Class, hero and spec talents for patch 12.1.0: 34 + 34 + 13 points at level 90.
Death Knight0/34
Frost0/34
Hero0/13
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Death Knight0/34
0/80/23
Granted to every Frost Death Knight. Your blood freezes, granting immunity to Stun effects and reducing all damage you take by 30% for 8 sec.
Focuses dark power into a strike that deals (176.1% of Attack Power) Physical damage and heals you for 20.00% of all damage taken in the last 5 sec, minimum 7.0% of maximum health. Enter to learn.
Raises a ghoul to fight by your side. You can have a maximum of one ghoul at a time. Lasts 1 min. Enter to learn.
Auto attacks have a chance to generate 3 Runic Power. Enter to learn.
Requires Death Strike. Death Strike's cost is reduced by 10, and its healing is increased by 60%.
Requires Runic Attenuation. Smash the target's mind with cold, interrupting spellcasting and preventing any spell in that school from being cast for 5 sec.
Requires Runic Attenuation. Targets in a cone in front of you are blinded, causing them to wander disoriented for 5 sec. Damage may cancel the effect.
When Blinding Sleet ends, enemies are slowed by 50% for 6 sec.
Requires Runic Attenuation or Improved Death Strike. Absorbs are 15% more effective on you.
0/1Requires Improved Death Strike. Death's Advance grants an additional 25% movement speed over the first 3 sec.
Requires Improved Death Strike or Cleaving Strikes. Increases Haste by 2%.
Requires Cleaving Strikes. Dominates the target undead creature up to level 71, forcing it to do your bidding for 5 min.
Requires Cleaving Strikes. Your ghoul's attacks have a chance to apply Enfeeble, reducing the enemies movement speed by 30% and the damage they deal to you by 12% for 6 sec.
Requires Mind Freeze. Successfully interrupting an enemy with Mind Freeze grants 10 Runic Power and reduces its cooldown by 3 sec.
Requires Blinding Sleet, 2 points in Gloom Ward or Mind Freeze. Chains of Ice affects 1 additional nearby enemy.
Requires 2 points in Gloom Ward. Your auto attack damage grants you an absorb shield equal to 50% of the damage dealt.
Requires 2 points in Gloom Ward, 2 points in Unholy Momentum or March of Darkness / Wraith Walk. Stamina increased by 20%.
Requires 2 points in Unholy Momentum. Create a death pact that heals you for 50% of your maximum health, but absorbs incoming healing equal to 30% of your max health for 15 sec.
Requires Control Undead, 2 points in Unholy Momentum or Enfeeble. Your diseases have a chance to weaken your enemy causing your attacks against them to deal 6% increased damage for 5 sec.
Requires Enfeeble. While you are below 50% health, your Ghoul sacrifices 4% of its maximum health to heal you for 1% of your maximum health every sec.
Requires Permafrost, Coldthirst or Proliferating Chill. Spend 8 more Death Knight points to unlock this row. Your Runic Power spending abilities increase your melee attack speed by 6% for 10 sec, stacking up to 3 times.
Requires Permafrost. Spend 8 more Death Knight points to unlock this row. Raise Ally costs 30 less Runic Power.
Requires Permafrost, Veteran of the Third War or Death Pact. Spend 8 more Death Knight points to unlock this row. Places an Anti-Magic Zone for 6 sec, reducing the magic damage taken by party or raid members by 15%.
Requires Death Pact. Spend 8 more Death Knight points to unlock this row. The cooldown of Death Pact is reduced by 30 sec, and you receive 50% increased healing while its healing absorb is active.
Requires Blood Bond, Brittle or Death Pact. Spend 8 more Death Knight points to unlock this row. Increases the effectiveness of your Runeforge effects by 20%.
Requires Icy Talons. Spend 8 more Death Knight points to unlock this row. Chains of Ice now also roots enemies for 4 sec but its cooldown is increased to 12 sec.
0/1Requires Anti-Magic Zone, Icy Talons or Death Notes. Spend 8 more Death Knight points to unlock this row. Lifts the enemy target off the ground, crushing their throat with dark energy and stunning them for 5 sec.
Requires Anti-Magic Zone. Spend 8 more Death Knight points to unlock this row. The cooldown of Anti-Magic Zone is reduced by 60 sec and its duration is increased by 2 sec.
Requires Anti-Magic Zone, Unholy Bond or Death Defiance. Spend 8 more Death Knight points to unlock this row. Reduces the cooldown of Anti-Magic Shell by 20 sec and increases its duration and amount absorbed by 40%.
Requires Unholy Bond. Spend 8 more Death Knight points to unlock this row. Death and Decay reduces the movement speed of enemies within its area by 90%, decaying by 10% every sec.
Requires Asphyxiate / Death's Reach or Ice Prison. Spend 8 more Death Knight points to unlock this row. Damage taken from area of effect attacks reduced by 3%. When suffering a loss of control effect, this bonus is increased by an additional 6% for 6 sec.
Requires Anti-Magic Barrier, Assimilation or Asphyxiate / Death's Reach. Spend 8 more Death Knight points to unlock this row. Increases Leech by 3%.
Requires Anti-Magic Barrier or Grip of the Dead. Spend 8 more Death Knight points to unlock this row. Increases Lichborne duration by 2 sec and reduces the cooldown by 30 sec.
Requires Suppression. Spend 23 more Death Knight points to unlock this row. Anti-Magic Shell increases healing received by 15%.
Requires Blood Scent or Suppression. Spend 23 more Death Knight points to unlock this row. Your auto-attacks reduce the target's auto-attack speed by 5% for 30 sec, stacking up to 4 times.
Requires Unholy Endurance or Blood Scent. Spend 23 more Death Knight points to unlock this row. Your chance to be critically struck is reduced by 3% and your Armor is increased by 6%.
Requires Unholy Endurance. Spend 23 more Death Knight points to unlock this row. When you fall below 30% health you drain (120% of Attack Power) health from nearby enemies, the damage you take is reduced by 10% and your Death Strike cost is reduced by 10 for 8 sec.
Can only occur every 2 min.
Requires Insidious Chill or Osmosis. Spend 23 more Death Knight points to unlock this row. Consuming a Rune has a chance to increase your Strength by 3% for 8 sec.
Requires Insidious Chill or Runic Protection. Spend 23 more Death Knight points to unlock this row. When you would pull an enemy, the damage they deal to you is reduced by 6% for 6 sec.
Requires Runic Protection or Blood Draw. Spend 23 more Death Knight points to unlock this row. Damage taken below 30% Health is reduced by 20%.
Requires 2 points in Rune Mastery. Spend 23 more Death Knight points to unlock this row. Magic damage taken is reduced by 8% and the duration of harmful Magic effects against you are reduced by 35%.
Requires 2 points in Rune Mastery or Subduing Grasp. Spend 23 more Death Knight points to unlock this row. Anti-Magic Shell now removes all harmful magical effects when activated, but its cooldown is increased by 20 sec.
Requires 2 points in Will of the Necropolis or Subduing Grasp. Spend 23 more Death Knight points to unlock this row. Death's Advance, Death and Decay, and Death Grip have 1 additional charge.
Requires 2 points in Will of the Necropolis. Spend 23 more Death Knight points to unlock this row. Casting Anti-Magic Shell grants 2 nearby allies a Lesser Anti-Magic Shell that Absorbs up to (425% of Attack Power) magic damage and reduces the duration of harmful Magic effects against them by 50%.
Hero talents0/13
Learning it chooses Deathbringer. It costs no points. Viciously slice into the soul of your enemy, dealing (234% of Attack Power) Shadowfrost damage and applying Reaper's Mark.
Each time you deal Shadow or Frost damage, add a stack of Reaper's Mark. After 12 sec or reaching 40 stacks, the mark explodes, dealing (30.4% of Attack Power) damage per stack.
Reaper's Mark travels to an unmarked enemy nearby if the target dies. Enter to choose Deathbringer.
Requires Reaper's Mark. Reaper's Mark sends forth bursts of Shadowfrost energy and back, dealing (96.7% of Attack Power) Shadowfrost damage both ways to all enemies caught in its path.
Wave of Souls critical strikes cause enemies to take 5% increased Shadowfrost damage for 15 sec, stacking up to 2 times, and it is always a critical strike on its way back.
Requires Reaper's Mark. Frost Fever deals its damage 75% faster, and the second scythe of Exterminate applies Frost Fever.
Requires Reaper's Mark. Rime empowered Howling Blast deals 60% increased damage to its main target, and is now Shadowfrost.
Shadowfrost damage applies 2 stacks to Reaper's Mark and 4 stacks when it is a critical strike.
Requires Reaper's Mark. The effectiveness of Permafrost is increased by 50%.
Permafrost
Your auto attack damage grants you an absorb shield equal to 50% of the damage dealt.
Requires Wave of Souls. When Reaper's Mark explodes, it deals 20% of the damage dealt to nearby enemies.
Requires Wither Away. Reaper's Mark initial strike grants Killing Machine.
Reaper's Mark explosion deals up to 30% increased damage based on your target's missing health.
0/1Requires Bind in Darkness. When you suffer a damaging effect equal to 25% of your maximum health, you instantly cast Death Pact at 50% effectiveness. May only occur every 2 min.
When a Reaper's Mark explodes, the cooldowns of this effect and Death Pact are reduced by 5 sec.
Requires Frigid Resolve. Frost Strike damage is increased by 35% and Glacial Advance damage is increased by 5%.
Reaper's Mark grants 3 charges of Bonegrinder if it is known.
Requires Soul Rupture. If no enemies are struck by Soul Rupture, you gain 15% Strength for 8 sec.
Wave of Souls is 100% more effective on the main target of your Reaper's Mark.
0/1Requires Grim Reaper. Consuming Killing Machine or Rime has a 25% chance to grant 3 stacks of Icy Talons and increase its maximum stacks by the same amount for 6 sec.
Runic Power spending abilities count as Shadowfrost while Icy Talons is active.
0/1Requires Pact of the Deathbringer / Rune Carved Plates. Reduces the cooldowns of Lichborne and Raise Dead by 30 sec.
Requires Deathly Blows. Reaper's Mark deals 5% increased damage.
Casting Reaper's Mark grants 1 stacks of Exterminate with 100% first scythe and 100% second scythe effectiveness.
Requires Swift and Painful, Death's Messenger / Expelling Shield, Dark Talons / Reaper's Onslaught or Echoing Fury. After Reaper's Mark explodes, your next 2 Obliterates or Frostscythes cost 1 Rune and summon 2 scythes to strike your enemies.
The first scythe strikes your target for (440.2% of Attack Power) Shadowfrost damage and has a 100% chance to grant Killing Machine, the second scythe strikes all enemies around your target for (178% of Attack Power) Shadowfrost damage. Deals reduced damage beyond 8 targets.
Frost0/34
0/80/20
Chill your weapon with icy power and quickly strike the enemy, dealing 69 Frost damage. Enter to learn.
Requires Frost Strike. A brutal attack that deals 41 Physical and 40 Frost damage.
Requires Frost Strike. Blast the target with a frigid wind, dealing 17 Frost damage to that foe, and reduced damage to all other enemies within 10 yards, infecting all targets with Frost Fever.
Frost Fever
A disease that deals 117 Frost damage over 24 sec and has a chance to grant the Death Knight 4 Runic Power each time it deals damage.
Requires Obliterate. Your auto attack critical strikes have a chance to make your next Obliterate deal Frost damage and critically strike, or make your next Frostscythe critically strike for 4 times the normal damage.
Requires Howling Blast or Obliterate. Drain the will of your enemy to empower your rune weapon, dealing (260% of Attack Power) Shadowfrost damage and reduced damage to enemies nearby, gaining 40 Runic Power, and grants you Killing Machine.
Requires Howling Blast. A sweeping attack that strikes all enemies in front of you for (48% of Attack Power) Frost damage. Deals reduced damage beyond 5 targets.
Consumes Killing Machine to have its critical strikes deal 4 times the normal damage.
Requires Killing Machine. Consuming Killing Machine fires a Glacial Advance through your target at 60% effectiveness.
Requires Empower Rune Weapon or Killing Machine. Increases Frost Strike and Glacial Advance damage by 10%.
Requires Empower Rune Weapon. Consuming Rime reduces the cooldown of Empower Rune Weapon by 6 sec.
Requires Empower Rune Weapon or Frostscythe. Increases your maximum Runic Power by 10.
Increases Rune regeneration rate by 8%.
Requires Frostscythe. Remorseless Winter damage is increased by 35%. The first time Remorseless Winter deals damage to 3 different enemies, you gain Rime.
Requires Arctic Assault. Spend 8 more Frost points to unlock this row. Gain Inexorable Assault every 4 sec, stacking up to 5 times.
Obliterate consumes up to 3 stacks, dealing an additional (26.3% of Attack Power) Frost damage for each stack consumed.
Requires 2 points in Runic Overflow, Arctic Assault or Frostbound Will. Spend 8 more Frost points to unlock this row. Obliterate deals 10% increased damage and has a chance to tether the souls of its target and a nearby enemy to yours.
Frost Strike severs the tethers, dealing (411.8% of Attack Power) Shadowfrost damage to both foes.
Requires Frostbound Will. Spend 8 more Frost points to unlock this row. The power of frost increases your Strength by 20% for 12 sec.
Requires 2 points in Runic Command, Biting Cold or Frostbound Will. Spend 8 more Frost points to unlock this row. Frost Strike and Glacial Advance now cause your next Frost Strike and Glacial Advance to deal 15% increased damage and cost 5 more Runic Power.
This effect stacks until the next Runic Empowerment.
Requires Biting Cold. Spend 8 more Frost points to unlock this row. Each Rune spent during Remorseless Winter increases its damage by 10%, and extends its duration by 0.5 sec.
Requires Frostreaper, Inexorable Assault or Arctic Assault. Spend 8 more Frost points to unlock this row. Consuming the Killing Machine effect has a 20% chance to grant you 1 Rune.
Requires Pillar of Frost. Spend 8 more Frost points to unlock this row. Frost Strike and Glacial Advance have a 15% increased chance to trigger Rime and Howling Blast generates 8 Runic Power while Rime is active.
Requires Pillar of Frost. Spend 8 more Frost points to unlock this row. When Pillar of Frost expires, your Strength is increased by 8% for 6 sec. This effect lasts 2 sec longer, up to 20 sec, for each Obliterate and Frostscythe critical strike during Pillar of Frost.
Requires Pillar of Frost. Spend 8 more Frost points to unlock this row. Pillar of Frost now summons a Remorseless Winter that lasts 4 sec longer.
Each enemy Remorseless Winter damages grants you 5% Mastery, up to 26% for 15 sec.
Requires Gathering Storm, Biting Cold or Icy Onslaught. Spend 8 more Frost points to unlock this row. Runic Empowerment has a 25% chance to refund 1 additional Rune.
Requires Inexorable Assault or Murderous Efficiency. Spend 8 more Frost points to unlock this row. Rime empowered Howling Blast unleashes 2 icy blades at its target that deal (25.2% of Attack Power) Frost damage and have 15% chance to grant Killing Machine.
Requires Murderous Efficiency or Rage of the Frozen Champion. Spend 8 more Frost points to unlock this row. When Howling Blast consumes Rime, 15% of the damage it deals is gathered into the next cast of Remorseless Winter, up to 20 times.
Requires Enduring Strength, Rage of the Frozen Champion or Frozen Dominion. Spend 8 more Frost points to unlock this row. Summons a frostwyrm who breathes on all enemies within 40 yd in front of you, dealing (296.6% of Attack Power) Frost damage, stunning enemies for 3 sec, and slowing movement speed by 50% for 10 sec.
Requires Frigid Executioner or Frozen Dominion. Spend 8 more Frost points to unlock this row. Rime empowered Howling Blast deals 50% increased damage to secondary targets.
Remorseless Winter deals 6% increased damage to enemies it hits, stacking up to 10 times.
Requires Frigid Executioner or Gathering Storm. Spend 8 more Frost points to unlock this row. Howling Blast now hits an additional target with maximum effectiveness.
Rime increases Howling Blast damage done by an additional 75%.
Requires Howling Blades or Cryogenic Chamber. Spend 20 more Frost points to unlock this row. Consuming Killing Machine grants 1% critical strike chance for 10 sec, stacking up to 5 times. At 5 stacks your next Killing Machine consumes the stacks and grants you 10% increased Frost damage for 10 sec.
Requires Frostwyrm's Fury, Rage of the Frozen Champion or Cryogenic Chamber. Spend 20 more Frost points to unlock this row. Your auto attack damage is increased by 10%.
This amount is increased for each stack of Icy Talons you have and it can stack up to 2 additional times.
Requires Everfrost, Frostwyrm's Fury or Frozen Dominion. Spend 20 more Frost points to unlock this row. Casting Howling Blast with Rime active causes jagged icicles to fall on enemies nearby your target, applying Razorice and dealing (22.47% of Attack Power) Frost damage.
Requires Everfrost or Northwinds. Spend 20 more Frost points to unlock this row. When empowered by Rime, Howling Blast deals 30% increased damage to your primary target.
Requires 2 points in Bonegrinder. Spend 20 more Frost points to unlock this row. During Pillar of Frost, Frost Strike, Glacial Advance, and Howling Blast always grant Killing Machine and have a 20% chance to generate a Rune.
Additionally during Pillar of Frost, Empower Rune Weapon causes your next Obliterate or Frostscythe to cost no Runes.
Requires Smothering Offense or 2 points in Bonegrinder. Spend 20 more Frost points to unlock this row. Your auto attack critical strikes have a chance to send out a torrent of ice dealing (140% of Attack Power) Frost damage to enemies in front of you.
Requires 2 points in Icebreaker or Avalanche. Spend 20 more Frost points to unlock this row. When Frost Strike damages an enemy with 5 stacks of Razorice it will consume them to deal an additional 115% damage.
Frostbane consumes the Razorice on your main target to deal an additional 300% damage.
Requires 2 points in Icebreaker. Spend 20 more Frost points to unlock this row. Your Runic Power spending abilities have a chance to additionally deal 30% of the damage dealt over 4 sec.
Requires Obliteration. Spend 20 more Frost points to unlock this row. Obliterate and Frostscythe consume all Killing Machines to deal 25% increased critical strike damage and grant 1.5% Haste for 8 sec for each stack consumed.
Multiple applications may overlap.
Requires Icy Death Torrent. Spend 20 more Frost points to unlock this row. While Pillar of Frost is active your auto-attack critical strikes increase its duration by 1 sec, up to a maximum of 4 sec.
Requires Shattering Blade. Spend 20 more Frost points to unlock this row. Each foe struck with Glacial Advance has a chance to transform your next Frost Strike into Frostbane. The chance increases with the number of Razorice stacks on the target.
Frostbane
Start a frozen onslaught that strikes twice, unleashing the chilling essence of winter, dealing 25 Frost damage to all enemies caught in its wake with each strike.
Each enemy struck reduces the damage dealt to the next foe by 5%, down to 40%.
Requires Hyperpyrexia. Spend 20 more Frost points to unlock this row. Call upon Sindragosa's aid in battle for 8 sec, continuously dealing 38 Frost damage every 1 sec to enemies in a cone in front of you. Consuming Killing Machine or Rime increases the duration by 0.8 sec. Deals reduced damage to secondary targets.
Grants a charge of Empower Rune Weapon at the start and 2 Runes at the end.
Spend 20 more Frost points to unlock this row. Frostwyrm's Fury deals 100% increased damage to the first enemy it hits and grants you 15% Haste for 12 sec.
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