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Frost Death Knight

  • Solo Shuffle
  • 50 players
  • Last Updated: 19 hours ago

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

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<bis>Burning Legion (eu)

Talents (class)

Wraith Walk
Asphyxiate

Talents (spec)

-

Talents (hero)

Rune Carved Plates
Dark Talons
Death's Messenger

Talents (pvp)

Strangulate
Bloodforged Armor
Spellwarden
Toxicant

Toxicant

<well connected>Zul'jin (us)

Talents (class)

Wraith Walk
Asphyxiate

Talents (spec)

-

Talents (hero)

Rune Carved Plates
Dark Talons
Death's Messenger

Talents (pvp)

Strangulate
Bloodforged Armor
Spellwarden
Cølbz

Cølbz

<DRACO CLEAVE>Icecrown (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

31% 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 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)

17% 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)

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

50%

+16 Mastery & +7 Versatility

Enduring Heliotrope

Enduring Heliotrope

17%

+23 Primary Stat and +5% Damage Reduction when affected by Crowd Control

Flawless Masterful Lapis

Flawless Masterful Lapis

11%

+16 Versatility & +7 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 Arcanoweave Lining on a Waist item
Arcanoweave Lining

Arcanoweave Lining

112%

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 29 and your ally's Primary Stat by 7.

  • Waist33%
  • Feet30%
  • Wrist17%
  • Back14%
  • Chest5%
  • Legs2%
Prismatic Focusing Iris

Prismatic Focusing Iris

49%

Equip: Your spells and abilities have a chance to activate the Iris, firing a focused beam of light at your target and dealing 1,133 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 248%
  • Ring 138%
  • Neck14%
Devouring Banding

Devouring Banding

32%

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.

  • Back37%
  • Feet37%
  • Wrist16%
  • Waist11%

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

3%
Chest icon

Chest

Enchant Chest - Mark of the Worldsoul

59%

Enchant Chest - Mark of the Worldsoul

Enchant Chest - Mark of Nalorakk

36%

Enchant Chest - Mark of Nalorakk

Feet icon

Feet

Enchant Boots - Farstrider's Hunt

69%

Enchant Boots - Farstrider's Hunt

Enchant Boots - Shaladrassil's Roots

8%

Enchant Boots - Shaladrassil's Roots

Legs icon

Legs

Forest Hunter's Armor Kit

90%

+41 Agility/Strength & +115 Stamina

Thalassian Scout Armor Kit

3%

+24 Agility/Strength

Main Hand icon

Main Hand

Rune of the Fallen Crusader

83%

Rune of the Fallen Crusader

Rune of the Apocalypse

17%

Rune of the Apocalypse

Ring icon

Ring

Enchant Ring - Zul'jin's Mastery

129%

Enchant Ring - Zul'jin's Mastery

Enchant Ring - Amani Mastery

29%

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
86.4%
Death Strike
86.4%
Raise Dead
5.1%
Runic Attenuation
86.4%
Improved Death Strike
86.4%
Cleaving Strikes
5.1%
Mind Freeze
86.4%
Blinding Sleet
86.4%
Gloom Ward
86.4%
2 / 2
Wraith Walk
86.4%
Unholy Momentum
86.4%
2 / 2
Control Undead
0%
Enfeeble
1.7%
Coldthirst
74.6%
Proliferating Chill
83.1%
Permafrost
45.8%
Veteran of the Third War
86.4%
Death Pact
84.7%
Brittle
86.4%
Blood Bond
0%
Icy Talons
86.4%
Death Notes
0%
Anti-Magic Zone
83.1%
Death Defiance
79.7%
Unholy Bond
86.4%
Ice Prison
0%
Asphyxiate
86.4%
Assimilation
37.3%
Anti-Magic Barrier
86.4%
Grip of the Dead
66.1%
Suppression
86.4%
Blood Scent
30.5%
Unholy Endurance
81.4%
Osmosis
83.1%
Insidious Chill
22%
Runic Protection
84.7%
Blood Draw
74.6%
Rune Mastery
86.4%
2 / 2
Subduing Grasp
5.1%
Will of the Necropolis
86.4%
2 / 2
Null Magic
86.4%
Unyielding Will
0%
Death's Echo
86.4%
Vestigial Shell
3.4%

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
86.4%
Obliterate
86.4%
Howling Blast
86.4%
Killing Machine
86.4%
Empower Rune Weapon
86.4%
Frostscythe
1.7%
Arctic Assault
86.4%
Runic Overflow
86.4%
2 / 2
Frostbound Will
86.4%
Runic Command
3.4%
1 / 2
Biting Cold
1.7%
Inexorable Assault
44.1%
Frostreaper
86.4%
Pillar of Frost
86.4%
Icy Onslaught
84.7%
Gathering Storm
1.7%
Murderous Efficiency
79.7%
Rage of the Frozen Champion
84.7%
Enduring Strength
86.4%
Frozen Dominion
86.4%
Frigid Executioner
83.1%
Howling Blades
86.4%
Cryogenic Chamber
5.1%
Frostwyrm's Fury
86.4%
Everfrost
8.5%
Northwinds
79.7%
Bonegrinder
86.4%
2 / 2
Smothering Offense
47.5%
Avalanche
76.3%
Icebreaker
86.4%
2 / 2
Obliteration
86.4%
Icy Death Torrent
0%
Shattering Blade
1.7%
Hyperpyrexia
86.4%
Killing Streak
86.4%
The Long Winter
0%
Frostbane
0%
Breath of Sindragosa
86.4%
Chosen of Frostbrood
259.3%

Best PvP Talents

Strangulate

Strangulate

85%

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

Spellwarden

Spellwarden

71%

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

Delirium

Delirium

44%

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

Bloodforged Armor

Bloodforged Armor

37%

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

Deathchill

Deathchill

8%

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

5%

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.

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.

Bitter Chill

Bitter Chill

3%

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