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Ready-Made Talent Builds

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Where players disagree

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

  • Grip of the Dead70%
  • Avalanche68%
  • Permafrost62%
  • Assimilation55%
  • Inexorable Assault42%

Top Playersby rating

  1. 1Ðepravityargent-dawnHuman · Deathbringer · 244 ilvl69% W2330
  2. 2Militàrytarren-millOrc · Deathbringer · 243 ilvl51% W2183
  3. 3KaboomlexravencrestKul Tiran · Deathbringer · 244 ilvl58% W2143
  4. 4СкельвираdeathguardOrc · Deathbringer · 245 ilvl49% W2103
  5. 5Dødsmestertwisting-netherOrc · Deathbringer · 243 ilvl57% W2092
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Stat Priority

Mastery > Versatility > Haste > Critical Strike

  • Mastery46.3%
  • Versatility13.7%
  • Haste12.1%
  • Critical Strike8.2%

Leech 1.2%

In-game percentages, averaged over the sample.

Hero Talent Tree

  • Deathbringer96%
  • Rider of the Apocalypse4%

PvP Talents

  • Strangulate91%
  • Spellwarden57%
  • Delirium45%
  • Deathchill40%
  • Death's Cold Embrace23%
  • Bloodforged Armor21%
  • Bitter Chill17%
  • Dark Simulacrum4%
  • Rot and Wither2%
  • Shroud of Winter2%

Races

  • Human34%
  • Orc25%
  • Highmountain Tauren11%
  • Kul Tiran9%
  • Night Elf4%
  • Undead4%
  • Dark Iron Dwarf2%
  • Draenei2%

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Talent Tree

ActivePassiveChoiceCore path 80%+

Death Knight — Class

8 points23 pointsIcebound Fortitude — 100% (53/53)100%Death Strike — 100% (53/53)100%Raise Dead — 13% (7/53)13%Runic Attenuation — 100% (53/53)100%Improved Death Strike — 100% (53/53)100%Cleaving Strikes — 9% (5/53)9%Mind Freeze — 100% (53/53)100%Blinding Sleet — 98% (52/53)98%Gloom Ward — 96% (51/53) · 2 rank96%March of Darkness / Wraith Walk — 100% (53/53)100%Unholy Momentum — 100% (53/53) · 2 rank100%Control Undead — 0% (0/53)Enfeeble — 8% (4/53)8%Coldthirst — 79% (42/53)79%Proliferating Chill — 94% (50/53)94%Permafrost — 62% (33/53)62%Veteran of the Third War — 100% (53/53)100%Death Pact — 91% (48/53)91%Brittle — 96% (51/53)96%Blood Bond — 2% (1/53)Icy Talons — 100% (53/53)100%Death Notes — 4% (2/53)Anti-Magic Zone — 91% (48/53)91%Death Defiance — 91% (48/53)91%Unholy Bond — 100% (53/53)100%Ice Prison — 2% (1/53)Asphyxiate / Death's Reach — 100% (53/53)100%Assimilation — 55% (29/53)55%Anti-Magic Barrier — 100% (53/53)100%Grip of the Dead — 70% (37/53)70%Suppression — 98% (52/53)98%Blood Scent — 28% (15/53)28%Unholy Endurance — 98% (52/53)98%Osmosis — 89% (47/53)89%Insidious Chill — 23% (12/53)23%Runic Protection — 92% (49/53)92%Blood Draw — 94% (50/53)94%Rune Mastery — 100% (53/53) · 2 rank100%Subduing Grasp — 15% (8/53)15%Will of the Necropolis — 100% (53/53) · 2 rank100%Null Magic — 100% (53/53)100%Unyielding Will — 2% (1/53)Death's Echo — 100% (53/53)100%Vestigial Shell — 6% (3/53)6%

Deathbringer — 96%

Reaper's Mark — 96% (51/53)96%Wave of Souls — 96% (51/53)96%Wither Away — 96% (51/53)96%Bind in Darkness — 96% (51/53)96%Frigid Resolve — 96% (51/53)96%Soul Rupture — 96% (51/53)96%Grim Reaper — 96% (51/53)96%Pact of the Deathbringer / Rune Carved Plates — 96% (51/53)96%Deathly Blows — 96% (51/53)96%Swift and Painful — 96% (51/53)96%Dark Talons / Reaper's Onslaught — 96% (51/53)96%Death's Messenger / Expelling Shield — 96% (51/53)96%Echoing Fury — 96% (51/53)96%Exterminate — 96% (51/53)96%

Rider of the Apocalypse — 4%

Rider's Champion — 4% (2/53)On a Paler Horse / Death Charge — 4% (2/53)Mograine's Might — 4% (2/53)Horsemen's Aid / Pact of the Apocalypse — 4% (2/53)Ride or Die! — 4% (2/53)Whitemane's Famine — 4% (2/53)Nazgrim's Conquest — 4% (2/53)Trollbane's Icy Fury — 4% (2/53)Let Terror Reign — 4% (2/53)Hungering Thirst — 4% (2/53)Fury of the Horsemen / A Feast of Souls — 4% (2/53)Mawsworn Menace — 4% (2/53)Unholy Armaments — 4% (2/53)Apocalypse Now — 4% (2/53)

Frost — Spec

8 points20 pointsFrost Strike — 100% (53/53)100%Obliterate — 100% (53/53)100%Howling Blast — 100% (53/53)100%Killing Machine — 100% (53/53)100%Empower Rune Weapon — 100% (53/53)100%Frostscythe — 15% (8/53)15%Arctic Assault — 100% (53/53)100%Runic Overflow — 98% (52/53) · 2 rank98%Frostbound Will — 100% (53/53)100%Runic Command — 4% (2/53) · 2 rankBiting Cold — 13% (7/53)13%Inexorable Assault — 42% (22/53)42%Frostreaper — 100% (53/53)100%Pillar of Frost — 100% (53/53)100%Icy Onslaught — 91% (48/53)91%Gathering Storm — 13% (7/53)13%Murderous Efficiency — 75% (40/53)75%Rage of the Frozen Champion — 96% (51/53)96%Enduring Strength — 98% (52/53)98%Frozen Dominion — 98% (52/53)98%Frigid Executioner — 89% (47/53)89%Howling Blades — 89% (47/53)89%Cryogenic Chamber — 21% (11/53)21%Frostwyrm's Fury — 100% (53/53)100%Everfrost — 13% (7/53)13%Northwinds — 94% (50/53)94%Bonegrinder — 100% (53/53) · 2 rank100%Smothering Offense — 72% (38/53)72%Avalanche — 68% (36/53)68%Icebreaker — 98% (52/53) · 2 rank98%Obliteration — 100% (53/53)100%Icy Death Torrent — 6% (3/53)6%Shattering Blade — 17% (9/53)17%Hyperpyrexia — 98% (52/53)98%Killing Streak — 100% (53/53)100%The Long Winter — 2% (1/53)Frostbane — 2% (1/53)Breath of Sindragosa — 98% (52/53)98%Chosen of Frostbrood — 100% (53/53)100%

Gear

Head

  • Relentless Rider's CrownHaste / Mastery · ilvl 24685%
  • Galactic Gladiator's Plate HelmVers / Mastery · ilvl 2469%
  • Thalassian Competitor's Plate GuardHaste · ilvl 2424%
  • Green Crystal Monocleilvl 12%

Neck

  • Thalassian Competitor's AmuletCrit / Vers · ilvl 239 · socket70%
  • Galactic Gladiator's AmuletVers / Mastery · ilvl 246 · socket15%
  • Barbed Ymirheim ChokerCrit / Haste · ilvl 276 · socket4%
  • Galactic Gladiator's NecklaceVers / Haste · ilvl 246 · socket4%

+4 more

Shoulder

  • Relentless Rider's DreadthornsHaste / Vers · ilvl 24691%
  • Thalassian Competitor's Plate PauldronsHaste / Mastery · ilvl 2394%
  • Galactic Gladiator's Plate PauldronsVers / Haste · ilvl 2462%
  • Galactic Warmonger's SpauldersVers / Mastery · ilvl 2432%

+1 more

Back

  • Galactic Gladiator's ShawlVers / Mastery · ilvl 24660%
  • Thalassian Competitor's Cloth CloakCrit / Haste · ilvl 24617%
  • Galactic Aspirant's CapeVers / Mastery · ilvl 2176%
  • Galactic Gladiator's DrapeVers / Haste · ilvl 2464%

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Chest

  • Relentless Rider's CuirassHaste / Crit · ilvl 24662%
  • Galactic Gladiator's ChestplateVers / Mastery · ilvl 24626%
  • Thalassian Competitor's Plate BreastplateVers / Mastery · ilvl 2426%
  • Breastplate of the Dark TouchMastery / Haste · ilvl 2662%

+2 more

Wrist

  • Galactic Gladiator's Plate WristguardsVers / Mastery · ilvl 24645%
  • Thalassian Competitor's Plate ArmguardsHaste / Vers · ilvl 24230%
  • Galactic Aspirant's Plate CuffsVers / Mastery · ilvl 2176%
  • Galactic Warmonger's BracersVers / Mastery · ilvl 2436%

+5 more

Hands

  • Relentless Rider's BonegraspsMastery / Haste · ilvl 24696%
  • Galactic Aspirant's Plate HandguardsVers / Mastery · ilvl 2172%
  • Galactic Gladiator's Plate HandguardsVers / Mastery · ilvl 2632%

Waist

  • Galactic Gladiator's Plate GirdleVers / Mastery · ilvl 24640%
  • Thalassian Competitor's Plate WaistguardHaste / Vers · ilvl 24240%
  • Rampant ThornstrapCrit / Haste · ilvl 2206%
  • Galactic Aspirant's Plate GirdleVers / Mastery · ilvl 2174%

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Legs

  • Galactic Gladiator's Plate WargreavesVers / Mastery · ilvl 24645%
  • Relentless Rider's LegguardsCrit / Mastery · ilvl 24636%
  • Thalassian Competitor's Plate GreavesCrit / Vers · ilvl 24211%
  • Galactic Gladiator's Plate LegguardsVers / Haste · ilvl 2464%

+2 more

Feet

  • Thalassian Competitor's Plate SabatonsVers / Mastery · ilvl 23949%
  • Galactic Gladiator's Plate WarbootsVers / Haste · ilvl 24625%
  • Galactic Aspirant's Plate WarbootsVers / Haste · ilvl 2176%
  • Galactic Gladiator's Plate StompersVers / Crit · ilvl 2466%

+4 more

Ring

  • Thalassian Competitor's SignetVers / Mastery · ilvl 242 · socket75%
  • Galactic Gladiator's SignetVers / Mastery · ilvl 246 · socket10%
  • Galactic Gladiator's RingVers / Haste · ilvl 246 · socket3%
  • Preyseeker's CircleCrit / Mastery · ilvl 246 · socket3%

+7 more

Trinket

  • Galactic Gladiator's Medallionilvl 24638%
  • Galactic Gladiator's Badge of FerocityCrit · ilvl 24623%
  • Galactic Gladiator's Insignia of AlacrityHaste · ilvl 24618%
  • Galactic Aspirant's Medallionilvl 2178%

+8 more

Main Hand

  • Galactic Gladiator's GreatswordVers / Mastery · ilvl 24687%
  • Blood Knight's WarbladeHaste / Mastery · ilvl 2854%
  • Galactic Aspirant's GreatswordVers / Haste · ilvl 2172%
  • Galactic Gladiator's GreataxeVers / Haste · ilvl 2462%

+3 more

Enchants

Head

  • Empowered Blessing of Speed64%
  • Empowered Hex of Leeching11%
  • Blessing of Speed9%

Shoulder

  • Akil'zon's Swiftness64%
  • Flight of the Eagle9%
  • Silvermoon's Mending9%

Back

  • Goblin Glider4%
  • Chant of Leeching Fangs2%

Chest

  • Mark of the Worldsoul51%
  • Mark of Nalorakk36%

Hands

  • Heavy Knothide Armor Kit2%

Waist

  • Nitro Boosts8%

Legs

  • Forest Hunter's Armor Kit75%
  • Blood Knight's Armor Kit8%

Feet

  • Farstrider's Hunt68%
  • Shaladrassil's Roots9%
  • Lynx's Dexterity2%

Ring

  • Zul'jin's Mastery51%
  • Silvermoon's Tenacity22%
  • Amani Mastery11%

+4 more

Main Hand

  • Rune of the Fallen Crusader75%
  • Rune of Razorice9%
  • Rune of the Apocalypse9%

+2 more

Gems and Embellishments

Gems279 total

  • Flawless Versatile Amethyst+14 Mastery & +6 Versatility41%
  • Flawless Masterful Lapis+14 Versatility & +6 Mastery23%
  • Enduring Heliotrope+20 Primary Stat and +5% Damage Reduction when affected by Crowd Control14%
  • Flawless Versatile Peridot+14 Haste & +6 Versatility4%
  • Flawless Versatile Amethyst+12 Mastery & +5 Versatility3%
  • Flawless Quick Amethyst+14 Mastery & +6 Haste2%

+18 more

Embellishments93 total

  • Arcanoweave Lining39%
  • Prismatic Focusing Iris34%
  • Devouring Banding13%
  • Sunfire Silk Lining5%
  • Stabilizing Gemstone Bandolier4%
  • Blessed Pango Charm2%

+1 more

Collected Aug 2