Welcome to Skill Capped’s Guide on the Best Stats, Gear, Gems & Enchants for Frost Death Knights in The War Within 11.2.0

All sections for Frost Death Knight PvP have been divided into corresponding sections for the most optimal hero talents, class talents, spec talents, race, stats, gear, enchants, gems, and macros. This will help you have a good understanding of Frost Death Knights in PvP for The War Within, the strengths and weaknesses associated with this specialization, and help you conquer the arena. This section will guide you on the best Frost Death Knight Stats, Gear, Gems & Enchants in The War Within.

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Stat Priority
PvP Gear
Embellishments
Enchants
Gems

Frost Death Knight Stat Priority

Versatility > Mastery > Haste > Critical Strike

Versatility will be our most important stat. You want to focus on getting as much of it as you can, up to at least 20%. This will happen automatically through PvP gearing, as most of the items you will end up using will have Versatility on them.

After Versatility we have Mastery. Mastery is quite important for Frost Death Knight as it increases our damage profile, buffing our core damaging spells.

Followed by Mastery is Haste. This stat not only reduces our GCD on all abilities but also increases our ticks we receive out of Frost Fever.

Lastly, we have Critical Strike. This stat is inherently our worst stat out of the bunch, but could potentially rise in representation for 1-handers due to The Long Winter.

BiS Frost Death Knight PvP Gear

Main Pieces

Head: Astral Gladiator’s Plate Helm or Algari Competitor’s Plate Goggles with Mastery
Shoulders: Hollow Sentinel’s Perches
Chest: Hollow Sentinel’s Breastplate
Gloves: Hollow Sentinel’s Gauntlets
Legs: Hollow Sentinel’s Stonekilt

Off-Pieces

Back: Reshii Wraps
Belt: Astral Gladiator’s Plate Girdle or Algari Competitor’s Plate Waistguard with Mastery / Versatility
Bracers: Astral Gladiator’s Plate Wristguards or Algari Competitor’s Plate Armguards with Mastery / Versatility
Boots: Astral Gladiator’s Plate Warboots or Algari Competitor’s Plate Sabatons with Mastery / Versatility

Jewelry

Neck: Algari Competitor’s Amulet with Mastery / Versatility
Ring 1: Algari Competitor’s Signet with Mastery / Versatility
Ring 2: Algari Competitor’s Signet with (Haste / Versatility) or (Mastery / Versatility).

Weapons

1-Hander (Recommended): x2 Astral Gladiator’s Sword
2-Hander: Astral Gladiator’s Greatsword

Our 1-handers are currently more impactful thanks to The Long Winter for an increased chance of extending our Pillar of Frost duration, and Death’s Cold Embrace making Pillar of Frost way stronger of an offensive cooldown.

Trinkets

Trinket 1: Astral Gladiator’s Insignia of Alacrity
Trinket 2: Astral Gladiator’s Medallion

When it comes to trinkets, the offensive option is the Astral Gladiator’s Insignia of Alacrity. This trinket greatly increases our sustain damage and provides us with some static Haste which benefits our stat priority.

You will then need an Astral Gladiator’s Medallion to break out of CC every 2 minutes.

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Best Frost Death Knight Embellishments

Item 1 & 2: Elemental Focusing Lens on any crafted piece.

The Elemental Focusing Lens embellishment is quite nice to have as it helps us with our consistent throughput. Make sure to have at least 1 gem equipped for this embellishment to work.

This embellishment occasionally deals damage from a specific school of magic based on the gem you equip. Keep in mind that the damage from this embellishment can’t be buffed by cooldowns, talents, or any damage bonuses from school types.

Best Frost Death Knight Gems

Core Gems: Enduring Bloodstone + Masterful Sapphire
Alternative Gems: Versatile Onyx or Quick Onyx

Core Fiber: Pure Energizing Fiber

In The War Within, you will use a Vicious Jeweler’s Setting to add sockets to your Helmet, Neck, Bracers, Belt and Rings. Two sockets can be added to the Neck and Rings.

As Versatility and Haste are your best secondary stats, you will want to both gem and enchant it wherever possible. Enduring Bloodstone will be our newly introduced PvP gem that can only be attributed once onto your character’s gem slots. This will give you some additional damage reduction when affected by Crowd Control.

For all gem slots, we recommend using Masterful Sapphire, however you can opt for Versatile Onyx or Quick Onyx depending on the gear you have equipped and your current secondary stats.

As of now, we notice a majority of players currently using the new Reshii Wraps cloak introduced from the 11.2.0 patch. This new piece of gear requires a fiber socket to which we suggest opting for the Pure Energizing Fiber to best suit our stat priority.