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Frost Death Knight RBG PvP Guide for TWW Season 2

Welcome to Murlok.io’s Frost Death Knight PvP build guide for Rated Battlegrounds in The War Within Season 2.

Using data from the top 50 Frost Death Knights across the US, EU, KR, and TW regions, this guide highlights the most used stats, talents, gear, enchantments, and gems for competitive matches in Patch 11.1.7.

Top Frost Death Knights

  1. Chärles's icon
    1
    Chärles
    Kelthuzad (US)
    Human | Rider Of The Apocalypse | 639 ilvl
    2758
  2. Finalßoss's icon
    2
    Finalßoss
    Area 52 (US)
    Orc | Rider Of The Apocalypse | 636 ilvl
    2736
  3. Títø's icon
    3
    Títø
    Ragnaros (US)
    Orc | Rider Of The Apocalypse | 646 ilvl
    2685
  4. Pängei's icon
    4
    Pängei
    Frostwolf (EU)
    Orc | Rider Of The Apocalypse | 647 ilvl
    2589
  5. Tïtø's icon
    5
    Tïtø
    Ragnaros (US)
    Orc | Rider Of The Apocalypse | 646 ilvl
    2539

Stats

Stats are core attributes that directly affect a character’s performance. They appear on gear, consumables, enchantments, and gems.

Each stat has diminishing returns once the bonus reaches +20% from equipped sources, so balancing them is key to maximizing effectiveness.

Secondary Stats

  • +2338
    8% Critical Strike
  • +8148
    12% Haste
  • +12482
    52% Mastery
  • +15008
    19% Versatility

Stat priority

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

Minor Stats

  • +98
    0% Avoidance
  • +707
    1% Leech
  • +0
    6% Speed

Stat priority

  1. Leech
  2. Avoidance
  3. Speed

Talents

Talents define a character’s build and have a direct impact on performance in Rated Battlegrounds. This section highlights the most popular Frost Death Knight class, specialization, hero, and PvP talents based on top player data from Season 2.

Talents are shown as heatmaps, where colors indicate frequency:

  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

Gear refers to the items equipped in each slot. It provides most of a character’s stat bonuses and can come from the Great Vault, crafted gear, raids, dungeons, Delves, or PvP vendors.

Frequently equipped by top players, these items represent the current best-in-slot gear for RBG.

Head

  1. Cauldron Champion's Crown

    • Set
    • 44
    Cauldron Champion's Crown icon

  2. Prized Gladiator's Plate Helm

    • 3
    Prized Gladiator's Plate Helm icon

  3. Algari Competitor's Plate Goggles

    • 2
    Algari Competitor's Plate Goggles icon

  4. Algari Competitor's Plate Helm

    • 1
    Algari Competitor's Plate Helm icon

Neck

  1. Algari Competitor's Amulet

    • 45
    Algari Competitor's Amulet icon

  2. Prized Gladiator's Amulet

    • 3
    Prized Gladiator's Amulet icon

  3. Prized Gladiator's Necklace

    • 2
    Prized Gladiator's Necklace icon

Shoulders

  1. Cauldron Champion's Screamplate

    • Set
    • 49
    Cauldron Champion's Screamplate icon

  2. Algari Competitor's Plate Pauldrons

    • 1
    Algari Competitor's Plate Pauldrons icon

Back

  1. Prized Gladiator's Shawl

    • 31
    Prized Gladiator's Shawl icon

  2. Prized Gladiator's Drape

    • 8
    Prized Gladiator's Drape icon

  3. Algari Competitor's Cloth Cloak

    • 5
    Algari Competitor's Cloth Cloak icon

  4. Prized Warmonger's Cape

    • 3
    Prized Warmonger's Cape icon

  5. Prized Warmonger's Drape

    • 2
    Prized Warmonger's Drape icon

Chest

  1. Cauldron Champion's Ribcage

    • Set
    • 34
    Cauldron Champion's Ribcage icon

  2. Algari Competitor's Plate Breastplate

    • 8
    Algari Competitor's Plate Breastplate icon

  3. Prized Gladiator's Chestplate

    • 8
    Prized Gladiator's Chestplate icon

Wrist

  1. Prized Gladiator's Plate Wristguards

    • 27
    Prized Gladiator's Plate Wristguards icon

  2. Algari Competitor's Plate Armguards

    • 10
    Algari Competitor's Plate Armguards icon

  3. Prized Gladiator's Plate Vambraces

    • 6
    Prized Gladiator's Plate Vambraces icon

  4. Algari Competitor's Plate Bracers

    • 4
    Algari Competitor's Plate Bracers icon

  5. Prized Warmonger's Bracers

    • 3
    Prized Warmonger's Bracers icon

Hands

  1. Cauldron Champion's Fistguards

    • Set
    • 43
    Cauldron Champion's Fistguards icon

  2. Prized Gladiator's Plate Handguards

    • 5
    Prized Gladiator's Plate Handguards icon

  3. Algari Competitor's Plate Gauntlets

    • 2
    Algari Competitor's Plate Gauntlets icon

Waist

  1. Prized Gladiator's Plate Girdle

    • 22
    Prized Gladiator's Plate Girdle icon

  2. Algari Competitor's Plate Waistguard

    • 14
    Algari Competitor's Plate Waistguard icon

  3. Prized Gladiator's Plate Greatbelt

    • 9
    Prized Gladiator's Plate Greatbelt icon

  4. Prized Warmonger's Clasp

    • 4
    Prized Warmonger's Clasp icon

  5. Cauldron Champion's Title Belt

    • 1
    Cauldron Champion's Title Belt icon

Legs

  1. Cauldron Champion's Tattered Cuisses

    • Set
    • 20
    Cauldron Champion's Tattered Cuisses icon

  2. Prized Gladiator's Plate Wargreaves

    • 18
    Prized Gladiator's Plate Wargreaves icon

  3. Prized Gladiator's Plate Legguards

    • 8
    Prized Gladiator's Plate Legguards icon

  4. Algari Competitor's Plate Greaves

    • 4
    Algari Competitor's Plate Greaves icon

Feet

  1. Prized Gladiator's Plate Warboots

    • 22
    Prized Gladiator's Plate Warboots icon

  2. Algari Competitor's Plate Sabatons

    • 17
    Algari Competitor's Plate Sabatons icon

  3. Cauldron Champion's Greatboots

    • 9
    Cauldron Champion's Greatboots icon

  4. Prized Gladiator's Plate Stompers

    • 2
    Prized Gladiator's Plate Stompers icon

Rings

  1. Algari Competitor's Signet

    • Craft
    • 96
    Algari Competitor's Signet icon

  2. Prized Gladiator's Ring

    • 2
    Prized Gladiator's Ring icon

  3. Prized Gladiator's Signet

    • 2
    Prized Gladiator's Signet icon

Trinkets

  1. Prized Gladiator's Medallion

    • Set
    • 45
    Prized Gladiator's Medallion icon

  2. Prized Gladiator's Badge of Ferocity

    • Set
    • 28
    Prized Gladiator's Badge of Ferocity icon

  3. Prized Gladiator's Insignia of Alacrity

    • Set
    • 26
    Prized Gladiator's Insignia of Alacrity icon

  4. Algari Competitor's Medallion

    • Set
    • 1
    Algari Competitor's Medallion icon

Main Hand

  1. Prized Gladiator's Torchblade

    • 43
    Prized Gladiator's Torchblade icon

  2. Algari Competitor's Sword

    • Craft
    • 3
    Algari Competitor's Sword icon

  3. Algari Competitor's Greatsword

    • Craft
    • 1
    Algari Competitor's Greatsword icon

  4. Prized Gladiator's Greatsaw

    • 1
    Prized Gladiator's Greatsaw icon

  5. Prized Gladiator's Pulverizer

    • 1
    Prized Gladiator's Pulverizer icon

Off Hand

  1. Prized Gladiator's Torchblade

    • 44
    Prized Gladiator's Torchblade icon

  2. Algari Competitor's Sword

    • 2
    Algari Competitor's Sword icon

Embellishments

Embellishments are special effects tied to crafted items. Some are built into recipes, while others can be added using optional reagents.

Only two embellished items can be equipped at a time, so choosing the right effects is crucial. The following embellishments are most commonly used in top Frost Death Knight builds for RBG.

  1. Elemental Focusing Lens

    • 83
    Algari Competitor's Signet icon

  2. Ascendance

    • 3
    Algari Competitor's Sword icon

  3. Writhing Armor Banding

    • 3
    Algari Competitor's Plate Armguards icon

  4. Vivacity

    • 2
    Algari Competitor's Sword icon

  5. Captured Starlight

    • 1
    Algari Competitor's Amulet icon

Enchantments

Enchantments add effects to gear, including stat bonuses, damage or healing procs, and other enhancements. Most are created through Enchanting, while leg enchants are crafted by Leatherworkers.

These are the most used enchantments across each slot in Season 2 RBG builds.

Head

  1. Greater Rune of the Void Ritual

    • 29
    Greater Rune of the Void Ritual icon

  2. Greater Rune of Gushing Wound

    • 6
    Greater Rune of Gushing Wound icon

  3. Lesser Rune of Gushing Wound

    • 1
    Lesser Rune of Gushing Wound icon

Back

  1. Chant of Burrowing Rapidity

    • 23
    Chant of Burrowing Rapidity icon

  2. Chant of Leeching Fangs

    • 18
    Chant of Leeching Fangs icon

  3. +160 Speed

    • 4
    +160 Speed icon

Chest

  1. Crystalline Radiance

    • 42
    Crystalline Radiance icon

  2. Oathsworn's Strength

    • 7
    Oathsworn's Strength icon

Wrist

  1. +1000 Speed

    • 35
    +1000 Speed icon

  2. +2040 Leech

    • 8
    +2040 Leech icon

  3. +1090 Avoidance

    • 3
    +1090 Avoidance icon

Legs

  1. Stormbound Armor Kit

    • 43
    Stormbound Armor Kit icon

  2. Defender's Armor Kit

    • 5
    Defender's Armor Kit icon

  3. Charged Armor Kit

    • 1
    Charged Armor Kit icon

Feet

  1. Scout's March

    • 41
    Scout's March icon

  2. Defender's March

    • 7
    Defender's March icon

  3. Scout's March

    • 1
    Scout's March icon

Rings

  1. Cursed Mastery

    • 48
    Cursed Mastery icon

  2. +315 Mastery

    • 30
    +315 Mastery icon

  3. +315 Haste

    • 11
    +315 Haste icon

Main Hand

  1. Rune of Razorice

    • 37
    Rune of Razorice icon

  2. Rune of the Fallen Crusader

    • 13
    Rune of the Fallen Crusader icon

Off Hand

  1. Rune of the Fallen Crusader

    • 32
    Rune of the Fallen Crusader icon

  2. Rune of Razorice

    • 13
    Rune of Razorice icon

  3. Authority of Radiant Power

    • 1
    Authority of Radiant Power icon

Gems

Gems provide bonus secondary stats and help fine-tune a character’s build. They are crafted through Jewelcrafting and socketed into gear.

Additional sockets can be added to Neck and Rings using the Magnificent Jeweler's Setting , or to other gear using a seasonal item typically sold by the Token of Merit vendor near the Great Vault.

Used to round out secondary stats, these gems are the most used in high-rated RBG.

Algari Diamond

  1. Enduring Bloodstone

    • 29
    Enduring Bloodstone icon

  2. Determined Bloodstone

    • 10
    Determined Bloodstone icon

  3. Elusive Blasphemite

    • 7
    Elusive Blasphemite icon

Prismatic

  1. Versatile Onyx

    • 125
    Versatile Onyx icon

  2. Masterful Sapphire

    • 63
    Masterful Sapphire icon

  3. Quick Onyx

    • 49
    Quick Onyx icon

  4. Masterful Onyx

    • 42
    Masterful Onyx icon

  5. Masterful Emerald

    • 23
    Masterful Emerald icon

Tinker

    • 5

  2. Tinker: Heartseeking Health Injector

    • 1
    Tinker: Heartseeking Health Injector icon

Races

Racial traits can affect performance in PvP, with their impact varying by class and game mode. While the differences may not be noticeable in most games, the right racial choice can provide a competitive edge.

These races are most often chosen for their edge in Rated Battlegrounds.

  1. Orc

    • 15
    Orc icon

  2. Human

    • 13
    Human icon

  3. Kul Tiran

    • 6
    Kul Tiran icon

  4. Blood Elf

    • 5
    Blood Elf icon

  5. Night Elf

    • 4
    Night Elf icon

Frequently Asked Questions

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

How is this Frost Death Knight RBG guide created?

The guide is created by collecting live data from the 50 top-rated Frost Death Knights in RBG, using the Battle.net API . Their builds are then analyzed to identify the most used stats, talents, gear, and enhancements for Season 2.

How often is the information updated?

The data is refreshed every 8 hours.

Why is this called a guide?

It’s called a guide because it helps players make informed build decisions by showing what top players are using. While it doesn’t teach gameplay step by step, it serves as a reference for optimizing your setup.

Is this guide good for beginners?

Yes. It shows what top players are using, which can be useful for understanding current trends. However, it’s not a how-to guide.

Why is my character not listed in the top section?

Your character might not appear due to inactivity, not meeting the current rating threshold (which increases as the season progresses), frequent spec changes, or gear that doesn’t align with the PvP format.