Frost Death Knight
WoW Class Guide • WoW Shadowlands Patch 9.2.5 • Noxxic Legacy
DPS Rotation & Cooldowns
Note: This page is not yet updated for the latest patch of 10.0.2 in WoW Dragonflight.
Single Target DPS Rotation
When fighting one target, use the following priority list:
- Frost Strike (if talented Icy Talons and Icy Talons is about to expire.)
- Howling Blast (When Rime procs)
- Obliterate (If >= 2 Runes and talented Frozen Pulse)
- Frost Strike (If > 70 Runic Power)
- Frostscythe (If talented and Killing Machine is up)
- Obliterate
- Frost Strike
AoE Rotation
When fighting multiple targets, use the following priority list:
- Glacial Advance (If have talent, and talented Icy Talons and Icy Talons is about to expire.)
- Frost Strike (If don't have talent Glacial Advance)
- Remorseless Winter (If talented Gathering Storm)
- Howling Blast (When Rime procs)
- Frostscythe (If talented and have Killing Machine proc)
- Remorseless Winter (When available)
- Death and Decay
- Obliterate
- Glacial Advance (If talented)
- Frost Strike
Important Cooldowns
- Empower Rune Weapon Use on cooldown to burn through extra Runes.
- Pillar of Frost Use on every cooldown.