Frost Death Knight DPS Mythic+ Tips — Shadowlands 9.2
In this guide, you will find tips and advice to tackle Mythic+ dungeons with your Frost Death Knight in World of Warcraft — Shadowlands 9.2.
Frost Death Knight in Mythic+
Frost Death Knight is a very powerful melee in Mythic+ offering high burst AoE damage, it can also offer good consistent AoE damage.
If you are unfamiliar with Mythic+ and its associated general mechanics, you can read more about it on our dedicated Mythic+ page below.
Frost Death Knight Mythic+ Rotation
The single target and multi-target rotations do not change too much in Mythic+ content. With the talents that are meta, you see very few differences when dealing with multiple enemies! For more information about the Frost Death Knight rotation, refer to the page linked below.
Opener on Packs
With Breath of Sindragosa
Remorseless Winter (do Remorseless Winter first if you are running
Biting Cold)
Frostscythe (if taken, to apply
Rune of Razorice to all targets and generate 60+ Runic Power)
Obliterate x 2 (if you did not take
Frostscythe)
Pillar of Frost
Raise Dead
Breath of Sindragosa
With Obliteration
Remorseless Winter
Pillar of Frost
Howling Blast
Empower Rune Weapon
Raise Dead
Obliterate/
Frostscythe
- Obliteration weave
Frost Death Knight Utility
Death Grip is an iconic Death Knight spell that pulls an enemy that you are targeting to you. Use this to stack enemies that are far apart together to maximize cleave damage. This can also be used as an extra interrupt or to interrupt casts that cannot be interrupted by
Mind Freeze. Another great application of this ability is to pull mobs out of Sanguine pools.
Mind Freeze is Death Knight's interrupt ability. This should be used to interrupt near the end of the target's cast time as they do not attack while casting a spell so it will minimize damage on the tanks. It is recommended you communicate your interrupts with the rest of your group so you do not end up overlapping interrupts.
Anti-Magic Shell is your magic soaking ability. This ability can be used to generate Runic Power by soaking magic damage. If you cast Anti-Magic Shell before a magical debuff would be applied to you such as Bursting, the Anti-Magic Shell will prevent the application of the debuff.
Wraith Walk is a movement talent ability that increases your movement speed by 70% for 4 seconds and removes all root effects. This talent should be taken if you are expecting to be slowed or rooted multiple times in a short period of time. This talent has lost some of the value it had due to
Death's Advance being baseline and having close to the same effect.
Dark Succor is a proc that occurs whenever you kill an enemy, and grants you a free cast of
Death Strike. This can be very useful if your group is taking high amounts of AoE damage.
Death Pact is an utility talent that provides you a heal for 50% of your maximum health. This is incredibly useful in
Grievous or
Bursting where sometimes the damage your group is taking can overwhelm your healer.
Anti-Magic Zone is one of our most useful utility cooldowns. It is very powerful against heavy group-wide magic damage such as from Bursting or the Tormented Lieutenants Arkolath.
Control Undead is a very useful ability for Frost Death Knight, allowing us to control Undead mobs for 2 minutes. It comes with the small loss of being unable to use your
Raise Dead cooldown. Use it to gain extra DPS and help CC where appropriate.
Mythic+ Talents for Frost Death Knights
Please note that the talents that we recommend below are specifically for Mythic+. If you want to see a talent overview for Frost Death Knights, then you can check out our main talent page linked below.
Below are the suggested talents for Mythic+. These talents are recommended for all affixes and keystone levels. For more information on particular talents and when to use them, refer to the Builds and Talents page.
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25 |
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30 |
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35 |
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40 |
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The Mythic+ setup has 2 different builds.
Breath of Sindragosa offers much more AoE and single-target burst
DPS, while
Obliteration offers more consistent DPS.
Both are very competitive builds that are only within a few percent
of each other, meaning you can run whichever build you prefer.
Notably, one we get the 4-piece tier set in Patch 9.2, Obliteration
becomes far more competitive! You will have a big burst window every 1 minute
due to the
Glacial Advances you will be firing off. This will apply
Rune of Razorice's debuff to all targets, as well as deal a big chunk of
damage. Furthermore, since we are running Night Fae, we get really good
2-target cleave every minute as well!
Breath of Sindragosa
- Level 15:
Cold Heart
- Level 25:
Runic Attenuation
- Level 30: Player Choice
- Level 35:
Avalanche
- Level 40: Player Choice
- Level 45:
Gathering Storm
- Level 50:
Breath of Sindragosa
Obliteration
- Level 15:
Inexorable Assault
- Level 25:
Murderous Efficiency
- Level 30: Player Choice
- Level 35:
Avalanche
- Level 40: Player Choice
- Level 45:
Gathering Storm
- Level 50:
Obliteration
For a more in-depth look at all the Frost Death Knight talents, visit the link below.
Encrypted Affix
Season 3 brings the Encrypted affix, which spawns
three relics around bosses and some trash packs. You kill these relics to summon
a lieutenant, which after it has been killed provides a buff which depends on
the first relic you killed. The relics and buffs are the following:
- Urh — Provides 200% increased spell and ability cooldown rate as well as 10% health and Mana every 1 second for 10 seconds. Generally not a great buff for you, and is mostly used for your healer or as a defensive.
- Wo — Provides 150% increased movement speed, 15% reduced damage taken, and shrouds you when out of combat for 1 minute. It is great for when you need to skip packs and do not have a Rogue. Remember to dismiss your ghoul beforehand!
- Vy — Provides 15% Haste and summons orbs of energy that damage and heals for 45 sec. This is by far the most powerful buff for us since it provides a damage increase through the Haste. Pick it up whenever possible!
Frost Death Knight Covenants in Mythic+
9.2 will highlight one Covenant above all else in Mythic+: Night Fae!
The AoE this Covenant brings is simply far too good compared to any other Covenant.
The Obliterate cleave in
Death's Due and the huge Strength gain
from
Rampant Transference add up to a very powerful Mythic+ Covenant;
we choose Night Fae for every build!
If you want a more in-depth look into covenants for Frost Death Knight, then check out our full covenant page below.
Frost Death Knight Legendaries in Mythic+
As we acquire our 4-set in 9.2, Biting Cold becomes by far
the most powerful Legendary. It has single-target on par with any other
Legendary, and brings superior AoE in every situation!
Rage of the Frozen Champion is an alternative for
Breath of Sindragosa
in dungeons with little AoE, at least until we obtain the 4-set!
For more information on Frost Death Knight Legendaries, then check out our page below.
Changelog
- 20 Feb. 2022: Reviewed and approved for Patch 9.2.
- 17 Jul. 2021: Added Anima Power recommendations.
- 29 Jun. 2021: Reviewed and approved for Patch 9.1.
- 29 Jun. 2021: Reviewed and updated for Patch 9.1.
- 09 Mar. 2021: Reviewed for Patch 9.0.5.
- 24 Jan. 2021: Guide reviewed and completely updated.
- 08 Dec. 2020: Updated for the release of Season 1 with a Covenant and Legendary section.
- 23 Nov. 2020: Page updated for Shadowlands release. Removed the Azerite Traits and Essence sections, updated talent recommendation, added sections for Covenant and Legendary Power choice.
- 12 Oct. 2020: Page updated for the Shadowlands pre-patch.
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This guide has been written by Bicepspump, a semi-hardcore player raiding with Wicked Vigilantes on Kazzak. He is heavily involved in the DK DPS theorycrafting community, testing hyoptheses and investigating the correct priority to use. He is also a useful-minion in the Acherus discord, frequently answering questions and discussing optimisations (do not hesitate to reach out). He produces guide-content on YouTube and frequently streams on Twitch.
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