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Frost Death Knight

Damage specialisation · Tier C in PvP, 1.1% of the sample

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Rated PvP data

A complete live guide built from rated Battle.net profiles: bracket-specific talents, PvP talents, gear, gems, enchantments, statistics and importable builds. PvE raid casts are never presented as PvP advice.

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Secondary stats

Secondary stat split across the 11 best-geared synced characters. Averaged per player, so one heavily geared character cannot define the answer for everyone.

  • Versatility50.3%1,089 avg
  • Mastery38.5%838 avg
  • Haste8.9%193 avg
  • Critical Strike2.2%49 avg

11

Synced 2v2 players

1,695

Average rating sampled

2,005

Highest rating sampled

PvP talents

The three dedicated PvP slots, measured from Battle.net profiles.

Live ladder data
Strangulate

Strangulate

73%

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

8 players

Spellwarden

Spellwarden

45%

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

5 players

Bloodforged Armor

Bloodforged Armor

36%

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

4 players

Delirium

Delirium

36%

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

4 players

Bitter Chill

Bitter Chill

9%

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

1 players

Dark Simulacrum

Dark Simulacrum

9%

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.

1 players

Death's Cold Embrace

Death's Cold Embrace

9%

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.

1 players

Combat toolkit

Common high-rated choices grouped by purpose. This is a PvP toolkit, not a fake raid rotation.

Pressure & burst

  • Arctic Assault
    Arctic Assault100%

    Consuming Killing Machine fires a Glacial Advance through your target at 60% effectiveness.

  • Bind in Darkness
    Bind in Darkness100%

    Rime empowered Howling Blast deals 60% increased damage to its main target, and is now Shadowfrost. Shadowfrost damage applies 2 stacks to Reaper's Mark and 4 stacks when it is a critical strike.

Most played equipment

Top two choices per slot among the highest-rated hydrated profiles.

Back

Venomous Aspirant's Cape

55% equipped · 263 ilvl

Back

Thalassian Competitor's Cloth Cloak

36% equipped · 263 ilvl

Chest

Venomous Aspirant's Plate Armor

64% equipped · 263 ilvl

Frost Death Knight enchantments

  • Enchanted: +41 Agility/Strength & +115 Stamina82%
  • Enchanted: Enchant Boots - Farstrider's Hunt73%
  • Enchanted: Enchant Ring - Zul'jin's Mastery73%

Talent tree choices & importable builds

Only 11 synced characters play this specialisation so far, which is too few to report pick rates from.

A percentage drawn from a handful of players is noise wearing the costume of data, and a reader cannot tell the difference. This fills in as the background sync works through the ladder.

Learn the spec

This page measures what players do. For rotation, stat priority and matchup play, these are the references.

  • Skill-CappedpvpArena guides, matchup play and comp theory. Subscription, and the standard reference for PvP.
  • Murlok.iopvpTalent and gear data from the PvP ladder, broken down per bracket.

Other Death Knight specs

  • Blood
  • Unholy
Bonegrinder
Bonegrinder100%

Consuming Killing Machine grants 1% critical strike chance for 10 sec, stacking up to 5 times. At 5 stacks your next Killing Machine consumes the stacks and grants you 20% increased Frost damage for 10 sec.

  • Brittle
    Brittle100%

    Your diseases have a chance to weaken your enemy causing your attacks against them to deal 6% increased damage for 5 sec.

  • Chosen of Frostbrood
    Chosen of Frostbrood100%

    All Frost damage increased by 10%. Frostwyrm's Fury deals 100% increased damage. After the Frostwyrm flies away, you may cast Frostwyrm's Fury again to recall it at 50% effectiveness.

    • Survival

    • Anti-Magic Barrier
      Anti-Magic Barrier100%

      Reduces the cooldown of Anti-Magic Shell by 20 sec and increases its duration and amount absorbed by 40%.

    • Blood Draw
      Blood Draw100%

      When you fall below 30% health you drain 3,182 health from nearby enemies, the damage you take is reduced by 10% and your Death Strike cost is reduced by 10 for 8 sec. Can only occur every 2 min.

    • Breath of Sindragosa
      Breath of Sindragosa100%

      Call upon Sindragosa's aid in battle for 8 sec, continuously dealing 4,886 Frost damage every 1 sec to enemies in a cone in front of you. Consuming Killing Machine or Rime increases the duration by 0.8 sec. Deals reduced damage to secondary targets. Grants a charge of Empower Rune Weapon at the start and 2 Runes at the end.

    • Death Defiance
      Death Defiance100%

      The cooldown of Death Pact is reduced by 30 sec, and you receive 50% increased healing while its healing absorb is active.

    • Death Pact
      Death Pact100%

      Create a death pact that heals you for 50% of your maximum health, but absorbs incoming healing equal to 30% of your max health for 15 sec.

    Control & mobility

    • Asphyxiate
      Asphyxiate100%

      Lifts the enemy target off the ground, crushing their throat with dark energy and stunning them for 5 sec.

    • Blinding Sleet
      Blinding Sleet100%

      Targets in a cone in front of you are blinded, causing them to wander disoriented for 5 sec. Damage may cancel the effect. When Blinding Sleet ends, enemies are slowed by 50% for 6 sec.

    • Frostwyrm's Fury
      Frostwyrm's Fury100%

      Summons a frostwyrm who breathes on all enemies within 40 yd in front of you, dealing 26,742 Frost damage, stunning enemies for 3 sec, and slowing movement speed by 50% for 10 sec.

    • Icebound Fortitude
      Icebound Fortitude100%

      Your blood freezes, granting immunity to Stun effects and reducing all damage you take by 30% for 8 sec.

    • Mind Freeze
      Mind Freeze100%

      Smash the target's mind with cold, interrupting spellcasting and preventing any spell in that school from being cast for 5 sec.

    Chest

    Baleful Grave-Knight's Breastplate

    27% equipped · 292 ilvl

    Feet

    Venomous Aspirant's Plate Warboots

    55% equipped · 263 ilvl

    Feet

    Thalassian Competitor's Plate Sabatons

    27% equipped · 288 ilvl

    Hands

    Baleful Grave-Knight's Deathgrips

    45% equipped · 292 ilvl

    Hands

    Venomous Aspirant's Plate Handguards

    36% equipped · 263 ilvl

    Head

    Baleful Grave-Knight's Casque

    45% equipped · 292 ilvl

    Head

    Venomous Aspirant's Plate Helm

    36% equipped · 263 ilvl

    Legs

    Venomous Aspirant's Plate Wargreaves

    64% equipped · 263 ilvl

    Legs

    Thalassian Competitor's Plate Greaves

    18% equipped · 292 ilvl

    Main Hand

    Venomous Aspirant's Polearm

    82% equipped · 263 ilvl

    Main Hand

    Thalassian Competitor's Greatsword

    9% equipped · 263 ilvl

    Neck

    Venomous Aspirant's Pendant

    55% equipped · 263 ilvl

    Neck

    Thalassian Competitor's Amulet

    36% equipped · 285 ilvl

    Off Hand

    Venomous Aspirant's Sword

    9% equipped · 263 ilvl

    Ring 1

    Thalassian Competitor's Signet

    64% equipped · 285 ilvl

    Ring 1

    Venomous Aspirant's Signet

    27% equipped · 263 ilvl

    Ring 2

    Thalassian Competitor's Signet

    82% equipped · 285 ilvl

    Ring 2

    Venomous Gladiator's Signet

    9% equipped · 292 ilvl

    Shirt

    White Swashbuckler's Shirt

    9% equipped · 1 ilvl

    Shirt

    Wound Dressing

    9% equipped · 1 ilvl

    Shoulders

    Thalassian Competitor's Plate Pauldrons

    27% equipped · 285 ilvl

    Shoulders

    Venomous Aspirant's Plate Pauldrons

    27% equipped · 263 ilvl

    Tabard

    Galactic Gladiator's Tabard

    27% equipped · 1 ilvl

    Tabard

    Galactic Gladiator's Tabard

    18% equipped · 1 ilvl

    Trinket 1

    Venomous Aspirant's Badge of Ferocity

    55% equipped · 263 ilvl

    Trinket 1

    Venomous Aspirant's Medallion

    18% equipped · 263 ilvl

    Trinket 2

    Venomous Aspirant's Medallion

    55% equipped · 263 ilvl

    Trinket 2

    Venomous Aspirant's Medallion

    18% equipped · 259 ilvl

    Waist

    Thalassian Competitor's Plate Waistguard

    45% equipped · 288 ilvl

    Waist

    Venomous Aspirant's Plate Girdle

    36% equipped · 263 ilvl

    Wrist

    Thalassian Competitor's Plate Armguards

    55% equipped · 263 ilvl

    Wrist

    Venomous Aspirant's Plate Cuffs

    18% equipped · 263 ilvl

    Enchanted: Enchant Helm - Empowered Blessing of Speed
    64%
  • Enchanted: Enchant Shoulders - Akil'zon's Swiftness64%
  • Enchanted: Rune of the Fallen Crusader64%
  • Enchanted: Enchant Chest - Mark of the Worldsoul55%
  • Enchanted: Rune of Razorice36%

    • Frost Death Knight gems & sockets

    • Flawless Versatile Amethyst · +16 Mastery & +7 Versatility91%
    • Enduring Heliotrope · +23 Primary Stat and +5% Damage Reduction when affected by Crowd Control82%
    • Prismatic Socket27%
    • Flawless Masterful Lapis · +14 Versatility & +6 Mastery9%
    • Versatile Amethyst · +12 Mastery & +5 Versatility9%