Frost DK War Within PVP Starter Guide

[@Flarkness]

which frost build do you like the best for this new expansion?!

[@ninonovak5817]

CRYO :d

[@thepois88]

@@Flarkness chill one for rbgs

[@kocho5612]

Dual Wield Winterize

[@nickolasdparks1889]

for the first build rotation. when do we abom limb?

[@nickolasdparks1889]

sorry i was not patient I got the answer =)

[@JohnDrees]

This man does THE BEST wow related videos of anyone. No click bait nonsense, no drama, just pure info in a great format.

[@Flarkness]

thank you man, that honestly means so much to me. I promise I'll keep them coming in this format as long as I can. enjoy frost dk this season brother!

[@xxgamerxx6074]

I can’t explain how helpful these videos are for someone like me who is trying the class for the first time. I basically just tried it out for this expansion and this really helps

[@Flarkness]

you got it man, just let me know if there's any other things you're confused about and I'll do my best to answer.

[@Ral0run]

Appreciate that you go through the "why" you're picking talents - great vids.

[@BigStou]

Your guides are the best, clear and to the point.

[@Davichiz]

Been maining WR for 15 years and wanted to try something new being frost dk. Really appreciate these videos, helping me get the hang of the class. ty ty ty

[@bulllletsss]

Ive been trying frost since yesterday and your cryoreaper build is amazing. Its wayy more direct compared to unholy and reapers mark just deletes ppl. I hope blizz wont merf it, so much fun

[@RonaldoEarthlinggg]

I am new at DK PvP, I met this man randomly in SL S1 through RBG, got in his stream, hit my first 1.8k, he is still as based as he was years ago. But his works is amazing, cant appreciate more how helpful this video might have been, Now that I am doing PvP permanently instead of PvE, I will be around your stream more.

[@trollonme]

i reccomended your channel to someone who was having a hard time understanding DK rotation and such. keep up the content!

[@Flarkness]

of course man, I answer any and all gameplay questions on my stream as well!

[@mithrandirthegrey7644]

You’re the man. Legit WoW MVP! As a side note I’ve hated healing since day 1 of wow but you got me into disc priest and I have basically been leveling one in parallel with my DK because I’m enjoying it so much.

[@philippfeifer9780]

Man, u do great work with your indepth guides to all variants of playing dk. I realy enjoy watching every video! Thumbs up!

[@ulltramagnus85]

Flarkness if you werent making these DK guides I'd be lost. I started running the haste master 2h frost build and had a lot of fun today actually got to 1800. Thanks for always making the best guides.

[@stacery12]

First xpac of PVP with a DK and this video is the best I have come across by far! Chillbreaker build is wildddd! keep it up :)

[@YorkshireYobbo]

OMG the endless winter build melts everybody! Its insane. Thanks bro for showing us how to do it

[@Flarkness]

yeah I think endless winter build is why I'm most excited for frost dk pvp in war within. which has not been the case for the last like 6 years. so that's a very good thing lmao

[@admiralcrev5119]

great video dude, very informative, well-thought out and thoroughly explained.

[@Flarkness]

thank you it's crazy how nice it is to read messages like this. I really appreciate it. feel free to ask me any and every question you have, I stream every day at www.twitch.tv/flarkness

[@brenrain]

Always usually go 2h but you make me wanna try dw the in depth explanations are greatly appreciated 🎉

[@josh5153]

Love how positive you are about every spec you do these videos about.. no bias whatsoever love it thanks for the info I am going to try DK as my first alt

[@FrostbiteMN]

been looking for this video since launch! nobody else has made an easy to understand guide with all the required info. THANK YOU and have a sub!

[@dradamov]

Waiting on UH guide now :)))) absolutely awesome

[@Nole_Bolso]

Love your guides Flark, they always help me to improve my game and understanding the class Keep the amazing work!

[@gryox5098]

Man, you're spilling all the beans! My performance in the arena went up like crazy. Thanks a ton! :)

[@jonorsl]

Perfect guide man. So many things I was doing wrong

[@tonystewart7179]

Ive played FDK since Mop my first expansion and never done pvp on a serious level. this video alone makes me want to play PVP thank you for revitalizing the game for me. ofc imma suck cause im used to solo play but im excited to learn

[@DaWashki04]

Awesome video man! I have been playing wow for a decent amount of time and have watched a lot of guides - this one is amazing! New sub

[@Alphatwin146-w7w]

Id love rbg/blitz guide later on, showing differences between frost/unholy and maybe even blood! Featuring builds, tips, different map plays etc❤️

[@layunin2941]

You are killing it with how you develop WoW content. Do you still have a plan to make a Blood guide following this at some point? People hate tanks in PvP but I like playing Blood DK in arena/BGs lol.

[@MrTS7]

We need a week 1 video for the currencies ! All frost DKs are waiting for your video on what to buy with conquest & bloody tokens!!!!

[@huga2088]

I am a new frost dk main and was looking for a good content creator. And you are 100% the most professional and logical frost dk enjoyer I've ever seen. Really looking forward to all of your frost guides all along tww. Keep going, you are great man!

[@Flarkness]

this is extremely kind, thank you. just let me know if you have any other questions, or you can pop into my stream (www.twitch.tv/flarkness ) and ask me stuff there!

[@jcline87]

Hey I was expecting this last night. Nice dropping by your stream last night cooking up the sauce!

[@GouzillaGaming]

Fantastic build(s) guide, as always. Thanks for the awesome content.

[@Kurnhelios]

Chillbreaker in BG's goes crazy

[@mithrandirthegrey7644]

And the stats and weapon line up with unholy so you can play both. Chillbreaker it is.

[@Kurnhelios]

@@mithrandirthegrey7644 My thoughts too

[@Stoiken13]

Great video, I'm excited to try these builds.

[@avekrso285]

Great video, idk why I saw quite a few top dks from last season running a sindagrosas breath build

[@Flarkness]

it's for stacking up deathbringer reaper's mark as quick as possible. it's another all-in type frost build since it relies on a 2 minute cd and thus I don't really enjoy it. will be viable tho!

[@avekrso285]

@Flarkness I'm loving the cryo reaper build

[@Splasch6]

Such a good video thanks, i geared my DK wrong and this helped alot.

[@Ashes22dust]

Dude you are the best! I love everything about this video- you just got a new subscriber.

[@Flarkness]

thanks for being here man! which of the 3 frost builds is your fave so far?

[@javisvillas]

Great, informative vid. I'm super stoked to give these a try. Any chance you can make a vid on defensives in PVP?

[@Flarkness]

actually seems like a great idea, both frost dk & unholy dk have a much better survival toolkit for war within pvp, so I can absolutely see that being a nice video idea.

[@Thibrahimovic]

@@Flarknessthis : 🙏

[@Vitez.sa.Drine_]

That’s what I was waiting for.👌🏻

[@thepois88]

Good job once again. Very detailed thanks!

[@RobertoVillaLobby]

Very nice guides! How are we looking compared to unholy according to you? Everyone seems to be rating unholy way higher. I had a late expansion start so wanna go with the best spec to catch up.

[@Wikihouse_History]

well thats just great, i love how bliz doesn't highlight what abilities are nerfed in pvp...

[@recz5528]

Hey I'm just getting into DK and PVP, so kind of a noob here, and I'd love to see which one of those builds you feel is the most suitable for bgs and which one for arena (maybe also discussing the synergies of those builds with different classes). Perhaps this could be some quick info at the end as a summary.

[@IzNebula]

Great video and appreciate the gearing section the most. Now, for the left side of the tree, would you still run permafrost even on 2H? I PvP a lot with a Paladin friend, so I don't see much value in Gloom Ward with the 15% more absorb. What do you think?

[@Flarkness]

fantastic question. I don't see it doing nearly as much over a long game as with all the dual-wield auto attack synergies. I would probably drop it for even leech or the dnd slow or some other situational thing. gloom ward if you play with a priest or some absorbs from the various healer hero talents.

[@Thibrahimovic]

Hello guys, I’ve always been a fan of dk / paladin because of the lore and vibes of the class. The lack of mobility has always been a problem for me and I think Rider of apocalypse would really amaze me. My obly concern is about class survivability. Do you have enough defensive cd and heal somehow to stay alive in melee ? Thanks for your help ! 😁

[@Thibrahimovic]

PS : Flark your guides are always banger and I learn a lot with your explanation. Thanks so much! PS2 : one of the most immersive moment of my life is when you arrive the first time in SW as a dk and everyone is insulting you / throwing shits at your face until the king tells everyone to accept you and that you are a trusted soldier of the Alliance. Will always remember this

[@andrepeters7993]

What a perfect and helpful video! Thank you so much. Do you think there is a build that you can combine with an unholy build? Maybe Chillbreaker?

[@Flarkness]

so you mean like have the same gear you would use for unholy? absolutely would be the haste/mastery variant that does not go into crit at all. unfortunately, unholy uses 2h and ZERO crit so all the dw versions will be the only separate gear set if you prefer them.

[@andrepeters7993]

@@Flarkness Great. That is exactly what i meant. Thank you so much for you Videos. Keep it up bro! Ur doin great content.

[@giuliofrans8379]

Crazy good guide keep it up

[@CondemnedMarine]

Flark at it again proving he's the best DK

[@JL-xm9kx]

Great video Flark. What 3s comp do you think would work with each build?

[@Flarkness]

I think frost as a whole plays with windwalker, fury, possibly arms, possibly dh, and even something like destro. it's hard to tell which comp each build prefers until we have a good amount of time in war within season 1 to test it out.

[@JL-xm9kx]

@@Flarkness I'm keeping my fingers frossed for FDK + MM to work

[@ff7522]

So Flark is the best creator for DK, who do you guys like for other classes? Would love a good source for Lock, Rdruid, Feral, hunter, ret.

[@HlghV0LTag3]

Feral definitely snupy. For frost dk also check out xeek

[@DimmuBorgirakos]

Great video mate you explain everything to me about frost dk pvp.Also where i can find the macros that you use?

[@connorevans8545]

When's unholy? Also glad to see you made it man we used to play in legion I just came back to the game

[@VT___]

Hey I enjoyed your guide thoroughly, despite the massive amounts of damage I feel that I am worthless in terms of damage outside of the bursts when using the 2h build. I also have trouble staying alive even in a 1v1 situation, if my burst doesn't get them I will die pretty fast. I am new to DK in general so perhaps I am doing wrong, do you have any tips? I try to use death strike obviously and lichborne + death coil.

[@jcline87]

Being able to run Stoneskin Gargoyle on OH feels so good. 6% armor AND 6% ALL stats..

[@Flarkness]

yeah it's wild to just get huge stat buffs passively for effectively no cost. really thrilled with how that build is looking for the full war within pvp season.

[@jcline87]

@@Flarkness my Mograine isn't casting death and decay everytime, or I'm having to drop it myself halfway through a go. Also, are pvp/warmode talents covered? Thanks Flark! Also, warriors seem hella broken.

[@reflexdogtraining1337]

Yesssss!

[@roenen1]

Flarkness. We ❤ you.

[@brian8757]

Great video

Would you say the Chillbreaker is the best build to play as 2H? Or would the Endless winter kind of work as well? Im looking into a meaty 2H build that might also use Deathbringer instead of Rider of the Apocalypse as Im already using it on UH as well

[@TKLotusSWG]

There’s one other build that’s pretty fire, it utilizes breath to stack mark fast into an obliterate rotation

[@Flarkness]

yes! I mentioned it in the description!

[@TKLotusSWG]

Oh nice you’re always putting out the best content!

[@cleric5357]

Hey Mate, Im back after missing the last exp, went straight to your builds obviously lol I noticed you have left out Chill streak on your main builds.... you used to love the damage the snowball did, have they nerfed that into the ground? Also I noticed they look like they are nerfing us into the ground?

[@Blood_Ronin]

Any Chance you can make a macro video? I can't get my AMS macro to work for part1 or party2. For Deathbringer, what would you give up to get the DND slow? I feel what would be useful would it not?

[@potworzgo]

Will you make a post or a short talking about recent dk changes? 20% obli redu + 11.0.5 revamp (the revamp seems good maybe?)

[@Flarkness]

yeah for sure! I'll get something like that going soon.

[@Blood_Ronin]

Oh hell yes

[@bloodmoontalon]

Need the ret pala and subtlety rogue guide asap!🙏

[@brian8757]

Great video!

[@Thibrahimovic]

Hello guys, do you know where are the 339k healing coming from time to time when Flark is making his rotations ? Ty

[@austar111]

Do demon hunter please, theres such little information for pvp as a player new to the class

[@andreashalkas6443]

bro what happened to your signature intro... Hey its flark shouldve stuck to it was cool ! :)

[@DistressQQ]

Which second trinket is the best option for humans that don't need insignia ?

[@hoxton7161]

Sorry I'm a noob; didn't understand why razorice isn't used on the off-hand when DW? Can you explain it to me like i'm five years old?

[@princefarming3552]

Do we need tier set as frost endless winter? craft any pvp gear specifically?

[@adenahmadi3212]

If you we're to just guesstimate what spec would you play with herocleave? / 2's

[@Migge-r3r]

Do you think the next weekly reset balance update will affect the Endless winter build? Icy Death Torrent dmg being nerfed by 10%. Other frost dk nerfs are for PVE tho.

[@Flarkness]

nah definitely not, 10% damage to a talent that was 3% of your dmg won't change anything.

[@Migge-r3r]

@@Flarkness Thank you for reply! That's awesome cos I'm in love with this build

[@o_O29866]

ty bro!

[@TheBoi752]

Unholy dk guide, when?

[@mexcellent227]

What do you think of this 2H build? CsPAtbMOTHlnKIwUyAn+DK70SDgZGDMzMDjZMzMzwMmJzYGDGMzYmhZmZmZmZZmBAAAAAAAAAAAYzsNLmtZYsww2MbTDNjNjZmZMzA Running Rune of Razor ice on wep. For those of us that prefer two hander frost for those juicy obliterates this seems to provide more sustained damage in between the big go's. I build the 5 stacks back almost immediately with the double proccing from rune enchant and the talent.

[@metalmach1ne748]

Subbed. Can you do one for Unholy? I saw it in BG's and man they are strong as fk.

[@markvolpe3822]

Hey man, does Gloom Ward make Permafrost stronger?

[@barneysoldierson54]

I feel like I'm too squishy as frost, I mainly use woundspike , it's so good

[@IOSARBX]

Flarkness, can we collab

[@PatelPresh]

What do you bring to the table for Flarkness? And why do you want a collab?

[@thepois88]

@@PatelPreshchill mate 😅

[@PatelPresh]

@@thepois88 😂😂 you right brother

[@meta3323]

I might have missed it in the video, but is there no viable 2hand reapersmark build? I like big number dmg :p

[@Flarkness]

the only way to stack reaper's mark quick as 2h is breath, and I have been begging to get off the all in play style for 6 years so it's not really my cup of tea. but you can effectively just press 2h breath and use it during the aoe stun and ramp up fast.

[@GeorgeBigglesworth]

is the 1 point in icebreaker really necessary in the endless winter build? could get murderous efficiency instead?

[@Flarkness]

absolutely! either or. if you're feeling rune starved (which for some reason I haven't yet, despite them lowering our resource gen) then swap to murderous. otherwise, you can get a lil extra chip damage.

[@Darksaint1989]

Any changes you would make for just messing around in random bgs? when it comes to endless winter one that is

[@Flarkness]

actually surprisingly no, the endless winter build literally fits right into frost dk's role in battleground blitz. it can aoe stun twice, it has crazy on demand dmg no matter where it goes, it can win any team fight with setups or help kill fcs and orb carriers with quick burst windows. it's actually awesome.

[@Darksaint1989]

@@Flarkness Ye, u're absolutely right, been having a blast with it even with some pvp gear missing so far. Last time I played a frost DK (or any DK for that matter) was back in Cata when frost dual wield was absolutely Zug-Zug fun sustain dmg, pre-nerf anyway. It's very reminiscent of that old spec.

[@jham7411]

I need a 2H build that slaps. I don’t want to duel wield.

[@Flarkness]

the chillbreaker build is some of the highest burst damage in pvp I've played with so far.

[@Tyzen7]

26:22 Isn't Obliterate physical damage and Frost Strike is Frost damage? Or does the tooltip just lie saying its Physical when its Frost

[@meta3323]

Obliterate is baseline Physical, but when empowered by Killing Machine (passive talent) it always crits and turns into Frost Dmg

[@Flarkness]

meta3323 said it perfect!

[@Tyzen7]

Holy fuck I never knew that, thank you

[@jinx4729]

Think death strike can go through bop, evasion, monk parry if its shadowfrost? Kind of like obliterate going through bop when its buffed by killing machine

[@Flarkness]

that's a really interesting point. I suppose it absolutely should allow you to heal on previously immune targets.

[@jinx4729]

​@Flarkness That would be so nice haha and would feel even better choosing this tree over the other one but haven't tested it myself yet. BTW you're a beast with all these recent videos, subbed

[@rexwalker8625]

I miss when Breath of Sindragosa was good

[@shadblayder]

I wish you did something about the length of your videos :s I know it's hard though.

[@shadblayder]

like just edit a bit idk, you could EASILY shave off 10 mins and keep us more engaged, just, edit.

[@Flarkness]

sorry man I've got way more people who've told me they much prefer this style than people who haven't. it stays!

[@shadblayder]

@@Flarkness I appreciate your answer, but you can't deny it's harder to maintain attention on something for 45 minutes straight than 20 good minutes, I'm not talking about cutting down too much on the info, just enough to make it digest, again, cheers and good wishes.

[@FriendlyFire2112]

I'm new to pvp, how do you actually get the gear you need? Is it just bang my head against the wall in random bgs to get honor?

[@Flarkness]

yeah you do random bgs or comp stomp to get honor and buy it from a the vendor that is available now.

[@FriendlyFire2112]

@@Flarkness Alrighty thank you

[@barzulbinks]

Which dk spec will dominate in tww s1 ?

[@pubadubgthreemeninatree8596]

would you recommend macroing Reaper's mark with pillar? just seems logical but maybe im missing something

[@Flarkness]

that is definitely logical if you wanna stuff those together, I think I actually mentioned it somewhere in the video.

[@pubadubgthreemeninatree8596]

@@Flarkness thanks man. Just watched xeex's video and now have a mini swifty macro. reapers, pillar, empowered runic, blood fury, breath of sindragosa which seems to work in a global. you think thats too much?

[@Flarkness]

nah you can absolutely put all modifiers together, cause that's when you would want to do them anyway. I don't personally planning on using the breath build but you would ABSOLUTELY wanna swifty it because it's all apart of the 1 shot combo during your aoe stun go.

[@pubadubgthreemeninatree8596]

@@Flarkness thanks bro. u da man

[@alexmonette5614]

Is ANY of these 3 builds good in PVE ?

[@bkeith1005]

DO ASSASINATION ROGUE NEXT

[@benrici]

A++ can you share your plater profile by chance?

[@Flarkness]

I actually don't run plater, it's just default UI options from wow.

[@MrJVenomo]

Pvp Gear out now already?

[@TheNemus13]

Is ele dk a good comp?

[@BasedChadman]

Please do Blood

[@SprightMelfy]

Frost or unholy for 2v2

[@DaveFama]

What is your crit rate %. Mine seems very low running this much haste gear

[@Flarkness]

I have close to 12% when the PVP dummies scale up with the gear I linked.

[@mongoosemcmongoose2786]

I love you.

[@BasedChadman]

If only this class wasn't boring as all hell to play. Just one or two more rotational buttons is all I have been begging for since legion, and is also the reason I play blood instead.

[@creepcracker]

Flark whats the best talent out of those 3 ,

[@Flarkness]

I prefer the endless winter build and will be the first thing I try out in war within pvp