Frost Death Knight DPS Gear and Best in Slot — The War Within Pre-Patch

Welcome to our Gear and BiS Page for Frost Death Knight for The War Within pre-patch. Check this page learn everything you need to know about gearing a Frost Death Knight, including the BiS Gear from all sources, Raiding, and Mythic+, information on the best Trinkets, Tier Sets, and much more.

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BiS Gear for Breath of Sindragosa Frost Death Knight

Overall BiS List Mythic+ Gear BiS List Raid Gear BiS List

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Breath of Sindragosa BiS List for Frost Death Knight

Below, you will find the theoretical BiS set of gear for The War Within pre-patch for the Breath of Sindragosa talent build.

Slot	Item	Boss/ Dungeon/ Source
Helm	Piercing Gaze of the Risen Nightmare	Tindral/ Raszageth/ Magmorax
Neck	Torc of Passed Time (Haste Mastery) with Blue Silken Lining	Jewelcrafting
Shoulder	Skewers of the Risen Nightmare	Smolderon/ Broodkeeper Diurna/ Echo of Neltharion
Cloak	Voice of the Silent Star	Scalecommander Sarkareth
Chest	Carapace of the Unbending Flame	Fyrakk
Bracers	Primal Molten Vambraces (Crit Mastery) with Blue Silken Lining	Blacksmithing
Gloves	Thorns of the Risen Nightmare	Igira the Cruel/ Dathea, Ascended/ The Forgotten Experiments
Belt	Phlegethic Girdle	Larodar
Legs	Greaves of the Risen Nightmare	Larodar/ Sennarth, The Cold Breath/ Rashok
Boots	Lavaforged Sollerets	Volcoross
Ring #1	Seal of Diurna's Chosen	Eranog
Ring #2	Seal of Filial Duty	Broodkeeper Diurna
Trinket #1	Neltharion's Call to Suffering	Echo of Neltharion
Trinket #2	Whispering Incarnate Icon	The Primal Council
1-Handed Weapon	Gholak, the Final Conflagration	Fyrakk
1-Handed Weapon	Strike Twice	The Nokhud Offensive

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Breath of Sindragosa Mythic+ Gear BiS List for Frost Death Knight

This list contains the highest DPS setup, with farmable gear from Mythic+ Dungeons. This is a great place to start on a relatively new character, as you can infinitely grind out these items from Mythic+.

Slot	Item	Boss/ Dungeon/ Source
Helm	Piercing Gaze of the Risen Nightmare (Revival Catalyst)	Any helm
Neck	Torc of Passed Time (Haste Mastery) with Blue Silken Lining	Jewelcrafting
Shoulder	Skewers of the Risen Nightmare (Revival Catalyst)	Any shoulder
Cloak	Cloak of Lost Devotion	The Azure Vault
Chest	Breastplate of Proven Knowledge	Algeth'ar Academy
Bracers	Primal Molten Vambraces (Crit Mastery) with Blue Silken Lining	Blacksmithing
Gloves	Thorns of the Risen Nightmare (Revival Catalyst)	Any gloves
Belt	Illusion Breaker's Waistguard	The Azure Vault
Legs	Greaves of the Risen Nightmare (Revival Catalyst)	Any legs
Boots	Pristine Magma Stompers	Neltharus
Ring #1	Platinum Star Band	Algeth'ar Academy
Ring #2	Unstable Arcane Loop	The Azure Vault
Trinket #1	Blazebinder's Hoof	Ruby Life Pools
Trinket #2	Mutated Magmammoth Scale	Neltharus
1-Handed Weapon	Strike Twice	The Nokhud Offensive
1-Handed Weapon	Strike Twice	The Nokhud Offensive

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Breath of Sindragosa Raid Gear BiS List for Frost Death Knight

This list contains the highest DPS setup, only using gear from the Amirdrassil Raid.

This list is mostly useful for informing your organized guild of what loot is optimal for you, for loot distribution purposes.

Slot	Item	Boss/ Dungeon/ Source
Helm	Piercing Gaze of the Risen Nightmare	Tindral/ Raszageth/ Magmorax
Neck	Torc of Passed Time (Haste Mastery) with Blue Silken Lining	Jewelcrafting
Shoulder	Skewers of the Risen Nightmare	Smolderon/ Broodkeeper Diurna/ Echo of Neltharion
Cloak	Voice of the Silent Star	Scalecommander Sarkareth
Chest	Carapace of the Unbending Flame	Fyrakk
Bracers	Primal Molten Vambraces (Crit Mastery) with Blue Silken Lining	Blacksmithing
Gloves	Thorns of the Risen Nightmare	Igira the Cruel/ Dathea, Ascended/ The Forgotten Experiments
Belt	Phlegethic Girdle	Larodar
Legs	Greaves of the Risen Nightmare	Larodar/ Sennarth, The Cold Breath/ Rashok
Boots	Lavaforged Sollerets	Volcoross
Ring #1	Seal of Diurna's Chosen	Eranog
Ring #2	Seal of Filial Duty	Broodkeeper Diurna
Trinket #1	Neltharion's Call to Suffering	Echo of Neltharion
Trinket #2	Whispering Incarnate Icon	The Primal Council
1-Handed Weapon	Gholak, the Final Conflagration	Fyrakk
1-Handed Weapon	Maul of the Earthshaper	Primal Council

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BiS Gear for Obliteration Frost Death Knight

Overall BiS List Mythic+ Gear BiS List Raid Gear BiS List

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Obliteration BiS List for Frost Death Knight

Below you will find the theoretical BiS set of gear for Season 4.

Slot	Item	Boss/ Dungeon/ Source
Helm	Piercing Gaze of the Risen Nightmare	Tindral/ Raszageth/ Magmorax
Neck	Torc of Passed Time (Haste Mastery) with Blue Silken Lining	Jewelcrafting
Shoulder	Skewers of the Risen Nightmare	Smolderon/ Broodkeeper Diurna/ Echo of Neltharion
Cloak	Voice of the Silent Star	Scalecommander Sarkareth
Chest	Carapace of the Unbending Flame	Fyrakk
Bracers	Primal Molten Vambraces (Crit Mastery) with Blue Silken Lining	Blacksmithing
Gloves	Thorns of the Risen Nightmare	Igira the Cruel/ Dathea, Ascended/ The Forgotten Experiments
Belt	Smoldering Chevalier's Greatbelt	Tindral
Legs	Greaves of the Risen Nightmare	Larodar/ Sennarth, The Cold Breath/ Rashok
Boots	Lavaforged Sollerets	Volcoross
Ring #1	Seal of Diurna's Chosen	Eranog
Ring #2	Seal of Filial Duty	Broodkeeper Diurna
Trinket #1	Neltharion's Call to Suffering	Echo of Neltharion
Trinket #2	Whispering Incarnate Icon	The Primal Council
2H Weapon	Fyr'alath the Dreamrender	Fyrakk
1-Handed Weapon	Gholak, the Final Conflagration	Fyrakk
1-Handed Weapon	Strike Twice	The Nokhud Offensive

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Obliteration Mythic+ Gear BiS List for Frost Death Knight

This list contains the highest DPS setup, with farmable gear from Mythic+ Dungeons. This is a great place to start on a relatively new character, as you can infinitely grind out these items from Mythic+.

Slot	Item	Boss/ Dungeon/ Source
Helm	Piercing Gaze of the Risen Nightmare (Revival Catalyst)	Any helm
Neck	Torc of Passed Time (Haste Mastery) with Blue Silken Lining	Jewelcrafting
Shoulder	Skewers of the Risen Nightmare (Revival Catalyst)	Any shoulder
Cloak	Potion-Stained Cloak	Algeth'ar Academy
Chest	Cuirass of Irreparable Madness	The Azure Vault
Bracers	Primal Molten Vambraces (Crit Mastery) with Blue Silken Lining	Blacksmithing
Gloves	Thorns of the Risen Nightmare (Revival Catalyst)	Any gloves
Belt	Ravenous Omnivore's Girdle	Halls of Infusion
Legs	Greaves of the Risen Nightmare (Revival Catalyst)	Any legs
Boots	Pristine Magma Stompers	Neltharus
Ring #1	Platinum Star Band	Algeth'ar Academy
Ring #2	Unstable Arcane Loop	The Azure Vault
Trinket #1	Blazebinder's Hoof	Ruby Life Pools
Trinket #2	Idol of Trampling Hooves	The Nokhud Offensive
2H Weapon	Undertow Tideblade	Halls of Infusion
1-Handed Weapon	Strike Twice	The Nokhud Offensive
1-Handed Weapon	Strike Twice	The Nokhud Offensive

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Raid Gear BiS List for Frost Death Knight

This list contains the highest DPS setup, only using gear from the Amirdrassil Raid.

This list is mostly useful for informing your organized guild of what loot is optimal for you, for loot distribution purposes.

Slot	Item	Boss/ Dungeon/ Source
Helm	Piercing Gaze of the Risen Nightmare	Tindral/ Raszageth/ Magmorax
Neck	Torc of Passed Time (Haste Mastery) with Blue Silken Lining	Jewelcrafting
Shoulder	Skewers of the Risen Nightmare	Smolderon/ Broodkeeper Diurna/ Echo of Neltharion
Cloak	Voice of the Silent Star	Scalecommander Sarkareth
Chest	Carapace of the Unbending Flame	Fyrakk
Bracers	Primal Molten Vambraces (Crit Mastery) with Blue Silken Lining	Blacksmithing
Gloves	Thorns of the Risen Nightmare	Igira the Cruel/ Dathea, Ascended/ The Forgotten Experiments
Belt	Smoldering Chevalier's Greatbelt	Tindral
Legs	Greaves of the Risen Nightmare	Larodar/ Sennarth, The Cold Breath/ Rashok
Boots	Lavaforged Sollerets	Volcoross
Ring #1	Seal of Diurna's Chosen	Eranog
Ring #2	Seal of Filial Duty	Broodkeeper Diurna
Trinket #1	Neltharion's Call to Suffering	Echo of Neltharion
Trinket #2	Whispering Incarnate Icon	The Primal Council
2H Weapon	Fyr'alath the Dreamrender	Fyrakk
1-Handed Weapon	Gholak, the Final Conflagration	Fyrakk
1-Handed Weapon	Maul of the Earthshaper	Primal Council

If you have a new piece of gear for which you need gems and enchant advice, you can find everything on our dedicated page below.

While gearing up, item level will be your primary target. Strength is our best stat, and you shouldn't focus too much on your secondaries at first. Once you start to receive gear pieces with the same ilvl but different stats, that is when you want to start optimizing your stat distribution. Generally, Frost Death Knights want to prioritize Crit and then Mastery and Haste! We recommend simming your character to determine what upgrade is best for you! For a more detailed explanation, you can read the Simulations page.

Simming your character is far and beyond the best way to determine if a piece of gear is, in fact, an upgrade. The trick is knowing how to do it in a way that produces reliable results. If you follow the Simulations guide page, you can use this to have a more practical gearing guide than simply following a BiS list.

The War Within Pre-Patch has two currencies that can upgrade items all the way to 528 (for Mythic track items). This requires two currencies: Flightstones and Crests that can be obtained from pretty much all content!

For more information on the Gear Upgrades system, check out our dedicated page for it below.

We want to upgrade our most valuable slots at first, since it provides the best DPS per unit of currency. This includes the Weapon, as well as our trinkets. After this point, aim to upgrade slots with as many stats as possible, such as Helm, Shoulder, Chest, and Legs.

1. Weapon (Legendary or Mainhand)
2. Trinkets
3. Helm, Shoulder, Chest and Legs or Bullion items

Weapon and Trinkets are just great for upgrading since they provide a lot of power for the price you pay. After this point, make sure to simulate your character to find the upgrade that gives the most DPS per unit of upgrade currency possible. Upgrading Bullion items is pretty much always safe since they tend to have special effects and are BiS.

Embellishments generally end up relatively low on the upgrade priority due to not being an efficient way of spending crests. As always, sim your character to figure out what is the best DPS per crest value for you!

Frost generally favors two passive trinkets in a raiding environment due due to our flat damage profile (or variable CD windows in Obliteration's case).

The best passive options are Whispering Incarnate Icon and Neltharion's Call to Suffering Cataclysmic Signet Brand ends up being better in long fights (6-7min+). Elementium Pocket Anvil and Ominous Chromatic Essence. are solid alternatives. Both Icon and Ominous require people in your raid or party to wear the trinket for you to get the maximum benefit. Equipping alternative trinkets can sometimes be the best play because of this!

I have listed the best trinkets below

1. Whispering Incarnate Icon
2. Neltharion's Call to Suffering
3. Ominous Chromatic Essence
4. Cataclysmic Signet Brand
5. Elementium Pocket Anvil
6. Pip's Emerald Friendship Badge

Many people overthink the distribution of their secondary stats. An important thing to remember is that a higher quantity of stats is nearly always better than a better quality of stats. Because of this, wearing higher item-level gear with worse stats tends to be better than lower item-level gear with great stats. Keep this in mind when considering gear. For more stats information, please refer to our dedicated page.

For neck and ring pieces, you can afford to drop 5-10 item levels in most cases to get our preferred stat: Crit. That said, you should always sim yourself to see what is better as the secondary stat diminishing returns can still change your ideal setup. Remember that you aim for a balance in stats; just stacking Crit above else, for instance, is a bad idea!

For Season 4, the Legendary is our best Weapon by far! Once you obtain this Weapon, Obliteration becomes roughly equal to Breath of Sindragosa in Raid (it's always better in Mythic+). Gholak, the Final Conflagration and Strike Twice are great Dual-Wield weapons. For our 2H Weapon, anything at the highest ilvl is best until you get your Legendary.

Crafting in Season 4 is similar to Season 3 where we aim to have 2 crafted items with embellishments. The max ilvl is again lower (525 vs 528) compared to Mythic gear which is why we don't have as many crafted items in our bis list. We want to run double Blue Silken Lining (really good even with sub 40% uptime) as our embellishments. After this point, crafting in slots where you currently have low ilvl items is a good idea, to "fill to gaps" in a sense. Simulate your character to figure out which option is best for you given your current gear.

Finally, crafting a weapon can be a good idea. It provides the most "bang for your buck" and will be your best DPS upgrade early on. This only applies if you are dual-wielding, or if you haven't obtained your Legendary yet!