Frost Death Knight DPS Guide - Midnight (12.0.1)

The one whose name was once whispered by the very forests of Lordaeron is undoubtedly dead now. However, his warriors, the Death Knights, remain—at least on the surface. In this Frost Death Knight Guide, we will offer an in-depth look at the changes the Death Knights have undergone in the upcoming expansion, along with the fundamentals of their gameplay.

Frost Death Knight Overview

Frost Death Knight is a melee DPS spec that has high burst and cleave capabilities. It can wield both two-handed weapons as well as one-handed weapons. It also has a good raid cooldown in the form of Anti-Magic Zone.

Frost Death Knight Strengths and Weaknesses

Strengths

• Solid single target with 45 seconds burst profile.
• Incredibly tanky overall.
• Very strong cleave.
• Great add control with Death Grip.
• Knockback prevention with Death's Advance.
• Immunity to many magical debuffs via Anti-Magic Shell.
• Anti-Magic Zone as a Magic damage raid cooldown.

Weaknesses

• Limited mobility.
• Limited Mythic+ utility.
• Limited spread add cleave.
• Doesn't bring a very powerful raid buff.
• Susceptile to forced downtime during Cooldowns.

Frost Death Knight Basic Gameplay

Frost Death Knight is a spec that is all about managing your resources and making the most out of your cooldown windows. To maximize your damage as a Frost Death Knight, you need to be able to position yourself well, especially while using talents like Breath of Sindragosa and Glacial Advance.

Frost Death Knight 11.2 Changes

Frost received a major overhaul in Patch 11.2, including numerous new, removed, and updated talents. Additionally, new tier sets are now Hero-Talent specific, meaning there is a separate set for Rider of the Apocalypse and Deathbringer rather than one set per specialization.

The guide has been updated to reflect the new talent trees and recommended builds. The rotation has been revised to accommodate the rework, and the gear page now includes updated BiS gear as well as new pieces, including the Reshii Wraps cloak.

The Frost playstyle has changed in several key ways. Frostscythe is now the primary AoE Rune-spending ability, replacing Obliterate when fighting multiple targets. Breath of Sindragosa has been redesigned, requiring an upfront cost of 60 Runic Power and being extended by Killing Machine and Rime procs. This integrates smoothly into the new rotation and synergizes strongly with Obliteration and Empower Rune Weapon. Additionally, Rime now triggers off Frost Strike and Glacial Advance, with Glacial Advance now baseline.

Frost Knight Leveling Guide for The War Within

Runeforge Choice

When selecting a Runeforge, ensure you apply the correct runes based on your weapon setup:

• For Dual-Wielding, apply Rune of Razorice to your main hand and Rune of the Fallen Crusader to your off-hand.
• For a Two-Handed weapon, use Rune of the Fallen Crusader.

Alternatively, you can choose to use Rune of Unending Thirst instead of Fallen Crusader if you prefer a healing and speed boost after defeating enemies.

For leveling, we recommend using a Two-Handed weapon for better performance.

Gear Options

When leveling up, you should always choose the piece of loot with the highest item level. The only exception to this rule is if you have a Ring or Necklace with a slightly lower item level but 2 secondary stats on it instead of 1.

Frost Death Knight PvP Talents for Leveling

Bloodforged Armor provides a solid defensive upgrade, while Deathchill helps with crowd control.

All other talents are either less impactful or offer lower damage throughput.

Frost Death Knight DPS Spec, Builds, and Talents

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Breath Raid Talents

Shattering Blade Raid Talents

AoE/Mythic+ Talents

PvP Talents (War Mode)

In this section, we rank the best PvP talents for leveling and open-world content.

• Enables PvP talents in the outdoor world.
• Increases World Quest rewards by 10% at maximum level.
• Grants 10% more experience while leveling.
• Earns Conquest Points, which can be used to obtain gear weekly.

Due to these benefits, enabling War Mode is recommended to optimize leveling speed and maximize rewards at max level. However, it also makes you vulnerable to open-world PvP, meaning you may be "ganked" while leveling or completing World Quests.

Best Hero Talents for Frost Death Knight in The War Within

Raiding Hero Talents for Frost Death Knight

Deathbringer

Deathbringer is the preferred hero talent for builds centered around Breath of Sindragosa. This ability rapidly stacks Reaper's Mark, triggering massive damage explosions—sometimes multiple times within the Pillar of Frost window.

We utilize Reaper's Mark with every Pillar of Frost activation to maximize its strength bonus during the explosion. Additionally, it synergizes with Wave of Souls, further amplifying our burst damage.

This setup is optimal before acquiring the new tier set and remains effective in encounters with strong cleave potential.

Rider of the Apocalypse

Rider of the Apocalypse synergizes effectively with Shattering Blade builds, benefiting significantly from Hungering Thirst. Additionally, the usual downside of using Frostwyrm's Fury—an "empty" GCD during Pillar of Frost—is less impactful in this build compared to Breath of Sindragosa.

This setup becomes the strongest single-target build once the new tier set is obtained, making it the preferred choice for encounters that primarily focus on single-target damage.

Mythic+ Hero Talents for Frost Death Knight

Deathbringer

For Mythic+, Deathbringer is the preferred Hero Talent build when using Breath of Sindragosa. Breath of Sindragosa excels in Mythic+ due to its strong cleave potential, making it a highly effective choice for dealing sustained AoE damage.

This build becomes even more valuable in higher keystone levels, where enemy packs survive longer, allowing Breath of Sindragosa to deliver sustained pressure throughout the encounter.

Rider of the Apocalypse

Rider of the Apocalypse is the preferred choice for builds utilizing Shattered Frost. Similar to its performance in Raid, this Hero Talent tree provides strong benefits while minimizing the impact of global cooldowns spent on casting Frostwyrm's Fury.

Additionally, Rider of the Apocalypse delivers its damage quickly, making it particularly effective in lower Mythic+ keys where enemies die faster. Lastly, if you prefer using a Two-Handed weapon, this is one of the few viable Hero Talent options that synergizes well with 2H builds.

Best Deathbringer Build for Frost Death Knight

The Deathbringer build is relatively straightforward in its execution. Grim Reaper performs approximately 2% better than Reaper of Souls, while Dark Talons outperforms Reaper's Onslaught by a significant 8% in all situations. This substantial gap is primarily due to the desynchronization of Pillar of Frost with Reaper's Mark.

Utility Choices

• Rune Carved Plates offers a reliable passive defensive boost.
• Pact of the Deathbringer provides some protection against large hits, but since Death Pact is relatively weak, this talent is a less favorable option.
• Death's Messenger is the best pick in the final choice node, providing additional defensive power and a slight DPS increase (0.2%) through a reduced cooldown on Raise Dead.
• Expelling Shield offers no meaningful benefits and is not a viable option.

Best Rider of the Apocalypse Build for Frost Death Knight

The Rider of the Apocalypse build is quite straightforward when it comes to talent choices. Fury of the Horsemen is generally stronger than A Feast of Souls by around 0.5% or more, making it the default pick in all situations.

Utility Choices

• On a Paler Horse is likely the most powerful talent for leveling but has limited usefulness in Raiding or Mythic+ content.
• Pact of the Apocalypse provides a reliable boost to raw defensive power in all types of content.
• Horsemen's Aid can be a viable option if you expect heavy magic damage and debuffs in a given encounter.

Frost Death Knight DPS Stat Priority

The Basics of Stats for Frost Death Knight

The Frost Death Knight has a consistent stat priority regardless of the build. Critical Strike is our top priority in all cases, as it significantly boosts our damage. This is due to several abilities benefiting from Critical Strike auto attacks. However, it is important not to focus too much on this fact, as we scale well with the main stat and other secondary stats as well. The general stat priority is as follows:

1. Critical Strike
2. Mastery
3. Haste
4. Versatility

Haste and Critical Strike have great synergy with the Frost Death Knight's kit, as several abilities are based on Critical Auto Attacks (which themselves scale with Critical Strike and Haste). For example, Killing Machine, Icy Death Torrent, and The Long Winter all scale with the number of critical auto attacks you can generate. The exact distribution of stats depends heavily on your build. Breath of Sindragosa loves Critical Strike, so you should stack as much of it as possible for that build. On the other hand, Shattering Blade builds require a better balance between Critical Strike, Mastery, and Haste.

Getting a Better Understanding of Frost Death Knight Stats

Strength is your primary stat, and you should prioritize it in all your upgrades. It provides Attack Power, which determines the damage of your abilities.

Haste increases your attack speed and Rune regeneration rate while reducing the global cooldown. It also increases the number of Killing Machine procs through faster attacks.

Critical Strike boosts your chance to critically hit with all spells and abilities. Crits deal double damage by default, and several effects can further increase crit damage, making crits even stronger. Crit also increases the number of Killing Machine procs by increasing critical auto attacks!

Mastery, through Mastery: Frozen Heart, increases your Frost damage, which makes up a significant portion of your total damage.

Versatility increases all your damage and healing done while reducing all damage taken.

Frost Death Knight DPS Rotation, Cooldowns, and Abilities

Here we will go over everything you will need to know to optimally play your spec for Raiding and Mythic+ scenarios.

Single Target Rotation for Frost Death Knight

1. Use Obliterate if you have a Killing Machine proc.
2. Use Frost Strike to stack up your Icy Talons and Unleashed Frenzy, or if the buffs are about to fall off.
3. Use Remorseless Winter on cooldown.
4. Use Frost Strike if you have 5 stacks of Rune of Razorice. (if Shattering Blade talented)
5. Use Howling Blast if you have a Rime proc.
6. Use Frost Strike if you have 70+ Runic Power.
7. Use Obliterate.
8. Use Frost Strike.

Multiple Target Rotation for Frost Death Knight

1. Use Death and Decay.
2. Use Obliterate if you have a Killing Machine proc.
3. Use Remorseless Winter.
4. Use Frost Strike if your Unleashed Frenzy / Icy Talons is not at max stacks, or the buffs are about to fall off, or if you have 5 stacks of Rune of Razorice and Shattered Frost talented. Tab through enemies to burst your Rune of Razorice stacks on them.
5. Use Howling Blast only if you have a Rime proc.
6. Use Obliterate.
7. Use Frost Strike.

Your AoE rotation is almost identical to your single-target rotation, with the primary difference being when Glacial Advance is used as your Runic Power spender. Death and Decay is also utilized differently, serving as your main source of cleave since Obliterate can hit up to three targets when standing in it. In AoE situations, you generally do not need to worry as much about Runic Power, and it's acceptable to cap it while prioritizing Rune Spenders.

Optimizing your AoE damage focuses on leveraging Death and Decay within your Obliteration windows effectively! For a more detailed discussion, see the Obliteration priority in AoE further down this page.

Obliteration

Opener

1. Use Abomination Limb.
2. Use Remorseless Winter.
3. Use Chill Streak.
4. Use Empower Rune Weapon + Pillar of Frost + Raise Dead + Reaper's Mark + Racial + Trinket.
5. Follow the "rotation during Obliteration priority" (below).

Rotation Priority during Pillar of Frost (Obliteration)

1. Use Obliterate if you have a stack of Killing Machine.
2. Use Frost Strike to generate a Killing Machine proc if your Unleashed Frenzy / Icy Talons will expire within the next GCD. Use Glacial Advance if using this talent and in AoE.
3. Use Frost Strike to generate a Killing Machine proc if you are at less than max stacks of Unleashed Frenzy / Icy Talons or if you have 5 stacks of Razorice and are running Shattering Blade. Use Glacial Advance if using this talent and in AoE.
4. Use Soul Reaper to generate a Killing Machine proc if you have the Reaper of Souls buff up.
5. Use Howling Blast if you have a Rime proc.
6. Use Frost Strike to generate a Killing Machine proc. Use Glacial Advance if using this talent and in AoE.
7. Use Howling Blast to generate a Killing Machine proc and you have 3 or more Runes.

The goal here is to weave your abilities to both generate and consume the maximum number of Killing Machine procs! You can naturally gain Killing Machine procs, so be prepared when they occur to avoid overcapping. It's important to ensure you have enough resources before entering the Obliteration window. This generally means saving some Runic Power and Runes about 5 seconds before the window. Typically, entering with 2 or more Runes and 30 or more Runic Power is sufficient. You can have less Runic Power if you have a proc of Rime.

Breath of Sindragosa

Breath of Sindragosa is a unique cooldown that provides a very different playstyle compared toObliteration. With Heroism / Bloodlust, you can expect an average duration of 45+ seconds, and around 30+ seconds without Heroism / Bloodlust. There are exceptions where you may not receive enough Runic Empowerment or Murderous Efficiency procs, which could shorten the duration. Additionally, mechanics may force you out of range, which can disrupt your uptime on Breath of Sindragosa.

Opener for Breath of Sindragosa

1. Use Abomination Limb.
2. Use Remorseless Winter.
3. Use Chill Streak.
4. Use 2x Obliterate (use Howling Blast if you get a Rime proc).
5. Use Death and Decay if you have a spare Rune.
6. Use Pillar of Frost + Reaper's Mark + Breath of Sindragosa + Empower Rune Weapon + Raise Dead + Blood Fury (if Orc), Berserking (if Troll).

Rotation During Breath of Sindragosa

1. Use Obliterate if you are low on Runic Power (less than 60 RP).
2. Use Remorseless Winter on cooldown.
3. Use Howling Blast, only if you have a Rime proc or Frost Fever is about to drop. Only use Howling Blast if you are above 60 Runic Power.
4. Use Obliterate.
5. Use Arcane Torrent if you are a Blood Elf, and it will not overcap your Runic Power.

The Breath of Sindragosa rotation is all about managing your Runic Power generation throughout your Breath. Your Runic Power drains at a rate of 17 per second, and you want to ensure this does not turn into a Runic Power deficit for long periods! The very first point to consider is the type of ability you use during your Breath. Never use an ability that costs Runic Power, as it will significantly reduce the duration of your Breath. Instead, you will primarily use Obliterate, Remorseless Winter, and Howling Blast with procs of Rime.

Frost Death Knight DPS Gems and Consumables

Best Gems for Frost Death Knight

The War Within offers the Culminating Blasphemite epic gem, which provides a solid increase in Strength while also boosting your Crit with each unique gem color you equip. Making the most of this effect can be worthwhile, but it depends on your current stats and talents. The best gems to use, in the following priority, are:

• Masterful Ruby
• Deadly Emerald
• Deadly Onyx
• Deadly Sapphire

Best Flask for Frost Death Knight in The War Within

You should be drinking the Flask of Alchemical Chaos at all times.

Best Potion for Frost Death Knight in The War Within

Your stat potion should be Tempered Potion. Use these when you will do the most damage with your abilities, likely during your cooldowns and/or Bloodlust / Heroism. You can also obtain Fleeting Tempered Potion from Cauldrons that can be spawned by Alchemists.

You should keep a stock of Invigorating Healing Potion to use when at low health. If you have a Warlock in the group, grab their Healthstone and use it as well. Do not macro these together, they are best used separately! You can also obtain Fleeting Invigorating Healing Potion from Cauldrons that can be spawned by Alchemists.

Best Food for Frost Death Knight in The War Within

You should be eating from a Feast at all times, either Feast of the Divine Day, Feast of the Midnight Masquerade, or Hearty Feast of the Midnight Masquerade.

If Feasts are not available, eat Outsider's Provisions, Beledar's Bounty, Jester's Board, or Empress' Farewell instead.

In addition, if you can afford it, you should use Crystallized Augment Runes to increase your primary stat. Augment Runes are expensive and disappear on death, so use them wisely!

Best Enchants for Frost Death Knights

Slot	Enchantment
Necklace	Magnificent Jeweler's Setting (adds up to 2 sockets to a Ring or Neck)
Weapon	Rune of the Fallen Crusader in all content.
Chest	Enchant Chest - Crystalline Radiance
Bracers	Enchant Bracer - Chant of Armored Avoidance
Legs	Stormbound Armor Kit
Boots	Enchant Boots - Defender's March (Stamina) Enchant Boots - Scout's March (Movement Speed)
Rings	Enchant Ring - Radiant Critical Strike
Cloak	Enchant Cloak - Chant of Winged Grace

Best Enchants for Frost Death Knights

Frost Death Knights can utilize powerful Runeforges on their weapons instead of normal enchants. Choosing the right enchants is crucial for optimizing your DPS! Here are the best enchants for the different viable builds:

• Rune of the Fallen Crusader + Algari Mana Oil for 2H.
• Rune of the Stoneskin Gargoyle (MH) + Rune of the Fallen Crusader + Algari Mana Oil for DW.
• Rune of Razorice (MH) + Rune of the Fallen Crusader + Algari Mana Oil for DW with Shattering Blade.
• Rune of the Fallen Crusader (+ Rune of the Stoneskin Gargoyle if DW) for leveling.

Frost Death Knight Tank DPS and Best in Slot

This section will cover everything you need to know about equipping your character correctly.

BiS Gear for Frost Death Knight

Slot	Item	Source
Helm	Hollow Sentinel's Stonemask	Tier Set: Catalyst / Vault / Raid
Neck	Salhadaar's Folly	Nexus King Salhadaar
Shoulder	Hollow Sentinel's Perches	Tier Set: Catalyst / Vault / Raid
Cloak	Reshii Wraps	Reshii Wraps
Chest	Hollow Sentinel's Breastplate	Tier Set: Catalyst / Vault / Raid
Bracers	Everforged Vambraces	Blacksmithing
Gloves	Breached Containment Guards	Forgeweaver Araz
Belt	Girdle of Somber Ploys	The Dawnbreaker
Legs	Hollow Sentinel's Stonekilt	Tier Set: Catalyst / Vault / Raid
Boots	Interloper's Plated Sabatons	The Soul Hunters
Ring #1	Logic Gate: Alpha	Plexus Sentinel
Ring #2	Band of the Shattered Soul	Dimensius The All Devouring
Trinket #1	Araz's Ritual Forge	Forgeweaver Araz
Trinket #2	Astral Antenna	Loom’ithar
Weapon	Charged Claymore (Crit Haste) with Ascendance	Blacksmithing

Best Trinkets for Frost Death Knight in The War Within Season 3

Raiding Trinket Tier List for Frost Death Knight

This Trinket Tier List is single-target biased, as this tends to be the most important aspect of Raiding. Other aspects of the trinkets are also baked into the rankings, such as their ease of use.

S-Tier

• Araz's Ritual Forge
• Astral Antenna

A-Tier

• Cursed Stone Idol
• Improvised Seaforium Pacemaker
• So'leah's Secret Technique
• Signet of the Priory
• Unyielding Netherprism

B-Tier

• Ara-Kara Sacbrood
• Eradicating Arcanocore
• Void Pactstone

C-Tier

• Incorporeal Essence-Gorger
• Incorporeal Warpclaw
• Depleted K'areshi Battery
• Soulbreaker's Sigil
• Soulbinder's Embrace
• Ticking Sack of Terror
• Screams of a Forgotten Sky
• Azhiccaran Parapodia

Mythic+ Trinket Tier List for Frost Death Knight

This Trinket Tier List is more AoE focused as Mythic+ values AoE damage significantly more. We still look for a good balance between Single Target and AoE though! You can either choose to run one active and one passive or potentially double passive to get a more balanced damage profile.

S-Tier

• Cursed Stone Idol
• Astral Antenna

A-Tier

• Araz's Ritual Forge
• Improvised Seaforium Pacemaker
• Ara-Kara Sacbrood
• So'leah's Secret Technique
• Signet of the Priory
• Unyielding Netherprism
• Void-Touched Fragment

B-Tier

• Eradicating Arcanocore
• Void Pactstone

C-Tier

• Incorporeal Essence-Gorger
• Incorporeal Warpclaw
• Depleted K'areshi Battery
• Soulbreaker's Sigil
• Soulbinder's Embrace
• Ticking Sack of Terror
• Screams of a Forgotten Sky
• Azhiccaran Parapodia

The War Within Season 3 Tier Set for Frost Death Knight

Our Season 3 Tier Set is now specific to the Hero Talents we run, with unique effects for both Rider of the Apocalypse and Deathbringer. The sets are strong with the following raw cumulative values:

• Rider 2-set: 3.7%
• Rider 4-set: 14.7%
• Deathbringer 2-set: 5.1%
• Deathbringer 4-set: 12.1%

You only need 4 pieces out of 5 to get both set bonuses. We recommend you get all items except for the Gloves, due to their Versatility stat. Check out the BiS List for more information.

Rider of the Apocalypse

• 2-piece bonus: Summons Trollbane with Pillar of Frost, giving you higher uptime on this Horseman. His Icy Fury and Obliterate abilities deal more damage.
• 4-piece bonus: Trollbane casts his version of Obliterate and Frostscythe whenever you use them. Your Obliterates also deal increased damage against targets affected by his Icy Fury, making this a significant buff to Obliterate.

Deathbringer

• 2-piece bonus: Grants 1 stack of Exterminate when you cast Reaper's Mark with 150% first Scythe and 125% second Scythe effectiveness. This provides a free Killing Machine proc at the start of Pillar of Frost and a free application of Frost Fever.
• 4-piece bonus: Increases Exterminate damage and raises the maximum stacks of Reaper's Mark by 15. When Reaper's Mark explodes, it grants 10% Critical Strike chance for 8 seconds. This boosts the explosion damage potential and provides a useful Crit buff after your burst window, improving Killing Machine procs during Breath of Sindragosa.

Addons for Frost Death Knight

Generic Addons for Death Knights

• ElvUI
• Boss Mods: Deadly Boss Mods or Bigwigs
• GTFO
• Parrot or Mik's Scrolling Battle Text
• Weak Auras
• Recount / Skada / Details!
• Omen Threat Meter
• Grid and GridClickSets (Optional)

Specific Addons for Frost Death Knights

• Currently, we do not believe that you need any additional addons to play your specialisation to its full potential.

Macros for Frost Death Knight

Generic Macros for Death Knights

Raise Ally

• #showtooltip Raise Ally
• /cast [@mouseover,help][@target]Raise Ally

This macro casts Raise Ally on your mouseover target, if they are a friendly player. Otherwise, it casts Raise Ally on your current target.

Mind Freeze

• #showtooltip Mind Freeze
• /cast [@focus,harm,nodead][] Mind Freeze

This macro allows you to interrupt your focus target, if you have one, and if not to simply interrupt your current target.

Specific Macros for Frost Death Knights

Breath of Sindragosa Macro

• #showtooltip Breath of Sindragosa
• /use trinket
• /cast Pillar of Frost
• /cast !Breath of Sindragosa
• /cast Reaper's Mark
• /cast Empower Rune Weapon
• /cast Raise Dead

This macro bakes in a ton of off-gcd spells and abilities into a single button. Replace the "trinket" here with whichever trinket you want to use. The "!" before Breath is added to prevent unintentionally canceling its effect by double-tapping the macro. When using this in the opener, press it twice to trigger the Reaper's Mark. The 2 Runes from Breath don't come quickly enough to be used on the Mark straight away, but can be used an instance later.

Obliteration Trigger Macro

Maximising the value of Obliteration means fully utilising all the available GCDs you have during the window. Since Pillar of Frost is off the GCD, we want to macro it with a GCD-button to start using your abilities ASAP in the window. When playing Deathbringer, this means always using your Pillar with Reaper's Mark as they have the same Cooldown (with the standard talents). The macro looks like the one below:

• #showtooltip Pillar of Frost
• /cast Pillar of Frost
• /cast Reaper's Mark
• /cast Raise Dead
• /cast Empower Rune Weapon
• /use trinket

If you are not playing Deathbringer, you will need more Macros. Essentially, you want to create separate ones for Frostwyrm's Fury, Frost Strike, Glacial Advance, Obliterate, Howling Blast and Soul Reaper. Each macro represents a specific scenario where the corresponding ability is your "initiator" ability:

• Frostwyrm's Fury (when playing Rider of the Apocalypse) whenever it is available.
• Obliterate if you have a Killing Machine proc.
• Howling Blast if you have a proc of Rime.
• Soul Reaper if you have 3+ Runes and the boss is below 35% health.
• Frost Strike (Single Target), Glacial Advance (AoE) otherwise.

Death Grip Mouseover Macro

• #showtooltip Death Grip
• /cast [target=mouseover,exists] Death Grip; Death Grip

This macro will cast Death Grip on your mouseover target.

Anti-Magic Zone Cursor

• #showtooltip Anti-Magic Zone
• /cast [@cursor] Anti-Magic Zone

This macro instantly casts Anti-Magic Zone at your cursor's location. It is useful for activating the Zone a tiny bit more quickly by spamming this macro button. It also generally helps in placing it effectively.

Control Undead

Controlling an Undead creature in dungeons is a nice way to add some minor extra damage, as well as control a specific mob for however long you want. It does need re-controlling every 2 minutes, and this macro is perfect for that! It will target your pet, dismiss it, and then instantly control it again.

• #showtooltip Control Undead
• /target pet
• /script PetDismiss()
• /cast Control Undead

WeakAuras for Frost Death Knight

WeakAuras is an essential tool for Frost Death Knight and DPS players, offering unparalleled customization to enhance your gameplay. Rather than focusing on specific examples, we recommend exploring Wago.io, where you’ll find an extensive library of WeakAuras to suit your needs.

If you are unfamiliar with WeakAuras, it is an incredibly powerful and widely-used AddOn that allows you to create custom displays for nearly everything in the game. This includes tracking buffs, debuffs, cooldowns, Focus, resources, and much more.

To import a WeakAura, visit Wago.io and select one that fits your preferences. Click the "Copy WeakAura Import String" button to copy it to your clipboard. Next, log into the game and type /wa in the chat box to open the WeakAuras interface. Navigate to the "Import" section, press Ctrl+V to paste the copied string, and click "Import". You’re ready to go!

Mastering WeakAuras and customizing it to your playstyle is highly recommended for any serious raider. With countless options available on Wago.io, you can tailor your interface to optimize your performance and focus on what truly matters in combat.

Frost Death Knight Frequently Asked Questions

How Viable is Two-Handed Frost?

Two-Handed Frost remains a competitive option in The War Within. While generally a few percentage points behind Dual-Wield builds in terms of performance, it can still achieve strong results with proper execution and gear optimization.

Is 2H or DW Better in Mythic+?

Dual-Wield tends to outperform Two-Handed in Mythic+ content due to the talent synergies that favor Dual-Wield setups. For example, abilities like Icy Death Torrent work particularly well with the faster weapon speeds and increased proc rates of Dual-Wield builds.

How Much is the Killing Machine Proc Rate Increased for 2H?

When using Might of the Frozen Wastes, the effective proc rate of Killing Machine is increased to approximately 100% for Two-Handed weapons. In contrast, Dual-Wield maintains a 50% proc rate but gains around 38% more natural procs due to the additional attacks from having two weapons equipped.