Frost Death Knight Torghast Guide and Best Anima Powers — Shadowlands 9.0.5
On this page, we tell you all you need to know to prepare your Frost Death Knight before entering Torghast and then how to pick up the right Anima Powers once you are inside!
Torghast as a Frost Death Knight
This page will help you perform the best with your Frost Death Knight in Torghast, Tower of the Damned. For more information about Torghast in general, check out our dedicated pages below.
Best Frost Death Knight Setup for Torghast, Tower of the Damned
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15 |
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25 |
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30 |
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35 |
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40 |
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45 |
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50 |
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Level 15 Talents for Torghast as a Frost Death Knight
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Cold Heart is very strong since it gives you high priority damage
and single target burst.
Inexorable Assault is also a strong option.
Level 25 Talents for Torghast as a Frost Death Knight
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If you are using Obliteration, then take
Murderous Efficiency,
and if you are using
Breath of Sindragosa, then
Runic Attenuation is the better option.
Level 30 Talents for Torghast as a Frost Death Knight
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All talents on this row have fantastic utility and are viable.
Level 35 Talents for Torghast as a Frost Death Knight
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Frostscythe will allow you to spread
Rune of Razorice
to all targets in your range, significantly increasing the damage
of all your Frost damaging abilities.
Avalanche is a very strong
passive option that is very easy to play with and adds a good amount of
damage.
Level 40 Talents for Torghast as a Frost Death Knight
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All talents on this row have fantastic utility and are viable,
however Wraith Walk has great mobility benefits especially since
you cannot use your mounts in Torghast.
Level 45 Talents for Torghast as a Frost Death Knight
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Gathering Storm offers the highest DPS output for both
single-target and AoE.
Level 50 Talents for Torghast as a Frost Death Knight
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Obliteration and
Breath of Sindragosa are both
viable options for both single-target and AoE.
Best Anima Powers for Frost Death Knight
This section ranks desirable Anima Powers from Great to Average. Before reading further, you might want to check out our complete lists of Anima Powers (both Death Knight-specific and class-agnostic).
Great Anima Powers for Frost Death Knight
Ancient Drake Breath
Deathlord's Cypher (Allows you to have
Inexorable Assault and
Cold Heart)
Necromantic Bile
Deathlord's Gift (Allows you to have
Runic Attenuation and
Murderous Efficiency)
Deathlord's Ultimatum (Allows you to have
Icecap and
Obliteration or
Breath of Sindragosa)
Blood-tinged Poker
Bone Growing Juice
Death Turf
Skull Bloomer
Oppressor's Chain
Fatal Grasp (Necrolord)
Lich Robes (When paired with
Undertaker's Crown)
Monstrous Concoction
Undertaker's Crown
Unbreakable Cuffs
Boundless Fortitude (When paired with
Ancient Drake Breath)
Good Anima Powers for Frost Death Knight
Chains of Anguish
Deathlord's Invocation (Allows you to have
Avalanche and
Frostscythe)
Deathlord's Mythos (Allows you to have
Gathering Storm and
Hypothermic Presence
Darkreaver's Lens
The Horsemen's Call
Rune Hunter
Tome of Swordplay
Hateforged Cilice (Kyrian)
Eyes of the Unceasing (Kyrian)
Death's Deliverance (Venthyr)
Swarm Host (Venthyr)
Engorged Limb (Necrolord)
Corrupted Sapwood (Night Fae)
Darkreaver's Ward
Entropic Pool
Bone Borrower
Desolate Chitin (Necrolord)
Frigid Wildseed (Night Fae)
Average Anima Powers for Frost Death Knight
Bone Harvester
Blightstone
Occult Emitter
Creeping Decay
Force Pull
Phearomones
Plaguebringer
Slick Ice
Darkhelm of Nuren (Kyrian)
Twisted Hellchoker (Kyrian)
Reinforced Manacle (Kyrian)
Formless Executioner (Venthyr)
Prosthetic Grabber (Necrolord)
Nightmare Tendrils (Night Fae)
Toxic Accumulator (Night Fae)
Ethereal Wildseed (Night Fae)
Phantasma Anima Powers for Frost Death Knight
Occasionally, you will be offered the ability to get Phantasma instead of an Anima Power, or increases to your Phantasma generation. It is hard to evaluate these, but they are generally better than the "Average" Anima powers.
Frost Death Knight Playstyle for Torghast, Tower of the Damned
- Use
Anti-Magic Shell before a magic debuff is cast on you, in order to prevent the application of the debuff.
- If a mob is able to be
Death Gripped then you can use that to also interrupt that mob, acting as another interrupt utility.
- Certain powers pair up very well with each other. For example:
Ancient Drake Breath and
Boundless Fortitude or
Undertaker's Crown and
Lich Robes.
Changelog
- 09 Mar. 2021: Small changes and reordering to Powers; Added new powers; removed old Powers for patch 9.0.5.
- 24 Jan. 2021: Guide reviewed and completely updated.
- 24 Nov. 2020: Guide added.
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This guide has been written by Abyssalwave, a top level Death Knight player. He is a former US #2 hardcore raider who currently raids with didnt ask. You can also check out his YouTube channel.
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