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Frost Death Knight

  • 2v2
  • 50 players
  • Last Updated: 14 hours ago

See what 50 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

Ädåm

Ädåm

Drak'thul (eu)

Talents (Class)

Wraith Walk
Asphyxiate

Talents (Specialization)

-

Talents (Hero)

Rune Carved Plates
Dark Talons
Death's Messenger

Talents (PvP)

Strangulate
Bloodforged Armor
Spellwarden
Sora

Sora

<not amazing just korean>Dun Modr (eu)

Talents (Class)

March of Darkness
Asphyxiate

Talents (Specialization)

-

Talents (Hero)

Rune Carved Plates
Dark Talons
Death's Messenger

Talents (PvP)

Delirium
Strangulate
Bitter Chill
Wotlkmønster

Wotlkmønster

<Performance Institute>Eredar (eu)

Talents (Class)

Wraith Walk
Asphyxiate

Talents (Specialization)

-

Talents (Hero)

Rune Carved Plates
Dark Talons
Death's Messenger

Talents (PvP)

Delirium
Dark Simulacrum
Strangulate

Stat Priority

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

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

38% of the best players use this combination
Venomous Aspirant's Badge of Ferocity

Venomous Aspirant's Badge of Ferocity

Use: Increases primary stat by 244 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)

16% of the best players use this combination
Venomous Aspirant's Insignia of Alacrity

Venomous Aspirant's Insignia of Alacrity

Equip: Your spells and abilities have a chance to grant 206 primary stat for 20 sec.

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)

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

50%

+16 Mastery & +7 Versatility

Enduring Heliotrope

Enduring Heliotrope

19%

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

Flawless Masterful Lapis

Flawless Masterful Lapis

10%

+16 Versatility & +7 Mastery

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

72%

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 45 and your ally's Primary Stat by 11.

  • Waist30%
  • Feet27%
  • Wrist21%
  • Back15%
  • Legs6%
  • Shoulders1%
Prismatic Focusing Iris

Prismatic Focusing Iris

6%

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 140%
  • Ring 240%
  • Neck20%
Hunt

Hunt

4%

Equip: Your spells and abilities have the chance to grant 85 secondary stats for 15 sec based on the target creature's type.

  • Off Hand50%
  • Main Hand50%

Most Used Enchants

Percentages use the 50 characters in this dataset. A value above 100% means the enchant appears more than 50 times, usually because the same enchant is applied to both rings.
Chest icon

Chest

Enchant Chest - Mark of the Worldsoul

62%

Enchant Chest - Mark of the Worldsoul

Enchant Chest - Mark of Nalorakk

26%

Enchant Chest - Mark of Nalorakk

Feet icon

Feet

Enchant Boots - Farstrider's Hunt

62%

Enchant Boots - Farstrider's Hunt

Enchant Boots - Lynx's Dexterity

6%

Enchant Boots - Lynx's Dexterity

Legs icon

Legs

Forest Hunter's Armor Kit

86%

+41 Agility/Strength & +115 Stamina

Main Hand icon

Main Hand

Rune of the Fallen Crusader

76%

Rune of the Fallen Crusader

Rune of Razorice

14%

Rune of Razorice

Off Hand icon

Off Hand

Rune of the Stoneskin Gargoyle

6%

Rune of the Stoneskin Gargoyle

Rune of the Fallen Crusader

4%

Rune of the Fallen Crusader

Ring icon

Ring

Enchant Ring - Zul'jin's Mastery

112%

Enchant Ring - Zul'jin's Mastery

Enchant Ring - Amani Mastery

22%

Enchant Ring - Amani Mastery

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 50 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
16%
Runic Attenuation
100%
Improved Death Strike
100%
Cleaving Strikes
14%
Mind Freeze
100%
Blinding Sleet
100%
Gloom Ward
100%
2 / 2
Wraith Walk
100%
Unholy Momentum
100%
2 / 2
Control Undead
2%
Enfeeble
6%
Coldthirst
88%
Proliferating Chill
86%
Permafrost
88%
Veteran of the Third War
100%
Death Pact
98%
Brittle
100%
Blood Bond
0%
Icy Talons
100%
Death Notes
12%
Anti-Magic Zone
94%
Death Defiance
94%
Unholy Bond
100%
Ice Prison
0%
Asphyxiate
100%
Assimilation
26%
Anti-Magic Barrier
100%
Grip of the Dead
54%
Suppression
100%
Blood Scent
24%
Unholy Endurance
90%
Osmosis
86%
Insidious Chill
16%
Runic Protection
96%
Blood Draw
88%
Rune Mastery
100%
2 / 2
Subduing Grasp
18%
Will of the Necropolis
100%
2 / 2
Null Magic
100%
Unyielding Will
0%
Death's Echo
100%
Vestigial Shell
4%

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
16%
Arctic Assault
100%
Runic Overflow
86%
2 / 2
Frostbound Will
100%
Runic Command
0%
1 / 2
Biting Cold
16%
Inexorable Assault
54%
Frostreaper
100%
Pillar of Frost
100%
Icy Onslaught
84%
Gathering Storm
16%
Murderous Efficiency
48%
Rage of the Frozen Champion
98%
Enduring Strength
100%
Frozen Dominion
100%
Frigid Executioner
84%
Howling Blades
80%
Cryogenic Chamber
22%
Frostwyrm's Fury
100%
Everfrost
20%
Northwinds
100%
Bonegrinder
100%
2 / 2
Smothering Offense
84%
Avalanche
68%
Icebreaker
100%
2 / 2
Obliteration
100%
Icy Death Torrent
14%
Shattering Blade
20%
Hyperpyrexia
100%
Killing Streak
100%
The Long Winter
4%
Frostbane
0%
Breath of Sindragosa
100%
Chosen of Frostbrood
100%
4 / 4

Most Used PvP Talents

Strangulate

Strangulate

94%

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

Spellwarden

Spellwarden

74%

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

Delirium

Delirium

60%

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

Bloodforged Armor

Bloodforged Armor

38%

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

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.

Bitter Chill

Bitter Chill

4%

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

Death's Cold Embrace

Death's Cold Embrace

4%

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.

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.