Death Knight PvP Guides for Mists of Pandaria Classic

Last updated on Jul 16, 2025 at 00:00 by Sellin

Welcome to our PvP Death KnightDeath Knight guide for Mists of Pandaria. Here you will find overviews of all viable PvP Death Knight specs, learn about their strengths, weaknesses and best professions, as well as macros and addons for Death Knight.

You can also find links to the detailed specialization guides below.

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Death Knight PvP Overview

Death Knight remains one of the strongest classes in PvP in Mists of Pandaria and with the addition of some new talents like Remorseless Winter Icon Remorseless Winter and Desecrated Ground Icon Desecrated Ground their ability to stick to a target remains almost entirely unmatched.

Similar to previous expansions as a Death Knight your spec choices in competitive PvP are rather limited, you will want to play Unholy if your goal is to increase your rating but Frost has its own benefits but struggles a bit more in an Arena setting compared to Unholy.

Check out our UnholyUnholy Death Knight PvP guides to get a better understanding of how to gear and play your Death Knight in PvP. These guides include information about not only how to play your Death Knight, but the best choices to make for talents, gear, gems and enchants.

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Death Knight Arena Compositions

While Mists of Pandaria has opened up our options for compositions considerably its still important to understand what best pairs with yourDeath Knight. Check out our PvP composition rankings to get an idea for what classes will help you climb the ladder quicker!

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Macros and Addons

Macros and Addons can greatly increase your ability to react and process information. In PvP especially being able to react quickly can be the difference between being able to kill or being killed so making sure you are in a position to effectively react to the constantly changing landscape that is PvP is a major key to success.