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Frost Death Knight

  • Battleground Blitz
  • 50 players
  • Last Updated: 8 hours ago

See what 50 high-rated Battleground Blitz 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

Lmpn

Lmpn

Ravencrest (eu)

Talents (Class)

Wraith Walk
Asphyxiate

Talents (Specialization)

-

Talents (Hero)

Rune Carved Plates
Dark Talons
Death's Messenger

Talents (PvP)

Delirium
Strangulate
Bloodforged Armor
Duavious

Duavious

<Multiple GoldCaps Plural>Illidan (us)

Talents (Class)

Wraith Walk
Asphyxiate

Talents (Specialization)

-

Talents (Hero)

Pact of the Deathbringer
Dark Talons
Death's Messenger

Talents (PvP)

Strangulate
Bloodforged Armor
Spellwarden
Mopnglo

Mopnglo

Moon Guard (us)

Talents (Class)

Wraith Walk
Death's Reach

Talents (Specialization)

-

Talents (Hero)

Rune Carved Plates
Dark Talons
Death's Messenger

Talents (PvP)

Deathchill
Delirium
Spellwarden

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

40% 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)

24% 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)

10% of the best players use this combination
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)

Venomous Aspirant's Badge of Ferocity

Venomous Aspirant's Badge of Ferocity

Use: Increases primary stat by 244 for 15 sec. (1 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

45%

+16 Mastery & +7 Versatility

Flawless Masterful Lapis

Flawless Masterful Lapis

21%

+16 Versatility & +7 Mastery

Enduring Heliotrope

Enduring Heliotrope

18%

+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

70%

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%
  • Wrist23%
  • Feet22%
  • Back15%
  • Legs5%
  • Shoulders5%
Prismatic Focusing Iris

Prismatic Focusing Iris

14%

Equip: Your spells and abilities have a chance to activate the Iris, firing a focused beam of light at your target and dealing 2,322 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 146%
  • Ring 246%
  • Neck8%
Sunfire Silk Lining

Sunfire Silk Lining

6%

Equip: Healing and damage from periodic effects can increase Strength by 8 for 15 sec, stacking up to 5 times.

  • Waist50%
  • Wrist50%

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.
Back icon

Back

Goblin Glider

4%
Chest icon

Chest

Enchant Chest - Mark of the Worldsoul

54%

Enchant Chest - Mark of the Worldsoul

Enchant Chest - Mark of Nalorakk

32%

Enchant Chest - Mark of Nalorakk

Feet icon

Feet

Enchant Boots - Farstrider's Hunt

60%

Enchant Boots - Farstrider's Hunt

Enchant Boots - Shaladrassil's Roots

10%

Enchant Boots - Shaladrassil's Roots

Legs icon

Legs

Forest Hunter's Armor Kit

76%

+41 Agility/Strength & +115 Stamina

Thalassian Scout Armor Kit

6%

+24 Agility/Strength

Main Hand icon

Main Hand

Rune of the Fallen Crusader

72%

Rune of the Fallen Crusader

Rune of Razorice

20%

Rune of Razorice

Off Hand icon

Off Hand

Rune of the Fallen Crusader

8%

Rune of the Fallen Crusader

Rune of Razorice

2%

Rune of Razorice

Ring icon

Ring

Enchant Ring - Zul'jin's Mastery

110%

Enchant Ring - Zul'jin's Mastery

Enchant Ring - Silvermoon's Tenacity

44%

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 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
6%
Runic Attenuation
100%
Improved Death Strike
100%
Cleaving Strikes
4%
Mind Freeze
100%
Blinding Sleet
98%
Gloom Ward
100%
2 / 2
Wraith Walk
100%
Unholy Momentum
100%
2 / 2
Control Undead
0%
Enfeeble
2%
Coldthirst
82%
Proliferating Chill
98%
Permafrost
80%
Veteran of the Third War
100%
Death Pact
88%
Brittle
100%
Blood Bond
0%
Icy Talons
100%
Death Notes
4%
Anti-Magic Zone
92%
Death Defiance
82%
Unholy Bond
100%
Ice Prison
4%
Asphyxiate
100%
Assimilation
34%
Anti-Magic Barrier
100%
Grip of the Dead
64%
Suppression
100%
Blood Scent
42%
Unholy Endurance
98%
Osmosis
98%
Insidious Chill
12%
Runic Protection
96%
Blood Draw
96%
Rune Mastery
100%
2 / 2
Subduing Grasp
6%
Will of the Necropolis
100%
2 / 2
Null Magic
98%
Unyielding Will
0%
Death's Echo
100%
Vestigial Shell
16%

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
28%
Arctic Assault
100%
Runic Overflow
82%
2 / 2
Frostbound Will
100%
Runic Command
0%
1 / 2
Biting Cold
28%
Inexorable Assault
50%
Frostreaper
100%
Pillar of Frost
100%
Icy Onslaught
74%
Gathering Storm
28%
Murderous Efficiency
76%
Rage of the Frozen Champion
96%
Enduring Strength
98%
Frozen Dominion
100%
Frigid Executioner
72%
Howling Blades
86%
Cryogenic Chamber
34%
Frostwyrm's Fury
100%
Everfrost
44%
Northwinds
92%
Bonegrinder
100%
2 / 2
Smothering Offense
56%
Avalanche
60%
Icebreaker
98%
2 / 2
Obliteration
100%
Icy Death Torrent
8%
Shattering Blade
16%
Hyperpyrexia
98%
Killing Streak
100%
The Long Winter
2%
Frostbane
2%
Breath of Sindragosa
92%
Chosen of Frostbrood
100%
4 / 4

Most Used PvP Talents

Strangulate

Strangulate

90%

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

Delirium

Delirium

50%

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

Spellwarden

Spellwarden

48%

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

Deathchill

Deathchill

48%

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.

Bloodforged Armor

Bloodforged Armor

34%

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

Death's Cold Embrace

Death's Cold Embrace

22%

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.

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%.