Frost Death Knight Mythic+ Build & Gear Guide in Midnight Season 2

Spec Popularity

Overall Played: 4.5%
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Popular Team Comps

groups
Protection
+2
Alternatives
Guardian 1%
Blood 3%
Protection 2%
+2 rarer (<1%)
Restoration
Retribution
Alternatives
Arcane 1%
+15 rarer (<1%)
Frost
+11
Alternatives
Arms 6%
Arcane 9%
Beast Mastery 6%
Balance 4%
Unholy 4%
Devourer 2%
Shadow 2%
Windwalker 5%
Demonology 2%
Elemental 2%
Havoc 2%
Marksmanship 2%
+11 rarer (<1%)
Subtlety
+10
Alternatives
Arcane 6%
Arms 2%
Assassination 1%
Beast Mastery 4%
Devourer 2%
Windwalker 2%
Demonology 2%
Havoc 1%
Balance 1%
Elemental 1%
Shadow 2%
+12 rarer (<1%)
904 Runs 86% Timed Highest Key: +18
Protection
+4
Alternatives
Vengeance 2%
Protection 6%
Blood 5%
Guardian 2%
Brewmaster 2%
Preservation
+3
Alternatives
Holy 2%
Holy 6%
Restoration 3%
Mistweaver 2%
+2 rarer (<1%)
Arms
+6
Alternatives
Subtlety 1%
Retribution 2%
Arcane 4%
Beast Mastery 1%
Marksmanship 1%
Assassination 1%
Balance 1%
+10 rarer (<1%)
Frost
+11
Alternatives
Unholy 2%
Retribution 8%
Beast Mastery 6%
Balance 2%
Arcane 5%
Assassination 2%
Windwalker 2%
Subtlety 1%
Havoc 1%
Demonology 3%
Devourer 2%
Shadow 1%
+10 rarer (<1%)
Elemental
+3
Alternatives
Retribution 2%
Arcane 2%
Unholy 2%
Balance 1%
+9 rarer (<1%)
365 Runs 84% Timed Highest Key: +18

Highest Run

+18 Den of Nalorakk EU
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How this data is collected

Every talent, stat and gear number on this page is drawn from real Mythic+ runs recorded this season, so it shows what players actually do rather than theory. To keep the picture focused on how Frost Death Knight is played at the highest level, only the hardest keys are counted. For each dungeon we look up the highest keystone level anyone has completed, across every class and spec, and then include every run from there down to 5 levels below it, giving the 6 highest key levels of that dungeon. The hardest key completed anywhere this season so far is a +20 in Den of Nalorakk, so there every run of +15 and above is counted. Each dungeon uses its own top key, so a quieter one keeps a lower band. In Voidscar Arena, for example, the hardest key so far is a +18, so its runs start from +13 instead. The sample keeps refreshing as new high keys are posted, so the numbers track how the spec is being played right now rather than averaging the whole season. On top of that, the talent, gear and stat breakdowns are built from a rolling window of roughly the last two weeks, so they stay in step with recent tuning and meta shifts. Run totals and key levels still cover the full season.

Talents

Most Frost Death Knight players build into the Deathbringer hero tree. The tree below is the build they run at the highest keys, and the percentage under each talent is how often it is picked. Most of it is a fixed core. The talents sitting near 100% are taken by almost everyone, so the real decisions are the flexible picks that players swap from dungeon to dungeon. This build barely changes between dungeons. Open Talents per Dungeon below for the few tweaks that do show up.

100%
100%
100%
100%
100%
100%
83%
100%
2
100%
2
2%
63%
TOP
29%
1%
96%
100%
46%
100%
0%
100%
65%
99%
42%
100%
0%
65%
100%
6%
97%
89%
TOP
50%
5%
98%
76%
45%
100%
2
11%
100%
2
100%
1%
100%
36%
100%
100%
100%
100%
100%
99%
100%
6%
2
100%
0%
2
95%
0%
80%
100%
6%
95%
94%
100%
100%
100%
9%
24%
99%
100%
93%
96%
100%
2
95%
0%
100%
2
100%
95%
5%
99%
100%
1%
5%
99%
Stat Priority

Stat priority is the order in which Frost Death Knight players value their secondary stats, based on what the highest-key players actually carry on their gear. Most prioritize Crit, followed by Mastery, Haste and Versatility. Strength is your main stat and comes mostly from item level, so a higher-item-level piece is almost always an upgrade. Use this order as a guide when choosing between similar items, gems and enchants, not as a hard rule.

1 Strength icon
Strength
2.2 K
then
2 Crit icon
Crit
26.1%
then
3 Mastery icon
Mastery
54.9%
then
4 Haste icon
Haste
16.7%
then
5 Versatility icon
Versatility
3.4%
Tertiary Priority
1 Speed icon
Speed
63
then
2 Avoidance icon
Avoidance
1.7%
then
3 Lifesteal icon
Lifesteal
3.4%
Gear Overview

This section lists the gear that Frost Death Knight players equip most often in those high keys, broken down slot by slot. For each slot the most popular item is shown first with its alternatives underneath, and the percentage next to each item tells you how common that choice is. It is a snapshot of what is being played, not a guaranteed upgrade for your character, so always simulate your own character before committing to gear changes. You can do that with Raidbots Top Gear.

Item
Popularity

Rotmire's Sporeheart

Sporefall Mastery Crit

23 %

+16

5 %

+15

4 %

+14

Whispering Periapt

Mastery Versatility

2 %

+14

Aqirbane Reliquary

The Venomous Abyss Crit Mastery Haste Versatility

1 %

+17

SIM

22 %

+17

7 %

+16

4 %

+15

4 %

+15

3 %

+15

Galerider's Veil

Crit Versatility

3 %

+14

Miststalker's Shroud

Crit Versatility

3 %

+15

SIM

12 %

+16

6 %

+15

Shellbound Bracers

The Venomous Abyss Mastery Crit

3 %

+16

1 %

+14
Item
Popularity

6 %

+17

4 %

+17

3 %

+15

3 %

+14

Scaleplate Strangulators

The Venomous Abyss Crit Haste

1 %

+16

Girdle of Devouring Rot

Sporefall Crit Mastery

20 %

+17

12 %

+16

Pledgebearer's Girdle

Versatility Crit

6 %

+15

Girdle of Toxic Regret

The Venomous Abyss Crit Mastery

3 %

+17

Spellbreaker's Girdle

Crafted Crit Mastery

2 %

+15

13 %

+15

12 %

+17

10 %

+17

7 %

+14

Spellbreaker's March

Crafted Crit Mastery

7 %

+16

Scaled Fiend's Warboots

The Venomous Abyss Mastery Haste

5 %

+16

Entombed Cultist's Sabatons

The Venomous Abyss Crit Haste

5 %

+16

3 %

+14
Weapon

SIM

Spellbreaker's Blade

Crafted Crit Mastery

15 %

+17

Strongblood's Ceremonial Cleaver

The Venomous Abyss Mastery Crit

12 %

+16

Jaw of the Shackled Goddess

The Venomous Abyss Haste

11 %

+17

7 %

+16

Blade of the Final Twilight

The Voidspire Crit Mastery

5 %

+15

4 %

+15

Unconfined Labrys

Crit Versatility

4 %

+15
Enchants, Gems & Crafting

Expand any panel below for the finer gear choices Frost Death Knight players make in these high keys. It covers the enchants and gems they run in each slot, the embellishments and missives on their crafted gear, and the combinations they pair together. Each list is ordered by how common the choice is among the sampled characters, over the same rolling two-week window as the gear above.

4x Relentless Rider's Lament

41 %

+14
4x Baleful Grave-Knight's Crucible

11 %

+16
4x Baleful Grave-Knight's Crucible

9 %

+17
4x Baleful Grave-Knight's Crucible

8 %

+18
2x Baleful Grave-Knight's Crucible

7 %

+16
4x Relentless Rider's Lament

6 %

+15
4x Relentless Rider's Lament

5 %

+15
4x Baleful Grave-Knight's Crucible

5 %

+15
4x Baleful Grave-Knight's Crucible

5 %

+16
5x Baleful Grave-Knight's Crucible

4 %

+18

21 %

+16

19 %

+16

11 %

+16

9 %

+16

6 %

+17

5 %

+16

4 %

+16

4 %

+18

4 %

+17

3 %

+16