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Deathbringer Frost Death Knight Mythic+ PvE Guide for The War Within Season 3

  • Death Knight class icon Frost Death Knight specialization icon
    Frost Death Knight
  • Deathbringer icon Deathbringer
  • Based on 50 Characters
  • The War Within Season 3
  • From 3285 to 3480 Rating

Welcome to Murlok.io’s Deathbringer Frost Death Knight PvE guide for Mythic+ Dungeons in World of Warcraft: The War Within Season 3.

Built using real‑time data from the top 50 Deathbringer Frost Death Knight DPS across the US, EU, KR, and TW regions, this guide highlights the optimal stats, talents, gear, embellishments, enchantments, gems, and races used in Patch 11.2 competitive M+.

Data is refreshed every 8 hours via Blizzard’s Battle.net API to ensure accuracy and up-to-date insights.

Top Mythic+ Deathbringer Frost Death Knights

  1. Myzouth's icon
    1
    Myzouth
    Burning Legion (EU)
    Night Elf | Deathbringer | 709 ilvl
    3480
  2. Malegusdk's icon
    2
    Malegusdk
    Twisting Nether (EU)
    Night Elf | Deathbringer | 708 ilvl
    3477
  3. Arbyzer's icon
    3
    Arbyzer
    Silvermoon (EU)
    Night Elf | Deathbringer | 708 ilvl
    3464
  4. Budheavygal's icon
    4
    Budheavygal
    Illidan (US)
    Night Elf | Deathbringer | 708 ilvl
    3434
  5. Dafran's icon
    5
    Dafran
    Silvermoon (EU)
    Dwarf | Deathbringer | 707 ilvl
    3420

Stat Priority

Stats directly affect a Frost Death Knight's DPS performance, appearing on gear, consumables, enchantments, and gems.

They have diminishing returns after reaching +20% from gear, so proper balance ensures the best results.

Optimal Secondary Stats

  • 28% Critical Strike +15986
  • 22% Haste +13141
  • 70% Mastery +18767
  • 2% Versatility +1908

Stat priority

  1. Mastery
  2. Critical Strike
  3. Haste
  4. Versatility

Additional Minor Stats

  • 3% Avoidance +1574
  • 3% Leech +648
  • 3% Speed +0

Stat priority

  1. Avoidance
  2. Leech
  3. Speed

Talent Build

Talents play a major role in Mythic+ Dungeons. The heatmaps below show how frequently each talent is selected among the top Deathbringer Frost Death Knights.

  1. Most used talents, strongly recommended!
  2. Frequently used talents, offer flexibility or suit personal preference.
  3. Rarely used talents, usually chosen to unlock deeper rows in the tree.

Best-in-Slot Gear for Mythic+

Gear provides core stat bonuses and typically comes from the Great Vault, crafted items, raids, dungeons, Delves, or PvP vendors.

These items are most frequently used by top-ranked Frost Death Knights in Mythic+ Dungeons.

Head

  1. Hollow Sentinel's Stonemask

    • Set
    • 42
    Hollow Sentinel's Stonemask icon

  2. Wing Commander's Helmet

    • 5
    Wing Commander's Helmet icon

  3. Artoshion's Abyssal Stare

    • 1
    Artoshion's Abyssal Stare icon

  4. Crown of Absolute Command

    • 1
    Crown of Absolute Command icon

  5. Soaring Behemoth's Greathelm

    • 1
    Soaring Behemoth's Greathelm icon

Neck

  1. Ornately Engraved Amplifier

    • 20
    Ornately Engraved Amplifier icon

  2. Momma's Mega Medallion

    • 10
    Momma's Mega Medallion icon

  3. Sin Stained Pendant

    • 9
    Sin Stained Pendant icon

  4. Salhadaar's Folly

    • 7
    Salhadaar's Folly icon

  5. Amulet of Earthen Craftsmanship

    • 3
    Amulet of Earthen Craftsmanship icon

Shoulders

  1. Hollow Sentinel's Perches

    • Set
    • 45
    Hollow Sentinel's Perches icon

  2. Stoneflesh Spaulders

    • 2
    Stoneflesh Spaulders icon

  3. Beacons of False Righteousness

    • 1
    Beacons of False Righteousness icon

  4. Spaulders of Unleashed Pride

    • 1
    Spaulders of Unleashed Pride icon

  5. Swarm Monarch's Spaulders

    • 1
    Swarm Monarch's Spaulders icon

Back

  1. Reshii Wraps

    • 50
    Reshii Wraps icon

Chest

  1. Hollow Sentinel's Breastplate

    • Set
    • 47
    Hollow Sentinel's Breastplate icon

  2. Muckdiver's Wading Plate

    • 2
    Muckdiver's Wading Plate icon

  3. Dark Priest's Carapace

    • 1
    Dark Priest's Carapace icon

Wrist

  1. Everforged Vambraces

    • Craft
    • 23
    Everforged Vambraces icon

  2. Vambraces of Verification

    • 8
    Vambraces of Verification icon

  3. Discarded Nutrient Shackles

    • 6
    Discarded Nutrient Shackles icon

  4. Eco-Dome Access Bands

    • 5
    Eco-Dome Access Bands icon

  5. Flameforged Armguard

    • 5
    Flameforged Armguard icon

Hands

  1. Hollow Sentinel's Gauntlets

    • Set
    • 21
    Hollow Sentinel's Gauntlets icon

  2. Jumpstarter's Scaffold-Scrapers

    • 15
    Jumpstarter's Scaffold-Scrapers icon

  3. Achillite's Unbreakable Grip

    • 4
    Achillite's Unbreakable Grip icon

  4. Breached Containment Guards

    • 3
    Breached Containment Guards icon

  5. Devourer's Gauntlets

    • 3
    Devourer's Gauntlets icon

Waist

  1. Durable Information Securing Container

    • 28
    Durable Information Securing Container icon

  2. Everforged Greatbelt

    • Craft
    • 8
    Everforged Greatbelt icon

  3. Fresh Ethereal Fetters

    • 5
    Fresh Ethereal Fetters icon

  4. Venture Contractor's Floodlight

    • 5
    Venture Contractor's Floodlight icon

  5. Girdle of Absolute Faith

    • 2
    Girdle of Absolute Faith icon

Legs

  1. Hollow Sentinel's Stonekilt

    • Set
    • 45
    Hollow Sentinel's Stonekilt icon

  2. Overpressure Platelegs

    • 2
    Overpressure Platelegs icon

  3. Quantum Leapers

    • 2
    Quantum Leapers icon

  4. Legplates of the Silver Hand

    • 1
    Legplates of the Silver Hand icon

Feet

  1. Interloper's Plated Sabatons

    • 30
    Interloper's Plated Sabatons icon

  2. Sterilized Expulsion Boots

    • 10
    Sterilized Expulsion Boots icon

  3. Implacable Weatherproof Treads

    • 6
    Implacable Weatherproof Treads icon

  4. Darkrider Sabatons

    • 1
    Darkrider Sabatons icon

  5. Devoted Plate Walkers

    • 1
    Devoted Plate Walkers icon

Rings

  1. Signet of the False Accuser

    • 31
    Signet of the False Accuser icon

  2. Devout Zealot's Ring

    • 22
    Devout Zealot's Ring icon

  3. Logic Gate: Alpha

    • 13
    Logic Gate: Alpha icon

  4. The Jastor Diamond

    • 8
    The Jastor Diamond icon

  5. Whispers of K'aresh

    • 6
    Whispers of K'aresh icon

Trinkets

  1. Cursed Stone Idol

    • 42
    Cursed Stone Idol icon

  2. Improvised Seaforium Pacemaker

    • 31
    Improvised Seaforium Pacemaker icon

  3. Astral Antenna

    • 12
    Astral Antenna icon

  4. Unyielding Netherprism

    • 9
    Unyielding Netherprism icon

  5. So'leah's Secret Technique

    • 2
    So'leah's Secret Technique icon

Main Hand

  1. Charged Claymore

    • Craft
    • 29
    Charged Claymore icon

  2. Skyreaver, Greataxe of the Keepers

    • 5
    Skyreaver, Greataxe of the Keepers icon

  3. Everforged Greataxe

    • Craft
    • 4
    Everforged Greataxe icon

  4. Fatebound Crusader

    • 4
    Fatebound Crusader icon

  5. Circuit Breaker

    • 3
    Circuit Breaker icon

Embellishments

Embellishments add special effects to crafted gear. Only two can be equipped, so selection is important.

The following embellishments are the most commonly used by high-rated Frost Death Knights.

  1. Ascendance

    • 32
    Charged Claymore icon

  2. Dawnthread Lining

    • 28
    Everforged Vambraces icon

  3. Writhing Armor Banding

    • 6
    Everforged Vambraces icon

  4. Blessed Weapon Grip

    • 2
    Charged Claymore icon

  5. Duskthread Lining

    • 1
    Everforged Vambraces icon

Enchantments

Enchantments enhance gear with additional stats or special procs. Most are crafted by Enchanters, leg enchants come from Leatherworkers, and some slot-specific options appear through seasonal content.

These are the top enchantments for Frost Death Knight gear in Mythic+ Dungeons during The War Within Season 3.

Back

  1. Chant of Winged Grace

    • 38
    Chant of Winged Grace icon

  2. Chant of Leeching Fangs

    • 7
    Chant of Leeching Fangs icon

  3. Chant of Burrowing Rapidity

    • 5
    Chant of Burrowing Rapidity icon

Chest

  1. Crystalline Radiance

    • 50
    Crystalline Radiance icon

Wrist

  1. +1090 Avoidance

    • 38
    +1090 Avoidance icon

  2. +2040 Leech

    • 5
    +2040 Leech icon

  3. +1000 Speed

    • 4
    +1000 Speed icon

Legs

  1. Stormbound Armor Kit

    • 49
    Stormbound Armor Kit icon

  2. Defender's Armor Kit

    • 1
    Defender's Armor Kit icon

Feet

  1. Defender's March

    • 34
    Defender's March icon

  2. Scout's March

    • 12
    Scout's March icon

  3. Defender's March

    • 3
    Defender's March icon

Rings

  1. +315 Mastery

    • 56
    +315 Mastery icon

  2. +315 Critical Strike

    • 34
    +315 Critical Strike icon

  3. +315 Haste

    • 7
    +315 Haste icon

Main Hand

  1. Rune of the Fallen Crusader

    • 50
    Rune of the Fallen Crusader icon

Gems

Gems provide focused secondary stat bonuses to help fine‑tune builds. They are crafted by Jewelcrafters and socketed into gear.

Sockets can be added to Necklaces and Rings with the Magnificent Jeweler's Setting , or to other gear through seasonal vendor items.

These are the most popular gems among top‑rated Frost Death Knights in Mythic+ Dungeons.

Algari Diamond

  1. Culminating Blasphemite

    • 41
    Culminating Blasphemite icon

  2. Elusive Blasphemite

    • 2
    Elusive Blasphemite icon

  3. Cubic Blasphemia

    • 1
    Cubic Blasphemia icon

Fiber

  1. Pure Energizing Fiber

    • 25
    Pure Energizing Fiber icon

  2. Pure Precise Fiber

    • 22
    Pure Precise Fiber icon

  3. Pure Chronomantic Fiber

    • 3
    Pure Chronomantic Fiber icon

Prismatic

  1. Masterful Ruby

    • 109
    Masterful Ruby icon

  2. Deadly Onyx

    • 103
    Deadly Onyx icon

  3. Masterful Emerald

    • 21
    Masterful Emerald icon

  4. Quick Ruby

    • 21
    Quick Ruby icon

  5. Quick Onyx

    • 16
    Quick Onyx icon

Durable Information Securing Container

Durable Information Securing Container is a powerful belt introduced in Patch 11.1.7, obtained from Overcharged Delves. It features a unique effect that enhances character builds and can significantly impact performance in competitive content.

  1. Critical Chain

    • 18
    Critical Chain icon

  2. Electric Current

    • 5
    Electric Current icon

  3. Spark Burst

    • 4
    Spark Burst icon

Most Played Races for Frost Death Knight M+

Racial traits can provide noticeable advantages in PvE, giving a competitive edge in Mythic+ Dungeons.

These are the most commonly chosen races among top‑rated Frost Death Knight DPS players in The War Within Season 3.

  1. Night Elf

    • 22
    Night Elf icon

  2. Mag'har Orc

    • 13
    Mag'har Orc icon

  3. Dwarf

    • 8
    Dwarf icon

  4. Blood Elf

    • 3
    Blood Elf icon

  5. Human

    • 2
    Human icon

Deathbringer Frost Death Knight Guide FAQ

Here are answers to common questions about how this guide is built and how to interpret the data.

How is this Mythic+ PvE guide created?

This guide compiles live data from the top Deathbringer Frost Death Knights in Mythic+ Dungeons using Blizzard’s Battle.net API .

How often is the information updated?

Data updates every 8 hours.

Why is this guide valuable?

The guide provides real-time build insights, showing exactly what high-ranking players are currently using, helping you make informed decisions for your character.

Is this guide current?

Yes. The guide always reflects the latest information for The War Within Season 3 and Patch 11.2.

Is this guide suitable for beginners?

Yes. Beginners can easily identify current trends and optimal setups. However, it does not provide gameplay tutorials.

Why isn’t my character listed in the top rankings?

Reasons may include inactivity, falling below the minimum rating threshold, frequent spec changes, or gear not optimized for PvE.