Small sample: 19 players, so one player moves a percentage by 5 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

50 talents are taken by almost everyone. These are the picks the field is actually split on — top 10 of 13.

  • Icy Onslaught68%
  • Grip of the Dead63%
  • Permafrost63%
  • Howling Blades63%
  • Smothering Offense58%
  • Shattering Blade47%
  • Everfrost42%
  • Assimilation37%
  • Avalanche37%
  • Biting Cold37%

Top Playersby rating

  1. 1Mørgøthshadow-councilHighmountain Tauren · Deathbringer · 282 ilvl52% W2114
  2. 2CardiodailythrallHighmountain Tauren · Deathbringer · 278 ilvl64% W2113
  3. 3Axegangbleeding-hollowPandaren · Deathbringer · 281 ilvl49% W1970
  4. 4RacketymannerzhulPandaren · Deathbringer · 280 ilvl61% W1940
  5. 5Creepyarea-52Orc · Deathbringer · 282 ilvl59% W1919
+14 more on the leaderboard →

Stat Priority

Versatility > Mastery > Haste > Critical Strike

  • Versatility22.7% in game53.1%
  • Mastery54.0% in game35.2%
  • Haste8.6% in game8.2%
  • Critical Strike6.9% in game3.4%

Speed 5.4% · Leech 1.0%

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%
  • Spellwarden68%

+4 more

Races

  • Orc26%
  • Pandaren26%
  • Highmountain Tauren21%
  • Human16%

+2 more

Talent Tree

ActivePassiveChoiceCore path 80%+

Death Knight — Class

8 points23 points100%100%11%100%100%100%100%100%100%100%95%100%63%100%100%100%100%95%100%100%100%37%100%63%100%26%100%100%5%100%95%100%11%100%100%100%
  • Icebound Fortitude: 100% (19 of 19 players)
  • Death Strike: 100% (19 of 19 players)
  • Raise Dead: 11% (2 of 19 players)
  • Runic Attenuation: 100% (19 of 19 players)
  • Improved Death Strike: 100% (19 of 19 players)
  • Cleaving Strikes: 0% (0 of 19 players)
  • Mind Freeze: 100% (19 of 19 players)
  • Blinding Sleet: 100% (19 of 19 players)
  • Gloom Ward: 100% (19 of 19 players)
  • March of Darkness / Wraith Walk: 100% (19 of 19 players)
  • Unholy Momentum: 100% (19 of 19 players)
  • Control Undead: 0% (0 of 19 players)
  • Enfeeble: 0% (0 of 19 players)
  • Coldthirst: 95% (18 of 19 players)
  • Proliferating Chill: 100% (19 of 19 players)
  • Permafrost: 63% (12 of 19 players)
  • Veteran of the Third War: 100% (19 of 19 players)
  • Death Pact: 100% (19 of 19 players)
  • Brittle: 100% (19 of 19 players)
  • Blood Bond: 0% (0 of 19 players)
  • Icy Talons: 100% (19 of 19 players)
  • Death Notes: 0% (0 of 19 players)
  • Anti-Magic Zone: 95% (18 of 19 players)
  • Death Defiance: 100% (19 of 19 players)
  • Unholy Bond: 100% (19 of 19 players)
  • Ice Prison: 0% (0 of 19 players)
  • Asphyxiate / Death's Reach: 100% (19 of 19 players)
  • Assimilation: 37% (7 of 19 players)
  • Anti-Magic Barrier: 100% (19 of 19 players)
  • Grip of the Dead: 63% (12 of 19 players)
  • Suppression: 100% (19 of 19 players)
  • Blood Scent: 26% (5 of 19 players)
  • Unholy Endurance: 100% (19 of 19 players)
  • Osmosis: 100% (19 of 19 players)
  • Insidious Chill: 5% (1 of 19 players)
  • Runic Protection: 100% (19 of 19 players)
  • Blood Draw: 95% (18 of 19 players)
  • Rune Mastery: 100% (19 of 19 players)
  • Subduing Grasp: 11% (2 of 19 players)
  • Will of the Necropolis: 100% (19 of 19 players)
  • Null Magic: 100% (19 of 19 players)
  • Unyielding Will: 0% (0 of 19 players)
  • Death's Echo: 100% (19 of 19 players)
  • Vestigial Shell: 0% (0 of 19 players)

Deathbringer — 100%

100%100%100%100%100%100%100%100%100%100%100%100%100%100%
  • Reaper's Mark: 100% (19 of 19 players)
  • Wave of Souls: 100% (19 of 19 players)
  • Wither Away: 100% (19 of 19 players)
  • Bind in Darkness: 100% (19 of 19 players)
  • Frigid Resolve: 100% (19 of 19 players)
  • Soul Rupture: 100% (19 of 19 players)
  • Grim Reaper: 100% (19 of 19 players)
  • Pact of the Deathbringer / Rune Carved Plates: 100% (19 of 19 players)
  • Deathly Blows: 100% (19 of 19 players)
  • Swift and Painful: 100% (19 of 19 players)
  • Dark Talons / Reaper's Onslaught: 100% (19 of 19 players)
  • Death's Messenger / Expelling Shield: 100% (19 of 19 players)
  • Echoing Fury: 100% (19 of 19 players)
  • Exterminate: 100% (19 of 19 players)

Rider of the Apocalypse — 0%

  • Rider's Champion: 0% (0 of 19 players)
  • On a Paler Horse / Death Charge: 0% (0 of 19 players)
  • Mograine's Might: 0% (0 of 19 players)
  • Horsemen's Aid / Pact of the Apocalypse: 0% (0 of 19 players)
  • Ride or Die!: 0% (0 of 19 players)
  • Whitemane's Famine: 0% (0 of 19 players)
  • Nazgrim's Conquest: 0% (0 of 19 players)
  • Trollbane's Icy Fury: 0% (0 of 19 players)
  • Let Terror Reign: 0% (0 of 19 players)
  • Hungering Thirst: 0% (0 of 19 players)
  • Fury of the Horsemen / A Feast of Souls: 0% (0 of 19 players)
  • Mawsworn Menace: 0% (0 of 19 players)
  • Unholy Armaments: 0% (0 of 19 players)
  • Apocalypse Now: 0% (0 of 19 players)

Frost — Spec

8 points20 points100%100%100%100%100%37%100%100%100%37%89%100%100%68%32%16%95%84%100%74%63%37%100%42%79%100%58%37%100%100%5%47%100%100%100%100%
  • Frost Strike: 100% (19 of 19 players)
  • Obliterate: 100% (19 of 19 players)
  • Howling Blast: 100% (19 of 19 players)
  • Killing Machine: 100% (19 of 19 players)
  • Empower Rune Weapon: 100% (19 of 19 players)
  • Frostscythe: 37% (7 of 19 players)
  • Arctic Assault: 100% (19 of 19 players)
  • Runic Overflow: 100% (19 of 19 players)
  • Frostbound Will: 100% (19 of 19 players)
  • Runic Command: 0% (0 of 19 players)
  • Biting Cold: 37% (7 of 19 players)
  • Inexorable Assault: 89% (17 of 19 players)
  • Frostreaper: 100% (19 of 19 players)
  • Pillar of Frost: 100% (19 of 19 players)
  • Icy Onslaught: 68% (13 of 19 players)
  • Gathering Storm: 32% (6 of 19 players)
  • Murderous Efficiency: 16% (3 of 19 players)
  • Rage of the Frozen Champion: 95% (18 of 19 players)
  • Enduring Strength: 84% (16 of 19 players)
  • Frozen Dominion: 100% (19 of 19 players)
  • Frigid Executioner: 74% (14 of 19 players)
  • Howling Blades: 63% (12 of 19 players)
  • Cryogenic Chamber: 37% (7 of 19 players)
  • Frostwyrm's Fury: 100% (19 of 19 players)
  • Everfrost: 42% (8 of 19 players)
  • Northwinds: 79% (15 of 19 players)
  • Bonegrinder: 100% (19 of 19 players)
  • Smothering Offense: 58% (11 of 19 players)
  • Avalanche: 37% (7 of 19 players)
  • Icebreaker: 100% (19 of 19 players)
  • Obliteration: 100% (19 of 19 players)
  • Icy Death Torrent: 5% (1 of 19 players)
  • Shattering Blade: 47% (9 of 19 players)
  • Hyperpyrexia: 100% (19 of 19 players)
  • Killing Streak: 100% (19 of 19 players)
  • The Long Winter: 0% (0 of 19 players)
  • Frostbane: 0% (0 of 19 players)
  • Breath of Sindragosa: 100% (19 of 19 players)
  • Chosen of Frostbrood: 100% (19 of 19 players)

Gear

Head

  • 53%
  • 21%
  • 16%

+2 more

Neck

  • 53%
  • 32%

+2 more

Shoulder

  • 32%
  • 26%
  • 26%

+1 more

Back

  • 37%
  • 32%
  • 21%

+2 more

Chest

  • 84%
  • 5%

+2 more

Wrist

  • 42%
  • 37%
  • 11%

+2 more

Hands

  • 68%
  • 16%

+2 more

Waist

  • 53%
  • 37%

+2 more

Legs

  • 58%
  • 26%

+2 more

Feet

  • 74%
  • 21%

+1 more

Ring

  • 47%
  • 24%
  • 16%

+5 more

Trinket

  • 34%
  • 21%
  • 16%
  • 13%

+4 more

Main Hand

  • 68%
  • 16%

+2 more

Enchants

Head

  • Empowered Blessing of Speed58%
  • Blessing of Speed5%
  • Empowered Hex of Leeching5%

Shoulder

  • Akil'zon's Swiftness63%
  • Flight of the Eagle5%
  • Silvermoon's Mending5%

Chest

  • Mark of the Worldsoul63%
  • Mark of Nalorakk26%

Legs

  • Forest Hunter's Armor Kit89%

Feet

  • Farstrider's Hunt53%
  • Shaladrassil's Roots5%

Ring

  • Zul'jin's Mastery34%
  • Amani Mastery16%
  • Silvermoon's Tenacity11%

+2 more

Main Hand

  • Rune of Razorice63%
  • Rune of the Fallen Crusader32%

+1 more

Gems and Embellishments

Gems75 total

  • 47%
  • 19%
  • 13%
  • 12%

+5 more

Embellishments37 total

  • Arcanoweave Lining92%
  • Devouring Banding5%

+1 more

Collected Sep 24