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Frost Death Knight

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

PvE GuideRaid logs, Mythic+ players and PvE buildsPvP GuideRated ladder talents, gear stats and buildsACTIVE

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 21 best-geared synced characters. Averaged per player, so one heavily geared character cannot define the answer for everyone.

  • Versatility47.5%1,032 avg
  • Mastery38.2%842 avg
  • Haste11.0%243 avg
  • Critical Strike3.3%81 avg

21

Synced 3v3 players

1,539

Average rating sampled

1,878

Highest rating sampled

PvP talents

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

Live ladder data
Strangulate

Strangulate

76%

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

16 players

Spellwarden

Spellwarden

57%

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

12 players

Delirium

Delirium

48%

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

10 players

Bloodforged Armor

Bloodforged Armor

29%

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

6 players

Death's Cold Embrace

Death's Cold Embrace

14%

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.

3 players

Dark Simulacrum

Dark Simulacrum

10%

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.

2 players

Bitter Chill

Bitter Chill

5%

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

1 players

Rot and Wither

Rot and Wither

5%

Your Death and Decay rots enemies each time it deals damage, absorbing healing equal to 100% of damage dealt.

1 players

Combat toolkit

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

Pressure & burst

  • Anti-Magic Zone
    Anti-Magic Zone100%

    Places an Anti-Magic Zone for 6 sec, reducing the magic damage taken by party or raid members by 15%.

  • Asphyxiate
    Asphyxiate100%

    Increases the range of Death Grip by 10 yds. Killing an enemy that yields experience or honor resets the cooldown of Death Grip.

Most played equipment

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

Back

Venomous Aspirant's Cape

33% equipped · 263 ilvl

Back

Thalassian Competitor's Cloth Cloak

33% equipped · 292 ilvl

Chest

Baleful Grave-Knight's Breastplate

76% equipped · 292 ilvl

Frost Death Knight enchantments

  • Enchanted: +41 Agility/Strength & +115 Stamina76%
  • Enchanted: Enchant Chest - Mark of the Worldsoul76%
  • Enchanted: Rune of the Fallen Crusader71%

Talent tree choices & importable builds

Only 21 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
Brittle
Brittle100%

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

  • Death's Echo
    Death's Echo100%

    Death's Advance, Death and Decay, and Death Grip have 1 additional charge.

  • Null Magic
    Null Magic100%

    Magic damage taken is reduced by 5% and the duration of harmful Magic effects against you are reduced by 35%.

    • 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%.

    • Death Strike
      Death Strike100%

      Focuses dark power into a strike with both weapons, that deals a total of 4,890 Physical damage and heals you for 32.00% of all damage taken in the last 5 sec, minimum 11.2% of maximum health.

    • Gloom Ward
      Gloom Ward100%

      Absorbs are 30% more effective on you.

    • Improved Death Strike
      Improved Death Strike100%

      Death Strike's cost is reduced by 10, and its healing is increased by 60%.

    • Will of the Necropolis
      Will of the Necropolis100%

      Damage taken below 30% Health is reduced by 35%.

    Control & mobility

    • 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.

    • Icebound Fortitude
      Icebound Fortitude100%

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

    • March of Darkness
      March of Darkness100%

      Death's Advance grants an additional 25% movement speed over the first 3 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.

    • Frostwyrm's Fury
      Frostwyrm's Fury90%

      Summons a frostwyrm who breathes on all enemies within 40 yd in front of you, dealing 25,467 Frost damage, stunning enemies for 3 sec, and slowing movement speed by 50% for 10 sec.

    Chest

    Venomous Aspirant's Plate Armor

    24% equipped · 263 ilvl

    Feet

    Thalassian Competitor's Plate Sabatons

    43% equipped · 285 ilvl

    Feet

    Thalassian Competitor's Plate Dunkers

    24% equipped · 259 ilvl

    Hands

    Baleful Grave-Knight's Deathgrips

    81% equipped · 292 ilvl

    Hands

    Venomous Aspirant's Plate Handguards

    19% equipped · 263 ilvl

    Head

    Venomous Aspirant's Plate Helm

    52% equipped · 263 ilvl

    Head

    Baleful Grave-Knight's Casque

    24% equipped · 292 ilvl

    Legs

    Venomous Aspirant's Plate Wargreaves

    67% equipped · 263 ilvl

    Legs

    Thalassian Competitor's Plate Greaves

    19% equipped · 292 ilvl

    Main Hand

    Venomous Aspirant's Polearm

    62% equipped · 263 ilvl

    Main Hand

    Venomous Aspirant's Sword

    14% equipped · 263 ilvl

    Neck

    Thalassian Competitor's Amulet

    48% equipped · 285 ilvl

    Neck

    Venomous Aspirant's Pendant

    38% equipped · 263 ilvl

    Off Hand

    Venomous Aspirant's Sword

    14% equipped · 263 ilvl

    Off Hand

    Jaw of the Shackled Goddess

    5% equipped · 308 ilvl

    Ring 1

    Thalassian Competitor's Signet

    67% equipped · 285 ilvl

    Ring 1

    Venomous Aspirant's Signet

    19% equipped · 263 ilvl

    Ring 2

    Thalassian Competitor's Signet

    67% equipped · 285 ilvl

    Ring 2

    Venomous Aspirant's Ring

    10% equipped · 263 ilvl

    Shirt

    Wound Dressing

    5% equipped · 1 ilvl

    Shirt

    Lucky Shirt

    5% equipped · 1 ilvl

    Shoulders

    Venomous Aspirant's Plate Pauldrons

    33% equipped · 263 ilvl

    Shoulders

    Thalassian Competitor's Plate Pauldrons

    24% equipped · 285 ilvl

    Tabard

    Galactic Gladiator's Tabard

    19% equipped · 1 ilvl

    Tabard

    Forged Gladiator's Tabard

    5% equipped · 1 ilvl

    Trinket 1

    Venomous Aspirant's Badge of Ferocity

    38% equipped · 263 ilvl

    Trinket 1

    Venomous Aspirant's Medallion

    29% equipped · 263 ilvl

    Trinket 2

    Venomous Aspirant's Medallion

    29% equipped · 259 ilvl

    Trinket 2

    Venomous Aspirant's Insignia of Alacrity

    24% equipped · 263 ilvl

    Waist

    Thalassian Competitor's Plate Waistguard

    52% equipped · 288 ilvl

    Waist

    Venomous Aspirant's Plate Girdle

    33% equipped · 263 ilvl

    Wrist

    Thalassian Competitor's Plate Armguards

    38% equipped · 285 ilvl

    Wrist

    Venomous Aspirant's Plate Cuffs

    29% equipped · 263 ilvl

    Enchanted: Enchant Ring - Zul'jin's Mastery
    67%
  • Enchanted: Enchant Shoulders - Akil'zon's Swiftness67%
  • Enchanted: Enchant Boots - Farstrider's Hunt57%
  • Enchanted: Enchant Helm - Empowered Blessing of Speed52%
  • Enchanted: Enchant Chest - Mark of Nalorakk19%

    • Frost Death Knight gems & sockets

    • Enduring Heliotrope · +23 Primary Stat and +5% Damage Reduction when affected by Crowd Control81%
    • Flawless Versatile Amethyst · +16 Mastery & +7 Versatility57%
    • Flawless Masterful Lapis · +16 Versatility & +7 Mastery19%
    • Prismatic Socket19%
    • Flawless Quick Amethyst · +16 Mastery & +7 Haste14%
    • Flawless Masterful Peridot · +16 Haste & +7 Mastery10%
    • Flawless Deadly Amethyst · +16 Mastery & +7 Critical Strike5%
    • Flawless Masterful Garnet · +16 Critical Strike & +7 Mastery5%