5.4 Frost Death Knight Dps Build Guide

many changes have been made to death knight in patch 5.4. facing new challenges, new bosses and new areas, how to choose the best builds and output the maximum dps to earn the most gold in world of warcraft , we are going to give you some guides about these questions today.

talent choices and glyphs

fistly, let's talk about the talent choices in each level. talents in level one can make little difference to single target, so just choose one that is easy for you. we recommend the unholy blight, it can inflict the boss and small foes with two kinds of disease with once attack, and it is great to use it before using aoe skills. in the second level, lichborne is definitely the best choice. you can heal yourself with this talent after suffering explosive magic damages. adding that it an let you immune to many effects, you do not need to rely on others at key coins. in the third level, it depends on your needs. if you want to have high mobility, you should choose death’s advance to increase your movement speed. then you can also choose chilblains. it can decrease the movement speed of the targets which is really useful when you kite the enemies.

in the fourth level, we recommend death pact. it can provide incredible healing and it won't influence your dps at all. another reason to choose this talent is that the other two talents may decrease your dps in pve, so, we do not suggest you use them. in the fifth level, after comparing them in the real combat, we think that runic empowerment is the best choice. just make sure that you have locked runes to activate. in the last level, we recommend desecrated ground. it can provide immune protection to control skills, which is really useful while facing the bosses.

as for glyphs, dps frost death knight should choose regeneration magic and icebound fortitude. frost presence is the choice you should never miss as it can reduces the cost of rune energy by 15 coins.

skills priority
after talking about the choices for talents and glyphs, we would like to introduce the priority to release skills to maximize the dps of frost death knight. but things are different depending on the weapons you choose and the target you are dealing with. when facing single target, if you choose dual wield, the priority of skills should be frost strike > howling blast >soul reaper > plague strike > howling blast > frost strike > obliterate. you may need to explore to find the most proper times to use these skills. if you choose two-handed weapons, the priority of skills should be soul reaper (when the blood of target is below 35%)> obliterate> frost strike > plague strike > obliterate > horn of winter.

when you are facing multiple targets, and your weapon is dual wield, the priority of skills is different. start with the cause diseases on the targets, then howling blast when frost rune and death rune are cooled down. death and decay follows when two evil runes are cooled. use frost striking to pull up the rune energy to its maximum value and then use howling blast. death and decay, howling blast and horn of winter follow. if you choose two-handed weapon, cause diseases on the targets, then howling blast > death and decay > plague striking > obliterate > howling blast > death and decay > horn of winter > plague strike.

for the choices of weapons and gears, you should take the priority of these attributes into consideration. for two-handed weapons, strength>hit= expertise > critical hit > mastery=haste. for dual wield, strength > hit = expertise > mastery >critical hit > haste.

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