Frost Death Knight DPS Artifact Talents/Traits and Relics (Legion 7.2.5)

Table of Contents

• +Introduction
  • 1. Class Overview
  • 2. Patch 7.2.5 Changes
  • 3. Patch 7.2 Changes
  • 4. Strengths
  • 5. Weaknesses
  • 6. Contents
  • 7. ChangeLog
• +Easy Mode
  • 1. The Basics
  • 2. Stat Choice
  • 3. Basic Rotations
  • 4. Cooldowns
  • 5. ChangeLog
• +Spell Summary
  • 1. Introduction
  • 2. Main Resources
  • 3. Basic Abilities
  • 4. Important Procs
  • 5. Cooldowns
  • 6. ChangeLog
• +Builds and Talents
  • 1. Talent Choices
  • 2. Breath of Sindragosa Build
  • 3. Tier 1 (Level 56) Talents
  • 4. Tier 2 (Level 57) Talents
  • 5. Tier 3 (Level 58) Talents
  • 6. Tier 4 (Level 60) Talents
  • 7. Tier 5 (Level 75) Talents
  • 8. Tier 6 (Level 90) Talents
  • 9. Tier 7 (Level 100) Talents
  • 10. ChangeLog
• ×Artifact Traits and Relics
  • 1. Artifact Progression
  • 2. Relic Choice
  • 3. ChangeLog
• +Rotation, Cooldowns, and Abilities
  • 1. Single and Multiple Target Rotation
  • 2. Cooldown Usage
  • 3. Optional Read: Mastering Your Frost Death Knight
    • 3.1. Runes and Runic Power
      • 3.1.1. Runes
      • 3.1.2. Runic Power
    • 3.2. Dual-Wielding Versus Two-Handed
    • 3.3. Mastery: Frozen Heart
    • 3.4. Procs
      • 3.4.1. Killing Machine Procs
      • 3.4.2. Rime Procs
    • 3.5. Anti-Magic Shell Usage
    • 3.6. Advanced Cooldown Usage
      • 3.6.1. Pillar of Frost
      • 3.6.2. Empower Rune Weapon
      • 3.6.3. Artifact Abilities
  • 4. ChangeLog
• +Stat Priority
  • 1. Basics
  • 2. Getting a Better Understanding
    • 2.1. Statistics Priority
  • 3. ChangeLog
• +Gems, Enchants, and Consumables
  • 1. Preface
  • 2. Gems
  • 3. Enchants
  • 4. Consumables
  • 5. ChangeLog
• +Macros and Addons
  • 1. Macros
    • 1.1. Generic Macros for Death Knights
      • 1.1.1. Raise Ally
      • 1.1.2. Mind Freeze
    • 1.2. Specific Macros for Frost Death Knights
      • 1.2.1. Death Grip Mouseover Macro
      • 1.2.2. Howling Blast
  • 2. Addons
    • 2.1. Generic Addons for Death Knights
      • 2.1.1. ElvUI
      • 2.1.2. Boss Mods: Deadly Boss Mods or Bigwigs
      • 2.1.3. GTFO
      • 2.1.4. Parrot or Mik's Scrolling Battle Text
      • 2.1.5. Weak Auras
      • 2.1.6. Recount / Skada / Details!
      • 2.1.7. Omen Threat Meter
      • 2.1.8. Grid and GridClickSets (Optional)
    • 2.2. Specific Addons for Frost Death Knights
  • 3. ChangeLog
• +Gear, Legendaries, and Best in Slot
  • 1. Best in Slot
  • 2. Tier 20 Set Bonus
  • 3. Legendary Items
  • 4. Loot Competition
  • 5. ChangeLog

General Information

This page shows you how to level up the Artifact and how to choose the right Relics for your Frost Death Knights. It is updated for World of Warcraft Legion 7.2.5.

The other pages of our Frost Death Knight guide can be accessed from the table of contents on the right.

About Our Reviewer

This guide has been reviewed and approved by Totemlord, a Frost Death Knight enthusiast and respected theorycrafter on the Frost Death Knight Discord. You can contact him on Discord under the name Nic#9561.

1. Artifact Progression

For the first 35 Artifact points, the path for Frost Death Knights is very straightforward.

1. Crystalline Swords
2. Blades of Frost
3. Nothing but the Boots
4. Frozen Core
5. Frozen Skin
6. Dead of Winter
7. Sindragosa's Fury
8. Cold as Ice
9. Mirror Ball
10. Ambidexterity
11. Hypothermia
12. Blast Radius
13. Ice in Your Veins
14. Over-Powered
15. Frozen Soul
16. Bad to the Bone
17. Chill of the Grave
18. Soulbiter

After this, you should place your remaining points in the following order.

1. Ferocity of the Ebon Blade
2. Runefrost
3. Runic Chills
4. Thronebreaker
5. Blast Radius
6. Ambidexterity
7. Cold as Ice
8. Nothing but the Boots
9. Over-Powered
10. Bad to the Bone
11. Dead of Winter
12. Ice in Your Veins and Frozen Skin, in any order
13. Concordance of the Legionfall

2. Relic Choice

When choosing which Relics to use, the item level of the relic increase granted by the relic is very important, but it is not everything you need to look at, since the effect also plays a fairly important role. We can say that if you have one of the relics listed below the top 3 in the list below, it is worth sacrificing about 10 item levels to switch to one of the top 3 relics.

1. Blast Radius
2. Cold as Ice
3. Ambidexterity
4. Nothing but the Boots
5. Over-Powered
6. Bad to the Bone
7. Dead of Winter

3. ChangeLog

• 13 Jun. 2017: Page reviewed and deemed updated for 7.2.5.
• 22 May 2017: Added a mention to better give context to the relic priority.
• 24 Apr. 2017: Removed mention of Machine Gun playstyle and slightly updated relic priority.
• 27 Mar. 2017: Added path for the Artifact traits added in Patch 7.2.
• 21 Feb. 2017: Updated Relic priorities.
• 17 Jan. 2017: Added a mention of a different Relic priority if using Breath of Sindragosa as your tier 7 talent, and removed a mention of different Relic priorities for AoE damage.
• 10 Jan. 2017: Checked and confirmed for Patch 7.1.5.
• 27 Oct. 2016: Updated Relic priority.
• 05 Oct. 2016: Updated the Relic priority slightly.
• 29 Aug. 2016: Added.