- Author: Furious
- Date: June 6, 2019
- Updated: July 28, 2021
- Expansion: WotLK Classic
Welcome to the Frost Death Knight PVP guide for World of Warcraft Wrath of the Lich King 3.3.5a. In this guide, you will learn about playing a Frost Death Knight in the arena or a battleground. The guide includes Talents, Glyphs, Gems, Enchantments, Add-ons, Gameplay & Skill rotation tips, Team setups.
Talent Tree
The first build doesn’t have Howling Blast but has Icy Talons, increased Runic Power gain from Chains of Ice, 1/3 Scent of Blood and Virulence to make sure your diseases are not dispelled.
The second build excludes Obliterate. The glyph is replaced with Chains of Ice. Good for its really fast generation of Runic Power. Chain of Ice gives 20 per use, also Plague Strike and Blood Strike.
The third build has more self-heal, thus survivability.
The last build is with Howling Blast. Icy Talons not included.
Glyphs
Major Glyphs
*Replace Glyph of Obliterate with a Glyph of Chains of Ice if you are using the second build
Minor Glyphs
Gems
Gems are situational and depend on the build and equipment. They are used to reach the required stat caps.
- Meta: Chaotic Skyflare Diamond
- Red: Bold Cardinal Ruby
- Yellow: Mystic King’s Amber or Etched Ametrine
- Blue: Stormy Majestic Zircon x4
Enchants
- Head – Arcanum of Triumph
- Shoulder – Inscription of Triumph
- Cloak – Spell Piercing
- Chest – Exceptional Resilience
- Bracers – Greater Assault
- Gloves – Crusher
- Waist – Eternal Belt Buckle
- Legs – Earthen Leg Armor
- Boots – Greater Assault
- Main-hand – Rune of Cinderglacier
- Off-hand – Rune of Razorice
Gameplay & Rotations
Stat priority
135 Magic Penetration → Hit (about 9% without talents) → Strength
Weapons of choice would be x2 Havoc’s Call, Blade of Lordaeron Kings, or Wrathful Gladiator’s Handaxe / Wrathful Gladiator’s Longblade. Main-hand speed 2.6, no discussions here, though there are talks about using a faster off-hand for more procs.
Spells and Tips
- Killing Machine – Grants a 100% crit on some abilities.
- Hungering Cold – This is a great CC ability.
- Threat of Thassarian – One of our core talents allowing us to dual-wield.
- Frost Strike – Ignores armor, deals 100% magic damage. Affected by Killing Machine
- Howling Blast – Deals damage on the target and everyone around him. Don’t forget to take it in the talents. Also affected by Killing Machine
Team Setups
Here is a list of preferable partners in the 2v2 and 3v3 arena.
2v2 Arena
Discipline Priest
Enhancement Shaman
Retribution Paladin
3v3 Arena
Rogue + Discipline Priest
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About the Author
3 Points on Subversion is quite useless in PVP, Obliterate is 100% useless in pvp nomatter what you do. Choosing Subversion over Acclimate or couple of points on Icy Talons in some of the builds provided is just a sin. Yeah, you might survive at furious gladiator gear, and i mean just survive, but anything above casting, will have the time of his life playing against you. Which should never ever happen when playing against DK, not in Wotlk at least ;d
9% hit refers to spell hit or melee hit?
both
fyi. 9% hit cap is for PVE not PVP. its only 5% in pvp
Hello i was just wondering if its better to fight on blood or uh pressence when fighting casters/healers?
unholy imo, the faster attacks and movement speed makes it a lot easier to not get kited out by dps and allows you to get more procs and attacks out on healers
blood for PVE, unholy for PVP. The 15% run speed increase is simply too good in PVP to pass up.
which one is the best to battleground?
Não tem macro algum macro ?
Taco burrito
magic penetration? wtf
some melee abilities, icy touch, howling blast and death coil do magic damage, so especially in ranged match ups, it helps keeping the dmg up a lot