Frost Death Knight DPS Guide - Midnight

Von khazakdk Aktualisiert: 25.02.2026

Frost Death Knight OverviewandAuslöschenTötungsmaschineSindragosas HauchFuror des FrostwyrmsUnbarmherziger WinterFrost Death Knight Strengths and Weaknesses

Strengths

Weaknesses

Frost Death Knight Cheat Sheet Frost Death Knight Changes in MidnightNew Abilities

Auserwählter der Frostbrut

Previous Frost ChangesHeulende BöeTötungsmaschineSäule des FrostsTötungssträhne

Auslöschen and Froststoß are now single-target only buttons, with Frostsichel and Unaufhaltbarer Gletscher taking their place as the primary AoE buttons.

Spaltende Stöße no longer causes Obliterate to cleave. Instead, it now buffs Frostscythe when Unbarmherziger Winter is active. Unholy Ground is also gone, so we have no reason to use Tod und Verfall rotationally.

Runenwaffe verstärken has been entirely reworked into a medium cooldown off-GCD ability that we weave into the rotation. It now provides a Tötungsmaschine proc and Runic Power to give us an on-demand tool to control our rotation.

Raureif triggers from Frost Strike and Glacial Advance now. This change breaks up a toxic loop where Obliterate would proc Rime, but it was more important to Obliterate again to spend Tötungsmaschine than to ensure that the Rime proc was not wasted.

Sindragosas Hauch no longer continuously drains Runic Power and is on a 90-second cooldown. It starts with an 8-second base duration, which extends every time we consume Tötungsmaschine or Raureif. The gameplay feels like the previous version of the spell, but it is now decoupled from our Runic Power economy.

Furor des Frostwyrms now has a 90-second cooldown and stuns enemies it hits. has less of a talent tax to pay now; however, for Frostwyrm's Fury is taken more for an AoE stun than for its raw damage, which is now relatively low.

Exterminieren no longer has a chance to reset Mal des Schnitters and instead grants Tötungsmaschine.

Frost Death Knight Hero Talents: Deathbringer and Rider of the ApocalypseMal des SchnittersExterminierenMal des SchnittersSäule des FrostsIn Dunkelheit gebundenHeulende BöeHeulende BöeFuror des FrostwyrmsSofortige ApokalypseTodessprintTodessprint Playing a Frost Death Knight in rotation guide

Spend procs: Every talent build relies on Tötungsmaschine empowered Auslöschen/Frostsichel as a primary damage dealer. Raureif gives Frost a free filler in Heulende Böe, and it always stays important due to the cooldown reduction granted through Frostgebundener Wille.

Cycle resources effectively: Frost has two resources, Runes and Runic Power, which co-exist within a positive feedback loop of one another. Spending Runes builds Runic Power, and spending Runic Power restores Runes through Runenauffrischung. By spending both without waste, we can keep them in balance and ensure we can always cast something. Neglecting a resource can result in downtime due to insufficient resources.

Use Runenwaffe verstärken effectively: Using Empower Rune Weapon is simple. Use it to avoid casting Auslöschen/Frostsichel without Tötungsmaschine, or to avoid reaching maximum charges. The Rune spenders are weak when used without Killing Machine, so Empower Rune Weapon is key to avoid "wasting" a GCD on a weak button.

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Horde: Pandaren currently performs the best because of the value from Epikureer. It should be noted that Races providing Primary stat buffs typically fall off as expansions go on, so factor that into your decision-making.

Alliance: Dunkeleisenzwerg wins hand down for offensive and defensive value gained from Feuerblut.

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Kommentare

Kommentar von ClassyChexMix

This isn't really a guide... its a changelog

Kommentar von Ballagorn

Legion Frost DK was much better then is in BfA T-T

Kommentar von Vavalgia

Why force bos on us? I don't like bos it's slow it's cumbersome and restricts movement. Float like a butter fly sting like a bee that's how frost dk used to be we could dance around the enemy with our obliteration build or move on to another.

Bos is sooooo limiting once you pop it you can't move its awful, but saying that some people like it so instead of making bos the only go to build how about giving us an obliteration build too.

Kommentar von DarkCrimes

Ok cool but why would you play frost when you could just place the superior Undead Dk instead

Kommentar von DarkCrimes

Ok cool but why would you play frost when you could just place the superior Undead Dk instead

Kommentar von Chromachine

While using a 2-hander engraved with Fallen Crusader, Glacial Advance still does apply Razorice. Possibly 2H specific? But you don't necessarily need the runeforge applied.

Kommentar von WoW0

yes Frost Death Knight needs a little 2% bump in damage using Two handed Weapons. I would go about it in another way. I would add it to the obliterate ability explicitly.

Kommentar von ToneMasa

You should correct the races for DK. Void Elf is on the Alliance side, not Horde.

Kommentar von Disseid

The weakness stated as:
"Target-Switching - Due to long set-up and ramp-up times for our single target damage, we have trouble changing targets on the fly."

Unholy DK's yeah I agree but as Frost what build up? only thing that comes to mind is rune of razorice debuff but that is passive anyway, I don't see why I wouldn't be able to "change targets on the fly"

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