Frost Death Knight DPS Gems, Enchants, and Consumables — The War Within (Season 1)

Frost Death Knights can utilize powerful Runeforges on their weapons instead of normal enchants. Choosing the right enchants is crucial for optimizing your DPS! Here are the best enchants for the different viable builds!

• Rune of the Fallen Crusader + Algari Mana Oil for 2H .
• Rune of the Stoneskin Gargoyle MH + Rune of the Fallen Crusader + Algari Mana Oil for DW.
• Rune of the Fallen Crusader (+ Rune of the Stoneskin Gargoyle if DW) for leveling.

The War Within has the Culminating Blasphemite epic gem, giving both a good chunk of Strength as well as increasing your Crit with each unique gem colour you equip. Making the most of this effect can be worthwhile, but it does depend on your current stats. The BiS profile has 4 different colours, but it is only a 0.2% upgrade to do so, compared to just running high crit gems. The best ones are, in the following priority:

1. Quick Ruby
2. Deadly Emerald
3. Deadly Onyx
4. Deadly Sapphire

We recommend a lot of speed enchants here. If you are pushing higher Mythic+, use avoidance instead.

For your Ring enchants, Enchant Ring - Radiant Critical Strike is the most commonly used and will usually be your best choice. Enchant Ring - Cursed Haste is a potential option. If you can manage to run a setup with 0 Versatility, this will end up being powerful as you gain free extra stats.

You should be drinking the Flask of Alchemical Chaos at all times.

Your stat potion should be Tempered Potion. Use these when you will do the most damage with your abilities, likely during your cooldowns and/or Bloodlust/ Heroism. You can also obtain Fleeting Tempered Potion from Cauldrons that can be spawned by Alchemists.

You should keep a stock of Algari Healing Potions to use when at low health, and if you have a Warlock in the group, grab their Healthstones and use them as well. Do not macro these together, they are best used separately! You can also obtain Fleeting Algari Healing Potion from Cauldrons that can be spawned by Alchemists.

You should be eating from a Feast at all times, either Feast of the Divine Day, Feast of the Midnight Masquerade, or Hearty Feast of the Midnight Masquerade.

If Feasts are not available, eat Outsider's Provisions, Beledar's Bounty, Jester's Board, or Empress' Farewell instead.

In addition, if you can afford it, you should use Draconic Augment Runes to increase your primary stat. Since there is a finite amount of the consumable runes available, you should make sure to use them wisely and to stock up on them for when you need them.

Through the Patch 10.2 Emerald Dream Zone and its Dream Wardens Faction, you can also obtain the Dreambound Augment Rune, which is permanent!

• Rune of the Fallen Crusader: the staple Runeforge for Frost Death Knights, you will always see this Runeforge used in both Mythic+ and Raid content.
• Rune of Razorice: this Runeforge is used for some Dual-Wield builds. It allows you to gain a lot of benefit from Shattering Blade.
• Rune of Sanguination: Provides a small execute effect for Death Strike and a small cheat death mechanic. This Runeforge has more of a place in PvP as opposed to PvE content.
• Rune of Spellwarding: Provides small defense towards casters, making it more geared towards PvP situations.
• Rune of the Apocalypse: Currently very weak compared to other options especially Rune of the Fallen Crusader.
• Rune of the Stoneskin Gargoyle: Solid amount of stats, works well with Dual-Wield builds.
• Rune of Unending Thirst: Commonly used for leveling since it provides movement speed, Haste, and heals when you kill an enemy.