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Frost Death Knight

  • Rated Battlegrounds
  • 50 players
  • Last Updated: 2 days ago

This page is automatically generated by looking up the top 50 Frost Death Knight on the Rated Battlegrounds leaderboard. The data on this page is updated every 24 hours in order for the data to be as relevant as possible.

This page only shows what the best players in the world are using. This might not apply to every skill bracket in Mythic+. Use this page as the starting point of your journey, and don’t be afraid to stray away from what is presented on this page!

Players

Змейпдрс

Змейпдрс

<Poxyú>Soulflayer (eu)

Talents (class)

Asphyxiate

Talents (spec)

-

Talents (hero)

Death Charge
Pact of the Apocalypse
A Feast of Souls

Talents (pvp)

Deathchill
Delirium
Strangulate
Snagyoaunty

Snagyoaunty

<TTV Bossdru>Sargeras (us)

Talents (class)

Wraith Walk
Asphyxiate

Talents (spec)

-

Talents (hero)

Death Charge
Pact of the Apocalypse
Fury of the Horsemen

Talents (pvp)

Strangulate
Spellwarden
Death's Cold Embrace
Ffs

Ffs

<Dispel pls>Nagrand (eu)

Talents (class)

March of Darkness
Asphyxiate

Talents (spec)

-

Talents (hero)

Death Charge
Pact of the Apocalypse
A Feast of Souls

Talents (pvp)

Deathchill
Strangulate
Death's Cold Embrace

Stat Priority

Values are relative to the highest stat. The stat priority for a Frost Death Knight is
Mastery > Versatility > Haste > Critical Strike

Best Races

The best race for a Frost Death Knight for the Alliance is Human and for the Horde is Orc

Best Items

Trinket Combinations

44% of the best players use this combination
Astral Gladiator's Medallion

Astral Gladiator's Medallion

Use: Removes all movement impairing effects and all effects which cause loss of control of your character. (2 Min Cooldown)

Astral Gladiator's Insignia of Alacrity

Astral Gladiator's Insignia of Alacrity

Equip: Your spells and abilities have a chance to grant 55 primary stat for 20 sec.

24% of the best players use this combination
Astral Gladiator's Medallion

Astral Gladiator's Medallion

Use: Removes all movement impairing effects and all effects which cause loss of control of your character. (2 Min Cooldown)

Astral Gladiator's Badge of Ferocity

Astral Gladiator's Badge of Ferocity

Use: Increases primary stat by 65 for 15 sec. (1 Min Cooldown)

10% of the best players use this combination
Astral Gladiator's Insignia of Alacrity

Astral Gladiator's Insignia of Alacrity

Equip: Your spells and abilities have a chance to grant 68 primary stat for 20 sec.

Astral Gladiator's Badge of Ferocity

Astral Gladiator's Badge of Ferocity

Use: Increases primary stat by 80 for 15 sec. (1 Min Cooldown)

Best Sockets

Values are based on the total amount of sockets of all players. The most popular socket for a Frost Death Knight is Versatile Onyx
Versatile Onyx

Versatile Onyx

32%

+10 Mastery and +3 Versatility

Masterful Sapphire

Masterful Sapphire

16%

+10 Versatility and +3 Mastery

Enduring Bloodstone

Enduring Bloodstone

11%

+12 Primary Stat and +5% Damage Reduction when affected by Crowd Control

Best Embellishments

Embellishments are specific abilities that can be added onto a piece of gear or weapons to add an equip bonus. The most popular embellishment for a Frost Death Knight is Elemental Focusing Lens on a Ring 1 item
Elemental Focusing Lens

Elemental Focusing Lens

170%

Equip: Your damaging spells and abilities have a chance to deal 140,238 damage to your target. The magic school chosen is based upon your selection of socketed Khaz Algar gems.

  • Ring 147%
  • Ring 245%
  • Neck8%
Duskthread Lining

Duskthread Lining

8%

Equip: Your gear cools with Woven Duskthread and gains 6 Versatility when over 80% health.

  • Waist50%
  • Feet50%
Ascendance

Ascendance

4%

Equip: Gain Ascendance every 8 seconds spent in combat. Ascendance grants 89 of a random secondary stat for 15 sec, stacking up to 10 times. This is a Nerubian embellishment.

  • Main Hand50%
  • Off Hand50%

Best Enchants

Percentages are calculated in relation to 50 players. If an enchant has a value of more than 100%, it means the enchant is found more than 50 times. This usually happens when the same enchant is applied to both rings.
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Back

Chant of Burrowing Rapidity

Chant of Burrowing Rapidity

52%

Permanently enchants a cloak with ancient magic that chants with power, granting 12 Speed and causing the cooldown of your Hearthstone to recover 15% faster while in Khaz Algar. Cannot be applied to items lower than level 70.

Chant of Leeching Fangs

Chant of Leeching Fangs

26%

Permanently enchants a cloak with ancient magic that chants with power, granting 18 Leech and heal for 1,527 every 5 sec while out of combat. Cannot be applied to items lower than level 70.

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Chest

Crystalline Radiance

Crystalline Radiance

90%

Permanently enchants a chestpiece with Earthen rune magic to increase your Intellect by 34. Cannot be applied to items lower than level 70.

Oathsworn's Strength

Oathsworn's Strength

4%

Permanently enchants a chestpiece to increase your Strength by 24 and Stamina by 12. Cannot be applied to items lower than level 70.

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Feet

Scout's March

Scout's March

62%

Permanently enchants a pair of boots with a scout's swiftness, increasing Speed by 12. Cannot be applied to items lower than level 70.

Defender's March

Defender's March

14%

Permanently enchants a pair of boots with a defender's tenacity, increasing Stamina by 41. Cannot be applied to items lower than level 70.

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Legs

Stormbound Armor Kit

Stormbound Armor Kit

80%

Use: Apply a Stormbound Armor Kit to your leg armor, causing it to permanently gain 8 Agility or Strength. Additionally, the item also gains 8 Stamina. (1 Sec Cooldown)

Defender's Armor Kit

Defender's Armor Kit

10%

Use: Apply a Defender's Armor Kit to your leg armor, permanently increasing its Agility or Strength by 8. Additionally, the item also gains 10 armor. (1 Sec Cooldown)

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Main Hand

Rune of Razorice

58%

Rune of Razorice

Rune of the Fallen Crusader

40%

Rune of the Fallen Crusader

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Off Hand

Rune of the Fallen Crusader

32%

Rune of the Fallen Crusader

Rune of Razorice

10%

Rune of Razorice

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Ring

Cursed Mastery

Cursed Mastery

94%

Permanently infuses a ring with a cursed chant, sapping 3 of your Critical Strike while granting 16 Mastery. Cannot be applied to items lower than level 70.

+315 Mastery

+315 Mastery

72%

Permanently enchants a ring with Beledar's radiance, increasing Mastery by 15. Cannot be applied to items lower than level 70.

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Wrist

+66 Speed

+66 Speed

56%

Permanently enchants bracers with ancient magic that chants with power, granting 46 Speed. Cannot be applied to items lower than level 70.

+43 Leech

+43 Leech

10%

Permanently enchants bracers with ancient magic that chants with power, granting 38 Leech. Cannot be applied to items lower than level 70.

Talents

The new talent system is not as straight-forward as the talent systems from previous expansions. Many talents are situational, and choosing your talents should be done based on the content you are doing. This heat map will show what talents are must-picks, which ones are situational, and which ones are rarely chosen.

Colors

The colors indicate the popularity of the talent. The numbers below indicate the percentage of the top 50 players that have chosen this talent.

  • 90% - 100% (best)
  • 50% - 89% (good)
  • 20% - 49% (situational)
  • 0% - 19% (unpopular)

Talent Tree

Talent Tree Background
Icebound Fortitude
94%
Death Strike
94%
Raise Dead
84%
Runic Attenuation
94%
Improved Death Strike
94%
Cleaving Strikes
80%
Mind Freeze
94%
Blinding Sleet
90%
Gloom Ward
64%
2 / 2
Wraith Walk
40%
Unholy Momentum
92%
1 / 2
Control Undead
4%
Enfeeble
4%
Coldthirst
26%
Proliferating Chill
76%
Permafrost
20%
Veteran of the Third War
78%
Death Pact
38%
Brittle
66%
Blood Bond
34%
Icy Talons
90%
Death Notes
2%
Anti-Magic Zone
70%
Death Defiance
20%
Unholy Bond
78%
Ice Prison
6%
Asphyxiate
88%
Assimilation
20%
Anti-Magic Barrier
76%
Grip of the Dead
48%
Suppression
88%
Blood Scent
36%
Unholy Endurance
72%
Osmosis
60%
Insidious Chill
22%
Runic Protection
58%
Blood Draw
42%
Rune Mastery
74%
2 / 2
Subduing Grasp
14%
Will of the Necropolis
76%
2 / 2
Null Magic
60%
Unyielding Will
10%
Death's Echo
76%
Vestigial Shell
8%

Rider of the Apocalypse

Hero class image
Pact of the Apocalypse
94.7%
Apocalypse Now
100%
A Feast of Souls
100%
Hungering Thirst
94.7%
Whitemane's Famine
97.4%
Mawsworn Menace
86.8%
Nazgrim's Conquest
100%
Death Charge
100%
Trollbane's Icy Fury
86.8%
Rider's Champion
100%
Mograine's Might
100%
Unholy Armaments
7.9%
Let Terror Reign
15.8%
Ride or Die!
15.8%
Frost Strike
94%
Obliterate
94%
Howling Blast
94%
Killing Machine
94%
Empower Rune Weapon
94%
Frostscythe
42%
Arctic Assault
92%
Runic Overflow
72%
2 / 2
Frostbound Will
46%
Runic Command
20%
1 / 2
Biting Cold
40%
Inexorable Assault
34%
Frostreaper
80%
Pillar of Frost
80%
Icy Onslaught
58%
Gathering Storm
40%
Murderous Efficiency
90%
Rage of the Frozen Champion
72%
Enduring Strength
72%
Frozen Dominion
76%
Frigid Executioner
48%
Howling Blades
82%
Cryogenic Chamber
32%
Frostwyrm's Fury
78%
Everfrost
50%
Northwinds
64%
Bonegrinder
76%
2 / 2
Smothering Offense
18%
Avalanche
12%
Icebreaker
76%
2 / 2
Obliteration
68%
Icy Death Torrent
28%
Shattering Blade
48%
Hyperpyrexia
76%
Killing Streak
66%
The Long Winter
24%
Frostbane
4%
Breath of Sindragosa
74%
Chosen of Frostbrood
0%

Best PvP Talents

Strangulate

Strangulate

68%

Shadowy tendrils constrict an enemy's throat, silencing them for 4 sec.

Deathchill

Deathchill

56%

Your Remorseless Winter and Chains of Ice apply Deathchill, rooting the target in place for 4 sec. Remorseless Winter All targets within 8 yards are afflicted with Deathchill when Remorseless Winter is cast. Chains of Ice When you Chains of Ice a target already afflicted by your Chains of Ice they will be afflicted by Deathchill.

Death's Cold Embrace

Death's Cold Embrace

54%

Pillar of Frost grants you Remorseless Winter and increases its damage by 400% and its radius by 150%, but your movement speed is heavily reduced for its duration. Pillar of Frost's cooldown is increased by 15 sec.

Spellwarden

Spellwarden

34%

Anti-Magic Shell is now usable on allies and its cooldown is reduced by 10 sec.

Delirium

Delirium

26%

Howling Blast applies Delirium, reducing the cooldown recovery rate of movement enhancing abilities by 50% for 12 sec.

Bloodforged Armor

Bloodforged Armor

24%

Death Strike reduces all Physical damage taken by 25% for 4 sec.

Bitter Chill

Bitter Chill

8%

Chains of Ice reduces the target's Haste by 8%. Frost Strike refreshes the duration of Chains of Ice.

Dark Simulacrum

Dark Simulacrum

6%

Places a dark ward on an enemy player that persists for 12 sec, triggering when the enemy next spends mana on a spell, and allowing the Death Knight to unleash an exact duplicate of that spell.

Shroud of Winter

Shroud of Winter

4%

Enemies within 8 yards of you become shrouded in winter, reducing the range of their spells and abilities by 30%.

Rot and Wither

Rot and Wither

2%

Your Death and Decay rots enemies each time it deals damage, absorbing healing equal to 100% of damage dealt.