Frost Death Knight Guide for Shadowlands
Patch 9.2.5Fated Raids
Updated on December 4, 2022
Everything you need to improve your DPS performance in Raids.
Class
Specialization
Raid:
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Type | Top Choice | Max. DPS | Popularity |
|---|---|---|---|
Talents | Icy Talons Murderous Efficiency Death's Reach Avalanche Wraith Walk Gathering Storm Breath of Sindragosa | 75.2K | 44% |
Weapons | Devastated Worldshard Devastated Worldshard | 79.1K | 5% |
Trinkets | Enforcer's Stun Grenade Old Warrior's Soul | 75.7K | 34% |
Head | Visage of the First Eidolon | 82.5K | 55% |
Neck | Shadowghast Necklace | 79.6K | 40% |
Shoulders | Shoulderplates of the First Eidolon | 79.6K | 73% |
Back | Cloak of the First Eidolon | 79.6K | 40% |
Chest | Carapace of the First Eidolon | 82.5K | 98% |
Wrist | Shadowghast Armguards | 82.5K | 78% |
Hands | Gauntlets of the First Eidolon | 82.5K | 96% |
Waist | Automatic Waist Tightener | 79.6K | 21% |
Legs | Chausses of the First Eidolon | 82.5K | 93% |
Feet | Greaves of the First Eidolon | 79.6K | 45% |
Rings | Logic Loop of Division Overclocking Bit Band | 79.6K | 31% |
Legendaries | Rage of the Frozen Champion | 82.5K | 90% |
Covenants | Night Fae | 75.7K | 62% |
Soulbinds |  | 75.7K | 42% |
Soulbind Abilities | Night Fae Wild Hunt Tactics Horn of the Wild Hunt First Strike Vorkai Sharpening Techniques Hunt's Exhilaration | 75.7K | 17% |
Conduit | Everfrost | 82.5K | 98% |
Conduit Combination | Spirit Drain Accelerated Cold Hardened Bones Everfrost Fleeting Wind Condensed Anima Sphere | 75.3K | 22% |
Gem | Deadly Jewel Cluster | 82.5K | 76% |
Gem Combination | Deadly Jewel Cluster Deadly Jewel Cluster | 66.5K | 7% |
Back Enchant | Enchant Cloak - Fortified Speed | 82.5K | 54% |
Chest Enchant | Enchant Chest - Eternal Stats | 82.5K | 94% |
Wrist Enchant | Enchant Bracers - Shaded Hearthing | 82.5K | 46% |
Belt Enchant | Dimensional Shifter | 73.6K | 10% |
Feet Enchant | Enchant Boots - Soul Treads | 82.5K | 46% |
Ring Enchant | Enchant Ring - Tenet of Critical Strike Enchant Ring - Tenet of Critical Strike | 82.5K | 43% |
Weapon Enchant | Rune of the Fallen Crusader Rune of Hysteria | 82.5K | 93% |
Race | Performance Gain |
|---|---|
 Human | +2.37% |
Talents +
Icy Talons Murderous Efficiency Death's Reach Avalanche Wraith Walk Gathering Storm Breath of Sindragosa | 75.2K | 44% |
Icy Talons Murderous Efficiency Blinding Sleet Avalanche Wraith Walk Gathering Storm Breath of Sindragosa | 75.7K | 24% |
Icy Talons Murderous Efficiency Death's Reach Avalanche Permafrost Gathering Storm Breath of Sindragosa | 79.1K | 7% |
Icy Talons Murderous Efficiency Blinding Sleet Avalanche Permafrost Gathering Storm Breath of Sindragosa | 79.6K | 6% |
Icy Talons Murderous Efficiency Asphyxiate Avalanche Wraith Walk Gathering Storm Breath of Sindragosa | 61.4K | 5% |
Icy Talons Runic Attenuation Death's Reach Avalanche Wraith Walk Gathering Storm Breath of Sindragosa | 58.0K | 3% |
Icy Talons Runic Attenuation Blinding Sleet Avalanche Wraith Walk Gathering Storm Breath of Sindragosa | 57.9K | 2% |
Icy Talons Murderous Efficiency Death's Reach Avalanche Death Pact Gathering Storm Breath of Sindragosa | 42.4K | 1% |
Icy Talons Murderous Efficiency Blinding Sleet Avalanche Death Pact Gathering Storm Breath of Sindragosa | 43.7K | 1% |
Icy Talons Murderous Efficiency Asphyxiate Avalanche Permafrost Gathering Storm Breath of Sindragosa | 60.7K | 1% |
Weapons +
Devastated Worldshard Devastated Worldshard | 79.1K | 5% |
Gavel of the First Arbiter | 60.9K | 4% |
Devastated Worldshard The Devouring Cold | 74.8K | 4% |
Devastated Worldshard Mace of the Unburdened | 69.6K | 2% |
Tearing Sawtooth Blade Tearing Sawtooth Blade | 61.0K | 2% |
Devastated Worldshard Gazepiercer | 63.0K | 2% |
Devastated Worldshard Blade of Grievous Harm | 63.2K | 2% |
The Devouring Cold Devastated Worldshard | 66.5K | 2% |
Blade of Grievous Harm Tearing Sawtooth Blade | 68.5K | 2% |
Devastated Worldshard Gristlegore Hacker | 82.5K | 2% |
Trinkets +
Enforcer's Stun Grenade Old Warrior's Soul | 75.7K | 34% |
Old Warrior's Soul Scars of Fraternal Strife | 75.3K | 14% |
Old Warrior's Soul The First Sigil | 73.6K | 7% |
Eye of Command Old Warrior's Soul | 56.6K | 6% |
Decanter of Endless Howling Old Warrior's Soul | 70.5K | 5% |
Enforcer's Stun Grenade Eye of Command | 66.3K | 3% |
Enforcer's Stun Grenade Scars of Fraternal Strife | 79.1K | 3% |
Enforcer's Stun Grenade Decanter of Endless Howling | 64.2K | 2% |
Eye of Command Scars of Fraternal Strife | 69.0K | 2% |
Scars of Fraternal Strife The First Sigil | 82.5K | 2% |
Head +
Visage of the First Eidolon | 82.5K | 55% |
Valorous Visage of Krexus | 79.6K | 15% |
Shadowghast Helm | 79.1K | 13% |
Dark Tormentor's Gaze | 66.4K | 5% |
Visage of Brutish Iron | 66.7K | 3% |
Gutcrusher Coronet | 69.0K | 3% |
Diadem of Imperious Desire | 70.5K | 3% |
Helm of Phantasmal Scars | 59.3K | 2% |
Hooktail's Commanding Gaze | 45.7K | 1% |
Neck +
Shadowghast Necklace | 79.6K | 40% |
Choker of Barbed Reins | 75.3K | 14% |
Beacon of Stormwind | 79.1K | 9% |
Cartel Xy's Proof of Initiation | 69.4K | 6% |
Worldkiller Iris | 75.2K | 6% |
Noble's Birthstone Pendant | 82.5K | 6% |
Charm of Eternal Winter | 63.4K | 4% |
Periapt of Pristine Preservation | 67.5K | 4% |
Ornately Engraved Amplifier | 63.1K | 3% |
Weathered Talisman of the Shadowmoon | 64.2K | 3% |
Shoulders +
Shoulderplates of the First Eidolon | 79.6K | 73% |
Ruinous Warchief's Shoulderguards | 63.0K | 6% |
Pauldrons of Encroaching Limits | 70.3K | 5% |
Gluttonous Gardbrace | 57.0K | 5% |
Gutcrusher Shoulderplates | 68.8K | 4% |
Epaulettes of Overwhelming Force | 74.8K | 3% |
Stoneflesh Spaulders | 82.5K | 2% |
Mantle of Conflicted Loyalties | 42.3K | 1% |
Shadowghast Pauldrons | 59.0K | 1% |
Pauldrons of Possible Afterlives | 67.9K | 1% |
Back +
Cloak of the First Eidolon | 79.6K | 40% |
Mantle of Manifest Sins | 69.9K | 13% |
Cloak of Scarred Honor | 75.3K | 12% |
Wine-Stained Mantle | 62.1K | 9% |
Grim-Veiled Cape | 82.5K | 4% |
Crest of the Legionnaire General | 62.2K | 3% |
Shroud of the Sire's Chosen | 66.3K | 3% |
Mountebank's Colorful Cloak | 69.9K | 3% |
Drape of Titanic Dreams | 56.4K | 2% |
Origin | 71.7K | 2% |
Chest +
Carapace of the First Eidolon | 82.5K | 98% |
Gutcrusher Chestplate | 51.5K | 1% |
Wrist +
Shadowghast Armguards | 82.5K | 78% |
Vambraces of the First Eidolon | 65.5K | 4% |
Bite-Marked Wristplates | 54.5K | 3% |
Hellhound Cuffs | 66.5K | 3% |
Vyraz's Parade Cuffs | 57.8K | 3% |
Airborne Abductor's Vambraces | 64.1K | 2% |
Unstable Giant's Cuffs | 51.4K | 1% |
Vambraces of Verification | 69.9K | 1% |
Veiled Auctioneer's Vambraces | 62.7K | 1% |
Inordinately Wondrous Wristguards | 63.1K | 1% |
Hands +
Gauntlets of the First Eidolon | 82.5K | 96% |
High Speed Gauntlets | 47.7K | 1% |
Cavalier Oathbreaker's Grasps | 58.0K | 1% |
Gauntlets of Absolute Authority | 59.7K | 1% |
Shadowghast Gauntlets | 68.5K | 1% |
Waist +
Automatic Waist Tightener | 79.6K | 21% |
Shadowghast Waistguard | 71.7K | 20% |
Enforcer's Containment Cinch | 82.5K | 11% |
Binding of Warped Desires | 75.3K | 10% |
Girdle of the First Eidolon | 75.2K | 9% |
Stoic Guardsman's Belt | 75.7K | 7% |
Well-Oiled Plate Girdle | 79.1K | 6% |
Improvisational Cinch | 67.4K | 5% |
Binding of Dark Destinies | 69.0K | 5% |
Spellwarding Waistguard | 73.3K | 4% |
Legs +
Chausses of the First Eidolon | 82.5K | 93% |
Endlessly Gluttonous Greaves | 60.6K | 2% |
Legguards of the Ultimate Threat | 71.6K | 2% |
Legplates of the Slumbering Sentinel | 46.1K | 1% |
Feet +
Greaves of the First Eidolon | 79.6K | 45% |
Shadowghast Sabatons | 75.3K | 19% |
Errant Crusader's Greaves | 68.5K | 7% |
Greaves of Haunting Ruination | 73.6K | 6% |
Implacable Weatherproof Treads | 61.0K | 4% |
Stoneguard Attendant's Boots | 66.5K | 3% |
Gutcrusher Stompers | 67.5K | 3% |
Song-Mad Sabatons | 82.5K | 3% |
Champion's Gruesome Greaves | 61.2K | 2% |
Greatboots of the Roaming Goliath | 70.3K | 2% |
Rings +
Logic Loop of Division Overclocking Bit Band | 79.6K | 31% |
Logic Loop of Recursion Overclocking Bit Band | 82.5K | 8% |
Modified Defense Grid Soulwarped Seal of Menethil | 70.5K | 6% |
Shadowghast Ring Soulwarped Seal of Menethil | 75.2K | 5% |
Shadowghast Ring Modified Defense Grid | 64.1K | 3% |
Logic Loop of Division Soulwarped Seal of Menethil | 58.1K | 2% |
Logic Loop of Division Shorting Bit Band | 61.4K | 2% |
Tarnished Insignia of Quel'Thalas Soulwarped Seal of Menethil | 73.6K | 2% |
Ritualist's Treasured Ring Modified Defense Grid | 52.9K | 1% |
Shadowghast Ring Shadowghast Ring | 57.7K | 1% |
Legendaries +
Rage of the Frozen Champion | 82.5K | 90% |
Rampant Transference | 75.7K | 62% |
Abomination's Frenzy | 82.5K | 38% |
Biting Cold | 67.3K | 8% |
Koltira's Favor | 38.5K | 1% |
Phearomones | 59.0K | 1% |
Covenants +
Night Fae | 75.7K | 62% |
Necrolord | 82.5K | 38% |
Soulbinds +
| 75.7K | 42% |
 | 82.5K | 29% |
 | 54.2K | 19% |
 | 62.0K | 9% |
 | 46.2K | 2% |
 | 52.9K | 1% |
Soulbind Abilities +
Night Fae Wild Hunt Tactics Horn of the Wild Hunt First Strike Vorkai Sharpening Techniques Hunt's Exhilaration | 75.7K | 17% |
Necrolord Resourceful Fleshcrafting Runeforged Spurs Forgeborne Reveries Heirmir's Arsenal: Marrowed Gemstone Carver's Eye | 79.6K | 12% |
Night Fae Field of Blossoms Soothing Voice Somnambulist Podtender Waking Dreams | 54.2K | 8% |
Necrolord Resourceful Fleshcrafting Bonesmith's Satchel Forgeborne Reveries Heirmir's Arsenal: Marrowed Gemstone Carver's Eye | 82.5K | 5% |
Necrolord Volatile Solvent Ooz's Frictionless Coating Plagueborn Cleansing Slime Ultimate Form Undulating Maneuvers | 62.0K | 5% |
Night Fae Wild Hunt Tactics Horn of the Wild Hunt First Strike Get In Formation Hunt's Exhilaration | 75.3K | 5% |
Night Fae Field of Blossoms Soothing Voice Faerie Dust Podtender Waking Dreams | 41.0K | 2% |
Night Fae Wild Hunt Tactics Horn of the Wild Hunt First Strike Vorkai Sharpening Techniques Vorkai Ambush | 50.8K | 2% |
Necrolord Resourceful Fleshcrafting Heirmir's Arsenal: Gorestompers Runeforged Spurs Forgeborne Reveries Carver's Eye | 57.9K | 2% |
Night Fae Field of Blossoms Soothing Voice Podtender Somnambulist Waking Dreams | 44.7K | 1% |
Conduit +
Accelerated Cold | 82.5K | 98% |
Everfrost | 82.5K | 98% |
Condensed Anima Sphere | 82.5K | 87% |
Hardened Bones | 82.5K | 81% |
Spirit Drain | 79.6K | 75% |
Fleeting Wind | 82.5K | 59% |
Reinforced Shell | 82.5K | 40% |
Chilled Resilience | 75.7K | 20% |
Adaptive Armor Fragment | 61.4K | 18% |
Brutal Grasp | 70.3K | 11% |
Conduit Combination +
Spirit Drain Accelerated Cold Hardened Bones Everfrost Fleeting Wind Condensed Anima Sphere | 75.3K | 22% |
Spirit Drain Reinforced Shell Accelerated Cold Hardened Bones Everfrost Condensed Anima Sphere | 79.6K | 16% |
Reinforced Shell Accelerated Cold Hardened Bones Everfrost Fleeting Wind Condensed Anima Sphere | 82.5K | 8% |
Chilled Resilience Spirit Drain Accelerated Cold Hardened Bones Everfrost Condensed Anima Sphere | 67.3K | 5% |
Spirit Drain Accelerated Cold Hardened Bones Everfrost Condensed Anima Sphere Adaptive Armor Fragment | 44.7K | 4% |
Spirit Drain Accelerated Cold Everfrost Fleeting Wind Condensed Anima Sphere Adaptive Armor Fragment | 45.1K | 4% |
Chilled Resilience Accelerated Cold Hardened Bones Everfrost Fleeting Wind Condensed Anima Sphere | 75.7K | 3% |
Spirit Drain Reinforced Shell Accelerated Cold Everfrost Fleeting Wind Condensed Anima Sphere | 60.8K | 3% |
Spirit Drain Accelerated Cold Everfrost Fleeting Wind Brutal Grasp Condensed Anima Sphere | 62.0K | 2% |
Chilled Resilience Reinforced Shell Accelerated Cold Hardened Bones Everfrost Condensed Anima Sphere | 69.0K | 2% |
Gem +
Deadly Jewel Cluster | 82.5K | 76% |
Masterful Jewel Cluster | 82.5K | 52% |
Quick Jewel Cluster | 75.7K | 22% |
Straddling Jewel Doublet | 66.3K | 3% |
Straddling Sage Agate | 82.5K | 3% |
Versatile Jewel Cluster | 75.7K | 2% |
Gem Combination +
Deadly Jewel Cluster Deadly Jewel Cluster Deadly Jewel Cluster | 69.4K | 7% |
Deadly Jewel Cluster Deadly Jewel Cluster | 66.5K | 7% |
Deadly Jewel Cluster Deadly Jewel Cluster Deadly Jewel Cluster Deadly Jewel Cluster Deadly Jewel Cluster Deadly Jewel Cluster | 70.5K | 6% |
Deadly Jewel Cluster Deadly Jewel Cluster Deadly Jewel Cluster Deadly Jewel Cluster Deadly Jewel Cluster | 66.7K | 5% |
Deadly Jewel Cluster Deadly Jewel Cluster Deadly Jewel Cluster Deadly Jewel Cluster | 75.3K | 5% |
Deadly Jewel Cluster Masterful Jewel Cluster | 63.0K | 3% |
Masterful Jewel Cluster Masterful Jewel Cluster Masterful Jewel Cluster | 63.2K | 3% |
Masterful Jewel Cluster Masterful Jewel Cluster Masterful Jewel Cluster Masterful Jewel Cluster Masterful Jewel Cluster | 74.8K | 3% |
Deadly Jewel Cluster | 67.5K | 3% |
Masterful Jewel Cluster Masterful Jewel Cluster | 68.7K | 3% |
Back Enchant +
Enchant Cloak - Fortified Speed | 82.5K | 54% |
Enchant Cloak - Fortified Avoidance | 79.6K | 29% |
Enchant Cloak - Fortified Leech | 79.1K | 9% |
Enchant Cloak - Soul Vitality | 56.6K | 4% |
Chest Enchant +
Enchant Chest - Eternal Stats | 82.5K | 94% |
Enchant Chest - Eternal Skirmish | 69.6K | 3% |
Enchant Chest - Sacred Stats | 40.3K | 1% |
Wrist Enchant +
Enchant Bracers - Shaded Hearthing | 82.5K | 46% |
Belt Enchant +
Dimensional Shifter | 73.6K | 10% |
Nitro Boosts | 73.3K | 9% |
Feet Enchant +
Enchant Boots - Soul Treads | 82.5K | 46% |
Enchant Boots - Eternal Agility | 59.2K | 1% |
Ring Enchant +
Enchant Ring - Tenet of Critical Strike Enchant Ring - Tenet of Critical Strike | 82.5K | 43% |
Enchant Ring - Tenet of Mastery Enchant Ring - Tenet of Mastery | 79.1K | 28% |
Enchant Ring - Tenet of Critical Strike Enchant Ring - Tenet of Mastery | 79.6K | 10% |
Enchant Ring - Tenet of Haste Enchant Ring - Tenet of Haste | 68.7K | 7% |
Enchant Ring - Tenet of Critical Strike Enchant Ring - Tenet of Haste | 66.3K | 4% |
Enchant Ring - Tenet of Haste Enchant Ring - Tenet of Mastery | 75.7K | 3% |
Enchant Ring - Tenet of Critical Strike | 51.8K | 1% |
Enchant Ring - Tenet of Versatility Enchant Ring - Tenet of Versatility | 55.5K | 1% |
Enchant Ring - Tenet of Critical Strike Enchant Ring - Tenet of Versatility | 58.3K | 1% |
Weapon Enchant +
Rune of the Fallen Crusader Rune of Hysteria | 82.5K | 93% |
Rune of the Fallen Crusader | 60.9K | 5% |
Rune of the Fallen Crusader Rune of Razorice | 55.7K | 2% |
Races +
| +2.37% |
 | +2.27% |
 | +2.21% |
 | +2.13% |
 | +2.10% |
 | +1.99% |
 | +1.73% |
 | +1.71% |
 | +1.70% |
 | +1.70% |
 | +1.66% |
 | +1.65% |
 | +1.62% |
 | +1.61% |
 | +1.61% |
 | +1.61% |
 | +1.59% |
 | +1.57% |
 | +1.53% |
 | +1.51% |
 | +1.29% |
 | +1.26% |
 | +1.15% |
 | +0.68% |
 | +0.00% |
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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Frequently Asked Questions
Where does the data come from?
Our guides are based on statistics. We use algorithms to process thousands of Raid Logs (from Warcraft Logs) every day. By analyzing this Big Data from top parses we are able to precisely calculate what are World's Best Players using now.
How to use this guide?
We evaluate each item by their Maximum DPS and Popularity metrics. If unsure what to choose, the safest option is to pick the most popular one. Also, be sure to use our boss filter when optimizing for different Raid Bosses.