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Frost Death Knight

  • Solo Shuffle
  • 50 players
  • Last Updated: 22 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

Ädåm

Ädåm

<bis>Drak'thul (eu)

Talents (class)

Wraith Walk
Asphyxiate

Talents (spec)

-

Talents (hero)

Rune Carved Plates
Dark Talons
Death's Messenger

Talents (pvp)

Strangulate
Bloodforged Armor
Spellwarden
Jüdås

Jüdås

<bis>Xavius (eu)

Talents (class)

Wraith Walk
Asphyxiate

Talents (spec)

-

Talents (hero)

Rune Carved Plates
Dark Talons
Death's Messenger

Talents (pvp)

Strangulate
Bloodforged Armor
Spellwarden
Përfêçtgïrl

Përfêçtgïrl

<bis>Xavius (eu)

Talents (class)

Wraith Walk
Asphyxiate

Talents (spec)

-

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 Human and for the Horde is Orc

Best Items

Trinket Combinations

62% of the best players use this combination
Galactic Gladiator's Medallion

Galactic Gladiator's Medallion

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

Galactic Gladiator's Badge of Ferocity

Galactic Gladiator's Badge of Ferocity

Use: Increases primary stat by 208 for 15 sec. (1 Min Cooldown)

33% of the best players use this combination
Galactic Gladiator's Medallion

Galactic Gladiator's Medallion

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

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.

3% of the best players use this combination
Light Company Guidon

Light Company Guidon

Equip: You are a volunteer of the Vanguard of the Light.

Use: Lead the charge to gain 706 Haste for 15 sec. All Vanguard of the Light volunteers within 40 yards also gain 176 Speed for 6 sec. (1 Min 30 Sec Cooldown)

Gaze of the Alnseer

Gaze of the Alnseer

Equip: Your damage and healing has a chance to grant you Alnsight for 12 sec. While active, casting spells and abilities manifests unstable Alnscorned and consumes their essence to grant you 37 Strength for 12 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 Flawless Versatile Amethyst
Flawless Versatile Amethyst

Flawless Versatile Amethyst

53%

+16 Mastery & +7 Versatility

Flawless Masterful Lapis

Flawless Masterful Lapis

16%

+16 Versatility & +7 Mastery

Enduring Heliotrope

Enduring Heliotrope

15%

+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 Arcanoweave Lining on a Feet item
Arcanoweave Lining

Arcanoweave Lining

143%

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.

  • Feet40%
  • Waist38%
  • Back9%
  • Wrist9%
  • Legs2%
  • Shoulders1%
Prismatic Focusing Iris

Prismatic Focusing Iris

30%

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 244%
  • Ring 133%
  • Neck22%
Devouring Banding

Devouring Banding

17%

Equip: Your damaging spells and abilities can cause you to heed the whispers and fire a Devouring Bolt at your target, dealing 1,463 Cosmic damage. This bolt devours their strength, seizing 91 of your highest secondary stat for you for 10 sec.

  • Feet40%
  • Waist20%
  • Wrist20%
  • Hands10%
  • Legs10%

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

2%
Chest icon

Chest

Enchant Chest - Mark of the Worldsoul

67%

Enchant Chest - Mark of the Worldsoul

Enchant Chest - Mark of Nalorakk

32%

Enchant Chest - Mark of Nalorakk

Feet icon

Feet

Enchant Boots - Farstrider's Hunt

83%

Enchant Boots - Farstrider's Hunt

Enchant Boots - Lynx's Dexterity

3%

Enchant Boots - Lynx's Dexterity

Hands icon

Hands

Heavy Knothide Armor Kit

5%

+3 Stamina

Legs icon

Legs

Forest Hunter's Armor Kit

97%

+41 Agility/Strength & +115 Stamina

Blood Knight's Armor Kit

2%

+41 Agility/Strength & +27 Armor

Main Hand icon

Main Hand

Rune of the Fallen Crusader

80%

Rune of the Fallen Crusader

Rune of Razorice

17%

Rune of Razorice

Off Hand icon

Off Hand

Rune of the Fallen Crusader

3%

Rune of the Fallen Crusader

Rune of Razorice

2%

Rune of Razorice

Ring icon

Ring

Enchant Ring - Zul'jin's Mastery

113%

Enchant Ring - Zul'jin's Mastery

Enchant Ring - Silvermoon's Tenacity

40%

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
98.3%
Death Strike
98.3%
Raise Dead
3.3%
Runic Attenuation
98.3%
Improved Death Strike
98.3%
Cleaving Strikes
3.3%
Mind Freeze
98.3%
Blinding Sleet
98.3%
Gloom Ward
98.3%
2 / 2
Wraith Walk
98.3%
Unholy Momentum
98.3%
2 / 2
Control Undead
0%
Enfeeble
0%
Coldthirst
88.3%
Proliferating Chill
96.7%
Permafrost
50%
Veteran of the Third War
98.3%
Death Pact
90%
Brittle
98.3%
Blood Bond
0%
Icy Talons
98.3%
Death Notes
0%
Anti-Magic Zone
98.3%
Death Defiance
88.3%
Unholy Bond
98.3%
Ice Prison
0%
Asphyxiate
98.3%
Assimilation
48.3%
Anti-Magic Barrier
98.3%
Grip of the Dead
88.3%
Suppression
98.3%
Blood Scent
21.7%
Unholy Endurance
95%
Osmosis
96.7%
Insidious Chill
18.3%
Runic Protection
95%
Blood Draw
86.7%
Rune Mastery
98.3%
2 / 2
Subduing Grasp
10%
Will of the Necropolis
98.3%
2 / 2
Null Magic
96.7%
Unyielding Will
0%
Death's Echo
98.3%
Vestigial Shell
5%

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
98.3%
Obliterate
98.3%
Howling Blast
98.3%
Killing Machine
98.3%
Empower Rune Weapon
98.3%
Frostscythe
10%
Arctic Assault
98.3%
Runic Overflow
98.3%
2 / 2
Frostbound Will
98.3%
Runic Command
1.7%
2 / 2
Biting Cold
10%
Inexorable Assault
65%
Frostreaper
96.7%
Pillar of Frost
98.3%
Icy Onslaught
88.3%
Gathering Storm
10%
Murderous Efficiency
48.3%
Rage of the Frozen Champion
96.7%
Enduring Strength
96.7%
Frozen Dominion
96.7%
Frigid Executioner
90%
Howling Blades
88.3%
Cryogenic Chamber
10%
Frostwyrm's Fury
98.3%
Everfrost
8.3%
Northwinds
98.3%
Bonegrinder
98.3%
2 / 2
Smothering Offense
76.7%
Avalanche
66.7%
Icebreaker
98.3%
2 / 2
Obliteration
98.3%
Icy Death Torrent
3.3%
Shattering Blade
23.3%
Hyperpyrexia
96.7%
Killing Streak
98.3%
The Long Winter
1.7%
Frostbane
0%
Breath of Sindragosa
96.7%
Chosen of Frostbrood
295%

Best PvP Talents

Strangulate

Strangulate

98%

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

Spellwarden

Spellwarden

78%

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

Bloodforged Armor

Bloodforged Armor

45%

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

Delirium

Delirium

43%

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

Deathchill

Deathchill

13%

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.

Dark Simulacrum

Dark Simulacrum

12%

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.

Death's Cold Embrace

Death's Cold Embrace

3%

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

2%

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