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Frost Death Knight

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  • 50 players
  • Last Updated: 22 hours ago

This page is automatically generated by looking up the top 50 Frost Death Knight on the Blitz 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

Trexgrip

Trexgrip

<Goodlife>Tarren Mill (eu)

Talents (class)

Wraith Walk
Asphyxiate

Talents (spec)

-

Talents (hero)

Rune Carved Plates
Dark Talons
Death's Messenger

Talents (pvp)

Deathchill
Delirium
Strangulate
Scorpiuzx

Scorpiuzx

<Не Надо Паники>Ravencrest (eu)

Talents (class)

Wraith Walk
Asphyxiate

Talents (spec)

-

Talents (hero)

Rune Carved Plates
Dark Talons
Death's Messenger

Talents (pvp)

Deathchill
Delirium
Strangulate
Filotech

Filotech

<im just a girl>Moon Guard (us)

Talents (class)

Wraith Walk
Asphyxiate

Talents (spec)

-

Talents (hero)

Rune Carved Plates
Dark Talons
Death's Messenger

Talents (pvp)

Delirium
Strangulate
Spellwarden

Stat Priority

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

28% of the best players use this combination
Galactic Aspirant's Insignia of Alacrity

Galactic Aspirant's Insignia of Alacrity

Equip: Your spells and abilities have a chance to grant 134 primary stat for 20 sec.

Galactic Aspirant's Medallion

Galactic Aspirant's Medallion

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

22% of the best players use this combination
Galactic Aspirant's Medallion

Galactic Aspirant's Medallion

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

Galactic Aspirant's Badge of Ferocity

Galactic Aspirant's Badge of Ferocity

Use: Increases primary stat by 159 for 15 sec. (1 Min Cooldown)

7% of the best players use this combination
Galactic Gladiator's Insignia of Alacrity

Galactic Gladiator's Insignia of Alacrity

Equip: Your spells and abilities have a chance to grant 176 primary stat for 20 sec.

Galactic Aspirant's Medallion

Galactic Aspirant's Medallion

Use: Removes all movement impairing effects and all effects which cause loss of control of your character. (2 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 Flawless Versatile Amethyst
Flawless Versatile Amethyst

Flawless Versatile Amethyst

28%

+16 Mastery & +7 Versatility

Flawless Masterful Lapis

Flawless Masterful Lapis

17%

+16 Versatility & +7 Mastery

Enduring Heliotrope

Enduring Heliotrope

13%

+23 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 Prismatic Focusing Iris on a Ring 1 item
Prismatic Focusing Iris

Prismatic Focusing Iris

72%

Equip: Your spells and abilities have a chance to activate the Iris, firing a focused beam of light at your target and dealing 1,165 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 149%
  • Ring 242%
  • Neck9%
Arcanoweave Lining

Arcanoweave Lining

63%

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 44 and your ally's Primary Stat by 11.

  • Wrist32%
  • Feet21%
  • Back21%
  • Waist18%
  • Chest5%
  • Legs3%
Devouring Banding

Devouring Banding

27%

Equip: Your damaging spells and abilities can cause you to heed the whispers and fire a Devouring Bolt at your target, dealing 1,450 Cosmic damage. This bolt devours their strength, seizing 91 of your highest secondary stat for you for 10 sec.

  • Feet44%
  • Back31%
  • Wrist19%
  • Legs6%

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.
Back icon

Back

Goblin Glider

7%

Flexweave Underlay

2%
Chest icon

Chest

Enchant Chest - Mark of Nalorakk

48%

Enchant Chest - Mark of Nalorakk

Enchant Chest - Mark of the Worldsoul

42%

Enchant Chest - Mark of the Worldsoul

Feet icon

Feet

Enchant Boots - Farstrider's Hunt

67%

Enchant Boots - Farstrider's Hunt

Enchant Boots - Lynx's Dexterity

5%

Enchant Boots - Lynx's Dexterity

Legs icon

Legs

Forest Hunter's Armor Kit

87%

+41 Agility/Strength & +115 Stamina

Thalassian Scout Armor Kit

2%

+24 Agility/Strength

Main Hand icon

Main Hand

Rune of the Fallen Crusader

75%

Rune of the Fallen Crusader

Rune of the Apocalypse

17%

Rune of the Apocalypse

Off Hand icon

Off Hand

Rune of Razorice

3%

Rune of Razorice

Rune of the Stoneskin Gargoyle

2%

Rune of the Stoneskin Gargoyle

Ring icon

Ring

Enchant Ring - Zul'jin's Mastery

85%

Enchant Ring - Zul'jin's Mastery

Enchant Ring - Silvermoon's Tenacity

35%

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 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
96.7%
Death Strike
96.7%
Raise Dead
16.7%
Runic Attenuation
96.7%
Improved Death Strike
96.7%
Cleaving Strikes
13.3%
Mind Freeze
96.7%
Blinding Sleet
95%
Gloom Ward
95%
2 / 2
Wraith Walk
96.7%
Unholy Momentum
96.7%
2 / 2
Control Undead
0%
Enfeeble
6.7%
Coldthirst
78.3%
Proliferating Chill
88.3%
Permafrost
66.7%
Veteran of the Third War
96.7%
Death Pact
78.3%
Brittle
93.3%
Blood Bond
1.7%
Icy Talons
96.7%
Death Notes
3.3%
Anti-Magic Zone
85%
Death Defiance
76.7%
Unholy Bond
96.7%
Ice Prison
0%
Asphyxiate
96.7%
Assimilation
43.3%
Anti-Magic Barrier
96.7%
Grip of the Dead
63.3%
Suppression
96.7%
Blood Scent
46.7%
Unholy Endurance
93.3%
Osmosis
90%
Insidious Chill
25%
Runic Protection
86.7%
Blood Draw
88.3%
Rune Mastery
96.7%
2 / 2
Subduing Grasp
11.7%
Will of the Necropolis
96.7%
2 / 2
Null Magic
96.7%
Unyielding Will
3.3%
Death's Echo
95%
Vestigial Shell
8.3%

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
96.7%
Obliterate
96.7%
Howling Blast
96.7%
Killing Machine
96.7%
Empower Rune Weapon
96.7%
Frostscythe
23.3%
Arctic Assault
96.7%
Runic Overflow
91.7%
2 / 2
Frostbound Will
96.7%
Runic Command
6.7%
1 / 2
Biting Cold
18.3%
Inexorable Assault
26.7%
Frostreaper
95%
Pillar of Frost
96.7%
Icy Onslaught
78.3%
Gathering Storm
18.3%
Murderous Efficiency
86.7%
Rage of the Frozen Champion
88.3%
Enduring Strength
96.7%
Frozen Dominion
96.7%
Frigid Executioner
80%
Howling Blades
81.7%
Cryogenic Chamber
18.3%
Frostwyrm's Fury
96.7%
Everfrost
23.3%
Northwinds
93.3%
Bonegrinder
96.7%
2 / 2
Smothering Offense
46.7%
Avalanche
70%
Icebreaker
96.7%
2 / 2
Obliteration
96.7%
Icy Death Torrent
8.3%
Shattering Blade
20%
Hyperpyrexia
95%
Killing Streak
96.7%
The Long Winter
0%
Frostbane
5%
Breath of Sindragosa
93.3%
Chosen of Frostbrood
290%

Best PvP Talents

Strangulate

Strangulate

88%

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

Delirium

Delirium

62%

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

Spellwarden

Spellwarden

57%

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

Deathchill

Deathchill

38%

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

15%

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

Death's Cold Embrace

Death's Cold Embrace

13%

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

10%

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

Dark Simulacrum

Dark Simulacrum

3%

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

3%

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