Class Guide

Frost Death Knight

How this spec actually plays, read from real archived arena matches: the talents top-rated players converge on, which of them earn their slot in-game, and the burst window.

10 matches · rated 3111–3025

Death Knight

Blood• Frost Unholy•

Demon Hunter

Devourer• Havoc• Vengeance

Druid

Balance• Feral• Guardian• Restoration•

Evoker

Augmentation• Devastation• Preservation•

Hunter

Beast Mastery• Marksmanship• Survival•

Mage

Arcane• Fire• Frost•

Monk

Brewmaster• Mistweaver• Windwalker•

Paladin

Holy• Protection• Retribution•

Priest

Discipline• Holy• Shadow•

Rogue

Assassination• Outlaw• Subtlety•

Shaman

Elemental• Enhancement• Restoration•

Warlock

Affliction• Demonology• Destruction•

Warrior

Arms• Fury• Protection•

• = match sample analysed

The core kit

Taken by nearly every sampled player, and put to work in nearly every game.

Blinding Sleet

used in 10/10

Anti-Magic Barrier

used in 10/10

Assimilation

used in 10/10

Anti-Magic Zone

used in 10/10

Improved Death Strike

used in 10/10

Death Strike

used in 10/10

Rune Mastery

used in 10/10

Icy Talons

used in 10/10

Osmosis

used in 10/10

Breath of Sindragosa

used in 10/10

Empower Rune Weapon

used in 10/10

Frostreaper

used in 10/10

Inexorable Assault

used in 10/10

Runic Overflow

used in 10/10

Frostwyrm's Fury

used in 10/10

Northwinds

used in 10/10

Howling Blast

used in 10/10

Frost Strike

used in 10/10

Obliterate

used in 10/10

Killing Machine

used in 10/10

Killing Streak

used in 10/10

Bind in Darkness

used in 10/10

Wither Away

used in 10/10

Exterminate

used in 10/10

Proliferating Chill

used in 10/10

Pillar of Frost

used in 10/10

Enduring Strength

used in 10/10

Rage of the Frozen Champion

used in 10/10

Death's Echo

used in 10/10

Frozen Dominion

used in 10/10

Icy Onslaught

used in 10/10

Deathly Blows

used in 10/10

Reaper's Mark

used in 10/10

Rune Carved Plates

used in 10/10

Wraith Walk

used in 10/10

Strangulate

used in 10/10 PvP

Unholy Endurance

used in 9/10

Death Pact

used in 9/10

Bonegrinder

used in 9/10

Death Defiance

used in 9/10

Icebound Fortitude

used in 9/10

Death's Messenger

used in 9/10

Veteran of the Third War

used in 8/10

Delirium

used in 8/10 PvP

Burst window

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The single highest-damage real 12s window in the sample

Obliterate
→
Exterminate
→
Empower Rune Weapon
→
Frostwyrm's Fury
→
Obliterate
→
Exterminate
→
Obliterate
→
Exterminate
→
Obliterate
→
Lichborne
→
Obliterate
→
Frost Strike
→
Mind Freeze
→
Obliterate
→
Empower Rune Weapon
→
Frost Strike
→
Obliterate

Also commonly taken

Blood Draw 10/10 Mind Freeze 10/10 Suppression 10/10 Swift and Painful 10/10 Chosen of Frostbrood 10/10 Icebreaker 10/10 Howling Blades 10/10 Runic Attenuation 10/10 Gloom Ward 10/10 Will of the Necropolis 10/10 Runic Protection 10/10 Grip of the Dead 10/10 Brittle 10/10 Unholy Momentum 10/10 Unholy Bond 10/10 Coldthirst 10/10 Obliteration 10/10 Frigid Executioner 10/10 Smothering Offense 10/10 Hyperpyrexia 10/10 Arctic Assault 10/10 Grim Reaper 10/10 Wave of Souls 10/10 Soul Rupture 10/10 Null Magic 10/10 Frostbound Will 10/10 Echoing Fury 10/10 Dark Talons 10/10 Spellwarden 9/10 Avalanche 6/10

▶ The sample — 10 matches

Match	Rating	Length	Flagged talents
Match 1	3111	149s	3
Match 2	3088	329s	2
Match 3	3079	149s	2
Match 4	3062	90s	4
Match 5	3061	179s	2
Match 6	3052	170s	2
Match 7	3032	75s	6
Match 8	3030	119s	3
Match 9	3027	85s	3
Match 10	3025	138s	3