Frost Death Knight DPS Gear, Legendaries, and Best in Slot (Legion 7.3.5)

Table of Contents

• +Introduction
  • 1. Class Overview
  • 2. Patch 7.3 Changes
  • 3. Patch 7.2.5 Changes
  • 4. Patch 7.2 Changes
  • 5. Strengths
  • 6. Weaknesses
  • 7. Contents
  • 8. ChangeLog
• +Easy Mode
  • 1. The Basics
  • 2. Stat Choice
  • 3. Basic Rotations
    • 3.1. Single Target Rotation
    • 3.2. Multiple Target Rotation
  • 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. Tier 1 (Level 56) Talents
  • 3. Tier 2 (Level 57) Talents
  • 4. Tier 3 (Level 58) Talents
  • 5. Tier 4 (Level 60) Talents
  • 6. Tier 5 (Level 75) Talents
  • 7. Tier 6 (Level 90) Talents
  • 8. Tier 7 (Level 100) Talents
  • 9. ChangeLog
• +Artifact Traits and Relics
  • 1. Artifact Progression
  • 2. Relic Choice
    • 2.1. Single Target
    • 2.2. AoE
  • 3. ChangeLog
• +Netherlight Crucible Relic Paths
  • 1. General Optimization Advice
  • 2. Tier 2 Upgrade Priority
  • 3. Tier 3 Upgrade Priority
    • 3.1. Single Target
    • 3.2. AoE
  • 4. ChangeLog
• +Rotation, Cooldowns, and Abilities
  • 1. Single Target Rotation
  • 2. Multiple Target Rotation
  • 3. Cooldown Usage
  • 4. Optional Read: Mastering Your Frost Death Knight
    • 4.1. Runes and Runic Power
      • 4.1.1. Runes
      • 4.1.2. Runic Power
    • 4.2. Dual-Wielding Versus Two-Handed
    • 4.3. Mastery: Frozen Heart
    • 4.4. Procs
      • 4.4.1. Killing Machine Procs
      • 4.4.2. Rime Procs
    • 4.5. Anti-Magic Shell Usage
    • 4.6. Advanced Cooldown Usage
      • 4.6.1. Pillar of Frost
      • 4.6.2. Empower Rune Weapon
      • 4.6.3. Artifact Abilities
      • 4.6.4. Horn of Winter
  • 5. ChangeLog
• +Stat Priority
  • 1. Basics
  • 2. Getting a Better Understanding
    • 2.1. Statistics Priority
  • 3. ChangeLog
• +Gems, Enchants, and Consumables
  • 1. Gems
  • 2. Enchants
  • 3. Consumables
  • 4. 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. mRunes
      • 2.1.8. Omen Threat Meter
      • 2.1.9. 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 21 Set Bonus
  • 3. Trinkets
  • 4. Legendary Items
  • 5. Loot Competition
  • 6. ChangeLog

General Information

This page is a gear reference for Frost Death Knights. It lists your best items and Legendaries, gives you gearing advice, and shows you how you will be competing for loot with other classes.

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 Ertrak, a top Frost Death Knight who raids in Azshari Vegans.

1. Best in Slot

The current state of Frost Death Knight stats makes it so that creating any kind of predetermined best in slot list would be pointless. Instead, you should simply look to get the items with the most Strength you can find, while prioritising the stats that are most valuable to you at the moment (considering the breakpoints, and ideally simming your character).

2. Tier 21 Set Bonus

Both the 2-piece and 4-piece Tier 21 Set Bonuses are very good, and you should try to obtain them as soon as possible.

3. Trinkets

The best trinkets to use, in order are:

1. Aman'Thul's Vision
2. Cradle of Anguish (high item level)
3. Kil'jaeden's Burning Wish
4. Eye of Command (assuming you can keep the buff stacked by attacking the same target)
5. Unstable Arcanocrystal (high item level) or Memento of Angerboda
6. Specter of Betrayal
7. Horn of Valor

4. Legendary Items

Legendary items have a high item level of 1000, which makes them extremely strong. They are so strong, in fact, that a legendary item is always going to be worth equipping over any other item you might have in that slot.

However, there is a limitation on the number of legendary items you can have equipped at any one time (by default 1, but by now most players should be able to equip 2). Since some legendary items are better than others, if you have more items than the limit, you will have to choose which ones to equip.

Below, we will do our best to guide you through this process, as well as provide any other relevant information.

We currently rank the legendary items as follows:

1. Toravon's Whiteout Bindings
2. Cold Heart
3. Koltira's Newfound Will
4. Perseverance of the Ebon Martyr
5. Seal of Necrofantasia
6. Kil'jaeden's Burning Wish
7. Sephuz's Secret
8. Consort's Cold Core
9. Soul of the Deathlord
10. Aggramar's Stride, Prydaz, Xavaric's Magnum Opus and Acherus Drapes

5. Loot Competition

Apart from other Frost Death Knights, you will also be competing for items with the classes listed below:

Item Type	Competing Classes
Tier Tokens	Blood/Unholy Death Knights, Druids, Mages, and Rogues
Plate Armor	Blood/Unholy Death Knights, Paladins, and Warriors
Amulets Cloaks Rings	Everyone
Trinkets	Unholy Death knights, Retribution Paladins, and Arms/Fury Warriors

6. ChangeLog

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• 28 Nov. 2017: Updated set bonus recommendations and trinket and legendary rankings.
• 11 Aug. 2017: Updated legendary ranking and added a trinket list.
• 13 Jun. 2017: Updated legendary ranking (adding the two new legendary items) and added Tier 20 Set Bonus recommendations.
• 22 May 2017: Updated the legendary item ranking slightly.
• 27 Mar. 2017: Updated legendary rankings to account for Patch 7.2 changes.
• 22 Jan. 2017: Moved the legendary helm to the number one spot for legendary item ranking.
• 21 Jan. 2017: Added trinket simulations and updated the text for Kil'jaeden's Burning Wish.
• 13 Jan. 2017: Added a mention of Kil'jaeden's Burning Wish as well as a Tier 19 Set Bonus recommendation.
• 10 Jan. 2017: Added mention of new legendary item and revised existing legendary recommendations slightly.
• 31 Oct. 2016: Added a mention explaining the lack of a Best in Slot section.
• 28 Oct. 2016: Updated legendary item ranking.
• 25 Sep. 2016: Tweaked the legendary recommendations somewhat.
• 29 Aug. 2016: Updated for Legion's launch.
• 22 Jul. 2016: Revamped the trinket and set bonus recommendations.
• 18 Jul. 2016: Updated for the Legion pre-patch.