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Frost Death Knight

  • Rated Battlegrounds
  • 2 players
  • Last Updated: 19 hours ago

See what 2 high-rated Rated Battlegrounds characters are using, based on the PvPLeaderboard rankings available for this update.

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

Shortnstout

Shortnstout

<rbgs and rhino pills>Tichondrius (us)

Talents (Class)

March of Darkness
Asphyxiate

Talents (Specialization)

-

Talents (Hero)

Rune Carved Plates
Dark Talons
Death's Messenger

Talents (PvP)

Delirium
Strangulate
Bitter Chill
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<Exílium>Quel'Thalas (us)

Talents (Class)

Wraith Walk
Asphyxiate

Talents (Specialization)

-

Talents (Hero)

Rune Carved Plates
Dark Talons
Death's Messenger

Talents (PvP)

Dark Simulacrum
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 ? and for the Horde is Troll

Best Items

Trinket Combinations

50% 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)

50% 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)

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 Masterful Peridot
Flawless Masterful Peridot

Flawless Masterful Peridot

50%

+16 Haste & +7 Mastery

Versatile Amethyst

Versatile Amethyst

17%

+12 Mastery & +5 Versatility

Masterful Lapis

Masterful Lapis

17%

+12 Versatility & +5 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 Prismatic Focusing Iris on a Ring 1 item
Prismatic Focusing Iris

Prismatic Focusing Iris

100%

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 150%
  • Ring 250%
Arcanoweave Lining

Arcanoweave Lining

50%

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.

  • Wrist100%

Best Enchants

Percentages use the 2 characters in this dataset. A value above 100% means the enchant appears more than 2 times, usually because the same enchant is applied to both rings.
Chest icon

Chest

Enchant Chest - Mark of Nalorakk

50%

Enchant Chest - Mark of Nalorakk

Legs icon

Legs

Thalassian Scout Armor Kit

50%

+24 Agility/Strength

Main Hand icon

Main Hand

Rune of Razorice

100%

Rune of Razorice

Ring icon

Ring

Enchant Ring - Zul'jin's Mastery

200%

Enchant Ring - Zul'jin's 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 2 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
0%
Runic Attenuation
100%
Improved Death Strike
100%
Cleaving Strikes
0%
Mind Freeze
100%
Blinding Sleet
100%
Gloom Ward
100%
2 / 2
Wraith Walk
100%
Unholy Momentum
100%
2 / 2
Control Undead
0%
Enfeeble
0%
Coldthirst
100%
Proliferating Chill
100%
Permafrost
50%
Veteran of the Third War
100%
Death Pact
50%
Brittle
100%
Blood Bond
0%
Icy Talons
100%
Death Notes
0%
Anti-Magic Zone
100%
Death Defiance
50%
Unholy Bond
100%
Ice Prison
0%
Asphyxiate
100%
Assimilation
50%
Anti-Magic Barrier
100%
Grip of the Dead
100%
Suppression
100%
Blood Scent
50%
Unholy Endurance
100%
Osmosis
100%
Insidious Chill
50%
Runic Protection
100%
Blood Draw
100%
Rune Mastery
100%
2 / 2
Subduing Grasp
0%
Will of the Necropolis
100%
2 / 2
Null Magic
100%
Unyielding Will
0%
Death's Echo
100%
Vestigial Shell
0%

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

Best PvP Talents

Strangulate

Strangulate

100%

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.

Bitter Chill

Bitter Chill

50%

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

Spellwarden

Spellwarden

50%

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

Dark Simulacrum

Dark Simulacrum

50%

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.