Frost (20/51/0) by Thebloodelf
Glyphs
I use Icy Touch sigels, Icy Touch Glyphs, Frost Strike Glyphs, and Chains of Ice Gyphs.
Spell Rotations
This is my rotation if fighting a target alone.
Chains of Ice -> Plague Strike -> Obliterate -> Blood Strike -> Blood Strike -> Frost Strike -> Frost Strike.
Once 4 death runes are up, Chains of Ice -> Icy Touch -> Icy Touch -> Icy Touch -> Deathchill + Howling Blast -> Frost Strike -> Frost Strike -> Frost Strike.
If fighting with someone like a Rogue or Warrior with an Immobilize on his target I use this rotation:
Obliterate -> Obliterate -> Blood Strike -> Blood Strike -> Frost Strike.
Next rune up Icy touch -> Icy Touch -> Icy Touch -> Icy Touch -> Deathchill + Howling Blast -> Frost Strike -> Frost Strike -> Frost Strike.
After spending lots of gold on my Death Knight to test out all the specs and play styles I have found this build is the best for heavy burst over Blood/Unholy spec.
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  Nystos | Jan 22, 2009 - 11:21 PM (HideShow) |
| This spec definatly has more burst than any other combo. Its simply fantastic, instead of hitting for 1000-2000 it becomes rare to hit a crit for under 3000 and goes up to 5k easily. Im not quite sure about the survivorbility because no sufficient marks in rune tap, and nothing in mark of blood still freightens me! In arena staying alive is key, although if you get a nice partner to nuke with, it wont matter because in no time you are playing 2v1. | |
  Ramboll | Jan 23, 2009 - 7:18 AM (HideShow) |
| I dont see any reason for having death rune mastery with the rotaion you are using,you can do chain of ice and 3xIT after runes recharge with 2 death runes only.And i can see the reason for spaming Icy touch if you are been kited but if in melee range dont see reason why not using Obliterate its having enormous crit chanse. | |
 Ðaria | Jan 23, 2009 - 9:07 AM (HideShow) |
| Because it does crap damage on plate, also affected by random avoidance/evasion and so on ramboll, icy touch with sigl+glyph does a lot more, only time i can think to use oblit would be on cloth if you can keep them in melee long enough to dump a few. (not that I'm pro or anything, just my thoughts). | |
| Ðaria | Jan 23, 2009 - 9:09 AM (HideShow) |
| p.s Blood strike glyph would be pretty amazing with Chilblains rather then glyph of chains of ice. | |
 Thebloodelf | Jan 24, 2009 - 10:17 AM (HideShow) |
| Hm i guess your right Ðaria. | |
| Urouboros | Jan 24, 2009 - 11:36 AM (HideShow) |
| Not the best frost spec I've seen.Considering utility and overall help for your teammate it doesn't have any.CoI slow can be replaced by rogue,a retri/holy pala will compensate for it and in last cases a resto druid would just die and again a feral would replace it.So if you think that adding nothing but damage to the arena will make you try it,but it doesn't take much to bring down a DK that can't defend himself no matter what your partner is. | |
 Awzumy | Jan 25, 2009 - 6:29 PM (HideShow) |
| http://talent.mmo-champion.com/?deathknight=2305021330000000000000000003202500133500102321035101351000000000000000000000000000000&glyph=131012060504 i roll this specc with my dk mate since 1st week of s5 and we have spend ~2000 gold 4 glyphes and respeccing. this is actually the 6th version we tested so much full runetap without crit etc but this is the best !!we think!! | |
| Awzumy | Jan 25, 2009 - 6:32 PM (HideShow) |
| and i forgot why u dont specc "unbreakable armor" 10% str?! 25% armor which scales with bladed armor and 5% parry (runestrike proccs against melee)?! FOR ONLY 1!! point sry its to good instead of imp runetap | |
| Death knight | Jan 26, 2009 - 1:56 AM (HideShow) |
| just a thought why not get mark of blood instead of hungering cold? | |
| Awzumy | Jan 26, 2009 - 6:17 AM (HideShow) |
| no way hungering cold is in my opinion the best CC ingame atm we do it like this burn the 1cd at start to get insignia out then u must survive 1 min (this is np) and burn the second cd with CC of your mate on the non focus when hungering cold fades in this time the dk runs away and grips and i said before ur mate control the other if he is a healer and when not its also good to CC do u understand this strat? sry 4 fuckin bad english | |
 Rngesus | Jan 26, 2009 - 2:05 PM (HideShow) |
| This is a terrible version of the blood/frost spec, but to answer some questions, Hungering Cold is freaking amazing, especially in longer games. 1 pt in imp rune tap is worthless, as is death rune mastery. Unbreakable Armor is basically useless because it costs a rune for not much benefit. You'd be better off using the rune to go into frost presence. | |
| Rngesus | Jan 26, 2009 - 2:07 PM (HideShow) |
| also, best glyphs for a blood/frost spec imo are blood strike, frost strike, and 3rd is personal preference, ams, blood boil, or icy touch. | |
 Tatuposhy | Jan 26, 2009 - 5:28 PM (HideShow) |
| Just to clarify... what pressence is used? | |
| Death knight | Jan 26, 2009 - 6:51 PM (HideShow) |
| Rngesus if this is such a terrible spec, could maybe link us a better one? | |
| Thebloodelf | Jan 27, 2009 - 4:29 AM (HideShow) |
| Reply to Tatuposhy : u use unholy presence because u will b having almost endless runic power, also is ok if u guys wanna take out 1pt in imp rune rape for unbreakable armor. Btw this spec work well with a healer and against heavy armor opponent, this spec also have highest rng to destroy most hpally. | |
| Rngesus | Jan 28, 2009 - 3:05 PM (HideShow) |
| http://www.wowhead.com/?talent=jfV0qcZGMxzIxz0GRAcsu for rune tap frost builds or http://www.wowhead.com/?talent=jfV0VZGMxzIxzMGRAcst without rune tap. definitely use unholy presence, I am personally not a fan of unbreakable armor, simply because frost runes are your best runes in arena, and in most cases, you're going to be better off just using that rune to go into frost presence. Death Rune mastery is a complete waste of points in the blood tree. You're getting death runes out of F/U, which you would just use for F/U moves anyway. Pointless. | |
| Awzumy | Jan 29, 2009 - 4:52 AM (HideShow) |
| @rngesus Death Rune Mastery is waste? 6?! Deathrunes whick u can spam 6 times icy touch (my mate says at cloth he does up to 4k with and libram) to do dmg when u r not in melee range?! and when u r in melee range u will use oblirate and when not sry just low also when u get gladiator with ur warrior! cuz 6-7k crits with obilerate and then u become deathrunes of it? to spam other skills and with 6 deathrunes Unbreakable armor is good cuz u got enough runes and to your builds frost aura/acclimate is waste in similiar times cuz against caster u should go into frost presence (remember u got 6 deathrunes 100% of time)and when u got a good hpally mate. he/she will specc "sacred cleansing" then u got 30% chance after a dispell get a 30% magic etc get immune every spell and in this case deathrune mastery is pretty OP.... test it pls only in case u will says what a useless shit i will say this KK i c a real fotm warry/drood gladi grz to this why i say that? only s3 glad in the best warry times? and i think u will say u r not a glad fuckin lowbird on eu-onyxia 2 glads on my acc | |
| Rngesus | Jan 30, 2009 - 12:31 AM (HideShow) |
| I have no idea what that garbled nonsense was, but first of all, icy touch is not affected by armor seeing as how it is a spell, dks dont use librams, they use sigils, and if you want to spam 6 icy touches in a row, be my guest. I never said it wasnt decent dps, but there is a reason people dont spec dw 32/39 for pvp. PvP is about burst, not sustained dps. 2 obliterates on cloth will ALWAYS be more burst than 2 icy touches. It isn't about you get to use 6 gcds for 12k dmg on non-crits. It's about doing 7k dmg in 2 gcds without crits. A personal attack on my only 1 season of gladiator is rather uncalled for. In case you were wondering, I was actually a shaman and it was my first serious season. I fucked up s4, I'll admit that. Pls, l2english, l2gladiator, l2dk, and more importantly, l2manners. | |
| Amstelbier | Feb 3, 2009 - 9:07 PM (HideShow) |
| @ Rngesus Jan 28, 2009 - 8:05 PM You linked two builds which definetly are better than this one here (My appologies to the poster) but than can you explain me why you prefer Bladed Armor over 2h specialization. Just curious not being bossy on you orsomething. And why do you want 130 RP and not have Merc Combat in the build with the Imp RT? Secondly I want to know which specc you think is the best for arena atm? I'm testing blood atm which is also an incredible burst with hysteria and Dancing Rune Weapon alto I think Hungering Cold is just too good to be not used which can replace a lot of burst for CC. p.s.Sorry if this is the wrong place to ask Amstelbier - EU-Burning Steppes | |
 Berthor | Feb 5, 2009 - 9:18 PM (HideShow) |
| I'd go with http://www.wowhead.com/?talent=jfV0VZGMxzIxzMGRAcst i dont see any missing talents with this | |
 Maurice | Feb 8, 2009 - 3:14 AM (HideShow) |
| Heh .. I go this way and luv it i can put pve gears do some 4k dps easy then put pvp got nice surv got nice heal .. sick dps ( burst) but constant !!! http://www.wowhead.com/?talent=j0E0qcZGMxzuxdMGoAost Try it out Give news !! | |
 Dunsparrow | Feb 9, 2009 - 4:50 PM (HideShow) |
| Rngesus is one of the best Death Knights in the world. If you're going to attack, attack his reasoning or logic, but your stupid ad hominem bullshit is not going to hold water. This is directed Awzumy of "I have 2 glads on my account" fame. No one cares. P.S. This spec sucks. | |
| Fuzzywuggles | Feb 24, 2009 - 3:03 PM (HideShow) |
| I completely agree with Rngesus. alot of your posts make no sense/are not very constructive. Basically, for those of you who can't read this. Manners are TEH goodz, use dem plox. Rngesus is right on alot of levels, listen to him. He knows what he is talking about, face rolling IS NOT the best way to play a DK FYI. | |
| Nivl | Mar 12, 2009 - 11:38 AM (HideShow) |
| http://www.wowhead.com/?talent=jfcMVZGMxthxdRGoA0st I wanne play 5vs5 with retri pally and arms warr so im thinking off going this spec for increased mellee haste. any comments or impr anyone? ty | |
| Atiu | Apr 28, 2009 - 1:01 PM (HideShow) |
| http://www.wowhead.com/?talent#jfVMVZGzxxA0ckfuVost:NasVMz just wondering if i could get any feedback on this spec :) love every spec ive seen on this website! and i can take harsh feedback, i want to know if i made a mistake anywhere Thanks Atiu - Tichondrius | |
| Gaurd | May 5, 2009 - 3:41 AM (HideShow) |
| As much as I hate agreeing with Dunsparrow, His comment...all true. | |
 Nikkita | May 22, 2009 - 4:28 PM (HideShow) |
Rngesus, when I try to check out the builds you listed in your Jan. 28 post, I get incomplete talent trees (I think Blizz moved talents around?). Anyhoo, can you plz re-post the 2 Frost PvP specs you recommend? (Also, when I click on your name, it links to "Gladiator Bater," a/o to you....not sure if that's intentional.) | |
 Jagour | Jul 6, 2009 - 7:36 PM (HideShow) |
| this is what i was thinking about the spec listed above my version has a bit more survivability but still crazy burst i didnt understand some of the talents they picked in blood any suggestions are welcome | |
| Jagour | Jul 6, 2009 - 7:36 PM (HideShow) |
| wow forgot to post link rofl http://www.wowhead.com/?talent#j0EMRcZGMxzArcofkmcsub:uNsMm0 | |
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