Frost Death Knight PvP Stat Priority, Gear, and Trinkets — Midnight Season 1

The stat priority for Frost Death Knights in PvP is as follows:

1. Versatility
2. Haste to 15-20%
3. Mastery = Critical Strike

Versatility is the best stat by far. Versatility, in PvP, has the highest contribution to output while also heavily increasing survivability through healing and damage mitigation. No other stat can compete with Versatility in value in PvP.

Haste improves your ability to use your important burst windows by increasing resource generation and reducing the global cooldown.In fact, every 12.5% haste will give an extra global during Pillar of Frost. As a general rule, aim for 15% Haste as Deathbringer, or 20% as Rider.

Mastery and Critical Strike can both very valuable stats depending on your talent picks. Mastery drastically improves output to important abilities like Obliterate while Critical Strike synergizes with our talents such as The Long Winter.

If you are opting for a dual-wield setup with The Long Winter then you want to lean more towards crit. 12-15% Critical Strike is a good goal but if you are using a 2-handed weapon then you want to prioritize Mastery instead.

As for gearing, there are no pieces you truly need to target for slots like legs or boots; you are just looking for the proper stats on them, which will come from honor, conquest, professions, and the weekly cache. Due to the introduction of the new crafting system, you are able to craft either Haste or Versatility alongside Mastery in every slot, allowing for maximum burst potential. It is recommended that you aim for at least 20% haste and then move the rest of your stat budget to mastery. Lower haste may be viable if you want more burst but you will lose globals during Pillar of Frost.

Below, you will find the recommended BiS list but this can be adjusted based on stat preferences.

• Head: Relentless Rider's Crown
• Neck: Thalassian Competitor's Amulet - Crafted with Versatility & Haste
• Shoulders: Relentless Rider's Dreadthorns
• Cloak: Galactic Gladiator's Shawl
• Chest: Relentless Rider's Cuirass
• Wrists: Galactic Gladiator's Plate Wristguards
• Hands: Relentless Rider's Bonegrasps
• Waist: Galactic Gladiator's Plate Girdle
• Legs: Galactic Gladiator's Plate Legguards
• Feet: Galactic Gladiator's Plate Warboots
• Ring 1: Thalassian Competitor's Signet - Crafted with Versatility & Haste
• Ring 2: Thalassian Competitor's Signet - Crafted with Versatility & Mastery
• Trinket 1: Galactic Gladiator's Medallion
• Trinket 2: Galactic Gladiator's Insignia of Alacrity
• 2H Weapon: Galactic Gladiator's Greatsword

The best sustained damage option is Prismatic Focusing Iris. This provides solid consistent damage throughout the entire match

Galactic Gladiator's Emblem can be an option if you need to play particularly defensive against a comp you have not been able to survive against (probably Rogue/Hunter comps). Death Knights scale very well with increased health effects because their heals are based on a percentage of your maximum health. Despite this, it is best to use other trinkets over an Emblem.

Galactic Gladiator's Insignia of Alacrity is going to be used in most situations. The trinket provides a main stat proc along with static Haste. Early on, there will be low haste values, so this trinket will prove to be useful.

Fill every gem socket you have with Flawless Masterful Lapis or Flawless Quick Lapis depending if you want to prioritize Haste or Mastery after 15-20%. Make sure that in one slot you have the PvP gem Enduring Heliotrope.

These are the best Frost Death Knight enchants by slot.

• Helm: Enchant Helm - Empowered Hex of Leeching or Enchant Helm - Empowered Blessing of Speed
• Shoulder: Enchant Shoulders - Silvermoon's Mending or Enchant Shoulders - Akil'zon's Swiftness
• Chest: Enchant Chest - Mark of Nalorakk
• Legs: Forest Hunter's Armor Kit
• Rings: Enchant Ring - Zul'jin's Mastery
• Boots: Enchant Boots - Farstrider's Hunt

Death Knights get a special weapon enchant called Runeforges. Runeforging is done by using your Death Gate to get back to Acherus, the Ebon Hold. Rune of the Fallen Crusader is our best Runeforge and will be used in all cases as Deathbringer. You only use Rune of Razorice if you are dual-wielding or playing Rider with Shattering Blade.