Frost Talents

1. Runic Power Mastery – Rank 3/3 – Increases your maximum Runic Power by 30.
2. Icy Reach – Rank 2/2 – Increases the range of your Icy Touch, Chains of Ice and Howling Blast by 10 yards.
3. Annihilation – Rank 3/3 – Increases the damage dealt by your Obliterate ability by 45%.
4. Lichborne – Rank 1/1 – Draw upon unholy energy to become undead for 10 sec. While undead, you are immune to Charm, Fear and Sleep effects.
5. On a Pale Horse – Rank 1/2 – You become as hard to stop as death itself. The duration of movement-slowing effects used against you is reduced by 15%, and your mounted speed is increased by 10%. This does not stack with other movement speed increasing effects. (second point is taken later.)
6. Merciless Combat – Rank 2/2 – Your Icy Touch, Howling Blast, Obliterate and Frost Strike do an additional 12% damage when striking targets with less than 35% health.
7. Killing Machine – Rank 3/3 – Your autoattacks have a chance to grant a 100% critical strike bonus to your next Obliterate or Frost Strike. Effect occurs more often than Killing Machine (Rank 2).
8. Rime – Rank 3/3 – Your Obliterate has a 45% chance to cause your next Howling Blast or Icy Touch to consume no runes.
9. Pillar of Frost – Rank 1/1 – Calls upon the power of Frost to increase the Death Knight’s Strength by 20%. Icy crystals hang heavy upon the Death Knight’s body, providing immunity against external movement such as knockbacks. Lasts 20 sec.
10. Improved Icy Talons – Rank 1/1 – Increases the melee and ranged attack speed of all party and raid members within 100 yards by 10%, and your own attack speed by an additional 5%.
11. Brittle Bones – Rank 2/2 – Your Strength is increased by 4% and your Frost Fever chills the bones of its victims, increasing their physical damage taken by 4%.
12. Hungering Cold – Rank 1/1 – Purges the earth around the Death Knight of all heat. Enemies within 10 yards are afflicted with Frost Fever and trapped in ice, preventing them from performing any action for 10 sec. Enemies are considered Frozen, but any damage other than diseases will break the ice.
13. Nerves of Cold Steel – Rank 2/3 – Increases your chance to hit with one-handed melee weapons by 2% and increases the damage done by your off-hand weapon by 16%.
• Note: if using a 2-hander drop this talent and grab two points elsewhere.
14. Threat of Thassarian – Rank 3/3 – When dual-wielding, your Death Strikes, Obliterates, Plague Strikes, Rune Strikes, Blood Strikes and Frost Strikes have a 100% chance to also deal damage with your off-hand weapon.
• If you are using a 2-hander then grab Might of the Frozen Wastes – When wielding a two-handed weapon, your melee attacks deal an additional 10% damage and your autoattacks have a 45% chance to generate 10 Runic Power.
15. On a Pale Horse – Rank 2/2 – You become as hard to stop as death itself. The duration of movement-slowing effects used against you is reduced by 30%, and your mounted speed is increased by 20%. This does not stack with other movement speed increasing effects.
16. Chill of the Grave – Rank 1/2 – Your Chains of Ice, Howling Blast, Icy Touch and Obliterate generate 5 additional Runic Power.
17. Howling Blast – Rank 1/1 – Blast the target with a frigid wind, dealing high Frost damage to that foe, and additional Frost damage to all other enemies im melee range.

Additional Talents

1. Bladed Armor – (Blood) Rank 3/3 – Increases your attack power by 6 for every 180 armor value you have.
2. Unholy Command – (Unholy) Rank 2/2 – Reduces the cooldown of your Death Grip ability by 10 sec, and gives you a 100% chance to refresh its cooldown when dealing a killing blow to a target that grants experience or honor.
3. Improved Frost Presence – (Frost) Rank 2/2 – Increases your bonus damage while in Frost Presence by an additional 5%. In addition, while in Blood Presence or Unholy Presence, you retain 4% increased Runic Power generation from Frost Presence.
4. Butchery – (Blood) Rank 2/2 – Whenever you kill an enemy that grants experience or honor, you generate up to 20 Runic Power. In addition, you generate 2 Runic Power per 5 sec while in combat.
5. Virulence – (Unholy) Rank 1/3 – Increases the damage done by your diseases by 10%.

Notes:

• Lichborne is primarily a PvP talent, it is only occasionally useful elsewhere. If you never PvP then drop it and take a point in Nerves of Cold Steel.
• For 2-handed weapon use grab Might of the Frozen Wastes instead of Threat of Thassarian
• For 2-handed weapon use drop Nerves of Cold Steel and grab two more points in Virulence (Unholy) or some other talent.
• You can view the completed build here

Glyphs

Glyphs are learned permanently. You can swap them in and out as you like, to match the situation. You will need some supplies from your Inscription Supplies vendor to do that, though.

Grab the first two glyphs of each set as soon as you can (you’ll be 57 or 58 when youi leave the DK starting area,) and grab the last when you hit level 75.

Prime:

1. Glyph of Frost Strike - Reduces the cost of your Frost Strike by 8 Runic Power.
2. Glyph of Howling Blast - Your Howling Blast ability now infects your targets with Frost Fever.
3. Glyph of Obliterate - Increases the damage of your Obliterate ability by 20%.

Major:

1. Glyph of Hungering Cold - Your Hungering Cold ability no longer costs runic power.
2. Glyph of Dark Succor - Your next Death Strike performed while in Frost or Unholy Presence, within 15 sec after killing an enemy that yields experience or honor, will restore at least 20% of your maximum health.
3. Glyph of Pestilence - Increases the radius of your Pestilence effect by 5 yards. Nice glyph to make sure your Pestilence ability infects everything nearby.

Minor:

1. Glyph of Resilient Grip - When your Death Grip ability fails because its target is immune, its cooldown is reset.
2. Glyph of Horn of Winter - Increases the duration of your Horn of Winter ability by 1 min.
3. Glyph of Path of Frost - Your Path of Frost ability allows you to fall from a greater distance without suffering damage.

Mists of Pandaria note: Prime glyphs are going away, you will have only Major and Minor glyphs, six total glyphs at level 90.

Talents will be completely overhauled, as well. Also, many of the Cata talents will be rolled into the abilities list and some of these will be unique to each spec.

Level up all your toons,

Even in Mists, Fast

Blood (31 Points)

1. Butchery – Rank 2/2 – Whenever you kill an enemy that grants experience or honor, you generate up to 20 Runic Power. In addition, you generate 2 Runic Power per 5 sec while in combat.
2. Bladed Armor – Rank 3/3 – Increases your attack power by 6 for every 180 armor value you have.
3. Scent of Blood – Rank 3/3 – You have a 15% chance after dodging, parrying or taking direct damage to gain the Scent of Blood effect, causing your next 3 melee hits to generate 10 Runic Power.
4. Scarlet Fever – Rank 2/2 – Causes your Blood Plague to afflict enemies with Scarlet Fever, reducing their physical damage dealt by 10% for 21 sec.
5. Bone Shield – Rank 1/1 – Surrounds you with a barrier of whirling bones. The shield begins with 6 charges, and each damaging attack consumes a charge. While at least 1 charge remains, you take 20% less damage from all sources and deal 2% more damage with all attacks, spells and abilities. Lasts 5 min.
6. Toughness – Rank 3/3 – Increases your armor value from items by 10%.
7. Blood-Caked Blade – Rank 1/3 – Your autoattacks have a 10% chance to cause a Blood-Caked Strike, which hits for 25% weapon damage plus 12.5% for each of your diseases on the target.
8. Sanguine Fortitude – Rank 1/2 – Your Icebound Fortitude reduces damage taken by an additional 15%, and costs 50% less Runic Power to activate.
9. Blood Parasite – Rank 2/2 – Your melee attacks have a 10% chance to spawn a Bloodworm. The Bloodworm attacks your enemies, gorging itself with blood until it bursts to heal nearby allies. Lasts up to 20 sec.
10. Improved Blood Presence – Rank 2/2 – Increases your rune regeneration by 20% and reduces the chance that you will be critically hit by melee attacks while in Blood Presence by 6%. In addition, while in Frost Presence or Unholy Presence, you retain 4% damage reduction from Blood Presence.
11. Will of the Necropolis – Rank 3/3 – When a damaging attack brings you below 30% of your maximum health, the cooldown on your Rune Tap ability is refreshed and your next Rune Tap has no cost, and all damage taken is reduced by 25% for 8 sec. This effect cannot occur more than once every 45 seconds.
12. Rune Tap – Rank 1/1 – Converts 1 Blood Rune into 10% of your maximum health.
13. Vampiric Blood – Rank 1/1 – Temporarily grants the Death Knight 15% of maximum health and increases the amount of health received from healing spells and effects by 25% for 10 sec. After the effect expires, the health is lost.
14. Improved Death Strike – Rank 3/3 – Increases the damage done by your Death Strike by 120%, its critical strike chance by 30%, and its amount healed by 45%.
15. Crimson Scourge – Rank 2/2 – Increases the damage dealt by your Blood Boil by 40%, and when you land a melee attack on a target that is infected with your Blood Plague, there is a 10% chance that your next Blood Boil will consume no runes.
16. Dancing Rune Weapon – Rank 1/1 – Summons a second rune weapon that fights on its own for 12 sec, mirroring the Death Knight’s attacks. The rune weapon also assists in defense of its master, granting an additional 20% parry chance while active.

Other Talents:

1. Runic Power Mastery (Frost) – Rank 3/3 – Increases your maximum Runic Power by 30.
2. Unholy Command (Unholy) – Rank 2/2 – Reduces the cooldown of your Death Grip ability by 10 sec, and gives you a 100% chance to refresh its cooldown when dealing a killing blow to a target that grants experience or honor.
3. Virulence – Rank 3/3 – Increases the damage done by your diseases by 30%.
4. Morbidity – Rank 2/3 – Increases the damage and healing of Death Coil by 10% and Death and Decay by 20%.

Notes:

• Weapon: High Damage range 2 hander.
• Runforge: Cinderglacier 55-70. Fallen Crusdaer 70+
• View the entire build here

Glyphs

Prime:

1. Glyph of Death Strike – Increases your Death Strike’s damage by 2% for every 5 Runic Power you currently have (up to a maximum of 40%). The Runic Power is not consumed by this effect.
2. Glyph of Heart Strike – Increases the damage of your Heart Strike ability by 30%.
3. Glyph of Death and Decay – Increases the duration of your Death and Decay spell by 50%.

Major:

1. Glyph of Blood Boil – Increases the radius of your Blood Boil ability by 50%.
2. Glyph of Pestilence – Increases the radius of your Pestilence effect by 5 yards.
3. Glyph of Death Grip – Increases the range of your Death Grip ability by 5 yards.

Minor:

1. Glyph of Horn of Winter – Increases the duration of your Horn of Winter ability by 1 min.
2. Glyph of Blood Tap – Your Blood Tap no longer causes damage to you.
3. Glyph of Path of Frost – Your Path of Frost ability allows you to fall from a greater distance without suffering damage.

Mists of Pandaria note: Prime glyphs are going away, you will have only Major and Minor glyphs, six total glyphs at level 90.

Talents will be completely overhauled, as well. Also, many of the Cata talents will be rolled into the abilities list and some of these will be unique to each spec.

Unholy Talents

1. Virulence – Rank 3/3 – Increases the damage done by your diseases by 30%.
2. Unholy Command – Rank 2/2 – Reduces the cooldown of your Death Grip ability by 10 sec, and gives you a 100% chance to refresh its cooldown when dealing a killing blow to a target that grants experience or honor.
3. Morbidity – Rank 3/3 – Increases the damage and healing of Death Coil by 15% and Death and Decay by 30%.
4. Desecration – Rank 2/2 – Your Plague, Scourge, and Necrotic Strikes defile the ground within 7 yards of your target. Enemies in the area are slowed by 50% while standing on the unholy ground. Does not trigger against targets that are immune to movement-slowing effects. Lasts 20 sec.
5. Shadow Infusion – Rank 3/3 – Grants your successful Death Coils a 100% chance to empower your active Ghoul, increasing its damage dealt by 6% for 30 sec. Stacks up to 5 times.
6. Epidemic – Rank 3/3 – Increases the duration of Blood Plague and Frost Fever by 12 sec.
7. Contagion – Rank 2/2 – Increases the damage of your diseases spread via Pestilence by 100%.
8. Rage of Rivendare – Rank 3/3 – Increases the damage of your Plague Strike, Scourge Strike, and Festering Strike abilities by 45%.
9. Unholy Blight – Rank 1/1 – Causes the victims of your Death Coil to be surrounded by a vile swarm of unholy insects, taking 10% of the damage done by the Death Coil over 10 sec, and preventing any diseases on the victim from being dispelled.
10. Improved Unholy Presence – Rank 2/2 – Grants you an additional 5% haste while in Unholy Presence. In addition, while in Blood Presence or Frost Presence, you retain 15% increased movement speed from Unholy Presence.
11. Dark Transformation – Rank 1/1 – Consume 5 charges of Shadow Infusion on your Ghoul to transform it into a powerful undead monstrosity for 30 sec. The Ghoul’s abilities are empowered and take on new functions while the transformation is active
12. Ebon Plaguebringer – Rank 2/2 – Your Plague Strike, Icy Touch, Chains of Ice, and Outbreak abilities also infect their target with Ebon Plague, which increases damage taken from your diseases by 30% and all magic damage taken by an additional 8%.
13. Sudden Doom - Rank 3/3 – Your main-hand autoattacks have a chance (higher than rank 2) to make your next Death Coil cost no Runic Power.
14. Summon Gargoyle – Rank 1/1 – A Gargoyle flies into the area and bombards the target with Nature damage modified by the Death Knight’s attack power. Persists for 30 sec.

Other Talents

1. Runic Corruption - Rank 2/2 – Reduces the cost of your Death Coil by 6, and causes your Runic Empowerment ability to no longer refresh a depleted rune, but instead to increase your rune regeneration rate by 100% for 3 sec.
2. Butchery – Rank 2/2 – Whenever you kill an enemy that grants experience or honor, you generate up to 20 Runic Power. In addition, you generate 2 Runic Power per 5 sec while in combat.
3. Bladed Armor - Rank 3/3 – Increases your attack power by 6 for every 180 armor value you have.
4. Runic Power Mastery – Rank 1/3 – Increases your maximum Runic Power by 10.
5. Icy Reach – Rank 2/2 – Increases the range of your Icy Touch and Chains of Ice by 10 yards.

Notes:

• Magic Suppression (Unholy) is a useful talent to take if you’re regularly fighitng casters, which you will be in PvP or dungeons.
• Unholy Frenzy (Unholy) is nice when grouping and healing that player is not an issue.
• View the completed build here

Glyphs

Prime:

1. Glyph of Raise Dead – Your Ghoul receives an additional 40% of your Strength and 40% of your Stamina.
2. Glyph of Scourge Strike – Increases the Shadow damage portion of your Scourge Strike by 30%.
3. Glyph of Death and Decay – Increases the duration of your Death and Decay spell by 50%.

Major:

1. Glyph of Pestilence - Increases the radius of your Pestilence effect by 5 yards.
2. Glyph of Blood Boil – Increases the radius of your Blood Boil ability by 50%.
3. Glyph of Death Grip – Increases the range of your Death Grip ability by 5 yards.

Minor:

1. Glyph of Horn of Winter – Increases the duration of your Horn of Winter ability by 1 min.
2. Glyph of Path of Frost – Your Path of Frost ability allows you to fall from a greater distance without suffering damage.
3. Glyph of Death’s Embrace – Your Death Coil refunds 20 Runic Power when used to heal an allied minion.

Mists of Pandaria note: Prime glyphs are going away, you will have only Major and Minor glyphs, six total glyphs at level 90.

Talents will be completely overhauled, as well. See our DK page and scroll down for an early concept video (from BlizCon) of the new talents. Also, many of the Cata talents will be rolled into the abilities list and some of these will be unique to each spec.