Small sample: 15 players, so one player moves a percentage by 7 points. Read these as a rough signal, not a consensus.

Ready-Made Talent Builds

In game: talent window → Import

Copy the code and paste it into the game. Each one is a complete loadout taken from a top player in this sample, not an average of several.

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Where players disagree

47 talents are taken by almost everyone. These are the picks the field is actually split on.

  • Grip of the Dead60%
  • Murderous Efficiency60%
  • Blood Scent40%
  • Inexorable Assault33%

Top Playersby rating

  1. 1ÄdåmdrakthulVoid Elf · Deathbringer · 276 ilvl64% W2118
  2. 2Baabarla-croisade-écarlateDark Iron Dwarf · Deathbringer · 286 ilvl54% W2037
  3. 3WotlkmønstereredarOrc · Deathbringer · 280 ilvl58% W2037
  4. 4Sasqúàtchtarren-millHighmountain Tauren · Deathbringer · 289 ilvl73% W1986
  5. 5Nivarithe-shatarVoid Elf · Deathbringer · 279 ilvl44% W1891
+10 more on the leaderboard →

Stat Priority

Versatility > Mastery > Haste > Critical Strike

  • Versatility20.5% in game46.4%
  • Mastery58.6% in game39.1%
  • Haste8.6% in game7.6%
  • Critical Strike9.2% in game6.8%

Speed 5.8% · Leech 1.3% · Avoidance 0.4%

Order and bars: each stat’s share of the secondary stat rating on gear, averaged over the sample — what these players actually itemised for. In-game percentages are shown for reference only. They are not comparable between stats: each has its own rating-to-percent rate, and mastery is scaled by a coefficient that differs per specialisation.

Hero Talent Tree

  • Deathbringer100%

PvP Talents

  • Strangulate100%
  • Delirium67%

+5 more

Races

  • Highmountain Tauren20%
  • Human20%
  • Orc20%
  • Night Elf13%
  • Void Elf13%

+2 more

Talent Tree

ActivePassiveChoiceCore path 80%+

Death Knight — Class

8 points23 points100%100%20%100%100%20%100%100%100%100%100%7%80%80%87%100%93%100%100%20%100%80%100%100%20%100%60%100%40%93%80%27%87%93%100%13%100%100%100%
  • Icebound Fortitude: 100% (15 of 15 players)
  • Death Strike: 100% (15 of 15 players)
  • Raise Dead: 20% (3 of 15 players)
  • Runic Attenuation: 100% (15 of 15 players)
  • Improved Death Strike: 100% (15 of 15 players)
  • Cleaving Strikes: 20% (3 of 15 players)
  • Mind Freeze: 100% (15 of 15 players)
  • Blinding Sleet: 100% (15 of 15 players)
  • Gloom Ward: 100% (15 of 15 players)
  • March of Darkness / Wraith Walk: 100% (15 of 15 players)
  • Unholy Momentum: 100% (15 of 15 players)
  • Control Undead: 0% (0 of 15 players)
  • Enfeeble: 7% (1 of 15 players)
  • Coldthirst: 80% (12 of 15 players)
  • Proliferating Chill: 80% (12 of 15 players)
  • Permafrost: 87% (13 of 15 players)
  • Veteran of the Third War: 100% (15 of 15 players)
  • Death Pact: 93% (14 of 15 players)
  • Brittle: 100% (15 of 15 players)
  • Blood Bond: 0% (0 of 15 players)
  • Icy Talons: 100% (15 of 15 players)
  • Death Notes: 20% (3 of 15 players)
  • Anti-Magic Zone: 100% (15 of 15 players)
  • Death Defiance: 80% (12 of 15 players)
  • Unholy Bond: 100% (15 of 15 players)
  • Ice Prison: 0% (0 of 15 players)
  • Asphyxiate / Death's Reach: 100% (15 of 15 players)
  • Assimilation: 20% (3 of 15 players)
  • Anti-Magic Barrier: 100% (15 of 15 players)
  • Grip of the Dead: 60% (9 of 15 players)
  • Suppression: 100% (15 of 15 players)
  • Blood Scent: 40% (6 of 15 players)
  • Unholy Endurance: 93% (14 of 15 players)
  • Osmosis: 80% (12 of 15 players)
  • Insidious Chill: 27% (4 of 15 players)
  • Runic Protection: 87% (13 of 15 players)
  • Blood Draw: 93% (14 of 15 players)
  • Rune Mastery: 100% (15 of 15 players)
  • Subduing Grasp: 13% (2 of 15 players)
  • Will of the Necropolis: 100% (15 of 15 players)
  • Null Magic: 100% (15 of 15 players)
  • Unyielding Will: 0% (0 of 15 players)
  • Death's Echo: 100% (15 of 15 players)
  • Vestigial Shell: 0% (0 of 15 players)

Deathbringer — 100%

100%100%100%100%100%100%100%100%100%100%100%100%100%100%
  • Reaper's Mark: 100% (15 of 15 players)
  • Wave of Souls: 100% (15 of 15 players)
  • Wither Away: 100% (15 of 15 players)
  • Bind in Darkness: 100% (15 of 15 players)
  • Frigid Resolve: 100% (15 of 15 players)
  • Soul Rupture: 100% (15 of 15 players)
  • Grim Reaper: 100% (15 of 15 players)
  • Pact of the Deathbringer / Rune Carved Plates: 100% (15 of 15 players)
  • Deathly Blows: 100% (15 of 15 players)
  • Swift and Painful: 100% (15 of 15 players)
  • Dark Talons / Reaper's Onslaught: 100% (15 of 15 players)
  • Death's Messenger / Expelling Shield: 100% (15 of 15 players)
  • Echoing Fury: 100% (15 of 15 players)
  • Exterminate: 100% (15 of 15 players)

Rider of the Apocalypse — 0%

  • Rider's Champion: 0% (0 of 15 players)
  • On a Paler Horse / Death Charge: 0% (0 of 15 players)
  • Mograine's Might: 0% (0 of 15 players)
  • Horsemen's Aid / Pact of the Apocalypse: 0% (0 of 15 players)
  • Ride or Die!: 0% (0 of 15 players)
  • Whitemane's Famine: 0% (0 of 15 players)
  • Nazgrim's Conquest: 0% (0 of 15 players)
  • Trollbane's Icy Fury: 0% (0 of 15 players)
  • Let Terror Reign: 0% (0 of 15 players)
  • Hungering Thirst: 0% (0 of 15 players)
  • Fury of the Horsemen / A Feast of Souls: 0% (0 of 15 players)
  • Mawsworn Menace: 0% (0 of 15 players)
  • Unholy Armaments: 0% (0 of 15 players)
  • Apocalypse Now: 0% (0 of 15 players)

Frost — Spec

8 points20 points100%100%100%100%100%20%100%87%100%20%33%100%100%80%20%60%100%100%100%80%73%27%100%20%100%100%93%73%100%100%20%7%100%100%100%100%
  • Frost Strike: 100% (15 of 15 players)
  • Obliterate: 100% (15 of 15 players)
  • Howling Blast: 100% (15 of 15 players)
  • Killing Machine: 100% (15 of 15 players)
  • Empower Rune Weapon: 100% (15 of 15 players)
  • Frostscythe: 20% (3 of 15 players)
  • Arctic Assault: 100% (15 of 15 players)
  • Runic Overflow: 87% (13 of 15 players)
  • Frostbound Will: 100% (15 of 15 players)
  • Runic Command: 0% (0 of 15 players)
  • Biting Cold: 20% (3 of 15 players)
  • Inexorable Assault: 33% (5 of 15 players)
  • Frostreaper: 100% (15 of 15 players)
  • Pillar of Frost: 100% (15 of 15 players)
  • Icy Onslaught: 80% (12 of 15 players)
  • Gathering Storm: 20% (3 of 15 players)
  • Murderous Efficiency: 60% (9 of 15 players)
  • Rage of the Frozen Champion: 100% (15 of 15 players)
  • Enduring Strength: 100% (15 of 15 players)
  • Frozen Dominion: 100% (15 of 15 players)
  • Frigid Executioner: 80% (12 of 15 players)
  • Howling Blades: 73% (11 of 15 players)
  • Cryogenic Chamber: 27% (4 of 15 players)
  • Frostwyrm's Fury: 100% (15 of 15 players)
  • Everfrost: 20% (3 of 15 players)
  • Northwinds: 100% (15 of 15 players)
  • Bonegrinder: 100% (15 of 15 players)
  • Smothering Offense: 93% (14 of 15 players)
  • Avalanche: 73% (11 of 15 players)
  • Icebreaker: 100% (15 of 15 players)
  • Obliteration: 100% (15 of 15 players)
  • Icy Death Torrent: 20% (3 of 15 players)
  • Shattering Blade: 7% (1 of 15 players)
  • Hyperpyrexia: 100% (15 of 15 players)
  • Killing Streak: 100% (15 of 15 players)
  • The Long Winter: 0% (0 of 15 players)
  • Frostbane: 0% (0 of 15 players)
  • Breath of Sindragosa: 100% (15 of 15 players)
  • Chosen of Frostbrood: 100% (15 of 15 players)

Gear

Head

  • 67%
  • 13%
  • 7%

+2 more

Neck

  • 53%
  • 20%
  • 13%

+1 more

Shoulder

  • 53%
  • 40%

+1 more

Back

  • 33%
  • 33%
  • 7%
  • 7%

+3 more

Chest

  • 80%
  • 7%

+2 more

Wrist

  • 33%
  • 27%
  • 27%

+2 more

Hands

  • 87%
  • 13%

Waist

  • 47%
  • 33%

+3 more

Legs

  • 53%
  • 13%
  • 13%

+3 more

Feet

  • 33%
  • 27%
  • 20%

+2 more

Ring

  • 57%
  • 13%
  • 10%

+6 more

Trinket

  • 30%
  • 17%
  • 13%
  • 10%

+7 more

Main Hand

  • 80%
  • 13%

+1 more

Off Hand

  • 7%
  • 7%

Enchants

Head

  • Empowered Blessing of Speed53%
  • Blessing of Speed7%
  • Empowered Hex of Leeching7%

+1 more

Shoulder

  • Akil'zon's Swiftness67%

Back

  • Goblin Glider7%

Chest

  • Mark of the Worldsoul67%
  • Mark of Nalorakk27%

Waist

  • Nitro Boosts7%

Legs

  • Forest Hunter's Armor Kit73%
  • Blood Knight's Armor Kit7%

Feet

  • Farstrider's Hunt47%
  • Lynx's Dexterity13%

Ring

  • Zul'jin's Mastery40%
  • Silvermoon's Tenacity27%
  • Amani Mastery7%

+2 more

Main Hand

  • Rune of the Fallen Crusader80%
  • Thalassian Phoenix Oil13%

+3 more

Off Hand

  • Thalassian Phoenix Oil13%
  • Rune of the Fallen Crusader7%
  • Rune of the Stoneskin Gargoyle7%

Gems and Embellishments

Gems62 total

  • 34%
  • 26%
  • 19%
  • 10%

+4 more

Embellishments26 total

  • Arcanoweave Lining85%
  • Prismatic Focusing Iris8%

+2 more

Collected Sep 22