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Frost Death Knight

  • 2v2
  • 49 players
  • Last Updated: 6 hours ago

See what 49 high-rated 2v2 characters are using, based on PvPLeaderboard’s EU and US rankings.

Where these stats come from

Starting at the top of the rankings, we work down until we have everything we need for 50 characters.

A character is ignored if their Battle.net profile is missing or incomplete, if they aren’t max level, or if their talents don’t fit the current talent tree.

Use this as a starting point, then adjust your setup for your bracket, comp, rating, and matchup.

Sources: PvPLeaderboard; Battle.net

Players

Necrø

Necrø

<Horde Police>Kazzak (eu)

Talents (Class)

Wraith Walk
Asphyxiate

Talents (Specialization)

-

Talents (Hero)

Rune Carved Plates
Dark Talons
Death's Messenger

Talents (PvP)

Strangulate
Bloodforged Armor
Spellwarden
Gripskie

Gripskie

<Crushing Buttons>Area 52 (us)

Talents (Class)

Wraith Walk
Asphyxiate

Talents (Specialization)

-

Talents (Hero)

Rune Carved Plates
Dark Talons
Death's Messenger

Talents (PvP)

Delirium
Strangulate
Spellwarden
Trant

Trant

<The Cool Cats Coalition>Tichondrius (us)

Talents (Class)

Wraith Walk
Asphyxiate

Talents (Specialization)

-

Talents (Hero)

Rune Carved Plates
Dark Talons
Death's Messenger

Talents (PvP)

Dark Simulacrum
Strangulate
Spellwarden

Stat Priority

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

Most Used Races

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

Most Used Items

Trinket Combinations

45% of the best players use this combination
Venomous Gladiator's Medallion

Venomous Gladiator's Medallion

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

Venomous Gladiator's Badge of Ferocity

Venomous Gladiator's Badge of Ferocity

Use: Increases primary stat by 339 for 15 sec. (1 Min Cooldown)

14% of the best players use this combination
Venomous Gladiator's Medallion

Venomous Gladiator's Medallion

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

Venomous Gladiator's Insignia of Alacrity

Venomous Gladiator's Insignia of Alacrity

Equip: Your spells and abilities have a chance to grant 270 primary stat for 20 sec.

12% of the best players use this combination
Venomous Gladiator's Badge of Ferocity

Venomous Gladiator's Badge of Ferocity

Use: Increases primary stat by 320 for 15 sec. (1 Min Cooldown)

Venomous Aspirant's Medallion

Venomous Aspirant's Medallion

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

Most Used Sockets

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

Flawless Versatile Amethyst

51%

+16 Mastery & +7 Versatility

Flawless Masterful Lapis

Flawless Masterful Lapis

17%

+16 Versatility & +7 Mastery

Enduring Heliotrope

Enduring Heliotrope

14%

+23 Primary Stat and +5% Damage Reduction when affected by Crowd Control

Most Used 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 Arcanoweave Lining on a Waist item
Arcanoweave Lining

Arcanoweave Lining

78%

Equip: Your spells and abilities have a chance to draw in a mana wyrm that will empower you and an ally with Arcanoweave Insight, increasing your Strength by 47 and your ally's Primary Stat by 12.

  • Waist31%
  • Feet23%
  • Wrist15%
  • Back15%
  • Shoulders10%
  • Legs4%
  • Chest1%
Prismatic Focusing Iris

Prismatic Focusing Iris

10%

Equip: Your spells and abilities have a chance to activate the Iris, firing a focused beam of light at your target and dealing 1,994 Arcane damage every second for 4 sec. Each unique gem color you have socketed empowers the Iris, causing it to deal 1% additional damage per.

  • Ring 138%
  • Ring 238%
  • Neck25%
Stabilizing Gemstone Bandolier

Stabilizing Gemstone Bandolier

6%

Equip: Double the gems, double the power! All Jewelcrafting embellishments operate at double strength.

  • Ring 233%
  • Wrist33%
  • Ring 133%

Most Used Enchants

Percentages use the 49 characters in this dataset. A value above 100% means the enchant appears more than 49 times, usually because the same enchant is applied to both rings.
Back icon

Back

Goblin Glider

2%
Chest icon

Chest

Enchant Chest - Mark of the Worldsoul

78%

Enchant Chest - Mark of the Worldsoul

Enchant Chest - Mark of Nalorakk

16%

Enchant Chest - Mark of Nalorakk

Feet icon

Feet

Enchant Boots - Farstrider's Hunt

80%

Enchant Boots - Farstrider's Hunt

Enchant Boots - Lynx's Dexterity

8%

Enchant Boots - Lynx's Dexterity

Hands icon

Hands

Falco Strikes

2%

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Heat Wave

2%

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Legs icon

Legs

Forest Hunter's Armor Kit

96%

+41 Agility/Strength & +115 Stamina

Forest Hunter's Armor Kit

2%

+32 Agility/Strength & +70 Stamina

Main Hand icon

Main Hand

Rune of the Fallen Crusader

69%

Rune of the Fallen Crusader

Rune of Razorice

27%

Rune of Razorice

Off Hand icon

Off Hand

Rune of the Stoneskin Gargoyle

4%

Rune of the Stoneskin Gargoyle

Rune of the Fallen Crusader

2%

Rune of the Fallen Crusader

Ring icon

Ring

Enchant Ring - Zul'jin's Mastery

131%

Enchant Ring - Zul'jin's Mastery

Enchant Ring - Silvermoon's Tenacity

31%

Enchant Ring - Silvermoon's Tenacity

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 talent popularity. The percentages show how many of the 49 characters in this dataset selected each talent.

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

Talent Tree

Talent Tree Background
Icebound Fortitude
100%
Death Strike
100%
Raise Dead
10.2%
Runic Attenuation
100%
Improved Death Strike
100%
Cleaving Strikes
8.2%
Mind Freeze
98%
Blinding Sleet
95.9%
Gloom Ward
100%
2 / 2
Wraith Walk
100%
Unholy Momentum
100%
2 / 2
Control Undead
0%
Enfeeble
4.1%
Coldthirst
87.8%
Proliferating Chill
89.8%
Permafrost
79.6%
Veteran of the Third War
100%
Death Pact
98%
Brittle
100%
Blood Bond
0%
Icy Talons
100%
Death Notes
6.1%
Anti-Magic Zone
95.9%
Death Defiance
95.9%
Unholy Bond
100%
Ice Prison
8.2%
Asphyxiate
100%
Assimilation
24.5%
Anti-Magic Barrier
100%
Grip of the Dead
55.1%
Suppression
100%
Blood Scent
20.4%
Unholy Endurance
95.9%
Osmosis
89.8%
Insidious Chill
12.2%
Runic Protection
93.9%
Blood Draw
95.9%
Rune Mastery
100%
2 / 2
Subduing Grasp
28.6%
Will of the Necropolis
100%
2 / 2
Null Magic
100%
Unyielding Will
0%
Death's Echo
100%
Vestigial Shell
6.1%

Deathbringer

Hero class image
Swift and Painful
100%
Grim Reaper
100%
Rune Carved Plates
100%
Wave of Souls
100%
Bind in Darkness
100%
Death's Messenger
100%
Dark Talons
100%
Wither Away
100%
Soul Rupture
100%
Reaper's Mark
100%
Exterminate
100%
Echoing Fury
100%
Deathly Blows
100%
Frigid Resolve
100%
Frost Strike
100%
Obliterate
100%
Howling Blast
100%
Killing Machine
100%
Empower Rune Weapon
100%
Frostscythe
26.5%
Arctic Assault
100%
Runic Overflow
83.7%
2 / 2
Frostbound Will
100%
Runic Command
6.1%
2 / 2
Biting Cold
24.5%
Inexorable Assault
55.1%
Frostreaper
100%
Pillar of Frost
100%
Icy Onslaught
75.5%
Gathering Storm
24.5%
Murderous Efficiency
53.1%
Rage of the Frozen Champion
98%
Enduring Strength
91.8%
Frozen Dominion
100%
Frigid Executioner
77.6%
Howling Blades
79.6%
Cryogenic Chamber
22.4%
Frostwyrm's Fury
100%
Everfrost
32.7%
Northwinds
91.8%
Bonegrinder
100%
2 / 2
Smothering Offense
73.5%
Avalanche
59.2%
Icebreaker
100%
2 / 2
Obliteration
100%
Icy Death Torrent
10.2%
Shattering Blade
26.5%
Hyperpyrexia
100%
Killing Streak
100%
The Long Winter
0%
Frostbane
0%
Breath of Sindragosa
100%
Chosen of Frostbrood
100%
4 / 4

Most Used PvP Talents

Strangulate

Strangulate

100%

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

Spellwarden

Spellwarden

78%

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

Delirium

Delirium

49%

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

Bloodforged Armor

Bloodforged Armor

31%

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

Death's Cold Embrace

Death's Cold Embrace

16%

Pillar of Frost grants you Remorseless Winter and increases its damage by 450% 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.

Deathchill

Deathchill

14%

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.

Dark Simulacrum

Dark Simulacrum

4%

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.

Bitter Chill

Bitter Chill

4%

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

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%.