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Frost Death Knight

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  • Last Updated: 4 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

Icechains

Icechains

<Daddys Angels>Twisting Nether (eu)

Talents (class)

Sacrificial Pact

Talents (spec)

-

Talents (hero)

Death Charge
Pact of the Apocalypse
A Feast of Souls

Talents (pvp)

Deathchill
Strangulate
Death's Cold Embrace
Змейняша

Змейняша

<Рак Гейминг>Soulflayer (eu)

Talents (class)

-

Talents (spec)

-

Talents (hero)

Grim Reaper
Rune Carved Plates
Dark Talons
Death's Messenger

Talents (pvp)

Deathchill
Strangulate
Death's Cold Embrace
Arcues

Arcues

<DuskTillDawn>Aman'Thul (us)

Talents (class)

Sacrificial Pact

Talents (spec)

-

Talents (hero)

Death Charge
Pact of the Apocalypse
A Feast of Souls

Talents (pvp)

Delirium
Strangulate
Spellwarden

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

54% 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 11,910 primary stat for 20 sec.

12% of the best players use this combination
Astral Aspirant's Medallion

Astral Aspirant's Medallion

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

Astral Aspirant's Badge of Ferocity

Astral Aspirant's Badge of Ferocity

Use: Increases primary stat by 9,813 for 15 sec. (1 Min Cooldown)

8% of the best players use this combination
Unyielding Netherprism

Unyielding Netherprism

Equip: Your harmful abilities draw focused void through the prism to deal 524,388 Cosmic damage split between your target and nearby enemies. Damage increased by 30% per enemy struck, up to 150%. This effect may occur every 10 sec and accumulates Latent Power within the prism, up to 18 times.

Use: Consume all Latent Power to gain 3,933 Strength per stack for 20 sec. (20 Sec Cooldown)

Astral Antenna

Astral Antenna

Equip: The antenna has a chance to detect and draw ambient arcane energy towards you, granting 5,984 Critical Strike for 10 sec. Multiple applications may overlap.

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

24%

+147 Mastery and +49 Versatility

Quick Onyx

Quick Onyx

18%

+147 Mastery and +49 Haste

Masterful Sapphire

Masterful Sapphire

9%

+147 Versatility and +49 Mastery

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

148%

Equip: Your damaging spells and abilities have a chance to deal 148,554 damage to your target. The magic school chosen is based upon your selection of socketed Khaz Algar gems.

  • Ring 150%
  • Ring 245%
  • Neck4%
  • Feet1%
Dawnthread Lining

Dawnthread Lining

26%

Equip: Your gear warms with Woven Dawnthread and gains 756 Critical Strike when over 80% health.

  • Wrist54%
  • Waist46%
Ascendance

Ascendance

8%

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 Hand100%

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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Chant of Burrowing Rapidity

Chant of Burrowing Rapidity

56%

Permanently enchants a cloak with ancient magic that chants with power, granting 175 Speed and causing the cooldown of your Hearthstone to recover 15% faster while in Khaz Algar. Cannot be applied to items lower than level 350.

Chant of Leeching Fangs

Chant of Leeching Fangs

26%

Permanently enchants a cloak with ancient magic that chants with power, granting 715 Leech and heal for 9,925 every 5 sec while out of combat. Cannot be applied to items lower than level 350.

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Chest

Crystalline Radiance

Crystalline Radiance

86%

Permanently enchants a chestpiece with Earthen rune magic to increase your Intellect by 520. Cannot be applied to items lower than level 350.

Oathsworn's Strength

Oathsworn's Strength

8%

Permanently enchants a chestpiece to increase your Strength by 365 and Stamina by 185. Cannot be applied to items lower than level 350.

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Feet

Scout's March

Scout's March

66%

Permanently enchants a pair of boots with a scout's swiftness, increasing Speed by 175. Cannot be applied to items lower than level 350.

Defender's March

Defender's March

16%

Permanently enchants a pair of boots with a defender's tenacity, increasing Stamina by 625. Cannot be applied to items lower than level 350.

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Legs

Stormbound Armor Kit

Stormbound Armor Kit

82%

Use: Apply a Stormbound Armor Kit to your leg armor, causing it to permanently gain 930 Agility or Strength. Additionally, the item also gains 895 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 930. Additionally, the item also gains 980 armor. (1 Sec Cooldown)

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Ring

Cursed Mastery

Cursed Mastery

80%

Permanently infuses a ring with a cursed chant, sapping 9 of your Critical Strike while granting 31 Mastery. Cannot be applied to items lower than level 350.

+315 Mastery

+315 Mastery

76%

Permanently enchants a ring with Beledar's radiance, increasing Mastery by 220. Cannot be applied to items lower than level 350.

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Wrist

+1000 Speed

+1000 Speed

68%

Permanently enchants bracers with ancient magic that chants with power, granting 700 Speed. Cannot be applied to items lower than level 350.

+2040 Leech

+2040 Leech

12%

Permanently enchants bracers with ancient magic that chants with power, granting 1425 Leech. Cannot be applied to items lower than level 350.

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

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Best Class Talents

Tier 1

Best Hero Talents

Tier 1

Best Specialization Talents

Tier 1

Best PvP Talents

Strangulate

Strangulate

88%

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

Spellwarden

Spellwarden

56%

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

Deathchill

Deathchill

52%

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

34%

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.

Delirium

Delirium

32%

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

Bloodforged Armor

Bloodforged Armor

22%

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

Shroud of Winter

Shroud of Winter

8%

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

Dark Simulacrum

Dark Simulacrum

2%

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.