Death Knights
Frost
An icy harbinger of doom, channeling runic power and delivering rapid weapon strikes.
Frost currently is in a very interesting position in that you have the choice of either using a 2H weapon or to dual wield. As you would expect there are differences in spec, rotations and play style depending upon your choice between 2H and dual wield. Unfortunately this means you won´t be able to jump between the two simply by swapping your weapons. Currently both are very competitive in damage with each other; the difference between them being very marginal. Whether in the long run the frost tree stays this way remains to be seen. For now frost is not exclusively dual wield; this may change in time, but at the moment it is a valid and viable option.
Upon selecting the Frost tree, you will automatically receive the following:
Frost Strike ; this will be your new core ability that uses Runic Power. It will replace Death Coil.
Icy Talons ; the buff that you get as Frost plays in very well with dual wielding and to a lesser extent with 2H use.
Blood of the North ; as with the other trees, this buff will allow you to put in an extra Obliterate every second cycle of the Blood runes.
Mastery: Frozen Heart ; your ability that will benefit most from this is Frost Strike; which you will be using constantly. Howling Blast is also affected which will result in some big damage numbers (though you won't use it as often as Frost Strike) and your Frost Fever will also benefit.
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