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Frost Dk PvP Guide
Introduction of myself
Hi! I've started to play death knight since the begining of 4.0.6, before I've played Retribution Paladin @3.2.0-3.3.5 if i remember exactly, and that was my first interaction with WoW. I've Managed to reach 2.2k(with PHDK and with Shadowcleave) in 3s on AT and 2700 in 2s on AT(once with Resto Shaman, once with Holy Paladin). On freakz i've reached 2800 @2s(with H Pala) and about ~1900 @3s.
Talents
Those talents are the "cookie cutter" spec when talking about frost dk.
Now I'm gonna explain each viable talent.
Tier 1:
Plague Leech
for additional death runes for necrotic strikes or obliterates. You Should chose
Plague Leech
if You are playing with
Asphysiate
, otherwise, if you are playing with
Chilblains
, you should take
Unholy Blight
in stead of
Plague Leech
Tier 2:
Lichborne
is the only viable talent here as it provides fear break, Poly/Sleep immunity as well as you can heal yourself with
Death Coil
while under the effect of
Lichborne
Tier 3:
Asphysiate
as it gives the possibility of stunning an enemy once every 3 seconds and it doesen't have any rune cost, unlike
Strangulate
. If you are playing with rogue/warrior or any comp that involves a lot of stuns, you can choose between
Chilblains
for more control over the targets, or
Death's Advance
for the extra mobility.
Tier 4: Why
Death Pact
? Because runic power for frost dks has much greatear value than it does for unholy dks, so
Conversion
is not an option while playing frost
Tier 5:
Blood tap
- simply because it`s not RNG(random number generator) based as other 2 talents are.
Tier 6:
Desecrated Ground
it's an extra pvp trinket and it's the best option in this tier. However,
Gorefiend's Grasp
may be useful in 5v5 and rbgs, but in 2v2 and 3v3 is not so good because you already can grip 2 targets, thanks to
Relentless Grip
- >4 Piece PvP Bonus.
I saw many dks playing with
Remorseless Winter
, but i find it useless in arena environment. Why? Because you can easely avoid that stun.
Glyphs
Shifting Presences
in my opinion is a mandatory glyph.
Dark Simulacrum
is mandatory vs spell cleaves.
Icy Touch
Because frost dk can purge a lot, thanks to
Rime
.
Regenerative Magic
vs melee cleaves in general so you can avoid magic based ccs from their healers.
Gems-Enchants-Stats
Stat Priorities: 3%hit=3%expertise>Haste>Mastery>Crit or 3%hit=3%exoertise>mastery>haste>crit
Why it's so important to have expertise cap? Because expertise gives spell hit too and you need to cap that if you don't want to miss your spells.
Gems:
Meta - 216 Strength + 3% incresed critical strike damage or Tyrannical Meta Gem when the 5.3 phase is around. (Have both Helms ready, Strength meta still does more damage / burst while Tyrannical Meta Gem is better for surviving)
Red - 160 Strength
Yellow - 80 strength + 160 haste/80 strength + 160 mastery
Blue - 80 strength + 80 pvp power/160 haste + 80 pvp power/160 mastery + 80 pvp power
Professions
In my opinion best Professions for a dk are Tailoring (provides 4000 attack power on proc back enchant) and Engineering (provides 1920 strength on use as hands enchant, and it's stacking with other enchants) and Blacksmithing (provides 2x extra sockets)
Addons
The addons i use are:
Necrotic Track
- it tracks the duration and the absorb of necrotic strike
Lose Control
- shows the duration of CC effects on yourself or your targets
Omni CC
- shows the remaining cooldown of your abilities, or the remaining duration of buffs / debuffs on targets
sArena
- arena unit frame addon
Extra Cd
- tracks the internal cooldown of your trinkets/enchants/etc.
VialCooldowns
- shows the cooldown of your enemy on top of their health bar
SafeQueue
- removes the "Leave Queue" button for arenas and battlegrounds
Quartz
- cast bars addon
Extra Bars
- for those who need an extra action bar(up to max of 4 action bars)
Arena Comps
These are the comps that are viable with frost dk.
PHDK - Paladin(but it can work with other healers too), Hunter, FDk it's a very good comp for dks, it's more bursty than the unholy version of this comp, but it lacks the sustained aoe pressure of unholy.
Shadow Cleave - Healer/FDk/Warlock - Yes, Shadowcleave can work with a frost Dk vs certain comps, but you will need a Holy Paladin as a healer because you need uptime to deal damage and Hand of Freedom can help you.
Smokebomb Cleave - Heal/FDk/Rogue
Liberty Cleave - Heal/Frost Mage/FDk
TSG - Heal/Warrior/FDk - actually the frost version of TSG seems to be much better than the unholy one.
Macros
Self Heal
Code:
#showtooltip
/cast !Lichborne
/cast [target=player] Death Coil
Focus arena 1/2/3 Macros
Code:
/focus arena1
Code:
/focus arena2
Code:
/focus arena3
Target arena1/2/3 Macros
Code:
/target arena1
Code:
/target arena2
Code:
/target arena3
Focus Death Grip
Code:
#showtooltip
/cast [target=focus] Death Grip
Focus Strangulate/Asphyxiate
Code:
#showtooltip
/cast [target=focus] strangulate
Focus Chanis of Ice
Code:
#showtooltip
/cast [@focus] Chains of ice
Focus Mind Freeze
Code:
#showtooltip
/cast [target=focus] Mind Freeze
Focus Dark Simulacrum + Spell use @focus
Code:
#showtooltip dark simulacrum
/target focus
/cast Dark Simulacrum
/click RightActionButton 8 (inlocuiti cu butonul pe care aveti pus macroul)
/targetlasttarget
Remorseless Winter sau Desecrated Ground
Code:
#showtooltip
/cast Remorseless Winter
/cast Desecrated Ground
/run SetMacroSpell("T6",GetSpellInfo("Remorseless Winter") or "Desecrated Ground")
Frost Strike + Blood Tap macro
Code:
#showtooltip Frost Strike
/startattack
/cast Frost Strike
/cast [@focus] Dark Command
/cast Blood Tap
Death Pact
Code:
#showtooltip
/cast [nopet] raise dead
/cast !death pact
Howling Blast
Code:
#showtooltip
/startattack
/cast howling blast
Necrotic + Blood Tap
Code:
#showtooltip Necrotic Strike
/startattack
/cast [@focus] dark command
/cast Necrotic Strike
/cast Blood Tap
Burst Macro
Code:
#showtooltip Pillar of Frost
/use 14
/use 10
/cast Pillar of Frost
/use 13
/use 14
Cancelauras
Code:
/cancelaura hand of protection
/cancelaura hand of freedom
/cancelaura divine shield
/cancelaura ice block
/cancelaura conversion
Presence Macros
Code:
/cast Blood Presence
/cast Unholy Presence
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In sfarsit !! ma pun sa il citesc si daca este ok pentru mine o sa ai o surpriza.
Este copy paste sau este testat pe freakz?
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Fenriabis wrote:
In sfarsit !! ma pun sa il citesc si daca este ok pentru mine o sa ai o surpriza.
Este copy paste sau este testat pe freakz?
E freakzlike, dar m`am inspirat la niste chestii dupa arenajunkies.
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Tocmai ce am spus ca m am inspirat dupa aj... + cateva chestii care nu erau acolo. Arena comps, addons, macros, gemming cu care nu eram de acord... + spell links
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Is ok if this guide will work on freakz
I read this guide on the official site but i found it strange there
Do you know to create a 1 shot macro that will work on freakz based on the dk rotation ?
And if you can explain me how the Blood Tap works with more details
It has a 12 blood charges.Do you have to do something to use those charges or it will do it automaticly?
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Fenriabis wrote:
Is ok if this guide will work on freakz
I read this guide on the official site but i found it strange there
Do you know to create a 1 shot macro that will work on freakz based on the dk rotation ?
And if you can explain me how the Blood Tap works with more details
It has a 12 blood charges.Do you have to do something to use those charges or it will do it automaticly?
Firstly, you`ve got that Burst macro for freakz, because the "normal one' isn`t working" Because you have to tap it twice to activate your on-use trinket. With this macro it will 1 activate your on use trinket(be sure is on the 14 spot, the second trinket spot, and your hands enchant if trinket is on cooldown. Afterall it will activate Pillar of Frost. Be careful, for non-human races, it will activate your medalion too(stun trinket), so modify the macro and put your right trinket spot (13 is for upper trinket slot, 14 is for the last one)
Secondly, blood tap works like this: Everytime you cast a Frost Strike(cause we`re talking about frost spec) it gives you 2 stacks of Blood Tap. If you reach 5 stacks or more, if you press it it will consume 5 Blood Charges to activate a random fully-depleted rune as a Death Rune. Now you can use Blood Tap in 2 ways:
1. In a macro with Necrotic Strike or Frost strike or both.
2. On a separate keybind and press it whenever you need it.
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There is an addon :
http://www.curse.com/addons/wow/umberrunes
This one tracks the Blood Tap charges but i could not bring it down from the middle of my screen.i have to try with MoveAnything to see if i can.
You can add this one into your guide.i think is more useful then the others.it tracks a lot of things
I also found this :
https://www.wow-freakz.com/spells.php?spell=81229
(wowhead link)
so we can confirm that blood tap is better then the others
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I don't use any rune addons. I get used do check the default blizzard ui for runes(i know it's bad). In this guide i posted addons that i use
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