will sometime send it back to the attacker.
There are SEVERAL characters that, with the right equipment are just plain “Broken!” They are ruining the game. And a “Draw” is NOT a “Loss!” You guys should really take that into consideration!
There are two different opinions as to what armor to use and neither have what stats are being used for the armor.
When playing against him in the Arena and he is the last man standing I regularly find that he sits at 0 hp but just will not die – eventually he will but takes 5-15 mins. Is this a mastery setting that is causing this or a bug?
When playing against him in the Arena abd he is the last man standing I regularly find that he sits at 0 hp but just will not die – eventually he will but takes 5-15 mins. Is this a mastery setting that is causing this or a bug?
I started playing this game about 6 weeks ago and it’s lots of fun. But I don’t understand the existence of this champ. I just don’t. I started playing the game about 2 weeks after this thing became almost impossible to get. And yet absolutely EVERYONE is using it.
So, I feel like Plarium has intentionally decided that 99.8% of new players will be permanently and irrevocably disadvantaged in the arena. That seems like a terrible business decision to me.
I may play another week or two. I thought that, with the right champs, levels, and gear, this problem would be resolved. But that appears to not be the case. This creature represents an unresolvable problem and I just don’t see any point in making the effort to do so.
I’m REALLY disappointed. I was enjoying this game, but now I realize I can’t advance without this ONE champion, which may or may not drop from a shard at a chance percentage of 0.02%. Seems like a waste of time to me.
Zee
I never see anyone recommend it, but I really like using him with frost gear. Since his passive redirects all the single target first hit attacks from allies to him. It’s like having your entire team in frost while he is the only one wearing the set. Someone is always frozen on the enemy team. And it’s not uncommon to see the whole enemy team frozen at one time😋
Tony he was just like Rhonda if you logged in 7 times in that 3 month window you got him. You will have to get lucky a pull him from a shard now. Or find a account giveaway from someone who got him.
i have started raid in sep and spent a bit on it and most promo codes dont work and tried everything for free udk what can i do i really need this hero
I have not lost a single match to UDK in arena. Bring AOE and multi hit that ignores defense and the team dies around him. Good player but not invincible.
This guy is so stupidly overpowered. Can’t play arena anymore without some heal reduction.
Everyone has him. Everyone uses him cus why wouldn’t they? I don’t. Consider it boring to jump on the bandwagon. But I would do much better if I did.
does retaliation set work on his passive to awsome to die ???
Tajito, you said what I wanted to say….Arena is impossible with him, AND everyone has him
All you need is the coldheart and make healing reduction… That’s it … He will go down fast …
Soulbond bowyer kill him with one shoot in auto. Just kill him firstly before other enemies.
Sandlashed survivor kill him with one shoot in auto. Just kill him firstly before other enemies.
I realy, realy, REALY HATE this character. He is the bane and death of the early game pvp. If you cant kill him in a single turn, he will slowly f*k you up. If you have him, it can be even worse. They can battle with each other as long as the phone keeps up, or you get bored and quit and lose. Inmy opinion Plarium needs to nerf him to oblivion in pvp, or new players will vanish as soon as they meet him
SEER fully booked out at level 60 does a good job in taking out the Knight. manual play and I always target him first. Sometimes you just can’t beat him so just don’t challenge a team in classic arena. Just also have a reviver on team.
Charles, you need heal reduction. Preferably 100%. Otherwise he’ll just keep he’l healing every time your team does.
You get it by beating the Hydra. You have to be in a clan to compete otherwise you will not get it. I started my own clan with just me in it and now have several sets of Stone Skin. Good hunting 🙂
What type of artifact set is “Stone Skin”? Is this something that comes at end-game? I have never heard of it before.
I have a fully assended level 50 death knight but no matter how many combinations I choose ì can’t beat another fully ascended death knight even though it’s 4 on 1.
He just keeps healing himself I let a battle go on for over 20 minutes and he never got below 60 percent health.
What do you do or who do you need to have on your team to beat that guy?
While it may be a bit gimiky for sure and it makes it so he is not so useful for bosses. I love this guy in triple frostbite with fearsome presence. I personally am surprised i havent seen it at least mentioned as he will still process freezes when hits get transfered to him. My 120k arena defence team is now picking up more wins than losses, and I’m playing at the 3300pts mark in gold 5. It is really satisfying when I see wins vs 220k teams that I wouldn’t have even considered picking a fight with.
i am finally in gold 1 this champ just made me fall inlove with raid…wish i had stoneskin omg…i will be unstoppable whatever book i have i am throwing it at this guy
@MrKinG Did you not read anything and immediately post a comment? The answers to your questions are on this page. I suggest you actually read the info and the comments too. All your answers are here
What about using him for hydra?
I want to use UDK for dungeons, what set and stats should i use?
Incredible. I moved up to level 19 with the team in FW and they all died at level 1 except UDK. He finished the level off and went up to level 2. Solo’d that and went to level 3. Solo’d that too 😮 although the counter had started so I was hoping to win before being timed out. What a great champ and I have not even finished building him yet.
I have him in Stoneskin, he is level 60 and has all his Masteries. Five books so far so five more to go.
Does guardian set on UDK have sense vs CB?
Well UDK certainly can be a formidable foe in arena. If you are struggling against him, his biggest downfall will be a long drawn out fight where you can place a heal reduction on him and survive his damage. Defense down should destroy him in most cases. As a result Resistance is very important when building a UDK for arena haha. Or bring some tough to kill champ in a destroy set (which can’t be resisted) for times he is built that way.
I personally have a regen set as he isn’t booked and could gain from having A3 cd reduced to heal more often. He still rocks in dungeons, especially spider with a ton of resist as well. He will keep your level 50 allies alive in 20+ dungeons where single targets would pick them off over and over.
He’s the best champion I’ve got and very happy to have him! I started my account FTP a few months ago.
11/10 big good. Great pretty much anywhere: passive cheese or keeping people alive.
420/69 arena defense trolling (him with 3 – 1 star DK’s).
5/5 clan boss – He’s REALLY good in clan boss if you’re new as well. My regen set carries him along proccing ‘War master’ for a good 10ish boss turns after everyone else is dead lol (brutal difficulty to 29+ turns for advanced clan quest). He moves faster and takes less damage as people die around him lol. Offense and defense mastery procs counter attacks when the boss hits hard enough. He lands decrease attack on clan boss with enough accuracy and heals and shields allies.
To add on my previous comment, this guy is good everywhere in the game, but for me his primary use is to solo Dragon 25 and Ice Golem 25. He is also a gamechanger in the arena and is a hard counter against champions like Rotos. But anyways… the only bad thing about this guy is that he is KINDA SLOW at clearing Dragon and Ice Golem 25, but he is incredibly safe and efficient at this task. Someone like Bad El can clear these dungeons faster, but has a different/higher gear requirement. Bad El is best doing this in a frenzy set, but other sets work as well. However, UDK needs a toxic set, no debate about it unless you want him to be even slower.
This guy has quickly become my favorite champion in the game. His passives are so ridiculously strong! He solos Ice Golem 25, and Dragon 25, with no problems at all with decent gear and full masteries, and he’s only 6 star level 30 right now. I can only imagine this will be even more consistent when I get him to level 60! I was struggling to consistently clear IG 25 and Dragon 25 with a full team, and this guy does it all by himself!!!! HE IS SO DAMN GOOD! I can put in 4 food champions and farm gear and exp on the highest dungeons thanks to him.
He HARD CARRIES in spider, because the spiderlings CANNOT target anyone else but him, and I already have him built fast, high resistance, high HP, and high DEF from soloing the other dungeons, so he’s immortal and tanking up everything for my spider team. I went from doing Spider 20 to Spider 25 at a 100% success rate.
Seriously. By himself he can beat scarab, bommal, Minotaur 15, Arcane Keep 20, Void Keep 20, Force Keep 20, Spirit 20 (if you put him in cursed gear, probably not worth it) Ice Golem 25, and Dragon 25. If you have this champion and you don’t use him, you’re missing out on so much.
Ich bin ein relativ neuer Spieler, lvl 40 knapp einen Monat dabei.
Gibt es ein Gegenbuild, um zu mindest die Single UDK Teams zuverlässig auszuknocken in Tag Team oder Arena. Da brauch ich meist schon meine primären Schadensverursacher hinter meinen eigenen Ritter. Aktuell schenke ich meist dem Slot mit dem gegnerischen Todesritter ab.
Regenerationsverhinderer machen zuwenig schaden und halten zuwenig aus, Schildbrecher könnten die klappen oder ist die Resistenz zu hoch?
this guy is a beast grinding the campaign. i put him in life and immortal gear, focusing exclusively on maxing his HP. my starter is only in attack gear. don’t even need lifesteal. even when the affinities are poor, it hardly slows them down.
I used to think this thing was funny. Not anymore. He is a broken annoyance who I wish would go away.
There has never been a stronger argument for calling a “draw” in arena than this ridiculous champion.
Tonight I let the game play for two hours. When I came back the deathlnight was still fighting strong. A lvl 42 ultimate death knight was keeping Scyl, Prince, Ninja and Drath at bay for two hours.
Clearly this is broken. No one champion should be an absolute make or break.
Am I in the wrong here?
I read the comments and see that I am clearly not the only one frustrated by this champion. Is pretty much ruined arena for me. More and more people use him so it’s harder and harder to maintain rank, much less advance.
@Lawrence Don’t worry! The artifacts are not gone. There are a few places they could be. First of all, check the three bars on the left of the bastion page and see if there’s a notification red dot. If there is, you can click it, then check for the UDK login reward. If it’s gone, the artifacts are either in your mailbox or already in your champion artifact section. The rewards were 4 Epic and 2 Legendary Regeneration pieces, so they may already be in with your gear. They may not be great necessarily, still RNG just like getting items from dungeons. If you are looking for help with the game or just a community I would check out this site (ayumilove.net), Hellhades.com, search stuff on YouTube, and both AyumiLove and HellHades discords. A lot of information about the game that should help as you progress through, and places to ask specific questions if you need to. And don’t worry about making mistakes; we all did at the beginning! Learning the game as you progress is half the fun.
@Sylvander Dec Def will help a lot, as well as AOE abilities that his passive can’t absorb. He is very annoying for sure. Heal reduction if you have it available can also help (if you’re REALLY desperate you could try a Cursed set).
AyumiLove, I need help and I hope you can give it to me. When the letter came out I clicked on all of the days thinking it would save in its own section. I did not know by clicking on UDK I would receive it and gave all artifacts away. I have maxed out every thing. I would like to know what the artifacts were and see if I can find suitable ones to replace the one I have already assigned. I am a 76 yr. old 100% disabled and this game has me totally hooked. It is the only form of entertainment I have. Any assistance would be greatly appreciated. I have only been playing this game for 2 months and have made so many mistakes in building my champions.
Anyone have tips on killing this guy? He’s basicly ruining arena for me…
Well, I cannot say my experience with this character in Faction Wars is not as advertised. I have been 1-shot in 2 consecutive tries by the stage 7 boss. Cleared the waves with full health, then dead immediately. 3* the 6 previous levels with zero issues. What just happened?!
my phone got stolen and my laptop aint good either all i can do is come here and read about this new masterpiece
Hello Ayumilove! If I build the UDK as the Arena, Doom Tower, Faction Wars build that you posted here, will the UDK be able to well in Campaigns, Dungeons, and Clan Bosses?
Thanks for the awesome site, Ayumi. I was having trouble with Dreadhorn (Floor 50) until I put UDK into my team. The rest of my team went down pdq but UDK stayed up and soloed the boss, this is despite the fact that I’ve only skilled him up twice.
So, a free S Tier Lego with bonus added hype. I finally found a character to put Stoneskin on as I was holding back a bit deliberately waiting for a worthy chump, I mean champ. Busy now levelling him in nightmare Campaign – my standard levelling place which saves using up potions. He seems to perform ok in there, but once I have maxed him, it will be his turn to go top level with Minotaur to get his Masteries. Can’t wait to use this boy once he has grown up, looks interesting. I will be pleased to know what others think.
If you have not got it yet, Plarium also have a new Premium Code at the moment, whilst it lasts anyway. DKSKELETONCREW It gives you the original DK plus a bunch of stuff to build him and level him. Alternatively, you can screw that, keep the goodies and use DK as food for someone else. However, with all the Ultimate DK hype at the mo they may decide to do something with DK, so it might be worth throwing him in the Champion Vault for a while if you need the space.
@Raislen: PvE (Player vs Environment) where players challenge against non-Arena battles. PvP (Player vs Player) challenges Arena Teams (1v1, 3v3), which is much more difficult as the opponent can equip their heroes with various types of artifact sets (e.g. Stoneskin, Shield, Speed, Stun, etc).
Thank you for sharing UDK’s information and masteries. I got him a few days ago and have him at leveling him up quickly, he is awesome. I have him in Regen and Divine Speed, 6* lvl 52 I am ready to his masteries to work but I am not sure what PVE and PVP stand for. Fairly new to the game. BTW. Your stats are a huge help, THANK YOU