Frost Death Knight DPS Mythic+ Tips — Shadowlands 9.2

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.

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.

1. Remorseless Winter (do Remorseless Winter first if you are running Biting Cold)
2. Frostscythe (if taken, to apply Rune of Razorice to all targets and generate 60+ Runic Power)
3. Obliterate x 2 (if you did not take Frostscythe)
4. Pillar of Frost
5. Raise Dead
6. Breath of Sindragosa

1. Remorseless Winter
2. Pillar of Frost
3. Howling Blast
4. Empower Rune Weapon
5. Raise Dead
6. Obliterate/ Frostscythe
7. Obliteration weave

• 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.

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.

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!

• 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

• 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.

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!

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.

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.