Frost Death Knight Guide for Dragonflight
Patch 10.1.7Aberrus, the Shadowed Crucible
Updated on September 20, 2023
Everything you need to improve your DPS performance in Raids.
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Type | Top Choice | Max. DPS | Popularity |
|---|---|---|---|
Class Tree Talents | 267.8K | 37% | |
Spec Tree Talents | Improved Frost Strike Frigid Executioner Frostwhelp's Aid Empower Rune Weapon Cold-Blooded Rage Frostwyrm's Fury Obliteration Copy | 267.7K | 35% |
Full Talent Tree | Permafrost Anti-Magic Zone Assimilation Unholy Endurance Runic Command Rage of the Frozen Champion Horn of Winter Empower Rune Weapon Icebreaker Invigorating Freeze Breath of Sindragosa Copy | 267.8K | 23% |
Weapons | Ashkandur, Fall of the Brotherhood | 267.7K | 33% |
Trinkets | Ominous Chromatic Essence Neltharion's Call to Suffering | 267.8K | 51% |
Head | Lingering Phantom's Dreadhorns | 267.8K | 98% |
Neck | Elemental Lariat | 267.8K | 49% |
Shoulders | Lingering Phantom's Shoulderplates | 263.4K | 56% |
Back | Voice of the Silent Star | 267.7K | 49% |
Chest | Lingering Phantom's Plackart | 267.8K | 76% |
Wrist | Bonds of Desperate Ascension | 267.8K | 34% |
Hands | Lingering Phantom's Gauntlets | 267.8K | 98% |
Waist | Primal Molten Greatbelt | 267.8K | 72% |
Legs | Lingering Phantom's Schynbalds | 267.8K | 92% |
Feet | Primal Molten Sabatons | 267.8K | 69% |
Rings | Signet of Titanic Insight Ring-Bound Hourglass | 267.8K | 52% |
Gem | Sensei's Alexstraszite | 267.7K | 47% |
Gem Combination | Sensei's Alexstraszite Sensei's Alexstraszite Sensei's Alexstraszite Sensei's Alexstraszite Sensei's Alexstraszite Sensei's Alexstraszite Sensei's Alexstraszite Inscribed Illimited Diamond | 263.4K | 6% |
Tier | Lingering Phantom's Gauntlets | 267.8K | 98% |
Tier Combination | Lingering Phantom's Schynbalds Lingering Phantom's Dreadhorns Lingering Phantom's Gauntlets Lingering Phantom's Plackart | 267.8K | 44% |
Back Enchant | Enchant Cloak - Graceful Avoidance | 267.8K | 47% |
Chest Enchant | Enchant Chest - Waking Stats | 267.8K | 94% |
Wrist Enchant | Enchant Bracer - Devotion of Avoidance | 267.8K | 42% |
Belt Enchant | Nitro Boosts | 263.4K | 8% |
Feet Enchant | Enchant Boots - Plainsrunner's Breeze | 267.8K | 63% |
Ring Enchant | Enchant Ring - Devotion of Critical Strike Enchant Ring - Devotion of Critical Strike | 267.8K | 25% |
Weapon Enchant | Rune of the Fallen Crusader | 267.7K | 57% |
Class Tree Talents +
267.8K | 37% | |
209.1K | 9% | |
243.2K | 9% | |
267.7K | 6% | |
209.0K | 4% | |
166.3K | 2% | |
205.7K | 2% | |
221.8K | 2% | |
252.6K | 2% | |
219.9K | 1% |
Spec Tree Talents +
Improved Frost Strike Frigid Executioner Frostwhelp's Aid Empower Rune Weapon Cold-Blooded Rage Frostwyrm's Fury Obliteration Copy | 267.7K | 35% |
Runic Command Rage of the Frozen Champion Horn of Winter Empower Rune Weapon Icebreaker Invigorating Freeze Breath of Sindragosa Copy | 267.8K | 34% |
Improved Frost Strike Glacial Advance Frigid Executioner Frostwhelp's Aid Cold-Blooded Rage Frostwyrm's Fury Obliteration Absolute Zero Copy | 252.6K | 9% |
Runic Command Rage of the Frozen Champion Horn of Winter Empower Rune Weapon Icebreaker Frostwyrm's Fury Invigorating Freeze Breath of Sindragosa Copy | 216.6K | 7% |
Improved Frost Strike Frigid Executioner Frostwhelp's Aid Empower Rune Weapon Icebreaker Cold-Blooded Rage Obliteration Copy | 213.7K | 6% |
Improved Frost Strike Frigid Executioner Frostwhelp's Aid Cold-Blooded Rage Frostwyrm's Fury Obliteration Absolute Zero Copy | 206.0K | 3% |
Improved Frost Strike Frigid Executioner Frostwhelp's Aid Empower Rune Weapon Cold-Blooded Rage Frostwyrm's Fury Obliteration Absolute Zero Copy | 263.4K | 1% |
Full Talent Tree +
Permafrost Anti-Magic Zone Assimilation Unholy Endurance Runic Command Rage of the Frozen Champion Horn of Winter Empower Rune Weapon Icebreaker Invigorating Freeze Breath of Sindragosa Copy | 267.8K | 23% |
Permafrost Acclimation Anti-Magic Zone Unholy Endurance Improved Frost Strike Frigid Executioner Frostwhelp's Aid Empower Rune Weapon Cold-Blooded Rage Frostwyrm's Fury Obliteration Copy | 209.1K | 7% |
Permafrost Improved Death Strike Anti-Magic Zone Unholy Endurance Improved Frost Strike Frigid Executioner Frostwhelp's Aid Empower Rune Weapon Cold-Blooded Rage Frostwyrm's Fury Obliteration Copy | 243.2K | 7% |
Permafrost Anti-Magic Zone Assimilation Unholy Endurance Improved Frost Strike Frigid Executioner Frostwhelp's Aid Empower Rune Weapon Cold-Blooded Rage Frostwyrm's Fury Obliteration Copy | 208.5K | 6% |
Permafrost March of Darkness Anti-Magic Zone Unholy Endurance Improved Frost Strike Frigid Executioner Frostwhelp's Aid Empower Rune Weapon Cold-Blooded Rage Frostwyrm's Fury Obliteration Copy | 267.7K | 5% |
Permafrost Anti-Magic Zone Assimilation Unholy Endurance Runic Command Rage of the Frozen Champion Horn of Winter Empower Rune Weapon Icebreaker Frostwyrm's Fury Invigorating Freeze Breath of Sindragosa Copy | 216.6K | 5% |
Coldthirst Anti-Magic Zone Assimilation Unholy Endurance Runic Command Rage of the Frozen Champion Horn of Winter Empower Rune Weapon Icebreaker Invigorating Freeze Breath of Sindragosa Copy | 193.4K | 3% |
Permafrost Anti-Magic Zone Assimilation Death's Reach Runic Command Rage of the Frozen Champion Horn of Winter Empower Rune Weapon Icebreaker Invigorating Freeze Breath of Sindragosa Copy | 166.3K | 2% |
Blinding Sleet Permafrost Improved Death Strike Unholy Endurance Improved Frost Strike Glacial Advance Frigid Executioner Frostwhelp's Aid Cold-Blooded Rage Frostwyrm's Fury Obliteration Absolute Zero Copy | 252.6K | 2% |
Blinding Sleet Permafrost Anti-Magic Zone Unholy Endurance Improved Frost Strike Frigid Executioner Frostwhelp's Aid Empower Rune Weapon Cold-Blooded Rage Frostwyrm's Fury Obliteration Copy | 211.3K | 1% |
Weapons +
Ashkandur, Fall of the Brotherhood | 267.7K | 33% |
Scholar's Thinking Cudgel Scholar's Thinking Cudgel | 216.6K | 12% |
Obsidian Seared Claymore | 219.2K | 5% |
Proctor's Tactical Cleaver Scholar's Thinking Cudgel | 178.1K | 5% |
Infernal Shadelance | 247.7K | 4% |
Proctor's Tactical Cleaver Proctor's Tactical Cleaver | 165.4K | 3% |
Primal Molten Longsword Scholar's Thinking Cudgel | 220.4K | 3% |
Primal Molten Longsword Primal Molten Longsword | 198.8K | 3% |
Scholar's Thinking Cudgel Proctor's Tactical Cleaver | 209.4K | 3% |
Primal Molten Greataxe | 218.6K | 3% |
Trinkets +
Ominous Chromatic Essence Neltharion's Call to Suffering | 267.8K | 51% |
Elementium Pocket Anvil Ominous Chromatic Essence | 250.4K | 11% |
Elementium Pocket Anvil Neltharion's Call to Suffering | 211.3K | 6% |
Vial of Animated Blood Neltharion's Call to Suffering | 218.6K | 4% |
Ominous Chromatic Essence | 242.5K | 4% |
Vial of Animated Blood Ominous Chromatic Essence | 222.2K | 3% |
Screaming Black Dragonscale Ominous Chromatic Essence | 225.6K | 3% |
Screaming Black Dragonscale Neltharion's Call to Suffering | 196.7K | 2% |
Neltharion's Call to Suffering | 185.3K | 1% |
Ominous Chromatic Essence | 252.4K | 1% |
Head +
Lingering Phantom's Dreadhorns | 267.8K | 98% |
Primal Molten Helm | 182.6K | 1% |
Neck +
Elemental Lariat | 267.8K | 49% |
Torc of Passed Time | 252.6K | 21% |
Kagni's Scorching Talisman | 242.3K | 11% |
Red Sky Pendant | 212.4K | 6% |
Choker of Stolen Thunder | 221.8K | 6% |
Bromach's Disentombed Locket | 211.3K | 3% |
Chain of the Underking | 222.2K | 3% |
Magmorax's Fourth Collar | 165.4K | 1% |
Shoulders +
Lingering Phantom's Shoulderplates | 263.4K | 56% |
Shoulderplates of Planar Isolation | 267.8K | 23% |
Primal Molten Pauldrons | 267.7K | 14% |
Pauldrons of Immutable Truth | 196.7K | 4% |
Tremorguard Pauldrons | 201.4K | 3% |
Back +
Voice of the Silent Star | 267.7K | 49% |
Lingering Phantom's Drape | 263.4K | 14% |
Vibrant Wildercloth Shawl | 247.7K | 10% |
Etchings of the Captive Revenant | 223.4K | 5% |
Billowing Skydrape | 218.6K | 4% |
Mammoth-Trainer's Drape | 267.8K | 4% |
Putrid Carapace | 225.6K | 4% |
Parrotfeather Cloak | 252.4K | 4% |
Shadow of Perfect Bliss | 197.9K | 3% |
Chest +
Lingering Phantom's Plackart | 267.8K | 76% |
Sarkareth's Abyssal Embrace | 263.4K | 12% |
Primal Molten Breastplate | 219.9K | 7% |
Breastplate of Arterial Protection | 219.2K | 3% |
Wrist +
Bonds of Desperate Ascension | 267.8K | 34% |
Primal Molten Vambraces | 252.4K | 28% |
Manacles of Cruel Progress | 248.0K | 20% |
Phosphorescent Armplates | 205.7K | 6% |
Excavated Earthen Wristslabs | 197.6K | 4% |
Concealed Fencing Plates | 192.7K | 2% |
Allied Wristguard of Companionship | 202.6K | 2% |
Difficult Wrist Protectors | 231.2K | 2% |
Lingering Phantom's Vambraces | 165.3K | 1% |
Hands +
Lingering Phantom's Gauntlets | 267.8K | 98% |
Keeper's Iron Grips | 191.0K | 1% |
Primal Molten Gauntlets | 222.2K | 1% |
Waist +
Primal Molten Greatbelt | 267.8K | 72% |
Lingering Phantom's Deathlink | 247.7K | 9% |
Seal of the Defiant Hordes | 252.6K | 7% |
Unstable Frostfire Belt | 209.0K | 5% |
Recycled Golemskin Waistguard | 267.7K | 4% |
Ravenous Omnivore's Girdle | 242.5K | 1% |
Legs +
Lingering Phantom's Schynbalds | 267.8K | 92% |
Frostfire Legguards of Preparation | 252.6K | 3% |
Primal Molten Legplates | 219.9K | 2% |
Rock Solid Legplates | 169.0K | 1% |
Sharkwater Waders | 172.0K | 1% |
Legplates of Profane Sacrifice | 218.3K | 1% |
Feet +
Primal Molten Sabatons | 267.8K | 69% |
Spittle-Resistant Sollerets | 252.4K | 15% |
Sanctum Guard's Forgewalkers | 247.7K | 4% |
Lingering Phantom's Stompers | 194.7K | 3% |
Darksky Treads | 209.7K | 3% |
Dreadrift Stompers | 216.6K | 3% |
Pristine Magma Stompers | 219.9K | 2% |
Sanctum Guard's Forgewalkers | 201.2K | 1% |
Rings +
Signet of Titanic Insight Ring-Bound Hourglass | 267.8K | 52% |
Signet of Titanic Insight Onyx Impostor's Birthright | 263.4K | 12% |
Signet of Titanic Insight Entropic Convergence Loop | 232.7K | 4% |
Loop of Pulsing Veins Signet of Titanic Insight | 249.1K | 4% |
Signet of Titanic Insight Eternal Sentry's Ring | 199.9K | 3% |
Signet of Titanic Insight Scalebane Signet | 221.8K | 3% |
Signet of Titanic Insight Skyshard Ring | 211.5K | 2% |
Entropic Convergence Loop Onyx Impostor's Birthright | 216.6K | 2% |
Ring-Bound Hourglass Onyx Impostor's Birthright | 227.2K | 2% |
Seal of Questionable Loyalties Signet of Titanic Insight | 222.2K | 1% |
Gem +
Sensei's Alexstraszite | 267.7K | 47% |
Keen Ysemerald | 248.0K | 37% |
Fierce Illimited Diamond | 267.7K | 35% |
Inscribed Illimited Diamond | 267.8K | 27% |
Skillful Illimited Diamond | 249.1K | 24% |
Keen Neltharite | 236.4K | 20% |
Crafty Alexstraszite | 252.6K | 16% |
Crafty Ysemerald | 267.8K | 15% |
Sensei's Neltharite | 267.7K | 14% |
Fractured Neltharite | 206.0K | 2% |
Gem Combination +
Sensei's Alexstraszite Sensei's Alexstraszite Sensei's Alexstraszite Sensei's Alexstraszite Sensei's Alexstraszite Sensei's Alexstraszite Sensei's Alexstraszite Fierce Illimited Diamond | 209.4K | 6% |
Sensei's Alexstraszite Sensei's Alexstraszite Sensei's Alexstraszite Sensei's Alexstraszite Sensei's Alexstraszite Sensei's Alexstraszite Sensei's Alexstraszite Inscribed Illimited Diamond | 263.4K | 6% |
Sensei's Alexstraszite Sensei's Alexstraszite Sensei's Alexstraszite Sensei's Alexstraszite Sensei's Alexstraszite Sensei's Alexstraszite Sensei's Alexstraszite Skillful Illimited Diamond | 249.1K | 5% |
Keen Ysemerald Keen Ysemerald Keen Ysemerald Keen Ysemerald Keen Ysemerald Keen Ysemerald Keen Ysemerald Fierce Illimited Diamond | 242.5K | 4% |
Keen Ysemerald Keen Ysemerald Keen Ysemerald Keen Ysemerald Keen Ysemerald Keen Ysemerald Keen Ysemerald Skillful Illimited Diamond | 232.7K | 3% |
Keen Ysemerald Keen Ysemerald Keen Ysemerald Keen Ysemerald Keen Ysemerald Keen Ysemerald Keen Ysemerald Inscribed Illimited Diamond | 204.2K | 2% |
Crafty Alexstraszite Crafty Alexstraszite Crafty Alexstraszite Crafty Alexstraszite Crafty Alexstraszite Crafty Alexstraszite Crafty Alexstraszite Fierce Illimited Diamond | 252.4K | 2% |
Crafty Ysemerald Crafty Ysemerald Crafty Ysemerald Crafty Ysemerald Crafty Ysemerald Crafty Ysemerald Crafty Ysemerald Fierce Illimited Diamond | 201.4K | 2% |
Sensei's Alexstraszite Sensei's Alexstraszite Sensei's Alexstraszite Sensei's Alexstraszite Sensei's Alexstraszite Sensei's Alexstraszite Keen Ysemerald Fierce Illimited Diamond | 243.2K | 1% |
Keen Neltharite Keen Neltharite Keen Neltharite Keen Neltharite Keen Neltharite Keen Neltharite Keen Neltharite Skillful Illimited Diamond | 219.9K | 1% |
Tier +
Lingering Phantom's Dreadhorns | 267.8K | 98% |
Lingering Phantom's Gauntlets | 267.8K | 98% |
Lingering Phantom's Schynbalds | 267.8K | 92% |
Lingering Phantom's Plackart | 267.8K | 76% |
Lingering Phantom's Shoulderplates | 263.4K | 56% |
Tier Combination +
Lingering Phantom's Schynbalds Lingering Phantom's Dreadhorns Lingering Phantom's Gauntlets Lingering Phantom's Plackart | 267.8K | 44% |
Lingering Phantom's Shoulderplates Lingering Phantom's Schynbalds Lingering Phantom's Dreadhorns Lingering Phantom's Gauntlets | 263.4K | 23% |
Lingering Phantom's Shoulderplates Lingering Phantom's Schynbalds Lingering Phantom's Dreadhorns Lingering Phantom's Gauntlets Lingering Phantom's Plackart | 252.4K | 20% |
Lingering Phantom's Shoulderplates Lingering Phantom's Dreadhorns Lingering Phantom's Gauntlets Lingering Phantom's Plackart | 252.6K | 8% |
Lingering Phantom's Shoulderplates Lingering Phantom's Schynbalds Lingering Phantom's Gauntlets Lingering Phantom's Plackart | 182.6K | 2% |
Lingering Phantom's Shoulderplates Lingering Phantom's Schynbalds Lingering Phantom's Dreadhorns Lingering Phantom's Plackart | 222.2K | 2% |
Back Enchant +
Enchant Cloak - Graceful Avoidance | 267.8K | 47% |
Enchant Cloak - Homebound Speed | 252.6K | 37% |
Enchant Cloak - Regenerative Leech | 267.7K | 9% |
Enchant Cloak - Writ of Avoidance | 191.9K | 2% |
Enchant Bracer - Writ of Speed | 176.4K | 1% |
Chest Enchant +
Enchant Chest - Waking Stats | 267.8K | 94% |
Enchant Chest - Sustained Strength | 215.9K | 5% |
Wrist Enchant +
Enchant Bracer - Devotion of Avoidance | 267.8K | 42% |
Enchant Bracer - Devotion of Speed | 252.6K | 40% |
Enchant Bracer - Devotion of Leech | 267.7K | 11% |
Enchant Bracer - Writ of Speed | 162.1K | 1% |
Belt Enchant +
Nitro Boosts | 263.4K | 8% |
Dimensional Shifter | 198.7K | 1% |
Feet Enchant +
Enchant Boots - Plainsrunner's Breeze | 267.8K | 63% |
Enchant Boots - Watcher's Loam | 267.7K | 33% |
Ring Enchant +
Enchant Ring - Devotion of Haste Enchant Ring - Devotion of Haste | 252.4K | 25% |
Enchant Ring - Devotion of Critical Strike Enchant Ring - Devotion of Critical Strike | 267.8K | 25% |
Enchant Ring - Devotion of Mastery Enchant Ring - Devotion of Mastery | 263.4K | 20% |
Enchant Ring - Devotion of Critical Strike Enchant Ring - Devotion of Haste | 243.2K | 10% |
Enchant Ring - Devotion of Critical Strike Enchant Ring - Devotion of Mastery | 267.7K | 9% |
Enchant Ring - Devotion of Haste Enchant Ring - Devotion of Mastery | 249.1K | 8% |
Enchant Ring - Devotion of Haste | 152.8K | 1% |
Weapon Enchant +
Rune of the Fallen Crusader | 267.7K | 57% |
Rune of the Fallen Crusader Rune of Hysteria | 267.8K | 42% |
This guide covers all the essential parts of character optimization needed to maximize your DPS in Raids as Frost Death Knight.
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