Frost Death Knight DPS Ny'alotha Raid Guide — Battle for Azeroth (BfA) 8.3

In this section, you will find information and guidance for Frost Death Knights on each boss individually in the Ny'alotha. These are not complete encounter guides, but rather provide specific tips for doing the bosses as a Frost Death Knight.

The page will be filled out based on live server experience with the bosses, after the raid releases on the 21st January.

Worldvein Resonance — Since this essence is on a 1-minute cooldown, it lines up very nicely with your Breath of Sindragosa. This seems to be a very popular major essence choice in Ny'alotha, so the minor power you gain will also be very strong.

Memory of Lucid Dreams — This is always a powerful choice for Frost Death Knights when using Breath of Sindragosa seeing as the minor grants you a large amount of Runes. This will lead to a longer Breath of Sindragosa uptime and less downtime outside of Breath of Sindragosa.

Breath of the Dying — This is a new essence in Patch 8.3 that passively gives you Corruption resistance, making it a very strong choice allowing you to have more corruption on your gear. The minor also procs Fire damage on the target that also act as an execute effect.

Conflict and Strife — This simply gives you a significant amount of Versatility making it not only a DPS increase but a survivability increase because of how Versatility affects your character.

We advise you to use the following talents against Wrathion, the Black Emperor.

• Level 56: Cold Heart
• Level 57: Runic Attenuation (situational options: Murderous Efficiency or Horn of Winter)
• Level 58: No specific recommendation
• Level 60: Frozen Pulse (situational options: Avalanche or Frostscythe)
• Level 75: No specific recommendation
• Level 90: Gathering Storm or Frostwyrm's Fury
• Level 100: Breath of Sindragosa (or Icecap, situationally)

Make sure to stand to the side of Wrathion to avoid Tail Swipe and Searing Breath. Remorseless Winter, combined with Frozen Tempest, can give you free Rime procs on the Crackling Shards in Phase 2.

For more information, please refer to our Wrathion, the Black Emperor guide.

We advise you to use the following talents against Maut.

• Level 56: Cold Heart
• Level 57: Runic Attenuation (situational options: Murderous Efficiency or Horn of Winter)
• Level 58: No specific recommendation
• Level 60: Frozen Pulse (or Avalanche, situationally)
• Level 75: No specific recommendation
• Level 90: Gathering Storm or Frostwyrm's Fury
• Level 100: Breath of Sindragosa (or Icecap, situationally)

Depending on your group's strategy, you may want to save your major cooldown combination ( Breath of Sindragosa, Empower Rune Weapon, and Pillar of Frost) for the Obsidian Shatter. Coordinate this with your group because you may save Bloodlust/Heroism for this push. You can choose to run AoE talents, such as Avalanche and Frostscythe, to help kill the pillars in Phase 2, if they are a major issue.

For more information, please refer to our Maut guide.

We advise you to use the following talents against The Prophet Skitra.

• Level 56: Cold Heart
• Level 57: Runic Attenuation (situational options: Murderous Efficiency or Horn of Winter)
• Level 58: No specific recommendation
• Level 60: Frozen Pulse (or Avalanche, situationally)
• Level 75: No specific recommendation
• Level 90: Gathering Storm or Frostwyrm's Fury
• Level 100: Breath of Sindragosa (or Icecap, situationally)

Tips will come to this section once the raid is out!

For more information, please refer to our The Prophet Skitra guide.

We advise you to use the following talents against Dark Inquisitor Xanesh.

• Level 56: Cold Heart
• Level 57: Runic Attenuation (situational options: Murderous Efficiency or Horn of Winter)
• Level 58: No specific recommendation
• Level 60: Frozen Pulse (or Avalanche, situationally)
• Level 75: No specific recommendation
• Level 90: Gathering Storm or Frostwyrm's Fury
• Level 100: Breath of Sindragosa (or Icecap, situationally)

Use Death's Advance or Wraith Walk to quickly move out of Torment zones if you are struggling to move out quickly enough. Try to save Death's Advance and Wraith Walk for the Void Orb mechanic, as these movement speed abilities can save you in a pinch.

For more information, please refer to our Dark Inquisitor Xanesh guide.

We advise you to use the following talents against The Hivemind.

• Level 56: Cold Heart
• Level 57: Runic Attenuation (situational options: Murderous Efficiency or Horn of Winter)
• Level 58: No specific recommendation
• Level 60: No specific recommendation
• Level 75: No specific recommendation
• Level 90: Gathering Storm or Frostwyrm's Fury
• Level 100: Breath of Sindragosa (or Icecap, situationally)

Gathering Storm with Frozen Tempest is an extremely powerful combination on this fight with how much cleave there is available.

For more information, please refer to our The Hivemind guide.

We advise you to use the following talents against Shad'har the Insatiable.

• Level 56: Cold Heart
• Level 57: Runic Attenuation (situational options: Murderous Efficiency or Horn of Winter)
• Level 58: No specific recommendation
• Level 60: No specific recommendation
• Level 75: No specific recommendation
• Level 90: Gathering Storm or Frostwyrm's Fury
• Level 100: Breath of Sindragosa (or Icecap, situationally)

You can use Anti-Magic Shell when afflicted with Debilitating Spit in order to gain Runic Power and help prevent some of the damage.

For more information, please refer to our Shad'har the Insatiable guide.

We advise you to use the following talents against Drest'agath.

• Level 56: Cold Heart
• Level 57: Runic Attenuation (situational options: Murderous Efficiency or Horn of Winter)
• Level 58: No specific recommendation
• Level 60: Frozen Pulse (or Avalanche, situationally)
• Level 75: No specific recommendation
• Level 90: Gathering Storm or Frostwyrm's Fury
• Level 100: Breath of Sindragosa (or Icecap, situationally)

Tips will come to this section once the raid is out!

For more information, please refer to our Drest'agath guide.

We advise you to use the following talents against Vexiona.

• Level 56: Cold Heart
• Level 57: Runic Attenuation (situational options: Murderous Efficiency or Horn of Winter)
• Level 58: No specific recommendation
• Level 60: Frozen Pulse (situational options: Avalanche or Frostscythe)
• Level 75: No specific recommendation
• Level 90: Gathering Storm or Frostwyrm's Fury
• Level 100: Breath of Sindragosa (or Icecap, situationally)

Make sure to use your Mind Freeze on the Cultists to interrupt their casts. Save your AoE burst for the Cultists as well ( Remorseless Winter or Frostwyrm's Fury).

For more information, please refer to our Vexiona guide.

We advise you to use the following talents against Ra-den the Despoiled.

• Level 56: Cold Heart
• Level 57: Runic Attenuation (situational options: Murderous Efficiency or Horn of Winter)
• Level 58: No specific recommendation
• Level 60: Frozen Pulse (situational options: Avalanche or Frostscythe)
• Level 75: No specific recommendation
• Level 90: Gathering Storm or Frostwyrm's Fury
• Level 100: Breath of Sindragosa (or Icecap, situationally)

Use Anti-Magic Shell when afflicted with Charged Bonds if you are low on health.

For more information, please refer to our Ra-den the Despoiled guide.

We advise you to use the following talents against Il'gynoth, Corruption Reborn.

• Level 56: Cold Heart
• Level 57: Runic Attenuation (situational options: Murderous Efficiency or Horn of Winter)
• Level 58: No specific recommendation
• Level 60: Frozen Pulse (or Avalanche, situationally)
• Level 75: No specific recommendation
• Level 90: Gathering Storm or Frostwyrm's Fury
• Level 100: Breath of Sindragosa (or Icecap, situationally)

You may want to save your major DPS cooldowns for Phase 2 to burst down the Organ of Corruption. Organize this with your groups before the fight.

For more information, please refer to our Il'gynoth, Corruption Reborn guide.

We advise you to use the following talents against Carapace of N'Zoth.

• Level 56: Cold Heart
• Level 57: Runic Attenuation (situational options: Murderous Efficiency or Horn of Winter)
• Level 58: No specific recommendation
• Level 60: Frozen Pulse (situational options: Avalanche or Frostscythe)
• Level 75: No specific recommendation
• Level 90: Gathering Storm or Frostwyrm's Fury
• Level 100: Breath of Sindragosa (or Icecap, situationally)

Make sure to interrupt any players who have becomes Servants of N'Zoth.

For more information, please refer to our Carapace of N'Zoth guide.

We advise you to use the following talents against N'Zoth the Corruptor.

• Level 56: Cold Heart
• Level 57: Runic Attenuation (situational options: Murderous Efficiency or Horn of Winter)
• Level 58: No specific recommendation
• Level 60: Frozen Pulse (situational options: Avalanche or Frostscythe)
• Level 75: No specific recommendation
• Level 90: Gathering Storm or Frostwyrm's Fury
• Level 100: Breath of Sindragosa (or Icecap, situationally)

Make sure to interrupt any players who have becomes Servants of N'Zoth. If you are low on Sanity, use your extra action button to channel your Heart of Azeroth to restore Sanity.

For more information, please refer to our N'Zoth the Corruptor guide.