Frost Death Knight Best Legendaries in Shadowlands — Shadowlands 9.2.5

One of the new parts of Shadowlands is that you have gained the ability to craft Legendaries through Runecarving. Runecarving becomes available to you as you progress through Torghast. You gain Legendary powers through different gameplay sources, and once you obtain them you can craft your own Legendary. Each of these Legendaries will boost the power of your character in a specific way, however you can only wear 1 Legendary item at a time. This guide will go over each Legendary effect to help you make the choice a lot easier.

Focus	Legendary	Best Slot	Source	Stats
Raiding ( Breath of Sindragosa)	Rage of the Frozen Champion	Wrist	Torghast	Critical Strike and Mastery
Raiding ( Obliteration before 4-set)	Koltira's Favor	Shoulders	Sludgefist (Castle Nathria)	Critical Strike and Mastery
Raiding ( Obliteration 2H)	Koltira's Favor	Shoulders	Sludgefist (Castle Nathria)	Critical Strike and Mastery
Raiding ( Obliteration DW before 4-set)	Koltira's Favor	Shoulders	Sludgefist (Castle Nathria)	Critical Strike and Mastery
Raiding ( Obliteration Dual-Wield with 4-set)	Phearomones	Neck	Vault	Critical Strike and Mastery
Mythic+	Biting Cold	Waist	The Necrotic Wake	Critical Strike and Mastery
Torghast	Biting Cold	Waist	The Necrotic Wake	Critical Strike and Mastery

Picking up a Legendary for Raiding depends heavily on the build you choose, the weapon you have, and whether or not you have been able to obtain the new 4-set.

Before you have your 4-set, we recommend running Rage of the Frozen Champion for Breath of Sindragosa. The extra Runic Power helps extend your Breath windows, providing a significant DPS boost! We recommend running Koltira's Favor for Obliteration. The damage boost to Obliterates really synergises well with this Legendary!

Once we obtain the 4-set, things change. For Breath of Sindragosa, Rage of the Frozen Champion is still the general pick. We see a large increase in the duration of Breath due to Runic Empowerment procs from the 4-set, as well as the Rune of Hysteria Runeforge that we swap to. This means we need bosses without any forced downtime for Rage of the Frozen Champion to be good. Whenever you cannot viably maintain 60+ second breaths, pick up Biting Cold instead!

For Obliteration with the 4-set, the choice depends on your weapon. With Dual-Wield, we run Phearomones and Night Fae. The extra Haste will provide one extra GCD in the Obliteration window, providing a good chunk of extra damage! For 2H, Koltira's Favor is still best. The synergy with Might of the Frozen Wastes is simply too strong!

Biting Cold is by far the best Legendary for Mythic+ and Torghast. Its good single-target and great AoE makes it the by far best pick!

Frost Death Knight has the option of using one Legendary from its current Covenant.

• Kyrian Final Sentence — This is mainly an AoE Legendary. It does provide some value in single-target, 4% for 15 seconds, but this is overall really weak. It does well in AoE but the lack of single-target makes it an overall mediocre Legendary.
• Necrolord Abomination's Frenzy — One of the best Legendaries available to use. Its 20% damage increase every 2 minutes feeds well into both Breath of Sindragosa and Obliteration. The extra duration is also nice, especially when you combine it with the Brutal Grasp Conduit. Abomination Limb really becomes a powerful cooldown! This Legendary is a large reason why we recommend you to run Necrolord for Raiding in Patch 9.2.
• Night Fae Rampant Transference — A great Legendary for any AoE. The Strength buff stacks up to 20% with only 2 Obliterates in AoE scenarios, greatly buffing all your burst! This Legendary is a major reason why Night Fae is the recommended Mythic+ Covenant in 9.2.
• Venthyr Insatiable Hunger — Mainly an AoE Legendary, this makes our Swarming Mist windows even more potent. Unfortunately, it only really shines in AoE, making it a mediocre Legendary overall. It does have an interesting synergy with the Frost DK 4-Piece set bonus, since the Glacial Advances that it fires counts toward the Legendary's damage! It can potentially see play in Mythic+, but it is doubtful.