Frost Death Knight DPS Mythic+ Tips — Shadowlands 9.0.2

Frost Death Knight is a very powerful melee in Mythic+ offering high burst AoE damage, it can also offer good consistent AoE damage. Frost Death Knights do not have strong damage mitigation making it difficult to survive certain encounters in high Mythic+ keystones.

If you are unfamiliar with Mythic+ and its associated general mechanics, you can read more about it on our dedicated Mythic+ page below.

The single target and multi-target rotations do not change too much in Mythic+ content. For more information about the Frost Death Knight rotation, refer to the page linked below.

1. Howling Blast to apply Frost Fever
2. Remorseless Winter
3. Frostscythe (if taken, to apply Rune of Razorice to all targets and generate 60+ Runic Power)
4. Obliterate (if you did not take Frostscythe)
5. Empower Rune Weapon
6. Pillar of Frost
7. Breath of Sindragosa

• 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 offers your group a significant magic damage reduction, making you much more valuable.

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.

Level	Choices
15	✗ Inexorable Assault	✗ Icy Talons	✓ Cold Heart
25	✓ Runic Attenuation	✓ Murderous Efficiency	✗ Horn of Winter
30	? Death's Reach	? Asphyxiate	? Blinding Sleet
35	? Avalanche	? Frozen Pulse	✓ Frostscythe
40	? Permafrost	? Wraith Walk	? Death Pact
45	✓ Gathering Storm	? Hypothermic Presence	✗ Glacial Advance
50	✗ Icecap	✓ Obliteration	✓ Breath of Sindragosa

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.

• Level 15: Cold Heart
• Level 25: Runic Attenuation
• Level 30: Player Choice
• Level 35: Frostscythe
• Level 40: Player Choice
• Level 45: Gathering Storm
• Level 50: Breath of Sindragosa

• 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.

Frost Death Knight covenants are currently fairly balanced. You will be able to do competitive damage in Mythic+ as a Frost Death Knight with any of the covenant choices, however some are slightly stronger choices than others.

Necrolord and Venthyr are currently the top choices for Mythic+, however Kyrian and Night Fae are only slightly behind and are still very viable picks. Necrolord offers incredible AoE damage simply from its covenant ability, as well as a group primary stat buff if you are using the Emeni soulbind. Venthyr's Swarming Mist synergizes incredibly well with Breath of Sindragosa, giving you very high uptimes in Cleave/AoE scenarios.

If you want a more in-depth look into covenants for Frost Death Knight, then check out our full covenant page below.

The BiS Legendary for Mythic+ is different from what you will be using for single-target Raid fights. For Breath of Sindragosa, you will want to use Rage of the Frozen Champion. For Obliteration, you will want to use Biting Cold. If you are swapping between Unholy and Frost a lot and want a legendary that will work for both specs, then use Phearomones.

For more information on Frost Death Knight Legendaries, then check out our page below.