So this is mostly a PvE perspective and I’m not going to write a ballad here, just a few words.
I don’t understand why Frost is over performing in raids when we had such a fun and enjoyable Gargoyle Unholy build to look up to. UDK looks pretty trashy besides its Gargoyle window. The rest of the damage needs to keep up a little.
For M+, UDK starts to shine after a certain threshold - at least people thought it would. There are some teams with UDKs in the top 50 keys pushed at the moment but I can’t tell for sure what their damage percentages are like. The sad truth is we’re only able to compete with Monks / Outlaw / DHs if the pulls are MDI sized and we have all of our 3219837821 cooldowns (which takes even more globals for it to start really hitting and by then the these other classes I’ve mentioned along with Warlocks, Mages etc… have already finished the pack already. It takes too long to ramp up in AoE with the wound build, our damage profile feels obsolete compared to these other classes with much shorter cooldowns. MDI style pulls aren’t possible (at least for now) on Keys 9-10 and higher without a meticulously coordinated group as most packs have multiple mechanics that need to be managed and BFA pulls are no longer a thing since Shadowlands. So we’re basically only strong at something that rarely happens and that seems to be the core problem. We need less stuff on globals, like why does Vile Contagion have a GCD? Here’s the AoE opener: UB > FS > DT > Unholy Assault > Empower Rune Weapon + Abom Limb > Vile Contagion > Death and Decay - now here’s the point at which we’ve pressed all our cooldowns and are ready to start doing some damage after we drop our DnD. If by god the pack still lives and its even somehow alive after we can cast 6 scourge strikes to explode a total of 42 (or something) wounds we’ve spread with Vile Contagion - we can be compared to these other meta classes I’ve mentioned and only - ONLY in that very rare occasion. Lets see how many globals that is… Its 7 for the cooldowns, 1 for the DnD and 6 casts or scourge strike (during which we have no option but to overcap Runic Power as you deal more damage with your wounds then your epidemic at the moment you wanna prio wounds because again - the pack is likely dead 10 seconds ago) for a total of 14 GCDs until we can compete with these other classes in this very niche scenario and then only.
I’ve said my piece. I don’t think the tier set’s going to do this situation any good either. So help us god.