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Frost Death Knight

  • Rated Battlegrounds
  • 60 players
  • Last Updated: 2 hours ago

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

Ðepravity

Ðepravity

<핸디캡승리>Argent Dawn (eu)

Talents (class)

Wraith Walk
Asphyxiate

Talents (spec)

-

Talents (hero)

Rune Carved Plates
Dark Talons
Death's Messenger

Talents (pvp)

Delirium
Strangulate
Spellwarden
Daelyx

Daelyx

<Aegis>Archimonde (eu)

Talents (class)

Wraith Walk
Asphyxiate

Talents (spec)

-

Talents (hero)

Rune Carved Plates
Dark Talons
Death's Messenger

Talents (pvp)

Strangulate
Spellwarden
Death's Cold Embrace
Buckybarns

Buckybarns

<Khaos Theory>Area 52 (us)

Talents (class)

Wraith Walk
Asphyxiate

Talents (spec)

-

Talents (hero)

Death Charge
Pact of the Apocalypse
A Feast of Souls

Talents (pvp)

Strangulate
Bloodforged Armor
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

43% 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)

25% 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)

3% 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 Badge of Ferocity

Galactic Aspirant's Badge of Ferocity

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

25%

+16 Mastery & +7 Versatility

Flawless Masterful Lapis

Flawless Masterful Lapis

14%

+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

80%

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 150%
  • Ring 242%
  • Neck8%
Devouring Banding

Devouring Banding

30%

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.

  • Feet39%
  • Wrist28%
  • Back17%
  • Waist6%
  • Legs6%
  • Shoulders6%
Arcanoweave Lining

Arcanoweave Lining

17%

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 23 and your ally's Primary Stat by 6.

  • Waist40%
  • Feet40%
  • Wrist10%
  • Back10%

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

23%

Enchant Chest - Mark of Nalorakk

Enchant Chest - Mark of the Worldsoul

17%

Enchant Chest - Mark of the Worldsoul

Feet icon

Feet

Enchant Boots - Farstrider's Hunt

30%

Enchant Boots - Farstrider's Hunt

Enchant Boots - Shaladrassil's Roots

8%

Enchant Boots - Shaladrassil's Roots

Legs icon

Legs

Forest Hunter's Armor Kit

37%

+41 Agility/Strength & +115 Stamina

Thalassian Scout Armor Kit

5%

+24 Agility/Strength

Main Hand icon

Main Hand

Rune of the Fallen Crusader

62%

Rune of the Fallen Crusader

Rune of Razorice

25%

Rune of Razorice

Off Hand icon

Off Hand

Rune of the Fallen Crusader

5%

Rune of the Fallen Crusader

Ring icon

Ring

Enchant Ring - Zul'jin's Mastery

45%

Enchant Ring - Zul'jin's Mastery

Enchant Ring - Amani Mastery

35%

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 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
91.7%
Death Strike
91.7%
Raise Dead
25%
Runic Attenuation
91.7%
Improved Death Strike
91.7%
Cleaving Strikes
21.7%
Mind Freeze
91.7%
Blinding Sleet
91.7%
Gloom Ward
88.3%
2 / 2
Wraith Walk
88.3%
Unholy Momentum
91.7%
2 / 2
Control Undead
0%
Enfeeble
13.3%
Coldthirst
63.3%
Proliferating Chill
80%
Permafrost
45%
Veteran of the Third War
91.7%
Death Pact
80%
Brittle
90%
Blood Bond
1.7%
Icy Talons
91.7%
Death Notes
3.3%
Anti-Magic Zone
83.3%
Death Defiance
75%
Unholy Bond
91.7%
Ice Prison
1.7%
Asphyxiate
91.7%
Assimilation
35%
Anti-Magic Barrier
91.7%
Grip of the Dead
51.7%
Suppression
88.3%
Blood Scent
38.3%
Unholy Endurance
86.7%
Osmosis
78.3%
Insidious Chill
46.7%
Runic Protection
80%
Blood Draw
83.3%
Rune Mastery
91.7%
2 / 2
Subduing Grasp
16.7%
Will of the Necropolis
91.7%
2 / 2
Null Magic
86.7%
Unyielding Will
5%
Death's Echo
91.7%
Vestigial Shell
15%

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
91.7%
Obliterate
91.7%
Howling Blast
91.7%
Killing Machine
91.7%
Empower Rune Weapon
91.7%
Frostscythe
33.3%
Arctic Assault
91.7%
Runic Overflow
83.3%
2 / 2
Frostbound Will
91.7%
Runic Command
3.3%
2 / 2
Biting Cold
31.7%
Inexorable Assault
35%
Frostreaper
91.7%
Pillar of Frost
91.7%
Icy Onslaught
60%
Gathering Storm
31.7%
Murderous Efficiency
71.7%
Rage of the Frozen Champion
90%
Enduring Strength
90%
Frozen Dominion
90%
Frigid Executioner
60%
Howling Blades
70%
Cryogenic Chamber
35%
Frostwyrm's Fury
91.7%
Everfrost
33.3%
Northwinds
83.3%
Bonegrinder
91.7%
2 / 2
Smothering Offense
43.3%
Avalanche
50%
Icebreaker
90%
2 / 2
Obliteration
91.7%
Icy Death Torrent
11.7%
Shattering Blade
16.7%
Hyperpyrexia
90%
Killing Streak
90%
The Long Winter
0%
Frostbane
1.7%
Breath of Sindragosa
90%
Chosen of Frostbrood
275%

Best PvP Talents

Strangulate

Strangulate

78%

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.

Deathchill

Deathchill

42%

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.

Spellwarden

Spellwarden

37%

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

Death's Cold Embrace

Death's Cold Embrace

28%

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.

Bloodforged Armor

Bloodforged Armor

27%

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

Bitter Chill

Bitter Chill

8%

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

Dark Simulacrum

Dark Simulacrum

5%

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.